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Skincare Chemist Victoria Fu Confesses Everything

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Dermatology, Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Beauty News, Makeup, Skincare, Perfume, Fragrance

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

How do you decode a cosmetic ingredient list? How are researchers using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve skincare? Which skincare ingredients are completely pointless? Victoria Fu, the co-founder of Chemist Confessions, is here to answer all those questions and more. Plus, she tells us about an AI-discovered molecule that improves skin elasticity and explains how the digital era has made it harder to separate fact from fiction in the beauty world. 


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0:00.0

Hello, hello. Welcome to Fatma Scara. I'm Jess. Hi, everyone. I'm Jen.

0:11.6

Okay. A little bit of housekeeping, a little bit of housekeeping. Thank you for

0:14.2

rejoining us today here on Friday, starting really today. If you're looking

0:19.8

through the Fatma Scara feed, wherever you listen to podcasts, we're going to be

0:23.6

numbering the episodes where it's just Jen and me shooting the breeze, talking

0:29.2

that's our Wednesday episodes. Okay. Those are our Wednesday episodes. They are sacred. That is

0:34.0

where you, me, Jen get together and we talk beauty news, favorite products, raise a wand,

0:40.6

all of that good stuff. Okay. If you're a regular listener, you know what I'm talking about.

0:44.7

If you're new, join us Wednesdays for all the good beauty gossip. Fridays, we are not

0:50.1

numbering those episodes. You're just going to come in on Fridays and boom, you're going to see

0:55.4

interview with somebody. Victoria Foo. Victoria Foo from chemist confessions who is here today.

1:01.6

So anyway, it's not a big deal. I feel like I'm making a bigger deal than it is. All right,

1:05.6

let's just talk about Victoria because she's here so excited. Yes. And that's why this episode

1:10.4

does not have a number. But Victoria Foo, she is the co-founder with Gloria Wu of chemist confessions,

1:16.6

which actually started just as an Instagram account and kind of a hobby and has turned into

1:22.0

Victoria calls it a multiverse of content, education, consulting, and products. Victoria

1:27.8

is a cosmetic chemist who focuses on skincare and has a background in chemistry and chemical

1:32.6

engineering. She just worked on a project with the skincare company Revella, which we end up

1:37.2

talking about in a little bit of a convoluted way, but we'll get there and you'll see what I'm

1:40.4

talking about. But really what she is is a writer and educator. She's the co-author with Gloria

1:45.6

of the book, skincare decoded a great resource. If you just are like new to skincare and beauty,

1:50.8

you start listening to our podcast. You need a basic understanding. That's a great book to get

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