Hi, I'm Perry, and you're listening to the Beauty Brains.

Hello and welcome.

Hello and welcome to the beauty brains a show where real cosmetic

chemists answer your beauty product questions and give you an

insider's look at the cosmetic industry. This is episode 282. I'm your

host Perry Romanowski and with me today is Valerie George. Hello Valerie.

Hi Perry.

282 that's a palindrome.

Valerie, I'm very excited about palindromes.

Oh, of course you would notice that.

Yeah, you know, back in 2002, I called it the year of the palindrome, I spent a lot of time trying to come up my own

palindrome and I came up with poop time. I emit poop.

I don't want to know the where and how of how you did that that's a story for

never to go out of thick it well you know Valerie on today's show we're gonna have a

little shorter show today since it's the holidays you're

traveling. I'm glad you and I could make time just before the holidays to get at least a

show in and we're going to cover is snail muslin a worthwhile ingredient to to

cover is snail muslin a worthwhile ingredient. Do blackhead suction devices work and will a humidifier actually

helps skin? But before we get to that, some of that inane chit chat we're famous for.

Valerie, it doesn't look like you're in your usual place.

I am not. I am in Ohio. It's Thanksgiving week and we usually like to try to put out a little

episode or at least a thank you to our

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