Hello, it's Brooke Devard and you're listening to the Naked Beauty

podcast. Welcome back for another episode. How is everyone feeling?

I hope you guys are able to take moments for self-care, for joy.

So many of you have written to me and shared that listening to this podcast has provided you peace and calm in the

past few weeks and I so appreciate that and it keeps me motivated to keep going.

Now I think one thing that unites a lot of naked beauty listeners is we love

skin care right we love skin care but we want to get beyond surface level recommendations and oh this product is popular because it's in a

magazine or some influencer told us to buy it. We love research, we love knowledge, and I had a chance to interview for this

podcast, Desiree Stordahl. She's an author, but she's the senior research and education manager at Paula's Choice.

I'm sure we all know Paula's Choice.

I have used their products for years and I have loved Paula's Choice products.

But Deseret just brought so many gems to the table.

If you are tempted to take out your notebook, open your notes up on your phone and

start taking notes as you listen to this episode,

please do so, but also know that at the end of the episode,

I have takeaways because there's a lot of information

to be absorbed in this conversation.

I'm also going to be posting clips, video clips from my chat with Desiree on the

Instagram account for this podcast that's at Naked Beauty Planet. I always love talking to you

guys over there, but yeah, just I love talking to someone about skincare

that knows the science behind that that can break down different ingredients and what they do. So I know you guys,

especially the skincare junkies, are going to love this episode. We also

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