Beauty Dupes, Shampoo Truths, & becoming a Cosmetic Chemist - episode 420

Send us Fan Mail On today’s show we cover lots of questions including… What is nonenal odor and how do you minimize it?  Does panthenol make a shampoo better? What’s an alternative to Matrix step one bleach amplifier? How expensive is it to test a product? How do you become a cosmetic chemist? Beauty News Wirecutter hired a chemist to tell if products were real or dupes. Approximate timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Chit chat 7:00 - Who are the Beauty Brains? 19:00 - Real or Dupe products 28:30 - Noneal odor 34:25 - Panthenol in shampoo? 36:45 - Alternative to Matrix step one 42:05 - Testing products expense 48:00 - On becoming a cosmetic chemist 52:25 - Ending Five Ways to Ask a question - 1. Send us a message through Patreon! 2. You can record your question on your smart phone and email to thebeautybrains@gmail.com 3. Send it to us via social media (see links below) 4. Submit it through the following form - Ask a question 5. Leave a voice mail message: 872-216-1856 Social media accounts on Instagram we’re at thebeautybrains2018 on Twitter, we’re thebeautybrains On Bluesky we’re at thebeautybrains On Youtube we are at thebeautybrains2018 And we have a Facebook page Valerie's ingredient company - Simply Ingredients Perry's other website - Chemists Corner Follow the  Porch Kitty Krew instagram account Support the show