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On today’s show we cover questions including…

1. When do you need heat protectors in products?
2. What do you think of color locker products from Fanola?
3. Should we be worried about chemicals in our laundry detergent?

Plus! our big start of the year prediction show!

Predictions

General trend

Hot ingredient

Celebrity launch

Beauty News

What’s the secret to good skin care? Have a lot of money

C&T most popular stories of the year

Strange skin treatments

Approximate timestamps

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Chit chat - health, reading, goals
6:30 - Podcast year in review
11:10 - Review 2025 Predictions
16:00 - New predictions for 2026
20:10 - Beauty News - Secret to good skin
22:05 - Top news articles of 2025
30:00 - Weird stuff people put on their face
35:24 - When do you need heat protectors
39:25 - Fanola color protecting products
43:35 - Is laundry detergent causing cancer?

49:50 - Ending

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On today’s show we cover lots of questions including…

1. Do low pH shampoos preserve color?
2. Can a supplement provide you sun protection?
3. What effects does hard water have on hair color?
4. How significant are the health risks to taking topical tretinoin?
5. What’s the difference between aerosol and non aerosol sprays?

Beauty News

NY SCC meeting

FDA withdraws talc rule.

New sunscreen in US

Electrokinetics confirms BTMC is best conditioner!

Question links

Science direct article

Cleveland clinic article

Approximate timestamps

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Chit chat - SCC meeting in New York
9:15 - Beauty News - FDA talc rule
12:00 - Best hair conditioner
15:00 - New sunscreen in the US
18:15 - Low pH shampoo
20:40 - Supplement sun screen
24:50 - Hard water and hair
29:50 - Topical tretinoin
37:20 - Aerosol vs non aerosol
41:05 - Ending

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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
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On today’s show we cover lots of questions including…

1. Can you mix sunscreens to change the tint of the product?
2. Is California Naturals a good hair care option
3. How do you talk to a clean beauty believer?
4. How do you control frizz?
5. What’s wrong with Decyl Glucoside in hair care products?

Beauty News

Opinion issued on Tea Tree oil in products

Unregulated masks are flooding the market

7 hair care launches shaping the future of products

Approximate timestamps

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Chit chat
3:00 - Beauty News - Tea Tree oil
8:45 - Red light masks
14:10 - Hair care innovation
25:55 - Mixing sunscreens
30:20 - Gloss hair treatments
33:20 - California naturals
37:50 - Clean beauty believer
42:45 - Controlling frizz
46:40 - Decyl glucoside
50:50 - 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

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