About this episode

The episode discusses beauty dupes, shampoo ingredients, and the path to becoming a cosmetic chemist.

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 ...

People in this episode

Host: Beauty Brains

Topics covered

• beauty dupes
• shampoo ingredients
• cosmetic chemistry
• product testing
• nonenal odor

Keywords

• nonenal odor
• panthenol
• cosmetic chemist
• product testing
• beauty news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wirecutter

Products: Matrix step one bleach amplifier

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