Can cosmetics change the acid balance of your skin? The Beauty Brains Show episode 22

Do you know how cosmetics can change the acid balance of your skin? Then you should listen to this episode! Plus this week we begin a brand new feature: a game called Beauty Science or  Bull Sh*t. Click below to play Episode 22 or click “download” to save the MP3 file to your computer. Show notes Beauty Science or Bull Sh*t In this new game, I give Perry 3 beauty science news stories and he has to tell the real from the fake. You can play along at home – just hit the pause button before I give the answer and see if you can outsmart Perry. Here are this week’s headlines, can you tell which one is TRUE? 1. Researchers have developed a vegetable alternative to petroleum based aerosol propellants. 2. Researchers have created the first detailed 3D model of curly hair. 3. Researchers have increased skin lotion stability with oil droplets shaped like hamburger buns. Question of the week: Does the skin’s acid mantle affect how AHA products work? BrainyBimbo asks…I’ve been told hydroxy acid products have to be in a certain pH range to work. But I’ve used products that were NOT in that range and they seemed to work for me. Is it possible that my personal skin acid mantle changed the pH of the products so they would work? To answer that we’ll explain three things: 1. How AHA and BHA products work 2. What the acid mantle of skin is 3. How the acid mantle changes with pH How Hydroxy Acids work AHAs and BHAs are chemicals with a carboxylic acid group (C...
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