Comments on: Is Gwyneth Getting Better Skin From Snake Venom in Ultra Lux 9 Lotion? http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:20:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Halim Suky http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/comment-page-1/#comment-38134 Halim Suky Mon, 11 May 2009 07:58:34 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/#comment-38134 my God, i thought you were going to chip in with some decisive insght at the end there, not leave it with ?we leave it to you to decide?. my God, i thought you were going to chip in with some decisive insght at the end there, not leave it with ?we leave it to you to decide?.

]]> By: Brenda http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/comment-page-1/#comment-20307 Brenda Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:40:11 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/#comment-20307 Snake venom isn't poison? What are you thinking? I was bitten this summer and still am not completely over it/healed.!! The nerve damage alone is significant. Snake venom isn’t poison? What are you thinking? I was bitten this summer and still am not completely over it/healed.!! The nerve damage alone is significant.

]]> By: becka http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/comment-page-1/#comment-20149 becka Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:00:06 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/#comment-20149 snake venom isn't poison...:P snake venom isn’t poison…:P

]]> By: Sarah http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/comment-page-1/#comment-20068 Sarah Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:57:29 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/#comment-20068 Ha, this is a rumour about her using snake venom, apparently her rep denies it. Ah, the old tabloids fooled us again! Ha, this is a rumour about her using snake venom, apparently her rep denies it. Ah, the old tabloids fooled us again!

]]> By: thebeautybrains http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/comment-page-1/#comment-20055 thebeautybrains Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:25:02 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/08/25/is-gwyneth-getting-better-skin-from-snake-venom-in-ultra-lux-9-lotion/#comment-20055 Picaloflapjack, Great job on the investigation! You could be an honorary Beauty Brain. :) We don't put much faith in the published results of studies done by chemical suppliers. There have been innumerable times in which an ingredient is claimed to do something wonderful by the supplier, but it's not reproducible. Unless it's published in some peer reviewed journal, you can't take the results seriously. For example, they mention the ingredient shows an improvement in wrinkle reduction versus a placebo. They don't say what that placebo is. If it was just water, then of course there will be an improvement. Pretty much any lotion used every day will improve wrinkles. I remain incredibly skeptical. Picaloflapjack,

Great job on the investigation! You could be an honorary Beauty Brain. :)

We don’t put much faith in the published results of studies done by chemical suppliers. There have been innumerable times in which an ingredient is claimed to do something wonderful by the supplier, but it’s not reproducible.

Unless it’s published in some peer reviewed journal, you can’t take the results seriously. For example, they mention the ingredient shows an improvement in wrinkle reduction versus a placebo. They don’t say what that placebo is. If it was just water, then of course there will be an improvement. Pretty much any lotion used every day will improve wrinkles.

I remain incredibly skeptical.

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