Sophie Says: I’ve heard a lot of things about Pantene Pro-V’s shampoo and conditioners. A lot of hairstylists swear on their hair-dryers that it is awful for your hair. Supposedly, it coats your hair with plastic or wax to make it seem smooth, soft, and shiny, instead of really moisturizing your hair. It also reportedly [...]
According to iParenting, Jennifer Aniston uses a French skin care line called Caudalíe (pronounced koh-da-lee) because it contains a grape seed ingredient that has powerful anti-aging properties. Could this be true???? Could celebrities like Jen have access to fountain of youth technology that we regular people can only dream about? To find out we have [...]
Eva Asks: Is it okay to put eyeliner on the inner rim of your lower lid? that always seemed like a place not to put makeup to me, but makeup artists are always telling you to do it. Are there any dangers with this? The Right Brain Righteously Replies: Yes, applying eyeliner (or other eye [...]
Many times you will see us refer to a product’s ingredient statement. In the business it’s called an LOI or List of Ingredients. To arm you with all the knowledge we can, we thought it would be useful to tell you a little bit about these LOIs and how you might read them. In the [...]
As a follow-up to the last shampoo post we thought we’d show you a comparison between a 2-in-1 shampoo plus conditioner and a supposed regular shampoo. Undoubtedly, the best 2 in 1 technology was created by the good folks at P&G back in the mid 1980′s. The original patent is right here. This technology led [...]
CN is curious…I have these little red bumps on my arms that my dermatologist says are a condition called “keratosis.” Do you know anything about this? The Beauty Brains reply: You’re probably talking about Keratosis Pilaris, a harmless condition in which your follicles get plugged up and irritated. What’s surprising is the how wide spread [...]
Penny ponders… Should I be using a hand sanitizer? The Left Brain Responds Most hand sanitizers are alcohol thickened to a gel with color & fragrance added. This isn`t the kind of alcohol you`d find in your local tavern however, it is ethanol or isopropanol. These alcohols are used because they are not potable. This [...]
Anon Asks: Do split ends serums really repair split ends? The Right Beauty Brain Replies: We’re afraid that split end repair products are lots of bluff and not much stuff. To see why, you have to understand a couple of things about basic hair biology. Hair is dead and once it’s damaged it can’t repair [...]
Akiko Asks: This product, Talika Lipocils Eyelash Treatment Gel, claims to promote eyelash growth…. Is it true (or too good to be true?)? If it really works, how does it do this? The Right Beauty Brain Reviews Talika Well, Akiko, thanks for raising a very interesting question. Talika Lipocils (for those of you who aren’t [...]
One of the tasks of The Beauty Brains is to protect you, the cosmetic consuming public, from products or claims that we know are fraudulent. Even though we don’t always come out and say it, educating our readers is always in the back of our minds. (Well, almost always…) Having made that clear, let’s get [...]