Are you falling for these skincare experts?

Toxic ingredients, miracle products, home remedies... How do you work out what's true when different "experts" are giving different advice? Let's chat about bad beauty advice, fake experts, and red flags for spotting them. MY BOOK 📖 The Science of Beauty: https://labmuffin.com/sob Shop my favourite products: https://shopmy.us/labmuffin Subscribe for videos every fortnight: http://bit.ly/labmuffinyt 0:00 Doctors, "addicted to chapstick" 5:53 PFAS, benzene, straighteners 12:39 Dr Eric Berg DC, beef tallow, chiropractors 17:33 Pore clogging, fragrance, silicones, talc 29:43 Lotions vs creams, dermatologists 33:55 Dr Vanita Rattan, melanated skin, mineral SPF, vitamin C 40:19 Dr Julian Sass, DIY sunscreen, SPF testing, appeal to authority, PhDs 51:16 Chemical sunscreen, kidney and birth defects 54:55 Credentials, expert responsibility, defensiveness, chemists 59:09 Red flags for spotting dodgy experts: CRABS and MUDCAPS 🙋🏻 I'm Michelle, a chemistry PhD and science communicator, here to explain how beauty products work, debunk myths, and help you make smarter decisions about your skincare, hair and makeup! Website https://labmuffin.com Instagram   / labmuffinbeautyscience   TikTok   / labmuffinbeautyscience   Shop my favourite products: https://shopmy.us/labmuffin ✨ Want smooth, glowing skin? Grab a copy of my FREE Essential Guide to Exfoliation! https://labmuffin.com/exfol Powered By Chemicals Mugs: https://labmuffin.com/shop/ 📺 RELATED POSTS AND VIDEOS Free exfoliation guide https://labmuffin.com/exfol Expert red flags (MUDCAPS) https://beautyscicomm.com/mudcaps/ Health info credibility (CRABS) https://www.jessicastokesparish.com/b... Benzene in your products? The story of Valisure    • Dangerous chemicals in all your products??...   FDA benzene findings https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety... Is synthetic braiding hair giving you cancer? Consumer Reports' dodgy science    • Is synthetic braiding hair killing you? Co...   BeautySciComm relaxers and uterine cancer article https://beautyscicomm.com/hair-straig... Every sunscreen question answered    • Every Sunscreen Question, Answered (Almost)   The Eco Well podcast on PFAS and microplastics with Dr Oliver Jones https://www.theecowell.com/podcast/ol... Low dose non-monotonic effects, Dr Yvonne Burkart    • Bad Science: "Top toxicologist"s sunscreen...   Paper on low dose effects with estrogen receptor example: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-03... BEE trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35617... Does heat from chemical sunscreens make melasma and pigment worse?    • Does heat from chemical sunscreens make me...   Is Retinol a Scam? The Science    • Does retinol in skincare even work?   Clean beauty is a scam    • Clean Beauty Apps Won't Give Us Safer Prod...   No TikTok, skincare is not destroying your health    • Scientist debunks: The worst skincare misi...   Is hydration destroying your hair? The REAL science    • Is hydration destroying your hair? The REA...   How SPF testing works, Purito    • Why sunscreens fail SPF tests: All about S...   Debunking Huberman's dodgy skincare science    • Debunking Huberman's dodgy skincare episode   Zinc sunscreens don't work better    • Zinc Sunscreens Don't Work Better: Every M...   ‪@chubbyemu‬ Mercury face cream video    • A Woman Put Mercury Skin Cream On Her Face...   Some reliable beauty science people to follow: ‪@Moskinlab‬ ‪@hannah_english‬    / glowbyram%c3%b3n     / theecowell     / themelaninchemist     / skinsciencebymira   Examples of general science communicators who prove you don't necessarily need to "stay in your lane" ‪@thebrainscoop‬ ‪@hankschannel‬ ‪@TomScottGo‬ 🧴 SKINCARE GUIDE 🧴 Find out more: https://labmuffin.com/skin