Toxic Personal Care? Cook vs Chemist Part 2

🙋🏻 I'm Michelle, a chemistry PhD, cosmetic chemist and science educator, here to explain how beauty products work, debunk myths, and help you make smarter decisions about your skincare, hair and makeup!

[msk-qpfn]

I can sense her annoyance through the screen and it is such a mood.

[behuman]

It’s dangerous when people like him, speak with such confidence but really don’t know what they’re talking about and people believe him.

[irishgirl]

I want parabens back, as someone with extremely sensitive skin these new preservatives have cost me a fortune in allergy testing and wrecked my skin. The “clean” movement is such bunk.

[lay]

You're the best. So glad we actually have someone who knows what they're talking about with a chemistry PhD, industry experience, evidence based data from reputable journals and a whole lot of personal experience. Thanks Dr Michelle!

[kisikisikisi]

Ugh thank you! This guy keeps showing up in my youtube shorts and he drives me crazy! So much disinformation and fear mongering regarding both food and other products. And the comments are full of people eating his sh1t up.

[notcomfortablehere]

duuuude I HATEEEE the "clean" and "non-toxic" community.

[AmanirenaII]

God, having to debunk these types of people must be exhausting 😫

[aparttogether]

You know you're fucked when Michelle says even the EWG doesn't say that

[cassthompson]

Omg I've seen several of this guy's videos and they irritate the fuck out of me every time. What irritates me even worse is all the comments under his videos saying shit like "omg I was just about to buy that product! Thank you so much for keeping us safe" 🙄 He doesn't have a clue what the fuck he is talking about. And it just infuriates me that all he is doing is fucking scaring people that don't know any better.

[cxckdestrxyer]

The devil works hard but this man works harder

[fleurerebeille]

THANK YOU MICHELLE! I don't know you personally, you don't me personally either. I follow you to the tea. I'm not qualified to speak on such topics but it's years I formulate for myself and friends and years I'm studying such topics. I will do the course in cosmetic formulation so I can also have somewhat of a voice.
The first video of his I found is about tampons, titanium dioxide, propylene glycol and peg 100.
I was so shock and outraged I couldn't keep my mouth shut. I actually wanted to send you an email with the video and the request to debunk it if you were available and wanted to do so.
I'm so happy today to see you already have your hands on it. Huge relief. Thank you again for what you do, it's of immense value.
Lorenzo

[elibella]

Not "...around his mum's kitchen"
You didn't have to call him out like that girl.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 that was the hardest I have laughed all day.

Keep up the fight against misinformation 💜

[throughthedin]

He is SOOO popular! I suspect because he's currently on the keto/clean eating bandwagon that is trendy. And he's a confident white man so that helps.

[michaelwaters]

Gosh the dude would cry after watching this 😂
Thanks for the informative shorts Michelle! I've learned a lot from you and look forward to learning more.

[treyb]

Thank you for this! I would love to see you debunk more stuff from him or other who are out here scaring folks.

[hegetv]

I love your videos! You're a beacon of light in this time with so many fear mongering content providers.

[jupiter]

honestly one of the main reasons i’m trudging ahead full force with my chemistry degree is cuz of ppl like this

[infullbloomtime]

I love these short debunking videos they are epic take downs 😂😂😂😂

[jodieflute]

I used to follow this guy’s content (I was influenced by the “clean” movement for a long time). As I started understanding more about how lots of demonized ingredients weren’t so bad, I very gradually unfollowed one person at a time. This guy in particular put my head in such a negative space. I really liked a lot of recipes he shared, but I found that I simply couldn’t watch his videos without getting a bit triggered.

[mims]

This is the kind of person who googles the ingredients separately without understanding how chemicals react with each other and what they make. He'd be up for a surprise if he googled the elements of the salt in his cookings separately...