https://www.mydadthechemist.com/categories/chemists-insights/ Recent content in chemist's insights on My Dad the Chemist, a blog with skincare recommendations for real people Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/q-and-a-with-a-chemical-engineer-my-dad/ Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/q-and-a-with-a-chemical-engineer-my-dad/ When you’re a kid, you learn to memorize certain things: your home phone number, your address…and your parents' professions. Whenever someone asked me about my parents, I always dutifully responded that my mom was an accountant, and my dad was a chemical engineer. My mom’s profession was a little easier to understand, but for many years, I had no idea what a “chemical engineer” actually did. I just knew that my dad sometimes came home with bags of aerosol pumps and containers, marked with rectangular sticker labels that said things like “FOAMING SHAVE GEL” and “10% BENZOYL PEROXIDE,” always in all caps. https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/mens-sunscreen-neutrogena/ Sun, 12 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/mens-sunscreen-neutrogena/ I discovered a new product category the other day: men’s facial sunscreen! How long has this been a thing? At first glance, it sounds smart: Men get razor burn and they need protection from UV rays, too. However, it feels like facial sunscreens shouldn’t be gendered at all—what would prevent a woman from experiencing similar “razor burn”-like side effects (from threading or waxing)? I have some theories about this, but that’s for another time and another post.