Dr Michelle Wong - Lab Muffin Beauty Science
@labmuffin.com
#SciComm and educator, medicinal/supramolecular/synthetic chem PhD, cosmetic chemist, YouTuber
I explain the science behind beauty products and debunk misinformation. I talk a lot about sunscreen and "toxic" ingredients 🌞
labmuffin.com/links
I explain the science behind beauty products and debunk misinformation. I talk a lot about sunscreen and "toxic" ingredients 🌞
labmuffin.com/links
Dear science communicators and scientists,
Can we please be mindful of how we frame our videos?
The vast majority of companies that employ hundreds/thousands of scientists are NOT lying about things you can easily test with household items.
Views shouldn’t be the only metric we care about.
Can we please be mindful of how we frame our videos?
The vast majority of companies that employ hundreds/thousands of scientists are NOT lying about things you can easily test with household items.
Views shouldn’t be the only metric we care about.
August 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Dear science communicators and scientists,
Can we please be mindful of how we frame our videos?
The vast majority of companies that employ hundreds/thousands of scientists are NOT lying about things you can easily test with household items.
Views shouldn’t be the only metric we care about.
Can we please be mindful of how we frame our videos?
The vast majority of companies that employ hundreds/thousands of scientists are NOT lying about things you can easily test with household items.
Views shouldn’t be the only metric we care about.
Is your scalp itchy and nothing seems to really work? I got you
July 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Is your scalp itchy and nothing seems to really work? I got you
Seeing a lot of people recommending sunscreen mists... unfortunately they're really not that effective for applying to your face, sorry!
See the cloud lingering in the air? That's sunscreen NOT going on your skin - my experiments estimated that 80-95% of the sunscreen doesn't land.
See the cloud lingering in the air? That's sunscreen NOT going on your skin - my experiments estimated that 80-95% of the sunscreen doesn't land.
July 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Seeing a lot of people recommending sunscreen mists... unfortunately they're really not that effective for applying to your face, sorry!
See the cloud lingering in the air? That's sunscreen NOT going on your skin - my experiments estimated that 80-95% of the sunscreen doesn't land.
See the cloud lingering in the air? That's sunscreen NOT going on your skin - my experiments estimated that 80-95% of the sunscreen doesn't land.
New safeguards for Australian sunscreens, because specific ingredients "aren't safe"? Here's what that actually means!
July 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
New safeguards for Australian sunscreens, because specific ingredients "aren't safe"? Here's what that actually means!
Did you see the Choice sunscreen testing results? Here's an SPF deep dive! Key points:
Sunscreens are very effective, these results do not indicate you should lose faith in them
SPF testing is imprecise - this is an inherent limitation of the test, lots of variation even if nothing's gone "wrong"
Sunscreens are very effective, these results do not indicate you should lose faith in them
SPF testing is imprecise - this is an inherent limitation of the test, lots of variation even if nothing's gone "wrong"
June 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Did you see the Choice sunscreen testing results? Here's an SPF deep dive! Key points:
Sunscreens are very effective, these results do not indicate you should lose faith in them
SPF testing is imprecise - this is an inherent limitation of the test, lots of variation even if nothing's gone "wrong"
Sunscreens are very effective, these results do not indicate you should lose faith in them
SPF testing is imprecise - this is an inherent limitation of the test, lots of variation even if nothing's gone "wrong"
Did this study show that removing parabens and phthalates from your products reverses breast cancer, like Dr Yvonne Burkart claimed on Diary of a CEO? No.
May 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Did this study show that removing parabens and phthalates from your products reverses breast cancer, like Dr Yvonne Burkart claimed on Diary of a CEO? No.
Did you hear that there's enough microplastics in your brain to make a plastic spoon?
Turns out... there isn't.
Turns out... there isn't.
April 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Did you hear that there's enough microplastics in your brain to make a plastic spoon?
Turns out... there isn't.
Turns out... there isn't.