Cosmetic Scam

"Cosmetic Scam" is the eighth episode in the fourth season of Punky Brewster.

Summary
Punky and Cherie sell cosmetics door-to-door for Lady Contempo Cosmetics—until they discover that Lady Contempo Cosmetics is a scam run by a con artist named Sidney (Casey Sander). Henry washes his hair with Lady Contempo shampoo...and he wakes up the next morning with no hair on his head. And the blue face mask that Betty rubbed on her face won't come off. Punky and the gang have to deal with angry customers who have also felt the various side effects of Lady Contempo products, and when they go to Lady Contempo to confront Sidney, they notice that no one's there. It turns out that the reason why Henry is bald headed is because he washed his hair with Contempo furniture stripper that Sidney had disguised as Lady Contempo shampoo, and the reason why the blue face mask won't come off of Betty's face is because the face mask is actually kitchen floor wax that was disguised as the face mask cream. While they're in Sidney's office, a police detective named Denko (Johnny Haymer) shows up looking for Sidney, who has cleared out.

Cast

 * Soleil Moon Frye as Punky Brewster
 * Cherie Johnson as Cherie Johnson
 * George Gaynes as Henry Warnimont
 * Susie Garrett as Betty Johnson
 * Ami Foster as Margaux Kramer
 * Sandy as Brandon "the Wonder Dog"
 * Casey Sander as Sidney