Are you looking for an at-home remedy to sleepless nights, loss of libido and even weight gain? These teeny beads might be the cure you're looking for. Derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine, ear seeds are adhesive beads placed on specific acupressure points on the ear to address symptoms and areas of the physical and emotional body. Unlike acupuncture, no needles are involved and there is no piercing of the skin. Ear seeds are a safe, non-invasive, healing modality that can easily be include...
May 18, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 135
If your skin is starting to droop - be it on the face, neck, or even body – you may be a candidate for PDO thread lifts. A PDO thread lift can subtly lift the skin to reduce fine lines and wrinkles, and give the appearance of a more tightened and firm area. We speak to Dr. Rahi, a board-certified internal medicine practitioner, and anti-aging expert, who uses MINT PDO threads in her practice and is a trainer for the brand. MINT PDO threads are made of suture material which is the same material t...
May 11, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 134
Jennifer Lopez, Khloe Kardasian and just about every A-List celebrity who’s ever done highlights, ombré or balayage trust their hair to one woman: Tracey Cunningham. This celebrity colorist, Redken Ambassador and Olaplex Enthusiast can now also add author to her list of accomplishments. We talk to the color guru about what it’s like to work on the most famous manes in the business, and take an in-depth look at the Olaplex line of products which she says is a must for everyone whether you color o...
May 04, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 133
A good hair day is a GREAT everything else day, amirite? But with WFH and Zoom fatigue, sometimes the idea of a morning blowout is way too much to handle. So how can we look put together with minimal effort? Meet Bellefixe, the cutest darn accessories that cost under $20. We fell in love with the luxe details and high-quality materials, and got the skinny from brand founder, Kate Hillebrand, on what the hottest trends are for 2021. She also gives some amazing tips on how to style them. Headbands...
Apr 27, 2021•27 min
Ryan is back with advice on the best ways to fight frizz this summer! 1. Pick your brand! Do your research, grab a coffee and deep-dive your Instagram or Google search. Anti-frizz, silk protein, keratin complex or Brazilian blowout all use different technology to smooth. Talk to your trusted stylist about what is best for you. 2. If you want it to be safe or play in the shallow part of the pool, go Organic. Be Uber careful when going chemical-free. Blondes, highlights, and light brunettes can tu...
Apr 20, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Algae has an exceptional ability to survive and thrive in the harshest environments on the planet. So when Algenist discovered that Alguronic Acid is responsible for regenerating and protecting algae, they patented this ingredient and built an entire company around it. The company is celebrating its tenth anniversary and customers are celebrating its unique guarantee to deliver visible results in 10 days! We speak to Tammy Yaiser about the potential of algae, the clinical results of some of the ...
Apr 06, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 129
She’s worked with Beyonce and created a line with Ru Paul. And now the founder of Mally Beauty sits down to talk about everything from how she got started in her career as a celebrity makeup artist, to creating a cosmetic empire. If you’re looking for some inspiration, this true #positivitypreacher will leave you feeling inspired and uplifted.
Mar 30, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Anxiety is one of the most common mental health disorders and affects 18.1% of the population in the US every year. This means that approximately 40 million adults aged 18 and older have one form of anxiety disorder. But anxiety can actually be a positive motivator. We talk to Dr. Chloe Carmichael about how we can transform anxiety into a positive source of energy and focus that actually facilitates a more productive and fulfilling life. She provides us with practical techniques and exercises to...
Mar 23, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 127
When it comes to the beauty industry, Lori Jacobus has done it all. From Marketing to Product Development, she's held top positions and launched revolutionary products at companies such as Strivectin, Murad and Revitalash. We sit down with the beauty industry veteran and she tells all – no question is off limits! She reveals the actual products and brands that she uses to get results (hello stem-cells) and isn't afraid to share which ones you should probably skip. She also talks about her days i...
Mar 16, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 126
From a career as a pastry chef in Florence, Italy, to co-founding a beauty company, Alison Ragusa has proven that following your passion will always bring success. We sit down with the founder of Lab to Beauty - the first skincare brand to bring CBD into the luxury market - to talk about her journey in creating the line. She talks about how her early foray into the culinary arts led her to create a clean beauty line inspired by the farm-to-table movement, which puts plants first and makes clean ...
Mar 09, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 125
The best part of our jobs is getting to speak with the experts and visionaries in the beauty industry, especially when two powerhouse women join forces to create a new product line. We sit down with Nancy Pellegrino, a sought-after Nurse Practitioner and Courtney Baber, a globally-recognized beauty industry veteran, to talk about their new skincare line, THE ROUTE. Formulated to highly rigorous “Medical-Grade” standards and tested on patients in Nurse Nancy’s Newport Beach practice, their compre...
Mar 02, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Grace Eleyae, a line of stylish silk and satin-lined products, was founded on the belief that you should never have to choose between hair care and style. In 2014, founder Grace Eleyae took a trip to Kenya that changed her life. During a bumpy 8-hour car ride, all the hair on the back of her head broke off – the result of her chemically straightened hair and constant friction against the headrest. Later that year, as a solution to her completely damaged, broken and dry chemically straightened ha...
Feb 23, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Meet the “her” behind Hims. Hilary Coles is the co-founder of Hims and Hers, two telemedicine platforms that are changing the way we do healthcare and wellness. And she’s doing it so well that even J. Lo is putting her famous mane behind it. We speak to Hilary about why consumers are increasingly interested in telehealth solutions in place of traditional, in-person medical services, and how Hims, Inc. is expanding. She also tells us her forecast for the future of telehealth and what it’s like to...
Feb 16, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Our sense of smell is closely linked to our memory, perhaps more so than any of our other senses. When an odor enters our nasal cavity, it goes straight to the olfactory bulb, which is directly connected to the amygdala and hippocampus. Two regions of the brain related to emotion and memory. This might explain why the smell of something can so immediately trigger a detailed memory or even intense emotion. In fact, “scent branding” is now a part of many hotels who pump a signature fragrance into ...
Feb 09, 2021•22 min•Ep. 121
Dr. Dennis Gross is a board-certified dermatologist and dermatologic surgeon who has been in practice for 25 years. As the creator of award-winning Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare™ he has been on the forefront of scientific research into beauty innovations. Dr. Gross says he’s “approaching 20201 as the year of self-care” because over 50% of his practice is now coming in for body-treatments. In this episode we discuss:. The increase of patients coming in for body treatments How the skin on the body dif...
Feb 02, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 120
According to Christophe Robin, "The scalp is a key role in the hair’s health and beauty. But your scalp is sensitized by pollution, stress, and the build-up of chemical products every day. And to make matters worse, so much of haircare is confusing: Should we wash every day? What is the correct way to shampoo (chances are you have been doing it wrong your entire life)? How do I really detox my hair? Our guest, Sarah Milton, is the director of education for Christophe Robin and has the answers on...
Jan 26, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Monolaurin is a chemical derived from lauric acid, which is a component of both coconut fat and breast milk. It’s been used in cosmetics and as a food additive, but recently it’s making waves as a homeopathic remedy for preventing and treating colds, flu, herpes, shingles and urinary tract infections. If you’ve been listening to our podcast you first heard about monolaurin when we interviewed Teju Owoye , who told us that she uses monolaurin to treat infections. We were certainly intrigued and d...
Jan 19, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Anna De La Cruz is the go-to resource for all things skincare. She’s a master esthetician and Glo Skin Beauty’s Director of Product Development. We talk to this brilliant beauty about the skincare trends she predicts for 2021, which include Your Skin But Better - Companies will create skincare-makeup hybrids that create a “no-makeup makeup” effect: natural, glossy, dewy skin textures, with light or barely-there textures, tints, and tones. Bright Skin Is In - Skin lightening is a long outdated an...
Jan 12, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Here’s a scary fact: Women suffer from depression, insomnia, PTSD and anxiety at about twice the rate of men. In fact, in 2017 Jessica Mulligan, founder of Winged CBD, found herself in a dark place, “I hadn’t had a good night’s sleep in a long time and every day I was on the verge of crying at any given moment.” A friend recommended CBD and she began to feel the crippling effects of anxiety start to lessen. Her relief lead her to research CBD and how it affects the body, and what she discovered ...
Jan 05, 2021•47 min
Wishing you and your family the best for 202, and if you didn't get to listen to this episode featuring Beautyblender's Rea Ann, here it is again... Killer Beautyblender? Nah You're just using it wrong! If you look in the toolkit of any professional makeup artist, YouTube beauty expert, or budding makeup enthusiast, you’re probably going to find a Beautyblender . It’s the hot-pink, egg-shaped sponge that transformed makeup application in an HD world. And, according to Beautyblender’s CEO, Rea An...
Dec 29, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 115
If you’ve ever scrolled through your news feed and felt anxious, or browsed Instagram and Facebook looking at pictures of people’s perfect lives – and felt WORSE – this is a podcast for you. According to our guests, Dr. Lynda Ulrich, and her Harvard grad daughter, Liesl Ulrich-Verderber, you can reshape your worldview with five easy shifts that will allow you to thrive in these chaotic times: Finding the right ratio: Why keeping up with the news doesn’t need to mean feeling overwhelmed. Voting w...
Dec 22, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Tis' the season for last minute shopping. But we've got you covered. Amber and Lara Eurdolian , both beauty editors, reveal the best gifts you can buy at every budget – from luxe goodies to stocking stuffers. ⬇️ Shopping Links Below: Click SHOW MORE ⬇️ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/artbeautypodcast PRODUCTS MENTIONED: Peloton Bike, $1895 and up GET $100 off the Bike or Tread with code: UWNA98 https://www.onepeloton.com/ Fornasetti Candle with Lid, $215 https://amzn.to/2K3BsHt...
Dec 15, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 113
We all know that the holidays are generally a time when our wallets get thin and our waistlines expand. But in the midst of a global pandemic, the holidays could be different this year. We talk to Tatiana Boncompagni, founder of Eat Sunny – a healthy meal delivery plan – about how we can avoid the holiday weight gain. She offers tips on the healthiest alcohol to drink this holiday and even shares tips on how to reset your diet now instead of waiting for January 1st.
Dec 08, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 112
We are always on the lookout for the next best thing, but the newest ingredient in skincare might be an old one revisited - camel milk. While it may not be found in many of today's products, for centuries, camel milk has been revered for its curative properties in both Africa and the Middle East. Even Queen Cleopatra is said to have bathed in Camel Milk to maintain her youthful appearance. And perhaps there's a reason that this super food is finding its way into our skincare routines. Camel Milk...
Dec 01, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 111
From her start as a bud-tender in 2006, to currently running a multi-million dollar company, Olivia Alexander is truly the “boss babe” of Cannabis. Last year, Olivia launched a beauty product for makeup that turned the industry on its head: the KINGDM Cosmetics THC Primer. The product is the world’s first-ever psychoactive makeup product. It went on to earn the 2019 Beauty Innovator Award for Makeup from Refinery29. Olivia created proprietary formulas for this product and in 2020, expanded her f...
Nov 24, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Pure vitamin C is a proven and powerful skincare ingredient: it can reduce sun spots and hyperpigmentation and increase collagen production for brighter-looking and firmer skin. But all of these benefits do not come without a cost – vitamin C is also notoriously unstable and can oxidize quickly, becoming less efficient. According to Ron Robinson, a cosmetic chemist, once a vitamin C formula has turned brown or orange, it is no longer the powerhouse we expect it to be. After spending fifteen year...
Nov 17, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 109
We sit down with Brian Goodwin, International Educator for celeb-fave spa brand, Eminence Organic Skin Care, to get the scoop on antioxidants. Find out what free radicals are (no, it’s not your high school boyfriend’s garage band), which essential vitamin our bodies don’t produce (but is a complexion game changer) and how to amp up your skin care routine with natural goodness. Ripe with skin care application tips and a visual demo that will make your jaw drop, you’ll be inspired to go back to sc...
Nov 10, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Virtual presentations have become an inevitable part of our lives. But you can present your best self with a few simple tips, whether you're on Google Meetings or Zoom, speaking to your co-workers, CEO or cousins. We speak to Brenden Kumarasamy, a public speaking coach and the host of MasterTalk on Youtube, about how we can improve our virtual presentation skills. He offers tips on how to better prepare our actual presentations and effective ways to practice speaking. Amber will also share her p...
Nov 03, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 107
We get the inside scoop on breast augmentation from four women who had some form of surgery - for very different reasons. From a double mastectomy and reconstruction, to a reduction at a young age, to implants and a lift, these friends discuss why they wanted surgery, and everything the WISH they knew beforehand. They'll share some helpful tips for anyone considering augmentation, whether it's the best things to buy for recovery or how to deal with guesstimating breast size.
Oct 27, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 106
October is Blindness Awareness Month and we are honored to be able to spotlight Chelsea Nguyen, a licensed cosmetologist and image consultant, who helps empower men and women who are visually impaired by teaching them non-visual hair, makeup and grooming techniques. In this inspiring episode she’ll share her tips and tricks, as well as talk about the some of the technology available to help the visually impaired identify colors and prevent wardrobe mishaps, and even shares ways that fully-sighte...
Oct 20, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 105
