Let’s Chat Join Ekta for a conversation about cannabis based skincare with the founders of the emerging new indie brand, Green Bee Botanicals. Kim Howard and Bridget May share their journey of discovering the long unexplained and untapped healing properties of the full cannabis plant and how it led them down a path of discovery driven, and science backed innovation that utilizes the power of the endocannabinoid system of the human body as it pertains to skin health and beyond. GBB’s story starts...
Jan 27, 2023•54 min•Ep. 409
Let’s Chat Karen Ballou is the Founder and CEO of Immunocologie and a partner at Lucas Brand Equity, an equity firm that acquires beauty brands. A beauty industry leader, entrepreneur, and master esthetician, Karen founded Immunocologie after battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Immunocologie is an innovative, natural skin health skincare company that strengthens the skin’s microbiome and immuno-skin protection system through mineral delivery science. Karen sources ingredients and new technologies for I...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 408
Let’s Chat We caught up with the one and only Marisa Auciello, industry acclaimed fragrance expert to see what she had down for her “Scent Scope” for 2023. Here are Marisa’s TOP PICKS of the year for each zodiac sign! 2023 SCENT SCOPE Capricorn: Commodity FragrancesAquarius: Maison Francis KurkdjianPisces: VILHELM PARFUMERIEAries: Maison CrivelliTaurus: Parfums Juliette has a GunGemini: Floraïku ParisCancer: Xerjoff Group S.p.A.Leo: Thameen LondonVirgo: Hermetica ParisLibra: ETAT LIBRE D'ORANGES...
Jan 07, 2023•31 min•Ep. 407
Let’s Chat “I am so excited to introduce you guys to someone I truly consider to be a rising star in the skincare realm. She is educated and one of the most NON-MESSY scientists when it comes to her knowledge and dedication. Absolutely obsessed. Also her line is phenomenal which doesn’t hurt !” - Dr Ekta“I'm a cosmetic formulation chemist who, after years of product development for tons of other brands, quit my job to start a skincare line called Educated Mess. While working in formulation, I wa...
Jan 06, 2023•56 min•Ep. 406
Let’s Chat Lindsey Smolan launched her strategic communications firm VLIV Communications in 2021 to amplify the stories of the beauty and fashion industry’s most exciting companies after more than a decade as a sought-after NYC PR consultant and publicity powerhouse.Her interest in storytelling started at a young age, with her childhood and teen years spent solving mysteries and breaking stories as a small town sleuth + aspiring journalist. Lindsey graduated from Boston U with a degree in commun...
Jan 04, 2023•53 min•Ep. 405
Let’s Chat Monique Meneses and Ray Kim are the founders of iota, a nutritional bodycare company crafted for health. iota, derived from the word microbiota, believes in addressing the root cause before skin concerns arise. iota - defined as "an infinitesimal amount" - is also rooted in the belief that the attainment of one's maximum potential consists of the sum of many small productive actions taken consistently, with discipline, throughout life.Over the past 15 years as a beauty editor and advi...
Jan 04, 2023•34 min•Ep. 404
Let’s Chat Phyllis Cohen started her career as a Fashion Illustrator. Whilst attending the prestigious Art Centre College in California, her dramatic style caught the attention of fashion photography students who encouraged her to do makeup for their photo shoots. Upon completion of her illustration course, she graduated with two portfolios: one for makeup and one for illustration.When Phyllis arrived in London (1982) the New Romantics embraced her colourful, illustrative makeup style. The fashi...
Jan 03, 2023•34 min•Ep. 403
Let’s Chat ARCONA skincare is known and respected for its high quality, pure formulations and their unparalleled ability to make a positive change to the skin. Under the creative leadership of Chanel Jenae, Owner, Product Formulator and Esthetician in concert with a team of professionals whose expertise and commitment equal her own, ARCONA has expanded from its spa-based origins to wider availability via internet commerce and upscale retailers. In addition to select spas where estheticians are t...
Jan 02, 2023•46 min•Ep. 402
Let’s Chat A native of the U.K., Fabrigas arrived in the USA in 1980. Since then Fabrigas has risen through the ranks of the beauty industry holding key positions with many well-known Beauty companies. Caroline is the CEO of Scent Marketing Inc. a full service Scent and Sensory Marketing company that has fast become a leading authority in the art and science of Scent Marketing and Branding. Clients include;Hyatt Place Hotels1 Hotel and ResidencesBaccarat Hotel and Residences and Retail StoresTre...
Dec 31, 2022•42 min•Ep. 401
Let’s Chat Join us for a very special, and exclusive look behind what makes Rael a leader in all things feminine care and wellness. Ekta chats with the founder of the iconic line, Yanghee Paik about what led to the development of a brand focused holistically on women’s health and overall period care. Yanghee shares the journey behind the magic and also explains the holistic drivers behind the expansion of Rael into the skincare space and the real scientific logic of all the products in the line....
Dec 28, 2022•29 min•Ep. 400
Let’s Chat Join Ekta for a very special episode featuring the phenomenal line, Retrouvé. Ekta chats w/ Jami about the pillars that have inspired the luxurious yet extremely efficacious products in the collection and discusses the need for the novel approach Retrouvé is utilizing to combine products that work with cross generational appeal. Retrouvé was one of ten recipients of our Science Of Skin Awards for their ground breaking innovation and science forward formulations.--- Send in a voice mes...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 399
Let’s Chat Co-Founder + Managing Partner True Beauty Capital, Rich has spent the last 30 years investing and building great consumer brands at top private equity firms including Tengram Capital Partners, L Catterton, and North Castle Partners. Rich spent the last 9 years dedicated specifically to investing in the beauty industry, where he developed an extensive network of relationships that sourced many emerging growth brands with very limited access to institutional capital. Realizing the signi...
Dec 18, 2022•45 min•Ep. 398
Let’s Chat Join Ekta for her commentary on why it is now the best time for brands to reevaluate their claims and how we can rectify the problems around misleading claims in the skincare and beauty industries. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skincareanarchy/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skincareanarchy/support Support the Show. Follow The Show On All Socials Using The Tag @skincareanarchy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Dec 15, 2022•15 min•Ep. 367
Let’s Chat Join us for a conversation with June Risser, the new GM of StriVectin that has big plans for the company and has already started leading her team to make the brand an even more prominent leader in the skincare space than ever before. StriVectin Operating Company is the #1 independent prestige skin care company in the U.S., empowers people to outsmart aging with their disruptive science and targeted solutions for aging and changing skin. June discusses the brand’s focus on skin and age...
Dec 15, 2022•42 min•Ep. 396
Let’s Chat Dr. Mark Tager, MD, is CEO of San Diego-based ChangeWell Inc., an organization that trains and coaches certified nutritionists, licensed aestheticians and other healthcare practitioners to enhance their craft. As a physician, he is well grounded in aesthetic, lifestyle, regenerative and integrative medicine. As a medical student at Duke University Medical Center, he created one of the first training programs for medical students in nutrition. He has been actively involved in training ...
Dec 11, 2022•57 min•Ep. 395
Let’s Chat Dr Goldman was recently named Chairman of the CALECIM® Professional Medical Advisory Board. As such he is on a lecture tour of Asia.Mitchel P. Goldman, MD started practicing medicine in 1986. He is a world-renowned, double- board certified dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon, recognized by the American Board of Dermatology and the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery. A graduate of Boston University and Stanford University Medical School, Dr. Goldman is recognized for pioneering research...
Dec 09, 2022•35 min•Ep. 393
Let’s Chat Andrea Spellman is VP of Sales and Partnerships at Social Standards, a start-up that uses social data to help brands, investors and banks better understand consumers. Social Standards organizes and structures millions of authentic consumer conversations to enable brands including Estee Lauder, Shiseido and Johnson and Johnson identify trends and fads, determine what products are worthwhile to develop, what brands or products they should be investing marketing behind and what consumers...
Dec 08, 2022•53 min•Ep. 392
Let’s Chat After more than two decades in Advertising, Grace and Kristy were both looking for more fulfillment and balance in their lives so opted to leave their agency jobs to start Avoila. Both had been experiencing different skin challenges that resulted in their desire to create a product that would benefit their skin types through the use of high-quality, nourishing plant-based ingredients. Avoila Nourishing Face Oil is a certified-organic blend of plant-based oils that nourish your skin at...
Nov 28, 2022•23 min•Ep. 391
Let’s Chat Join Veronique Gabai and Ekta for a discussion around the role of culture in fragrance as we know it today. The conversation does a deep dive into not only the popular culture around this niche of the beauty and fashion industries, but also sheds insight into the historical relevance of cultures as they have evolved into the norms present globally around the use of scent in day to day life, today. Veronique Gabai, having crafted countless iconic scents, including Acqua Di Gio for Arma...
Nov 26, 2022•52 min•Ep. 390
Let’s Chat As a second career, Kari Gran started her natural beauty company with friend Lisa Strain. Diagnosed at 29, with an autoimmune disease, this self-described former beauty junkie started looking into everything from what she ate to what she put on her face. Having no background in digital or skincare – she learned everything by doing, proving there is no better teacher than necessity. Today, Kari Gran Skincare has an incredibly loyal and discerning customer base due to Kari’s easy-going ...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 389
Let’s Chat 4.5.6 Skin, founded by Noelly Michoux, was born out of the equity gap in skincare research that values one group’s skin over another. 4.5.6 Skin stands with the undervalued. Noelly's lifetime struggle finding care for her pigment-rich skin isn’t her story alone – nearly 40% of the world gets how she feels. Because equity is so personal for so many, the brand’s research approach must be personal too. That’s why the 4.5.6 Skin laboratory in France has taken the science of melanin skin a...
Nov 23, 2022•53 min•Ep. 388
Let’s Chat Jan breaks down the role of adding accelerators and resurfacing agents to a skincare routine and what we can expect to see in terms of skin changes over time. The episode focuses on the molecular and macro level science of these types of products (sometimes referred to as “actives”) and when we can tell that it is time to amp things up by adding something that falls into their realm for enhancing our skincare rituals and results! Join us for a deep dive into skin health once again wit...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 387
Let’s Chat In this episode we sat down with Sarah Brown, founder and CEO of PaiSkincare, and an organic skincare pioneer whose expertise developing all-natural, efficacious products was born from her own experience living with challenging skin.Sarah developed Chronic Urticaria in her mid-twenties and started mixing her own formulations from her garage as a last ditch solution for her hyper reactiveskin.Pai launched in 2007 at a time when theorganic category was under-developed and clean beauty w...
Nov 20, 2022•41 min•Ep. 386
Let’s Chat Join us for a phenomenal discussion with the lovely Aila Morin, SVP of MERIT’s Growth, Brand & Innovation. Aila shares the evolution of the minimalism inspired line from being makeup dominant, towards an active presence in the realm of skincare. MERIT has taken the spotlight with their latest launch being their debut skin product , “Great Skin™ Instant Glow Serum.” Aila explains the difference between creating skincare for the true minimalist and the challenges and discoveries tha...
Nov 20, 2022•38 min•Ep. 385
Let’s Chat Join us for a long overdue fragrance Friday episode where we interview the founder of the brand new gen z friendly fragrance collection: EMMOTIV. Cristina Bagozzi walks us through her journey with scent and how she brought her desire to express her emotions into her business ideas and create a fragrance collection that embodies many of the emotions we associate with feelings of well being. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skincareanarchy/messageSupp...
Nov 18, 2022•39 min•Ep. 384
Let’s Chat Tune into the latest episode of the Jan Marini MasterClass series. Join Ekta and Jan in the conversation on countdown to the holidays and must have tips, tricks and products to make the season, and your skin brighter !--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skincareanarchy/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skincareanarchy/support Support the Show. Follow The Show On All Socials Using The Tag @skincareanarchy Hosted on Aca...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 383
Let’s Chat Tina Bou-Saba is Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner at Verity Venture Partners, an early-stage consumer-focused investment firm. Verity Venture Partners invests in purpose-driven entrepreneurs who are building the next generation of great consumer companies, including emerging brands and the technologies that enable them. Tina has been actively investing since 2016 through CXT Investments, her personal investment vehicle, with a focus on beauty, personal care, health and wellness, e-c...
Nov 03, 2022•45 min•Ep. 382
Let’s Chat Join us for a very special product launch featuring the CEO of Revision Skincare for their brand new product : The D.E.J Daily Boosting Serum. Ekta chats with Maria Carell (CEO) after having tried and tested the serum daily for two weeks to discuss the benefits of the new addition to the Revision family’s, as well as the other hero products in the science forward line. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skincareanarchy/messageSupport this podcast: htt...
Nov 01, 2022•45 min•Ep. 381
Let’s Chat In this episode we sat down with the founder of the leading supplement line, VIDA GLOW to chat all things science, psychology and nutrition as it pertains to the wellness category of supplements. Anna Lahey’s brand is leading the way when it comes to common daily use supplemental skin health products such as collagen without the large, bulky proteins found in other lines. Anna really dives into the science of her line and how VG is using technology to create the BEST options in this c...
Oct 30, 2022•54 min•Ep. 380
Let’s Chat Joie Tavernise, NYC based Skin Expert & Medical Esthetician and founder of JTAV Clinical Skincare, a skincare clinic that specializes in medical grade treatments, injectables, skin care guidance, and so much more! @JTAVClincialSkincare (Followers: 30K) Joie Tavernise founded JTAV Clinical Skincare with a simple belief: No two faces are exactly alike; therefore, no two treatments are exactly alike. She is trained in the most advanced aesthetic treatments and procedures, and is firm...
Oct 28, 2022•32 min•Ep. 379
