Founded Beauty

Sravya Adusumilli is the founder and CEO of Mango People, a makeup brand rooted in Ayurvedic principles and born from a personal struggle to find inclusive shade ranges.  Mango People is Sephora’s first Ayurvedic-inspired makeup brand and innovates formulas from herbs, fruits and flora that have been used in India for centuries. Tune in to learn how Sravya pivoted from chemical engineering to...

Amy Gordinier is the founder and CEO of Skinfix, the brand renowned for putting the skin barrier first and being an early pioneer of ‘cleanical’ beauty.  She is also an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience working at L’Oréal, Coty and Estée Lauder Companies, where Jo Malone predicted that Amy would one day own a brand. Today Skinfix is a favourite among Sephora customers, recomme...

Pritika Swarup is an international model, fashion influencer, Columbia finance graduate and the founder and CEO of Prakti Beauty.  A skincare brand embodying the duality of Pritika’s Indian heritage and American upbringing, Prakti Beauty represents today's vivacious generation; hybrids of cultures, heritages, experiences and dreams. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure you like, subs...

Samantha Brett is the founder and CEO of the award-winning SPF brand instantly recognizable for its sleek lilac packaging that took Instagram by storm: Naked Sundays.  During Samantha’s career as a breaking news reporter, she saw two colleagues experience skin cancer and decided to create a sunscreen that could go over makeup and offer the highest protection. Enter Naked Sundays’ instant cult...

Licensed esthetician, K-beauty and skincare expert and one of the first guests to feature on Founded Beauty, Alicia Yoon is the founder and CEO of Peach & Lily and Peach Slices. A leading influence in the popularization of Korean beauty, Alicia developed a passion for skincare when she experienced struggles with eczema and went on to launch her own brands combining actives used in Western scie...

Founder of the luxury niche perfume brand, Kayali and co-founder and Global President of Huda Beauty, Mona Kattan is a true beauty trendsetter and industry icon. Having encouraged her sister Huda to create a line of products that would go on to become a globally bestselling brand, Mona went on to launch its first sub-brand, Kayali in 2018, designing its debut collection of 4 incredible scents that...

Siff Haider is the co-CEO and co-founder of Arrae, a wellness brand founded upon a simple principle: ‘to help women feel their best so they can be their best’.   After years of struggling with health issues, Siff launched Arrae in 2019 with her husband Nish, creating chic, effective supplements that work in under an hour to combat everyday issues like digestion, bloating and anxiety.&nbs...

Kimmy Scotti is the co-founder and chairman of the skincare brand, Fig.1, as well as a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and activist. Kimmy co-founded a jewelry company in her teenage years and in 2015, a femtech company with a period-tracker app and coordinated menstrual care delivery service. As a self-ascribed skincare junkie, she continues her passion for making health and wellness acce...

Woo has been called the ‘most in-demand tattooist in the world’, renowned for his distinct fineline style, tattooing celebrities including Drake, Bella Hadid and Justin Bieber. Teaming up with venture specialist and brand development expert Miguel Garcia Castillo, Woo set out to develop the ultimate skincare brand for sensitive skin, blending his work within the worlds of art, fashion, music and b...

Self-care guru, beauty YouTuber and London-based influencer, Estée Lalonde is the founder of the lifestyle brand, MIRROR WATER.  Known for her love of all things beauty and her open conversations around mental health, Estée has rooted MIRROR WATER in principles of daily ritual and self-reflection. Tune in for our discussion on building an online community, setting boundaries and sparking a re...

Jane Wurwand is the co-founder of one of the world’s best-known skincare brands, Dermalogica. After training in skin therapy, Jane began receiving student requests for product recommendations and would go on to create one of the industry’s first brands to combine cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.  Launching Dermalogica over 30 years ago, Jane has shaped our perspectives on skincare, beauty brand...

Namrata Kamdar is the founder of Plenaire, a skincare brand born from a genuine need for safe, effective and enjoyable skincare; perfectly encapsulated in its name derived from the French expression for ‘in the open air’.   A former Unilever executive working on the likes of Dove, Comfort and Lakme, Namrata is a true branding expert, spreading the message that beauty can be as much about...

Annie Lawless is the founder of the natural, non-toxic beauty brand, LAWLESS Beauty, and the co-founder of the organic, cold-pressed juice company, Suja Juice.  After curing herself of her celiac and eczema symptoms by making cold-pressed juice, Annie realised the correlation between clean, nutritious ingredients and healthy skin. She launched LAWLESS Beauty in 2017 to bring high-pigment make...

John Molloy is the co-founder and president of the Parisian fragrance house, MEMO Paris.  Launching the brand with his wife, Clara, in 2007, MEMO Paris is an ode to memorable places all around the world, embodying Clara’s Parisian-Catalan heritage and John’s Irish globetrotter spirit, in a journey through time. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure you like, subscribe, leave us a revi...

Randi Christiansen is the co-founder of Nécessaire, a lineup of clean body care products housed in sleek packaging that has become a staple in chic bathrooms everywhere. An Estée Lauder Companies veteran with 15 years of working for global brands like Creme de la Mer, Tom Ford and Estée Lauder itself, Randi drew from her product strategy expertise to launch what she calls the 'Patagonia of beauty'...

David Gaylord is the co-founder and CEO of Bushbalm, a natural bikini-line skincare brand that first began as a side hustle born out of a business competition for Shopify employees.  Loved by estheticians and medical experts alike, the brand has been featured on Dragons’ Den, David became a 40 Under 40 lister in the Ottawa Business Journal and Bushbalm has grown into an 8-figure brand. ...

Ruby Hammer MBE is a global makeup artist and founder of her eponymous beauty range, Ruby Hammer Beauty.  A signature capsule collection of beauty essentials, the brand has distilled Ruby’s 30 years of experience working across editorial, TV, red carpets and runways. She is also a renowned product expert, introducing some of the world’s biggest global brands to the UK, including Aveda, Tweeze...

Brian Jeong and Phillip Wong are the co-founders of the premium personal care brand distinct for its sleek, understated aesthetic, Hawthorne.  Best friends since the age of 12, bonding over basketball, sneakers, skateboarding and style, Brian and Phillip first set out to disrupt the static men’s fragrance market, before also recognizing a blank space for accessible yet elevated skincare, body...

Bea Dixon is the founder of The Honey Pot Company, the first complete feminine care system powered by herbs.  Launching the brand in 2014, after having experienced bacterial vaginosis for 8 years, Bea began experimenting with herbal formulas she could use to heal herself - and it worked. Today, The Honey Pot Company is at the forefront of the wellness space, with Bea recognised as a leading A...

Noelly Michoux, Imen Jerbi and Dr Carlos Charles are the co-founders of 4.5.6 Skin on a mission to address the research equity gap for deeper skin complexions in a $140 billion global beauty market.  Combining a personal skin journey, and expertise in pharmacy, cosmetics and dermatology, 4.5.6 Skin focuses on melanin-rich skin and eliminating the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach in skincare scien...

Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr Brent Ridge are the husband and husband co-founding team behind Beekman 1802, a goat milk-based skincare line.  Developed directly from their goat farm in upstate New York, Beekman 1802 became an instant hit among neighbors, then the industry itself, and went on further to inspire Josh and Brent’s reality show, The Fabulous Beekman Boys , documenting the creation of...

Oliver Zak is the co-founder of the all-natural, tattoo aftercare brand, Mad Rabbit. Built on expression, individuality and the unique stories behind every tattoo, the brand is revolutionizing a category that has been around for thousands of years, shared across cultures all around the world and yet, remains relatively untouched in the beauty industry. Tune in for how Oliver recognized the long-aw...

Andrew Silberstein is the co-founder and CEO of the multi-functional skincare brand Solawave.  Combining cutting-edge science with sleek product design, Andrew worked with a team of dermatologists, engineers and estheticians to innovate red light therapy and blue light therapy as customised solutions for the skincare goal targeted by each bestselling tool in the Solawave range. If you enjoyed...

Holly Thaggard and Amanda Baldwin, the founder and CEO of Supergoop! respectively, are on a mission to change the way the world sees sunscreen. As the first and only lifestyle brand that is 100% dedicated to UV protection with its ingredient-conscious, efficacious formulas, Supergoop has truly cultivated the SPF category as a skincare must. Tune in for more on their game-changing innovation and th...

Andrea Lisbona is the founder and CEO of the chic hand sanitizer brand, Touchland.  Combining innovative functions with great designs and artful scents, Touchland has truly disrupted the industry by making a beauty ritual around the most basic of commodities. Tune in for more on Andrea’s journey, from her inspirations to her next mission! If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure you like...