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Backbar Talks: Spa, Salon & Beauty Pro Insider by Suplery

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The industry intelligence podcast for beauty pros — spa&salon owners and managers, estheticians, cosmetologists, nail techs, lash artists, barbers, and medspa teams. Every week we unpack what's actually inside the products on your shelf, how protocols compare in practice, and where the category is heading — with the specifics and trade-offs your clients won't find in marketing copy. Brought to you by Suplery, the wholesale platform built for licensed pros. Find more about Suplery at suplery.com

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Tretinoin or hyaluronic acid first? The layering fix 30.06.2026 4:45

Your client is on tretinoin, breaking out anyway, and convinced she's "doing everything right." Half the time, the problem isn't the products — it's the order she's putting them on. Here's how to fix it in one conversation. On this episode of Backbar Talks, we settle the tretinoin-and-hyaluronic-acid layering question the way it actually plays out at the chair. Why both orders can work and what ea...

Natural vs Synthetic vitamins: does your skin know the difference? 23.06.2026 24:27

"Natural" and "synthetic" vitamins can sit side by side on your shelf, look identical, and cost worlds apart — but does your client's skin actually know the difference? Here's what the marketing won't tell you. On this episode of Backbar Talks, we break down natural-derived vs lab-made vitamins in professional skincare — bioavailability, stability, how the same vita...

The salon stuff nobody covers — pilot 29.04.2026 5:52

Welcome to backbar talks — the show that opens the bottles. Your retinol has a backstory. Your inventory has a leak. Your pricing has a math problem. And every Korean ingredient your medspa friend keeps texting about? It's already in someone else's treatment room. This is the pilot. Consider it the menu. Going forward we'll be unpacking one thing at a time, weekly, in 15 to 20 minutes — pricing ec...