Barefaced - A Beauty Podcast

Good morning lovely listeners and fellow Friends fans! In today's episode we are sharing our current morning skincare routines, the products we use, if we like them or not, and if we would repurchase.  Additionally, Sarah shares a recent TJ Maxx beauty haul and we dish some behind-the-scenes details on how products end up there, expiration dates, and more.  Also, if you're an avid listen...

Happy Friday y'all! So we know this is a mini episode and it's almost as long as a normal episode but there is a method to the madness! Today we deep dive into the ever-so-popular The Ordinary. We discuss the brand's background and talk about their bestsellers and what products from them we've tried including their controversial AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution. Then we answer a listener's questi...

Hello hello, welcome back to Barefaced! We are going back to beauty school today and talking all about the alphabet of exfoliating acids - AHAs, BHAs, and PHAs. These three are chemical exfoliants used in many masks, serums, cleansers, toners, and more. In this episode we get into what each acid category does to the skin, what the exfoliants are within each category, how to safely use these acids...

Aloha everyone! We are super excited about this week's Brand of the Week - Leahlani! Her dreamy formulations and beautiful textures have us falling head-over-heels in love with her products. We dive into the founder and her background, how the products are made, how the ingredients are sourced, and much more. Plus, we answer a listener's question on how to find the right moisturizer for her skin....

Welcome back to Barefaced! We are diving into a much debated, highly controversial topic today: beauty MLMs.  While MLMs exist across many different industries, today we are going to be discussing four beauty MLMs: Avon, Mary Kay, Beautycounter, and Rodan & Fields. Some of you may know of these thanks to Edward Scissorhands or your Facebook feed, and some of you may have never heard of th...

We are so excited to be launching our new mini episodes with our new segment Brand of the Week! As you might have noticed we have a lot to say when it comes to skincare and there is just so much to talk about! Every Friday we will feature a different brand and focus on smaller, indie brands that you may not have heard of. Additionally, we will be answering some of your questions! To have your ques...

Hi everyone, welcome back to Barefaced! We wanted to give a huge thank you to everyone who's listened, subscribed, and rated us, your support means the world to us! Today's episode is our first empties episode where we review some of the recent products we've finished. Hanna gives Sarah some of her facial toner recs and we get into why we use eye cream, what is Sephora Clean, and dip into some hai...

Welcome back to Barefaced! We are bringing you part two of our 2020 superlatives complete with riveting tangents of our beauty clean-out sprees, sentimental (read: expired) products, J Lo movies, and weed-free Disney parks. Again apologies for any mic tapping you might hear, we are fixing it we promise!  Have an opinion? Send us an email! barefaced.podcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagra...

Hi everyone, welcome back to Barefaced! During editing we realized that sometimes Hanna's mic seemed to be picking up tapping sounds (sorry!) so we will fix that for next time.  In today's episode we celebrate the ending of 2020 (it's finally over!) with our skincare superlatives! Come join us as we chat about hacking your way to see Broadway shows, motorcycle-induced burns, terrible math ski...

Hi everyone, welcome to Barefaced!  We're Hanna and Sarah, two best friends who share an obsession with skincare.  Join us and our unfiltered opinions as we dive into our backgrounds in the industry while going on tangents ranging from moist Safeway cakes to overpriced hydrofacials. Side note, we are still figuring out the best way to record and we apologize for any sound issue...