Boardroom Beauty

In this special crossover episode of Boardroom Beauty and The Hue Report, hosts Lydia Drakeford and Olivia Hancock sit down with award-winning founder, educator, and industry visionary Danessa Myricks for an in-depth conversation about the journey behind Danessa Myricks Beauty. This episode was made possible by Shea Moisture and their “Yes, And” campaign celebrating the limitless versatility of Bl...

In this episode of the Boardroom Beauty Podcast, host Lydia Drakeford interviews Roxana Ontiveros, a Senior Product Lead at Topicals. They discuss Roxana's journey from being a first-generation college student to a leader in the beauty industry, emphasizing the importance of centering community, innovation, and impact in her leadership. Roxana shares her thought leadership in product development,...

In this episode, we sat down with Kara Brothers, President of Starface. From navigating a career after Google to building a culturally relevant brand that embraces experimentation, Kara shares what it means to move with clarity, curiosity, and trust in the process. 🎧 In this episode we talk about: ✨ Building a brand through experimentation ✨Trusting intuition over outdated timelines ✨ Beauty w...

Kenya Eldridge has made a career out of proving that marketing isn’t just about syncing channels or media investments, it’s about shaping the soul of a brand. With leadership roles at Estée Lauder, NARS, and Shiseido, she’s built connections between brand and consumer that go beyond selling products, but moving culture and empowering purchasers. In this episode, we’ll discuss: Kenya’s personal blu...

The Boardroom Beauty podcast is BACK! and we are so excited to kick it off with the return of Chanel Tyler a former beauty executive turned lifestyle creator with experience as the Global Head of Beauty at Youtube and the former Director of Marketing at La Mer! Tune in as we sit down with Chanel Tyler to discuss topics like: ✨ career detours & redirection ✨ creator economy trends & the c...

Kiana Murden, Senior Beauty Writer at Vogue, shares her pivot from brand management to editorial work, highlighting the importance of community and making career sacrifices. From working at P&G and Unilever after undergrad to her decision to pursue a career in PR and her transition into editorial work, Kiana stresses the value of taking career breaks and pursuing further education when the tim...

In this episode of Boardroom Beauty, we collaborated with Too Smart for This Podcast by Alexis Barber, the founder of TOO Collective, a wellness brand. Because August is Black Business Month, we decided to have a chat with two of our favorite black beauty founders to give us the real on their current state of being in a world where DEI is under attack and access to capital is very limited. Desiree...

Daisy Boateng, a British-Ghanaian, new girl-mom, fashionista, author, and founder of The Step Up Sorority is a L’Oreal veteran. She has 14 years under her belt working in Paris, London, Melbourne, and New York City in brand management, digital, and now communications, Her track record for success and delivering strategic solutions at brands like Maybelline, NYX Cosmetics, Essie, and L’Oreal Paris...

Yasmin Zeinab, the founder of ABI AMÉ, discusses the development of her innovative hero product, Summer Skin, which she launched her brand with just last year after conducting extensive market research in over 1,000 conversations with prospective customers to identify pain points and create solutions, centering her customer from the inception of the brand. Our conversation lightly touches on the i...

Milan Crawford joins the Boardroom Beauty Podcast as the Head of Social for Shea Moisture. Her recent work has entailed leading up highly visible activations for the brand as they continue to bring innovative products that solve the unique needs of their targeted clientele and much more. In this episode Milan shares where her personal passions align with her professional career, her perspective an...

Tatiana Pile joins Boardroom Beauty Podcast to give us a debrief on all of the industry buzz. As a Managing Editor at Glossy, her role is to cover the evolving nature of the beauty and wellness industry at their intersection of business, tech, and pop-culture.  In this episode with Tatiana we discuss:  The challenges of being an underrepresented beauty editor in the trade publication spa...

Hannah Harris is a Los Angeles-based marketer, creator, and advocate known for her work at the intersection of beauty, culture, and community. Currently working in Brand Marketing at Summer Fridays, her beauty aareer started in 2020 when Hannah founded Brown Girl Hands, turning an online community addressing the lack of diversity on our social media feeds into a content studio working with Gl...

Kewanna (KiKi) Donaldson has been Glossier’s Senior Manager of Brand & Product Marketing at Glossier since the pandemic, a very pivotal and critical time for the brand. With her leadership, she’s supported major brand initiatives from the expansion of their brick & mortar presence, bringing product innovation to life, and sustaining the strength of their core via reanimation. KiKi’s backgr...

The Black Beauty Club Co-Founders, Tomi Talabi & Asmeret Berhe-Lumax, give us the build to their current success in co-founding an international black beauty community. The Black Beauty Club is a community born from the pandemic, originating on the Clubhouse app. It has since flourished into in-real-life events and forums as well as an active online community. The purpose of The BBC community...

Brooke DeVard started the Naked Beauty Podcast 8 years ago when she couldn't find the depth of conversations she wanted to hear in beauty. With Naked Beauty she hosted guests from across the industry and has built an engaged community of Beauty Enthusiasts ranging from consumers to seasoned professionals. She has spent a bulk of her traditional career in marketing within Fashion, Media, and Te...

Lydia Drakeford is the Producer and Host of the Boardroom Beauty Podcast. In this final episode of season 1, Lydia is interviewed by Tori Douglas, a former guest of the podcast and Manager of Digital Experiences at Fresh Beauty. Together they reflect on the first season of Boardroom Beauty and Lydia's aspirations for Season 2 as she expresses her gratitude for the new community. Hosted on Acas...

Toni Payne has joined Topicals as their new Head of Influencer Marketing & Brand Strategy after spending her career in fashion, bringing the Coach brand back to life and previously in music, working alongside artists like Doja Cat, SZA, Solange Knowles at RCA & Interscope Records. Toni is bringing a fresh perspective to the beauty industry with her diverse experiences and robust network. T...

Delanique Millwood, the CEO of Clear Skin, is now also the CEO & Founder of Skintellect. Skintellect is a carefully curated marketplace selling nothing but the best with the purpose of Amplifying Black Beauty Brands. Delanique has taken an editorial approach to social commerce, marrying storytelling, education, and e-commerce for a seamless experience. With Skintellect, beauty shoppers are con...

Meet Simedar Jackson! The founder of Of Other Worlds Skincare👽🛸, a clinically conscious skincare brand for the skin-curious. Simedar is creating a universe in which beauty is ungoverned via the skincare experience by empowering via education, innovating with empathy and expertise, and co-creating alongside community. Of Other Worlds has been incredibly successful in their early stages, winning G...

Meet Roya Shariat✨, the woman behind Glossier's Social Impact and Brand Partnerships such as their WNBA partnership and their Grant Program that invests in Black beauty entrepreneurs to address legacies of inequity, exclusion, and barriers to fundraising. In this episode, we sit down with Roya Shariat✨ to chat:  🏀Shooting her shot in her career  🤝🏾Social Impact & Partnerships at Gloss...

Meet Saba Bokhari! Saba is a Senior Manager of Advocacy, Influencer Marketing and Social Commerce at L'oreal✨ where she inspires, educates and supports brands like Redken and Kerastase to keep innovating! Tune into this episode for our chit chat about: 🛣️Her career journey & curated role 🤝🏾The creator economy & creator partnerships 🛍Social Commerce in Beauty 💖Career inspo & adv...

Shari Familian is the Executive Director of Go-To-Market, Marketing at La Mer, one of The Estée Lauder Co.’s most coveted brands by those in the know; Often known as the OG of prestige since the 90s but still loved by many today. While Shari has successfully climbed the corporate ladder, she hasn’t forgotten to lift others on her way up.  In this episode GEMS were dropped on: 💎Her journey to her...

Camille Darby is the Global VP of Brand Marketing at Condé Nast, covering publications across beauty, fashion, lifestyle, etc. she leverages her love of storytelling. She is the master of honing a craft and passion as a transferable skillset to obtain the opportunities that give her space to showcase her talents. She is as wise as she is stylish!  Over conversation covers:  🪩Our Renaissance Tour...

Happy Black Owned Business month from myself and this week’s Boardroom Beauty, Dionna Chambers, Head of Programming and Development at Thirteen Lune. In this episode, we are in person at Soho Works in LA discussing: 💅🏾A day in the life of Dionna 💄Dioanna’s favorite black owned products sold at Thirteen Lune 🖤Thirteen Lune’s mission to support the discovery of black & brown beauty founders...

Eden Zeilo, a Brand Marketing Leader & Beauty Executive has worked amongst the industry’s best from Shea Moisture to Black Opal and Fashion Fair to bring brands to life both globally and domestically. Here's what we discussed: 💄 Her career journey from Harvard MBA to former Marketing VP at Black Opal to her next high-impact opportunity 🏆 Best Beauty Marketing Activations - I grilled her...