Breaking Beauty Podcast

Happy summer friends! Today, we’re diving into the cult-fave Brazilian body care line that celebrates your every curve with its beach-vibe packaging and ridiculously addicting scent . Launched back in 2015, Sol de Janeiro’s body butters, washes and scrubs are inspired by the beaches of Rio, all designed to help you flaunt the body you’ve got . We get the backstory on the brand’s cheekily named Bra...

Is “Clean Beauty” a myth? According to a growing social media movement led by the scientific community , a lot of the ingredients on all of those “free-from” lists may not be so dangerous after all. Today we’re chatting with Jen Novakovich , the cosmetic chemist and formulator behind The Eco Well . Jen started her platform to bring more science into the conversation around sustainability in person...

As two longtime beauty editors, we’ve always made it a point to highlight the *breakthrough* people, products and moments snatching our attention. Today, we’re shining a light on the latest indie brands breaking through a whole lotta clutter. From the next K-Beauty Vitamin C serum bound to make its way onto your top shelf with its purse-friendly price tag, to the colourful Gen-Z toner already fire...

Supermodel, beauty mogul and philanthropist at heart, Miranda Kerr unravels the glowing backstory behind Kora Organics, founded in 2009. Listen in as Miranda recalls her days growing up around her Grandmother’s farm in her native Australia, where she discovered the skin-soothing magic of Noni fruit, the hero ingredient in the range. An early adopter in the clean beauty movement, Kora Organics is n...

Dark spots beware! Today we’re chatting about all things hyperpigmentation with Dr. Alexis Stephens , a Florida-based dermatologist and Skin of Color expert who’s leading the charge when it comes to cultural competency in the field of skin science. (Check out her life-changing before-and-afters on patients here .) We’re getting to the bottom of why hyperpigmentation happens and what you can do abo...

Wanna know what’s really* worth the spend this summer? Just in time for quarantine-release mini gatherings everywhere, Carlene discovers a brand new self-tanning-meets-serum hybrid , while Jill gives Wishful Skincare’s new radiance-inducing face mask a go. (She tests the neck-snatching mask, too! Gimmick or great? Inquiring minds want to know!) On the makeup front, stay tuned as Carlene discovers...

Today we’re sitting down virtually with Miko Branch , co-founder of Miss Jessie’s Haircare . Hairstylist by trade, Miko launched the line in 2004 with her late sister, Titi Branch, sharing the Curly Pudding recipe they mixed up for their devoted clientele. Without any help from investors, the siblings bootstrapped the entire business, taking the homemade hair concoctions they learned to make in th...

Happy Pride everyone! In today’s episode, we’re celebrating Pride Month with Canadian drag artist Brooke Lynn Hytes! The Queen of the North, who was first runner up in the 11th season of RuPaul's Drag Race , is here to spill the tea on her royal beauty routine, allying through advocacy and her new role as an official judge on Canada’s Drag Race Season 1 - premiering on Crave Canada and Wow Present...

In today’s episode, we’ll review the latest FDA findings around sun safety, along with our roundup of the best mineral sunscreen innovations shaking their “chalky” reputation of the past. Also known as physical sunscreens, SPFs that use mineral filters like zinc oxide and titanium dioxide to filter out the sun’s UV rays used to resemble thick white paint when you put them on. Good news though: the...

Today we are pausing our regularly scheduled show to make space for Black voices. Below is a list of articles and podcasts referenced in today’s episode to read and listen to instead:   Articles/Social media:   Danielle Prescod - her IGTV post is absolutely must-watch.  Kathleen Newman-Bremang’s story from Refinery29 : The Pandemic Of Black Trauma Will Never End . Ateh Jewell’s piece that she co-w...

In partnership with our friends at Olay, today we’re sitting down *virtually* with Dr. Frauke Neuse r, P&G’s principal scientist and ingredient wizard, to answer some important questions about the almighty retinol. Backed by decades of clinical research, this non-prescription form of vitamin A has been proven to kickstart cell turnover and collagen production to reverse signs of wrinkles, age...

In today’s episode, Arielle Lorre – also known as The Blonde Files – gets real on starting over at age 28, after hitting rock bottom with an addiction that nearly took her life. Today, the 32-year-old lifestyle and wellness influencer shares nutritional recipes and workout lewks with over 200,000 followers, some of whom have strong opinions about her May/December marriage to Hollywood mogul Chuck...

Recorded live from her New York City apartment * pre-pandemic * Katie Sturino reveals just how she kickstarted a new kind of beauty empire with Megababe. The clean beauty brand for women of all shapes and sizes quickly skyrocketed to waitlist status with solution-oriented products that tackled beauty taboo – while being cute enough for the topshelf, too. From the iconic Megababe Thigh Rescue Anti-...

In today’s episode, we’re chatting drugstore dupes. From skincare dead-ringers to our all-time fave mascara and foundation clones – we swatched our hearts out to find your perfect, money-saving match. Listen in as we deliver our top skincare dupes for a vitamin C serum to rival Skinceuticals CE Ferulic , along with the frugal hyaluronic acid that stands up to the cultishly adored Drunk Elephant B-...

She’s sultry, she’s badass, she runs her own fashion label and her Instagram is a soft-filtered dream. It’s Pia Baroncini. Pia Baroncini is the L.A.-based Creative Director of the Italian-meets-90’s fashion label LPA , whose In the Kitchen With the Baroncinis viral videos are making the internet swoon. Dubbed “ Fashion's Most Relatable Oversharer ” by Elle Magazine , Pia is spilling the tea about...

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Who needs some motivation mojo right now?! Today, we’re serving the JUICE, with the “Queen of Beauty” Leslie Blodgett , creator of Bare Minerals makeup — celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. With just five ingredients on the label, BareMinerals Original Loose Powder Foundation was a panacea for skin so sensitive, makeup wasn’t even an option. But it should have been a flop . Listen in to fi...

When Renée Chow – a.k.a “ Gothamista ” – recommends a skincare product, watch it fly off store shelves. In today’s special edition of the #DamnGoods , the New York-based blogger and YouTuber plays guest co-host, in her first podcast ever! With a tagline like: “I Try Stuff So You Don’t Have To,” Renée boasts a hyper-curated #topshelf that helps inform the purchases of her “Skin Squad” community of...

With all the Zoom meetings out there, we all need good hair days. Today, you’ll hear the 411 on the question that’s been on everyone’s minds – how to touch up your roots and how to dye your own hair at home . We’ve got Ryan Trygstad on the line, the New York-based celebrity hair pro whose clients include Julianne Moore, Emma Roberts, and Kelly Ripa . (Look out for his new salon, Mark Ryan , openin...

Meet pioneer of the at-home micro peel, Dr. Dennis Gross , along with his wife Carrie Gross , co-founder and CEO of the best-selling acids brand at Sephora . They flew us to their Manhattan HQ in New York City, to discover the origin story behind Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare , one of the first dermatologist brands to launch twenty years ago. Find out how the iconic Alpha Beta Universal Peel came to b...

We’ve dedicated today’s episode to what’s sparking joy for your humble hosts! First, we highlight our favourite good news headlines , like the social media star who’s fundraised 4 million euro to help build ICU units in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis. Not to mention the French beauty brand who quickly stepped up to meet the hand-sanitizer demands of health care workers.    Plus, we trade notes o...

It’s pretty much scientifically proven by now: good hair days really do make us feel better. With that in mind, we’re dedicating this entire episode to the hair tools that truly deliver post-salon happiness (in the comfort and safety of your own home, tbh.) First off, we put the new Dyson Corrale Straightener to the test, and reveal whether this highly anticipated innovation is really worth the he...

Jill and Carlene take New York City! In today’s episode, we sit down with Zanna Roberts Rassi , Milk Makeup co-founder and fashion-editor-at-large for Marie Claire .   You may recognize Zanna in her role as E! News fashion correspondent, where she reports straight from the red carpet — or perhaps you’ve tuned into one of her viral videos with the hashtag #CommuterBeautyWithZanna. We’re tracing the...

We put more than 50+ new products to the test to bring you our edited list of investment buys you’ll definitely want to add to your topshelf this spring. We spill the tea on the season’s biggest newsmakers, from Armani’s Luminous Silk Concealer, 20 years in the making (!) to Tatcha’s new Silk Canvas primer-in-a-bottle to Drunk Elephant’s upcoming haircare range, created with Jennifer Aniston’s lon...

Meet the personal makeup artist to Catherine O’Hara – the talent personally responsible for Moira Rose’s obsidian eyes and rouge bouche on the hit show Schitt’s Creek – it’s Lucky Bromhead ! (Fun fact: Lucky is also the key makeup artist for the upcoming series Canada’s Drag Race , debuting in 2020.) Schitt’s Creek has officially reached cult-classic status, and now counts everyone from Michelle O...