Breaking Beauty Podcast

🎵Feeling good, like I should; Feeling blessed, never stressed.”🎵We’re in the mood for good vibes only, so in this week’s episode, join us as we sing the praises of the products on our top-shelf that spark nothing but joy. But first, Jill recounts her trip to the hallowed halls of the New York Public Library to attend the official launch of Kenvue brands (the parent company of Neutrogena and Avee...

Whether it’s the satin pillowcase , minimalist scrunchies or the viral, XL heatless rollers , there’s a good chance that you have a Kitsch favourite in your beauty routine already. Today, Founder and CEO Cassandra Morales Thurswell traces the brand’s humble beginnings, from selling handmade hair ties door to door at the tender age of 25 to creating a solid shampoo bar that sells every 5 seconds, t...

Memberships, perks and points, oh my ! This week we’re dissecting the world of beauty loyalty programs to see how they stack up against each other. Listen in as we reveal which loyalty programs really make it worth your membership, along with the one place we believe serves the most covetable G-with-P ( gift with purchase ) and the best, lowkey source to stack bundles and deals if you’re a true sk...

Today we’re welcoming Jen Atkin , dubbed “The Most Influential Hairstylist in the World,” by The New York Times. Prior to founding Ouai , Mane Addicts and now Mane ,  Jen lent her highly polished hair skills to a veritable who’s who of young Hollywood –  everyone from the Kardashians, the Jenner sisters, Hailey Bieber, Chrissy Teigen and even Madonna! Listen in as we chat about: What ins...

Just ahead of Earth Month , this week we’re welcoming Brook Harvey-Taylor , Founder and President of Pacifica Beauty, the affordable, clean beauty brand that’s been championing vegan beauty for nearly 30 years. Join in to hear about Brook’s journey, from selling her first aromatherapy fragrance at a Grateful Dead show in Eugene, Ore. in the early 1990s to launching the brand’s best-selling vitamin...

Who are we?! With the first day of spring comes Breaking Beauty Podcast’s 7th anniversary and today we’re celebrating with some of our brightest throwback memories, unlocked. If you’re new around here, we’re hitting you with an explainer on who we are and how we got here, along with some real talk on the struggles we’ve been experiencing lately – and how you might be able to help! Plus, you’ll hea...

MLM company scams are everywhere. So, just what is an MLM company? Better known as multi-level marketing companies, MLMs are businesses that involve selling products to family and friends while recruiting other people to do the same (think: Avon, Doterra, Arbonne, Rodan and Fields, and more). Except that only 1% of people who join an MLM company will actually turn a profit. Today, we’re exploring...

On the heels of M.A.C’s epic 40th anniversary party, Carlene and Jill take a trip down memory lane as they chat about the nostalgic matte lipstick shades that helped form their lifelong beauty obsessions. Then, listen in as your seasoned hosts reveal the latest beauty brand imports that have got them legit excited, from the Scandi ‘ no makeup makeup ’ line spotted on Matilda Djerf , to the Austral...

Welcome Back, B.Bs! In this week’s solo episode, we’re bringing the hot tea that we’re talking about in our Slack channel to the airwaves, from the products we’re obsessed with now to the cleverest beauty adverts that have us convinced there’s something in the industry’s coffee. You’ll hear about: The new lipstick that’s turned Carlene into a satin-finish convert What to know about Queen Bey’s hai...

In this week’s sponsored episode , we’re diving deep into one of Carlene’s favourite indie skincare brands, Furtuna Skin . Founder and CEO Agatha Relota Luczo joins us to share the secrets behind this fast-rising, luxury organic skincare line , including how the “wildly potent” Sicilian formulas are made, why olive oil is the key to the former model’s glowing, ageless skin and how to expertly choo...

From the best natural deodorant that works to how to get rid of dark underarm pigmentation, this week we’re tackling some of the most unsexy hygiene topics from head-to-toe, just in time for Valentine's Day. **Content disclosure: mature themes are discussed!**   Our guest is *the* high hostess of hygiene, Mary Futher, or Madame Sweat as she’s better known to her 750,000+ TikTok followers. Mar...

Our latest drugstore haul is here! From drugstore makeup to drugstore skincare and a revamped beloved drugstore SPF - this week we’ve got some of our best 2024 drugstore beauty finds - nothing more than $35!  First up, we test-drive the latest drugstore foundation - CoverGirl’s new Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence to find out how it really stacks up against its French luxury counterpart....

The go-to makeup artist to Beyonce, Sir John is the legend responsible for some of her most iconic beauty looks, including her historical Vogue cover and showstopping Bey-chella performance . Today, the Creative Director at Killian is spilling all of his base-perfecting secrets, from how-to avoid patchy, separating foundation, why he isn’t a fan of “baking” and he reveals which foundations he *per...

From BBL (Broad Band Light) therapy to microneedling with exosomes , tune in as your hosts reveal the facial treatments that they’re having done now, along with tips on the best places to get a facial in Toronto and ideas on where to host a Galentine’s getaway. But first, in this week’s solo episode, Jill sounds off about tweens running amok at Sephora , while Carlene makes the case for allowing c...

Meet the new, #DamnGood skincare musts that are getting us through this scaly season . Carlene falls in love with a sleek, dermatologist-backed skincare range offering jumbo sizes at minuscule prices , while Jill debates whether the Queen of Quiet Luxury , Gwyneth Paltrow, can really mingle on Target shelves with the debut of her new diffusion line, Good. Clean. Goop.  Plus! You’ll discover:...

New year, new hair colour? Here to usher in your best era yet, we’re welcoming Matt Rez , the global celebrity hair colour ambassador for Moroccanoil who has worked with Adele, Hailey Bieber , Chrissy Teigen, Kendall Jenner and many more.  Matt fills us in on what’s happening in hair colour for 2024 , like is “cowboy copper” still a thing? How about balayage? Plus, we get the hair pro’s best...

Happy New Year everyone! This week, we are quite literally crying, laughing and * nearly * screaming with our guest-of-the-hour, Mario Dedivanovic . Makeup by Mario , as he’s better known, joined us back in 2019, and a lot has happened since then. The era-defining King of Contour who rose to fame as Kim Kardashian’s makeup artist dropped his eponymous makeup line at Sephora. He accepted an America...

This week we’re kickin’ it with fellow podcasters Danielle Carolan and Brooke Miccio from the chart-topping lifestyle podcast, Gals on The Go . Join us for a good ol’ fashioned chit-chat, as we discover how the young, fabulous and not-so-broke are getting it done New Yorker-style these days – like where’s the best place for a facial ? What body treatment makes a noticeable difference before an eve...

This week, we pull back the double-CC’s curtain to recap Chanel’s first brand trip of its kind at the brand’s Research & Innovation HQ, just outside of Paris, in historic Pantin. From Chanel’s “ integrative beauty ” approach to its open air “Sky Labs” and what we learned in the archive room of priceless relics from the roaring 20s – find out how Gabrielle Chanel’s influence lives on today...

Robyn DelMonte of @girlbosstown is the TikTok creator to follow for seriously astute, funny and shockingly accurate “ PR moves ” in the world of business, beauty and celebrity. The self-described “ Internet’s Agent ” launched a full-fledged consulting business from her couch — providing Gen Z advice to brands like Dunkin, Bliss, Xfinity and many more. A member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 List, Robyn...

Today, we’re sitting down with Peach & Lily founder Alicia Yoon ! Along with its budget-friendly sister brand, Peach Slices , the Korean beauty phenom is celebrating five years in skincare, and according to WWD, a collective $100 million in sales. Tune in as Alicia shares her early struggles as a diver on the Korean national platform team – until an injury that landed her in a wheelchair would...

If there’s one product that epitomizes the year’s “ clean girl aesthetic ” in a bottle, it’s Ilia’s now iconic Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 , a unit of which sells every 30 seconds . But Ilia wasn’t always a buzzy, $100 million dollar company. Today, brand founder Sasha Plavsic shares the surprising story behind the indie darling’s late-blooming turnaround, years after its 2011 debut with just six...

Welcome to our bougie-on-a-budget gift guide ! We’ve scoured the beauty aisles for the coolest holiday prezzies that won’t break the bank – and trust us, we’d want these makeup and skincare finds ourselves. Plus, Jill and Carlene share their fave non-beauty holiday picks that are under $49 – from a strapless bra alternative that won’t let you down to a sweater-saving defuzzing gadget, and a duvet-...

Buckle up. As host of Plastic Surgery: Uncensored podcast, board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Rady Rahban is bringing his no-BS style of education to the pod. The Beverly Hills expert gets downright unfiltered about unregulated procedures, shammy practitioners and plastic surgery taboos, while offering up the sort of advice you’d want to know before going under the knife.  This week, we go d...

In part 2 of our #DamnGood hair special, Carlene drops her 7-step hair restore routine , including the secret weapons that rescued and revived her over processed hair over the past several months. From an investment blow dryer to serious styling steals and actions you can take – for free – to help get splintered strands smooth again, you’ll hear all about her “good hair day” odyssey that...