Breaking Beauty Podcast

Kate Somerville is here to help us transition our skincare routine for winter! The Hollywood esthetician has tended to the faces of Meghan Markle, Demi Moore and Kate Hudson , while legions of fans adore her iconic Kate Somerville Exfolikate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment, revered for improving texture and pores in 2 minutes flat .   Today, the legendary skin guru delivers her best tips for manag...

“Trinny Tribes” rejoice! Makeover Queen Trinny Woodall of BBC’s What Not to Wear is here with all of her no B.S. tips for getting holiday ready in style. The Trinny London beauty founder shares her best tricks for looking ethereal for your festive parties, from the facial exercises she does in the mirror to help skin look “alive,” to the Miracle Blur product she uses to filter fine lines IRL, alon...

Just in time for holiday shopping , we present our top save and splurge prezzies for every beauty girlie on your list. We scanned the skincare aisles and swept the stocking stuffer bins to deliver only the best #DamnGood beauty products of 2022. Then, stay tuned for our ultimate Black Friday list! From a TikTok solution for flyaways to a freshly minted Glossier collab along with the “beauty” adjac...

  Kate Hudson , wellness CEO and star of the highly anticipated Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery , shares her tips for joyous living, including a homemade, scalp-stimulating recipe, her sunkissed beauty routine and words of wisdom from mum Goldie Hawn. From the new way to intermittent fast to the latest Hollywood workout, deets on her brand InBloom – we get the scoop on a day in the life of the a...

If you’ve ever wondered who’s responsible for making curtain bangs, ballet flats and Hulk-sized blazers go street-viral, blame it on It Girl du jour, Matilda Djerf - the fluffy-haired, 25-year-old TikTok phenom is probably already influencing what’s in your cart – even if you don’t know it yet. She of Farrah-Fawcett locks is the Swedish entrepreneur that’s earned a devoted fan base who follow – an...

Candace Marino aka “The LA Facialist” has been a medical aesthetician for more than a decade, developing custom techniques for a highly–discerning celebrity clientele that name-checks Dove Cameron, Kourtney Kardashian and Miranda Kerr. Today, Candace spills all of her pro tips and tricks for getting her signature #RadiantAF skin look - both in and outside of the medi-spa.    In This Episode You’ll...

This week we’re chatting with two of the funniest women in your airpods right now – co hosts of Add To Cart podcast, veteran journalist SuChin Pak and comedian-writer-director Kulap Vilaysack ! Add to Cart is an award-winning show “About the things we buy, and buy into. And what it says about who we are.” Their honest, revealing (sometimes TMI) conversations are about all the big and little things...

LIVE from the Dear Media Studio in LA, it’s Tracee Ellis Ross ! Multi-award-winning actress, producer, beauty CEO, comedienne and fashion guru – we’re talking hair, nostalgia, turning 50 and the joy of making your own lunch.   Best known for her lead roles in the television series Girlfriends and ABC’s comedy series Black-ish , Tracee opens up about aging, plastic surgery and Hollywood’s return of...

Today, we sit down with Donni Davy , the Euphoria makeup artist responsible for an entire Gen Z beauty movement. As the Emmy Award-winning pro behind the hit HBO teen drama, Donni is responsible for the “ emotional glam ” face rhinestones, saturated shimmers and intense cat eyes seen on Zendaya, Sydney Sweeny, all over TikTok, the runways and even on the red carpet. The only question is, how will...

Trigger warning: today’s episode discusses obsessive compulsive disorders, addiction and self-harm   Today we’re exploring the impact that social media-gazing is having on our collective conscience. What does all of that comparing do to our brains, really? And is the rise in body-focussed repetitive behaviors and self-harm connected? Joining us to answer our deepest inner beauty questions is neuro...

Who else abandons cart when the price point gets a little *too* luxe?? We hear you, which is why we scoured the beauty aisles to find the best new-to-market finds.   From French pharmacy skincare that’s so gentle, even a baby could use it to a new-at-Sephora budget moisturizer that’s already made its red carpet debut (look out, The Ordinary!)    Plus, a rock-bottom, $4.99 liquid liner that’s a sis...

After weeks of swatching, slathering and sniffing, today’s episode is all about the top performers in fall skincare , makeup, fragrance and haircare – no messing around!    We review the buzziest in newsmaking launches, from the highly-anticipated skincare range from Dr. Shereene Idriss aka Pillowtalk Derm , to the “clean conscience” complexion line from vegan fashion crusader Stella McCartney.   ...

It’s what Kim Kardashian has been using to keep her bleach blonde mane smooth and shiny, so what makes the K18 hair mask so #DamnGood? Co-founders and husband-and-wife duo Suveen Sahib and Britta Cox are here to reveal the secrets behind the TikTok-approved K18 hair mask that’s like “silk-in-a-bottle.”     In today’s episode we find out:   What K18 is, how it works and why the technology is like “...

In 2020, Hyram Yarbro earned upwards of 6 million TikTok followers in just four months. His brutally honest brand reviews, skin transformation reaction videos and budget skincare recommendations earned him the title of “The Gen-Z Whisperer” by The New York Times . Two years later, and Skincare By Hyram is back to chat about the lessons he’s learned as he’s shifted from content creator to brand fou...

In partnership with Nutrafol, we’re hitting reset on our fall hair routine to help unlock our fullest, bounciest strands ever. Joining us to help untangle the do’s and don’ts of healthy hair are Dr. Chesahna Kindred , board-certified dermatologist and founder of Kindred Hair & Skin Center in Columbia, Maryland, along with Sam Archer , VP of Product Marketing & Innovation at Nutrafol – and...

Today, we’re dishing about the *new* Hollywood beauty secrets , from skin-tightening tweakments to the hair potion Demi Moore uses to keep her mane long and lush.   We’re joined by ultimate celeb-watch editor, Andrea Lavinthal, People Magazine ’s longtime Style & Beauty Director. (Talk about a flex, Andrea chatted by phone with Jennifer Lopez the day before her Bennifer nuptials in Vegas!) Lis...

Jade Marie isn’t your average facialist. With 1.2 million followers on Instagram, the LA-based Holistic Medical Esthetician has built a unique brand of skin therapies by bringing together whispery-voiced ASMR facials , affirmation meditations and science-backed procedures . The one-time makeup artist’s #ComplexionsByJade YouTube series, where she goes by “JadeyWadey180,” have been known to lull ev...

Ever wonder how to find your perfect nude? LA-born, South Asian sisters Aleena, Aleezeh and Naseeha Khan struggled to find the one nude lipstick to suit their skin tones, and set about doing something about it. In 2019, the power siblings launched CTZN Cosmetics , a gender-fluid, “nudes for all” lipstick range that launched on the brink of the pandemic. Three years of mask-wearing later, and CTZN...

With 2.8 billion #PerfumeTikTok views and counting, we’re reviewing the hottest fragrances right now alongside Emma Vernon, host of The Perfume Room podcast. Emma is a comic and former matchmaker-turned-fragrance expert who’s been featured in The New York Times , New York Post and InStyle . Today, she’s bringing her encyclopedic fragrance knowledge to help assess which viral perfumes are legitimat...

Jackie Schimmel is the unfiltered host behind the podcast, The Bitch Bible –  “ A podcast that dares to say what many are thinking, but only a bitch would say .” OG fans tune in for Jackie’s unapologetic rants on Bravo-lebs, pop culture, sex, millennial struggles, social faux-pas, tapeworms, hell, even bagels.     In this week’s episode, we ask ‘What’s on a bitch’s topshelf?’ Jackie drops the surp...

Summer skincare school is in session! It’s your guide to serums with UK-based, cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Sam Bunting . Many of you will know Dr. Bunting from her popular, education-stacked YouTube channel , along with her eponymous, award-winning range, Dr Sam’s Skincare .   In this week’s episode, Dr. Bunting explains how-to find the right serum for your skin goals , answering all of your questi...

When was the first time you realized that you need to wear SPF not just during the summer, but every damn day of the year? For elementary school teacher Holly Thaggard , it was a lightbulb moment that occurred after a close friend was struck with skin cancer in 2005, and the start of an entrepreneurial career that would lead to her lifelong dedication to suncare advocacy in schools – and the birth...

Set your alarms, Amazon Prime Day is almost upon us! If you’re anything like us, you’re already curating your cart in preparation for the biggest online beauty deals of the year happening July 12-13th , starting from 12:00 am PST. We’ve scoured the internet and tapped our crystal balls to reveal our product picks that we think are most likely to end up on discount . (And don’t worry, we’ve compile...

In the spirit of Beyoncé’s fierce summer ode to reclaiming our time , we’re taking a beat to chat about alllll of the biggest beauty headlines and brand moves of late. First, we’re talking major RIP moments ( Revlon ! Bite Beauty !) before moving on to some legendary founders leaving their posts in pursuit of their own dreamy reset. What will Glossier look like without Emily Weiss as CEO? And wher...

Summer is officially here and just in time, we’ve got an epic haul for y’all. Meet the top beauty buys to have graced our desks this season, starting with the surprise-hit mineral face sunscreen that starts out flat and leaves you with a matte radiance that’s so right, Carlene plans to use it all summer long. Then, Jill discovers a genius little sticker that shows you when it’s time to reapply you...