Clean Beauty School

“Working on your mental health is a challenging, uncomfortable process, but it's obviously a thousand percent worth it. And when you're on the other side of it, you wonder why you weren't doing this in the first place,” says actress Ashley Greene, who just launched a class series with mental wellness app Aura Health. In this episode of mindbodygreen’s beauty podcast Clean Beauty School, beauty dir...

“When we age our whole body ages. What happens is our cells just get tired and stop working as well as they used to. The hair follicle is no different,” says board-certified dermatologist Neera Nathan, M.D. “It’s a collection of cells, and after a while they start to deplete. Eventually our hair follicles just aren’t as able to grow hair as well, just as our skin isn’t quite as able to regenerate...

“Wellness practices can feel overwhelming. One thing I’ve learned is that I don’t need an endless long list of things to actually make me feel good,” says celebrity fitness instructor Megan Roup, founder The Sculpt Society. “It’s very simple: Romanticizing my life a bit more. Savoring that cup of coffee in the morning. Getting up a bit earlier. Taking 5 minutes for meditation or a walk outside. Ju...

“For the last decade we have been in a very, very heavy makeup environment with lots and lots of products. It’s overwhelming. It can make you feel less than. It makes you feel like you can’t achieve something,” says celebrity makeup artist Fiona Stiles, founder of the shopping destination Reed Clarke. “I’m a bit punk rock in the fact that that sort of stuff drives me nuts. I don’t think it’s fair...

“What I always say in the clinic is that beauty is from the inside out. It’s important to focus on internal wellness in order to have it manifest on the outside. It’s not just about superficial aesthetic procedures, it’s about improving your lifestyle,” says double-board certified Beverly Hills integrative aesthetic physician Rahi Sarbaziha M.D. “Even as a patient, when you engage in your own heal...

“I was dealing with mental health problems, and that was my journey into wellness,” says actress Ashley Tisdale, founder of Frenshe and Being Frenshe. “I’ve learned to be more confident in being enough. People always ask me, ‘what’s next?’ which I've always found weird. What I'm doing right now is pretty important and pretty amazing. Or even being a mom, like is that not enough?” In this episode o...

“My guiding light is if I wouldn’t recommend it to my mom, I wouldn’t recommend it to my patients or followers on social media,” says board-certified dermatologist Muneeb Shah, D.O., who is part of the viral sensation Doctorly. On this episode of Clean Beauty School, mindbodygreen beauty director and host Alexandra Engler is joined by Shah and plastic surgeon Reid Maclellan, M.D., adjunct Professo...

“Our brains are wired to always see the imperfection, because it’s what keeps us safe. Your brain is going to try and control what it can—for a lot of people, that’s having perfect skin. But that’s not attainable, so folks are left feeling empty because they can never get there” says board-certified dermatologist, Caren Campbell, M.D. ” In this episode of Clean Beauty School, mindbodygreen beauty...

“The issues [with waste and toxicity] that I identified early on with synthetic hair scared me. Once I understood that normal synthetic hair was made from frowned upon materials and ingredients, I thought, Well, how did it make its way on my head and so many other people’s heads if everybody else seems to know this?” says sustainability & non-toxic beauty entrepreneur Ciara Imani May, founder of R...

“Wrinkles are a sign of life. Wrinkles are earned. Wrinkles do not make people look bad,” says aesthetic specialist Lisa Goodman, MPAS, founder of Goodskin Clinics. Goodman’s innovative techniques have been widely praised for their natural, “European” aesthetic and for her use of high-tech treatments. In this episode of Clean Beauty School, mindbodygreen beauty director and host Alexandra Engler c...

“Too much of anything is bad. I always need to scale back, and ask myself, ‘How does this fit into my life? What is my goal? What is wellness for me at the end of the day?” says model, mom, content creator & holistic health coach Valeria Lipovetsky. “Because I want to be a good example for my children. They watch everything I do, so I alway make sure I walk the walk.” In this episode of Clean Beau...

“The standard of beauty is slowly moving away from size two,, five-ten, blond hair. And I’m really happy about that,” says actress, model, entrepreneur and podcast host Molly Sims. “It’s not about how you look, it’s how you feel. If you feel good, you look good.” In this episode of Clean Beauty School, mindbodygreen beauty director and host Alexandra Engler chats with Sims about how her career sha...

“When we look at ourselves in the mirror, the first thing we ask ourselves is ‘What's wrong? What can I fix?’ What if you turn that on its head and ask yourself, ‘What do I like about myself?’ and that’s the first thing you do? For example, you go ‘I like my lips. What color should I put on my lips today?’” says celebrity and editorial makeup artist Simone Otis, lead artist of the makeup brand 19/...

“It’s not realistic to think our skin will be perfect when we live in a dynamic environment. Our skin is exposed to changes in stress levels, environment, and diet,” says board-certified dermatologist Shasa Hu, M.D., professor at the University of Miami and Cosmetic Director Skin of Color Division Miami. In this episode of Clean Beauty School, mindbodygreen beauty director and host Alexandra Engle...

“We wanted to bring more airtime and more focus to [well-being] tools that are time tested that so many of us can agree on—and also integrate the possibility of joy,” says mbg co-founder Colleen Wachob, co-author of the new book The Joy Of Well-Being. “I worry that we’ve become so disconnected from what joy truly is. I think we all need to ask ourselves, ‘What is it about our lives that bring us j...

“It’s not just about the surface—it takes a lot of discipline and consistency. It takes so much more than just skin care. Skin care is about 30%, but the other 70% is our lifestyle. That’s where it all begins,” says celebrity esthetician Joanna Czech. In this episode of Clean Beauty School, mindbodygreen beauty director and host Alexandra Engler chats with Czech about how she’s amassed a roster of...

We’re back with a special beauty catch-up episode of Clean Beauty School! And this time, mindbodygreen beauty director Alexandra Engler and beauty editor Jamie Schneider are answering all your questions—from brow growth and frizzy hair to LED masks and how to firm up skin. Then we get into the latest and greatest launches from mbg’s personal care collection (we can’t wait to tell you all about the...

“By the time we see symptoms manifesting at the surface, that means there’s a chronic history of issues going on internally. It takes time to heal—often, more time than we want it to,” says famed holistic esthetician Kristina Holey. Her first step in addressing troubled skin? Reworking the diet: “Blood sugar, fiber, and variety. If you address those three things in your diet, I guarantee you'll se...

“How you view your beauty rituals should be entirely up to what you need. For some, it’s reading a book with a cup of tea while taking the time for a face mask. For others, it’s just closing the eyes, unwinding, and doing a simple few steps,” says longtime beauty vet Eleonora Miller, founder of natural spa brand Exquisite Face & Body. “Because during challenging times, you have to relearn how to s...

“I think the essence of what biotech brings to beauty is the analytical, comprehensive look at the root causes. What are the receptors in the skin? What are the pathways? Why is this happening, and how can we intervene? It requires a knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of what’s going on in the skin,” says biotech scientist Lauren Otsuki, who is joined by beauty vet Vimla Black-...

“With sustainability, you have to think holistically. It’s about addressing biodegradability, secondary packaging, carbon footprint, the emissions, and all the ingredients that are going into it,” says sustainability expert and product developer Angela Ubias, co-founder of Common Heir. “On the clean ingredient side, we have already seen this shift in the mainstream of being more open to it, and th...

“People ask me, what’s the microbiome? It’s you. It’s as much part of you as your arms, heart, or lungs—you just can’t see it or feel it," says skin microbiome expert Larry Weiss, M.D. "We are constantly dancing into the unknown, and we shouldn’t get too attached to our preconceived notions because historically they always get surrendered to the ideas that we can’t yet imagine.” And nowhere is thi...

“I think traditionally with fragrance, it has always been about this fantasy, right? It’s all about being unattainable and creating this false sense of what a fantasy life could look like. I approach it as expressing something I’m currently going through—because if I’m dealing with it, someone else probably is too,” says OG beauty & style influencer Chriselle Lim, who founded the blog The Chrisell...

“In the West, there are celebrated one-size-fits-all ingredients. With Ayurveda, there’s an emphasis on exploring what works for you. Ayurveda is a deeply personal science that celebrates your individuality,” says Ayurvedic beauty expert Shrankhla Holecek, founder of Uma Oils. In this episode of Clean Beauty School school, mindbodygreen beauty director and host Alexandra Engler chats with Holecek...

“We know inflammation does bad things to our body. When our skin is in contact with substances that it does not want to be, its reaction is inflammation. And sometimes you can’t see it, it’s microscopic inflammation. But you can feel it: The skin is tight or we feel oily and have blemishes,” says Erin Yuet Tjam, Ph. D., known as The Beauty Obsessed Science and author of Skin Sobering: 99% of Produ...