Founded Beauty

From hairstylist to spokesperson for Olaplex, one of the largest global hair care brands today, it’s my pleasure to sit down today with Danielle Frank. Today, we discuss just how Olaplex built its way to the top through the eyes of someone who was there, right from the start. Stay tuned! If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure you like, subscribe, and share with anyone you know who will love...

Carol Han is on a mission to shake up the beauty industry with her clean and sustainable candle company, NETTE.  A brand focused on sustainable practices, natural ingredients and transparency when it comes to exactly what ‘clean’ beauty means, NETTE is one of the first of its kind in the world of home fragrances. I’m so excited to sit down today with Carol and discuss this incredible beginnin...

Michelle Ranavat is the founder and CEO of the modern Ayurvedic skin and haircare brand, Ranavat. As a fellow beauty brand founder of Indian heritage, I was so excited to learn that Ranavat began as a way to express and treasure Michelle’s Indian heritage, just as Fable & Mane did for me and my sister. This is a journey you have to hear! If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure you like,...

Divya Gugnani is the co-founder of Wander Beauty, a brand that creates multitasking, clean beauty essentials, perfect for when you’re on the go. Each product is enriched with ingredients that work with your skin, which has quickly grown Wander into an award-winning brand, beloved by celebrities, influencers and editors alike. As a Harvard Business grad with an established career in investment bank...

With a career spanning over 20 years in the beauty industry, Daniel Martin is undoubtedly one of the most prolific makeup artists of today. As the Global Director of Artistry and Education at Tatcha, Daniel is also leading the way with bridging the gap between skincare and cosmetics.  From being a featured makeup artist in the likes of Vogue, and Harper’s Bazaar, to creating the wedding day l...

Actress, YouTuber and beauty influencer turned beauty entrepreneur, Teni Panosian, is the founder of Monday Born; a sustainable, luxury skincare brand that operates on a drop model, only manufacturing as many products as consumers demand.  Evolving with the consumer and supported by a community of beauty enthusiasts, I believe Monday Born is a truly innovative company like no other and I can’...

Co-founders and cousins, Greg Gonzalez and Joe Cloyes, spent their childhood immersed in their grandmother’s esthetics company and launched their brand to continue their family legacy.  Greg and Joe have built the ultimate superfood beauty brand, featuring clean formulas that are unisex, recyclable, vegan, and free of animal testing and harsh chemicals. Youth To The People not only has these...

Inspired by Hungary’s incredible beauty heritage, Margaret de Heinrich de Omorovicza founded her luxury skincare brand Omorovicza in 2006 and has truly taken the beauty world by storm. Omorovicza harnesses the healing powers of the ancient thermal baths of Hungary to enrich the skin with natural minerals that can be easily absorbed. It’s the ultimate harmony of wellness and beauty, which is why Om...

Irene Barsky is the driving force behind TAHNYC; a conscious, clean and peptide-powered skincare line created with replenishing ingredients to activate the skin’s natural functions. When Irene developed an unexpected allergy to parabens, the idea for filler-free skincare sparked and TAHNYC was born.  With a strong belief in the harmony of dermal wellness and dermal science, TAHNYC is firmly r...

Celebrated make-up artist, cosmetic designer and now founder of the world-renowned clean beauty line, Westman Atelier, Gucci Westman is an industry veteran. Today I sit down with Gucci to discuss her unique journey, from being raised in a Kundalini ashram to rising to Global Artistic Director at Revlon. We discuss how she grew to become one of the most highly sought-after celebrity make-up artists...

Shai Eisenman is the founder and CEO of Bubble, a skincare brand that is revolutionising the world of teenage skincare. With formulas backed by dermatologists, rooted in plants and perfected by science, Bubble has quickly become a Gen-Z-favourite. From going viral on TikTok to enlisting the help of thousands of teenagers to design the perfect product for teenage skin, Shai has created a truly uniq...

In today’s episode, you’ll hear the story of how Cult Beauty grew from a start-up to one of the biggest beauty retailers in the UK. Alexia Inge co-founded Cult Beauty as a passionate, but frustrated beauty consumer, tired of being oversold products. These negative customer experiences drove her to make Cult Beauty the most ‘trusted’ beauty retailer in the world.  Cult Beauty is known globally...

Jamika Martin is the founder of ROSEN Skincare, a clean beauty brand for people with acne-prone skin. After years of dealing with her own skin journey and seeing a lacklustre selection in the market, Jamika began formulating her own products while studying Business Economics at UCLA. A Forbes 30 Under 30 industry trailblazer on a mission, you can’t miss this episode. Stay tuned! Today I’m sitting...

What began as a life-long obsession with freckles developed into years of research into creating the ‘perfect’ freckle. Remi Brixton found that there was no company that made what she was looking for, so she created it herself. Now CEO and founder of Freck Beauty, Remi has transformed the beautyscape, driving a movement of trailblazers with nothing less than a ride-or-die attitude towards original...

In today’s episode, you are going to learn about how Lena Korres combined Greek tradition with cutting-edge science to create a brand that is bringing Greek beauty to the world. We hear the story about how she went from chemical engineer to beauty entrepreneur and how she built Korres, a natural beauty brand that combines some of nature's most powerful ingredients to deliver innovative skincare so...

After battling with acne-prone skin, Nicolas decided to take matters into his own hands. With a background in biomedical and pharmaceutical science, he was always fascinated with how the skin works as an organ. That curiosity led him to eventually launch, not just one, but TWO best-selling global skincare brands rooted in research and science.  Today, I sit down with him to learn about his jo...

Childhood best friends turned co-founders. Today, I sit down with Laura Schubert and Lillian Tung of Fur to learn about how they set out to create one of the first clean, mission-based body care companies that is spearheading the new and inclusive era of embracing body hair.  We discuss how they work together while still remaining best friends, their journey on Shark Tank and how the ide...

First, she helped brands like Summer Fridays, Drunk Elephant and Briogeo stand out with her own PR agency. Now, she is building her own beauty brand HoliFrog. Emily Parr’s journey is so inspiring with a unique perspective from both sides of brand building. We discuss the moments in her life that inspired her to start her situational skincare brand, her passion for holistic wellness, and how she ba...

Lipstick innovator, former chief merchant of Sephora, and a champion of women’s entrepreneurship, Margarita can do it all. Today, we talk about how her mother inspired her to create her top-of-the-line lipstick brand and how she continues to carry on her legacy through Valdé Beauty.  We discuss her mother's immigration from Peru to Los Angeles, launching during the pandemic, and how she got...

Ju started in the world of corporate, working for DTC brands like Kraft, American Express, and Samsung. After a few years, she decided to leave that world to start Hero Cosmetics, a brand revolutionizing the world of acne care.  It all started with the Mighty Patch, which changed the way people looked at acne. Today. We hear about how Ju built an acne care 2.0 consumer brand to break down soc...

This is one of my favorite episodes to date and it's with the one and only Barb Stegemann— mother, activist, keynote speaker and CEO founder of a mission-driven fragrance company, The 7 Virtues.  Today, we talk about how her experience in Haiti inspired her to create a brand that is truly founded on the principle of giving back.  Today Barb has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Most...

When Taylor Frankel was 17, she was already heading her own beauty empire as the co-founder of Nudestix, an easy-to-use makeup brand that is perfect for getting that nude glam on the go.  Today, we sit down to talk about how she did it all alongside her mother Jenny Frankel and sister Ally Frankel. We discuss what it’s like working with family, starting at a young age and embracing the e...

Introducing Priyanka Ganjoo the founder of the iconic South-Asian beauty brand celebrating culture and representation, Kulfi Beauty. I sit down with Priyanka to learn about how she built Kulfi and how she used her learnings from corporate to start a brand that champions culture and self-expression.  We discuss how to handle criticism when pursuing your passion, the investment journey and the...

I sit down with skincare expert and hotel heiress, Irene Forte, the founder of Irene Forte skincare that brings the 'Mediterranean diet to skincare.' We hear the story about how she left her family business in Italy to start Irene Forte Skincare, one of the leading clean and natural skincare brands, how her love for health and wellness inspired her brand and so much more.  I hope you will enj...

Content creator turned CEO, Amber Fillerup-Clark started her blog The Barefoot Blonde in 2010. Nearly 10 years later, she has more than a million followers on Instagram and, not just one, but two haircare brands- Dae Hair and BFB Hair.  Today, we sit down to talk about the journey of being a content creator while building both brands and balancing motherhood. I hope you will enjoy this episod...