Glam & Grow - Beauty Business Podcast

After discovering her sensitivity to many of the artificial ingredients and fillers in traditional supplements, Sara Cullen decided to redefine vitamins. Sara is the Founder and CEO of GEM , a unique category that is working to evolve the supplement aisle into a food aisle. In today’s episode, Sara gives insight into the brand’s goal to look proactively and holistically at your mind, body and heal...

After a visit to her dermatologist, Tiffany Scott was inspired to begin focusing on not only what she was putting into her body but also what was going onto her skin. Realizing the limited options of clean and cruelty-free luxe cosmetics, Tiffany launched her own beauty brand, RÓEN . Today, Tiffany explains the story behind the RÓEN name and what it has been like launching a successful clean beaut...

Inspired by her conscious-minded upbringing and doula career, Carson Meyer created C & The Moon from her kitchen in Malibu. Focused on natural and organic ingredients that are not only good for your body, C & The Moon products also keep the preservation of our planet in mind. In today’s episode, Carson dives into the brand’s history from creating her first product in her kitchen to becoming a cele...

Founded by Max Johnson along-side his three-time breast cancer surviving mother, Awe Inspired is more than just a jewelry brand. Awe Inspired is a mission-driven fine jewelry brand, with collections that represent the customer’s personal journey in addition to a mission to give back. Awe Inspired is known for their “Goddess Quiz,” which matches a customer’s Meyers-Briggs personality type to their...

After spending years looking for a clean, convenient, and effective product to keep her jewelry clean, Brea Fullerton decided to listen to her intuition when it told her to create a product unrelated to her career and completely unheard of in its category. Brea’s persistence is admirable as she created her self-funded company Shinery , a simplified jewelry care line using only ingredients that are...

Upon opening her Med Spa, Dara Levy decided to make dermaplaning the foundation of all services her spa offered. Now, she’s committed to bringing aspirational and affordable med-spa quality results home through her brand, DERMAFLASH . In today’s episode, Dara opens up about launching a brand new product category with a product that has been embraced by iconic celebrity makeup artists and is the on...

Early in her career as an esthetician, Tammy Fender recognized a disconnect between luxury skin care and natural ingredients for her clients. This led her to create her own namesake brand targeting plant-based luxury skin care and holistic living on every level—body, mind and spirit. Today, Tammy discusses how she conveys her calming energy through her brand and encourages people to connect to the...

Inspired by her personal health journey and crafted in her kitchen, Hint Inc Founder and CEO Kara Goldin introduced the award-winning Hint water to the world nearly two decades ago. Kara is out to create enjoyable better-for-you experiences that people want to share. In today’s episode, Kara shares her inspiration behind creating the brand as well as the story behind the Hint name. Kara also discu...

After finding a gentle hydrocolloid patch in South Korea, Ju Rhyu knew the US acne and skincare industry was missing something innovative and effective. With the help of two other founders, she launched her brand Hero Cosmetics where the mission is to create functional skin solutions focused on acne. Today, we have the pleasure of hearing from Ju about Hero's journey to crafting cult-favorite prod...

Today, we’re sitting down with beauty icon Frédéric Fekkai .  Frédéric Fekkai has been revolutionizing luxury hair care for decades, by not only crafting some of the most luxurious hair care products on the market but also through operating his high-end salons where he focuses on creating a totally customized experience for his clients.  In today’s episode, Frédéric explains the evolution of the F...

LYS Beauty , Sephora’s first Black-owned Clean Color Cosmetics brand, is on a mission to diversify the clean beauty industry. Chief Executive Officer Tisha Thompson created the brand after realizing how often deeper skin tones are an afterthought in the beauty space.  Today, Tisha gives insight into the inspiration and meaning behind the brand name and product packaging. Tisha also shares: The LYS...

Inspired by his wife’s dedicated skin care routine and using his facial rejuvenation expertise as a Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Dr. Amir Karam created a simple and effective skin care brand. Also focused on affordability and accessibility, Karam MD Skin is packed with all the ingredients your skin needs. In today’s episode, Dr. Karam dives into how Karam MD Skin was created as well...

Originating from her passion for environmentalism and triggered by her pregnancies, Karen Behnke founded Juice Beauty in 2005. A first of its kind in clean beauty, Juice Beauty has become known for setting the standard for product results, efficacy, and quality within the clinical organics category. Today, Karen discusses her journey paving the way for clean sustainable beauty long before it was a...

A desire for a career change and a calling to share their Indian culture prompted sisters Shaz Rajashekar and Kiku Chadhuri to create their hair wellness company, SHAZ & KIKS . SHAZ & KIKS focuses on clean, natural, Indian-inspired products that nourish and balance your entire hair ecosystem to its healthiest state. In today’s episode, Kiku Chadhuri walks us through how she and her sister started...

Very early on in her esthetics career, Rachel Roff discovered a lack of education and services available for treating common concerns and conditions seen in darker skin tones.  That injustice led her to create Urban Skin RX , an inclusive clinical skincare brand with a mission to develop clinical skincare geared towards problem-solving formulas for melanin-rich skin. In this episode, Rachel digs d...

After becoming a manicurist to support her dream of becoming a singer, Deborah Lippmann soon discovered the need for luxury nail care products.  In today’s episode, Deborah Lippmann, Creator and Founder of the brand Deborah Lippmann, shares how manicuring top celebrities inspired her to develop The Deborah Lippmann brand which is focused on developing innovative and high-quality products that keep...

Today we’re sitting down with Alicia Grande , CEO and Founder of Grande Cosmetics .  Listen in as Alicia uncovers how she launched Grande Cosmetics with just $25,000 and a dream, and managed to create the most innovative lash and brow products on the market today!  In this episode, Alicia gives insight into: How Grande Cosmetics was founded and their success story Combating counterfeit products an...

Most hair care brands focus on the product itself, but at Virtue Labs , it’s the science behind the products that matter. Their focus is to develop products that actually make a difference and not just give the appearance of solving common hair care issues.  On today’s episode, Melisse Shaban , Founder and CEO of Virtue Labs, walks us through what it takes to build a beauty brand focused on giving...

The CBD industry has some unique obstacles that other industries do not have to overcome. Prima , a pure and potent plant therapeutics brand for skin, body, and mind, is no exception. Today, Teri Levy , Director of e-Commerce & Digital Marketing at Prima, is giving us insight into their strategy on how they have accomplished success despite the roadblocks. In this episode, Teri discusses: Prima’s...

Today, we’re sitting down with Amy Liu , CEO and Founder at Tower 28 Beauty . Listen in as Amy gives a behind the scenes look into how she used her career in marketing and personal experience to start her own beauty brand. In today’s episode, Amy shares: How her professional experience helped her to raise starter funds and more specifically how she did it How she uses her own experience with sensi...

With the skincare industry constantly evolving, how do brands like Vanity Planet stay on top of trends? Today, we’re sitting down with Toni Battaglia , Director of Product Development and Brand Strategy of Vanity Planet to discuss just that.  Listen in as Toni gives us a behind the scenes look at Vanity Planet’s trend forecasting model that allows them to roll out top-selling products time and tim...

In this week’s episode of the Glam & Grow podcast, we sit down with Emily DiDonato , Co-Founder of Covey . Covey is a simple, effective, and three step skincare system formulated to work together and aimed to take the guesswork out of your skin care routine. Listen in as Emily gives insight into: The meaning behind the Covey name Launching a brand new skin care system Covey’s most effective market...

On this week’s episode of the Glam & Grow podcast, we chat with Tanya Obermeyer , Chief Operating Officer of gorjana .  Since 2004, gorjana has been providing fine jewelry designed to mix, match, and layer - for endless self-expression.  Being one of the first to introduce a wholesale website to their customers, gorjana has continued to focus on forward-thinking strategies to grow their brand.  As...

Today, we're sitting down with Celebrity Makeup Artist Monika Blunder and Sandi Ateser , co-founders of Monika Blunder Beauty. Listen in as Monika and Sandi open up about their journey to launching Monika Blunder Beauty including: The marketing strategies that catapulted them forward and the setbacks they faced along the way The biggest mistake they see new beauty brands making Why they chose to s...

It’s not every day you get to listen to a board-certified fellowship-trained cosmetic dermatologist share her tips and recommendations on various skincare treatments, trends, and procedures, but that’s exactly what we uncovered in chatting with Deanne Mraz Robinson , Chief Medical Officer of Ideal Image .   In this episode, Deanne also shared: Myths and patient preference differences between Botox...