Life with Marianna

Jen Meyer is an LA-based jeweler that has been in the fashion industry for over fifteen years. Jen takes us through her personal life lessons on how she built her namesake brand: how to turn your passion project into your career, how the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund changed her life, and why hard work always pays off.    Follow Marianna Instagram: instagram.com/marianna_hewitt   This week’s episode is...

Fellow founder Sheena Yaitanes joins me to discuss what inspired her to start her own beauty brand, Kosas—something she had been dreaming about for almost a decade. Sheena and I share our thoughts on creating your own brand DNA, navigating product development and packaging, and dealing with perfectionism.   Follow Marianna Instagram: instagram.com/marianna_hewitt   This week’s episode is sponsored...

Madison Utendahl is the founder and chief creative officer of her namesake agency, Utendahl Creative. She shares the details of running her growing creative business and how she got to where she is now; a multifaceted branding expert with an impressive portfolio. Madison talks about building and managing her dream creative business, knowing your worth and your rate as a creative professional, and...

In this episode I am joined by beauty veteran, Too Faced Co-Founder and Creative Director Jerrod Blandino. He shares his creative process behind product development, finding the balance in life and work, and how he paves his own way for success in the beauty industry to stay true to his brand vision and DNA.   Follow Marianna Instagram: instagram.com/marianna_hewitt   This week’s episode is sponso...

It can be so hard to figure out what you're passionate about, but in this episode Marianna shares her own career journey along with advice from Melissa Wood Tepperberg, Melody Ehsani, Jen Atkin and Tinx on finding your passions, how to turn it into a career and what to do when dealing with doubt along the way. Follow Marianna on Instagram: instagram.com/marianna_hewitt This week’s episode is spons...

SET Active’s founder Lindsey Carter shares how she went from pursuing education, to starting her own agency, which ultimately led her to launching her own brand. She touches on how to leverage organic marketing both virtually and in-person, building a community without an existing social media following, and letting go of your fears.     Follow Marianna Instagram: instagram.com/marianna_hewitt   T...

Conna Walker, founder of House of CB and Mistress Rocks, shares her secrets: from sketch-to-production workflow, how and when she knew she had to expand the business and the challenges of staying true to your brand identity. We also discuss how to deal with work-stress and the pressures of an ever-demanding society.   Follow Marianna Instagram: instagram.com/marianna_hewitt   This week’s episode i...

Jackie Aina shares all things related to content creation, the pros and cons of influencing, and co-founding her own brand, Forvr Mood. She also shares the pressures that come with having an audience and the best thing she did for her career.    Follow Marianna Instagram: instagram.com/marianna_hewitt   This week’s episode is sponsored by: SKILLSHARE: one month free trial premium membership skills...

In this episode you’ll learn how to create an iconic beauty product from four founders who have made products that are award winning, holy grail, best sellers. You’ll learn from Nancy Twine of Briogeo, Kristen Noel Crawley of KNC Beauty, Rea Ann Silva from Beautyblender and Heela Yang of Sol De Janerio.   Follow Marianna Instagram: instagram.com/marianna_hewitt   This week’s episode is sponsored b...

In this episode I’m joined by Tiktok’s favorite skincare enthusiast, Hyram. We chat about how he started on YouTube, what type of content gave him traction on social media and how TikTok changed his career. He also shares the philosophy behind his new brand, Selfless by Hyram and how he plans to change his content now that he is a brand founder.   Follow Marianna Instagram: instagram.com/marianna_...

Shani Darden has become a household name to celebrities in Los Angeles as a celebrity esthetician and founder of her namesake brand. In this episode, Shani and I discuss how she first started her career in skincare, her thoughts on social media skincare and misinformation, and she answers your skincare questions. Listen to the episode and don’t miss her advice for those looking to start a career a...

In this episode Marianna is joined by her Summer Fridays co-founder, Lauren Ireland. Lauren started her career as a journalist and news anchor, then pivoted her career into blogging where she shares all things lifestyle — from wellness, motherhood and beauty. She speaks with Marianna about how she juggles her roles as a Mother and business owner, her daily habits that make it all possible and more...

Rachel Parcell is one of the original bloggers, with a career over a decade in the making. What started out just as a journal turned into a business, career, and eventually her own brand, available at Nordstrom. Rachel shares advice on her best practices for using affiliate links, what helped her get more engagement on instagram and how she is balancing being a Mom of three while running a busines...

Arrae is an all-natural wellness brand that aims to transform and modernize not only health through products and education. In this episode the founders of Arrae, Siff Haider and Nish Samantray, share how they revolutionized the once disjointed and complicated wellness industry with their product, the various strategies along the way that helped Arrae grow their business organically and self-funde...

Francesca Aiello never knew she’d be running a million-dollar company when she first started. Fast forward to now, 26-year-old Francesca is the Founder and Creative Director of Frankies Bikinis, a premium swimwear and lifestyle brand. Francesca opens up to me about what it was like being exposed to social media at a young age and how she leveraged it to launch her own business. She also shares her...

Rea Ann Silva is the founder and CEO of Beautyblender, a multi-million dollar company that shook the world with a pink egg shaped sponge. As a professional makeup artist, Rea Ann realized the need to upgrade makeup tools as technology—especially the quality of HD cameras—evolved. Listen to hear how Rea Ann was initially inspired for the concept, how she took risks along the way to make her dreams...

Emma Grede does it all - and very well! She is the co-founder and CEO of Good American with Khloe Kardashian, founding partner of Skims with Kim Kardashian and recently launched Safely with Chrissy Teigen and Kris Jenner. Emma is also on the board of The RealReal and the 15 Percent Pledge. In this episode we are learning how she started working with the Kardashians and what business advice she’s l...

In this episode I am joined by fellow influencer and Entrepreneur, Tezza. She is the founder of Tezza App for filtering your instagram photos, By Tezza Collage Kits and Lello Eyewear. Tezza has 1.3 million Instagram followers, 15 million app downloads, and 3 million monthly app users - and because she has amassed such a large following and grown her business so quickly, we talk about what her spec...

Working out shouldn’t stress your body or feel painful and that’s why P.volve was born. I’m joined by Rachel Katzman, co-founder + CEO and President, Julie Cartwright to share their journey of growing their on-demand fitness platform. The method is high intensity and low impact so you can make fitness a part of your lifestyle, with less pain. Follow Marianna: instagram.com/marianna_hewitt Try P.vo...

Trinity Mouzon Wofford is the co-founder and CEO of Golde, a Brooklyn-born health and beauty brand, powered by superfoods. They are on a mission to make wellness easy and fun. Golde creates products—ranging from latte blends to superfood masks—that look good, taste good, and help you feel like your best self. Trinity shares how they started their business self-funded, eventually raising money in a...

Jaci Marie Smith is a blogger with nearly 400k instagram followers, podcast host with 7M+ downloads and a digital entrepreneur. After starting her career as a photographer, she pivoted her career to becoming a full time influencer and has since found various ways to diversify her income stream from social media, podcast, e-course and more. Jaci shares her advice for how to grow your following and...

Jane Hertzmark Hudis is first female Executive Group President at The Estée Lauder Companies. She is a powerhouse brand-building expert – particularly in skin care. Her portfolio includes iconic brands such as Estée Lauder, La Mer, Origins, Bobbi Brown, Dr. Jart+, as well as AVEDA and Bumble and bumble. In this episode, Jane shares her advice from her inspiring career in beauty, how to build a com...

Do you have a new business and you are looking to raise money or interested in getting an investor? Learn about the process, what to have in order and what investors are looking for with Kelly Dill. Kelly is a Principal at Imaginary - their portfolio of investments include Glossier, Good American, Kosas, Mejuri, SKIMS and more brands that you know and love. But what does it take to secure an inves...

Ann McFerran started her innovative lash brand Glamnetic from her one-bedroom apartment and grew it from 0 to $50 million in sales in its first year and on track to do $100 million in 2021. She self-funded her business with no previous experience, was persistent on her quest to develop magnetic lashes, and was recently named Forbes 30 Under 30. Follow Marianna on Instagram: instagram.com/marianna_...

Tinx is a writer and content creator that you may recognize from tiktok. She frequently pops up on the for you page with her rich mom starter packs, product recommendations and vlogs of her Los Angeles life. But there is so much more that goes into her content than you think - from research, script writing and making sure the jokes work. Tinx pivoted her career from writer to full time content cre...