The Happi Podcast

Happi sits down with Colin Pinto, VP, product development, skin health North America, to learn about Kenvue’s R&D philosophy, new research from Neutrogena and Aveeno, and how Kenvue stays connected to the dermatology community in meaningful ways, such as Lab to Label.

Siltech has unique chemistries in addition to flexibility and support that runs throughout their growing organization. Featured is Matthew Sygo, global manager of sales and marketing and Oleg Gorya, a chemist. 

Longevity, driven by the larger conversation around wellness, is changing how consumers are looking at their skin and skin care products. They want the latest longevity breakthroughs, but without leaving behind the actives they trust in their routine. In this Happi Podcast we explore how brands can bring longevity to life in their next formulation with Bakuchiol NAD⁺ BCR. Designed to deliver on pr...

Evolving regulations, such as EU’s initiative to phase out microplastics in personal care products, together with rising consumer demand for safer, healthier, and more sustainable alternatives, are reshaping how beauty brands formulate their products. In this Happi podcast, we explore: The impact of EU microplastics regulation on color cosmetics; Why 2026 is pivotal year for reformulation; and How...

Back from California Suppliers’ Day, Happi sat down with the BASF Personal Care Team team to discuss all the buzz from the show, including reaction to Ameriflor™ Calm, a new soothing active ingredient designed to make sensitive skin more resilient as well as the forward-thinking formulations featured in BASF’s “Reshaping Beauty” concept. These trending formulas reflect the evolving landscape of we...

Dr. Liliana George, former longtime chemist at the Estee Lauder Companies, is seeking investors for her new venture, Order de Lys. The skin longevity brand caters to the 50+ cohort leveraging AI in the creation of optimal formulation for mature skin. 

Longevity and pro-aging are the future of beauty.  So much, in fact, that Coty is using its gargantuan influence to undefine it. For the Happi Top 50 Company, beauty is in everything, not just one set definition, and shouldn’t be characterized by any combination of colors or specific physical features.  With the changing ethos surrounding beauty and consumers championing older age, one new indie b...

One of the most lusterless years in recent history was 2020. Yet in December, beauty industry veteran Karima El-Hakkaoui launched her first skin care brand, Six Gldn, with her late husband.  Despite having access to countless products while performing branding and marketing for top beauty companies from L’Oréal to Estée Lauder, the pair struggled to find products that worked consistently for both...

In Tripadvisor’s first Trendcast report exploring the trends reshaping travel and predictions for the years ahead, beauty-minded travelers are making trips out of far-off treatments—from local rituals to cutting-edge new technologies. In fact, mentions of skincare treatments are up 87% in Tripadvisor forums and beauty bookings are up 400%. Analysts say beauty enthusiasts are hitting up an Ayurvedi...

Cohere Beauty is a custom development and manufacturing organization of beauty, personal care, fragrance and specialty products.  Cohere manufactures products for some of the most well-known and fastest-growing brands in the world. Boasting a library of 10,000 formulations, and solutions for every body, skin, and product feature, customers include Fortune 500 companies, department stores, health s...

West African native Olowo-n’djo Tchala, founder of personal care brand Ayeya , now available in Sprouts and Whole Foods, speaks to Happi from Ghana about how he’s using his brand to address poverty in Africa and provide millions with clean water. 

Global Personalized AI and AR Beauty Platform Revieve CEO Sampo Parkkinen sits down with Happi to discuss the origin of this nearly 10-year-old company, its impressive growth into reaching 120 brands and retailers across five continents. Plus, he shares the guiding principles of being a great entrepreneur and what the future has in store. 

When Sandra Velasquez, a single mother of Mexican descent, was at her nadir in 2019, unemployed and caring for a teenage son, she did what any smart person in dire straits would: plant seeds.  These seeds would grow a beauty business called Nopalera, the Spanish word for prickly pear cactus. One of the most versatile, sustainable and regenerative plants in the world, prickly pear cactus served as...

Frequent traveler Kimberly Currie knows the ick factor that sometimes comes with travel. Traversing customs at the airport on a recent business trip, the licensed esthetician, Oui Beauty Founder and new product consultant was lost in a daydream about washing her face in the comfort of home, when it hit her: what if she could lather up with a beloved facial cleanser on-the-go? Enter Wanderluxe, and...

Aromatherapy has a new nose.  Consumers summon Alexa to play their favorite song and answer a question. The virtual assistant can even comfort lonely seniors. Now, Alexa is consumers’ right-hand device when it comes to filling their home with the aroma of their preferred fragrance blend at their chosen intensity level.  Enter Atmos.  The new tech-savvy device – born out of a desire to find calm am...

Past Pfizer executive Keith O’Briant — now CEO of Lacerta Life Sciences — saw the “remarkable” benefits that its Lacertamatrix Hyaluronic Acid Foam Dressing had on patients with severely compromised skin.  Feeling a “moral obligation” to capitalize on the benefits of hyaluronic acid used in this capacity, he sought to find his own company, Hydrinity Accelerated Skin Science. On this Happi Podcast,...

Esthetician and entrepreuneur Justine Kahn cultivates botanicals on her mircro farm in Sausalito, CA to create her organic skincare line, Botnia, inspired by her favorite book, "The Chronicles of Narnia."

Paula Pennypacker's Just for Redheads celebrates its 30th year anniversary. The color cosmetics line has a range of products suited for the ginger-haired consumer from lipsticks to henna to its flagship ginger-brown mascara that started it all in 1994.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. And Chinese-American beauty entrepreneur Alicia Zeng sat down with HAPPI to share her eyelash extension brand Lilac Street.  Named for San Francisco's street art hub, Lilac Street provides smudge-free lash solutions to achieve a desired lifted look with wear-time lasting a week.  The beauty enthusiast — who brings experience from orga...

Sadie and Abby Bowler, Gen Z-aged sisters and founders of hair and personal care brand Sadie B, have respect for the middle-age male CEOs running beauty and personal care brands. But for their brand, authenticity means being made by the girls for the girls. Sadie B launched in 2022 and in 18 months landed on the shelves of Target, thanks in part, to Cherie Hoeger, founder of Saalt period care, who...

A conundrum in a North Carolina factory in the 1970s to remove oil from yarn spools set the stage for the creation of Charlie’s Soap. Bags of the brand’s Natural Powder Laundry Detergent for which its currently known, can be found on the shelves of Whole Foods, Walmart, Kroger and others. Taylor Sutherland, the grandson of Charlie, for which the soap is named, sat down with HAPPI to discuss the br...

Witney Carson, of "Dancing With the Stars" fame, sat down with Happi to discuss her new partnership with Jergens for the brand's Second Annual Glow Day campaign featuring its new Natural Glow Instant Sun “Sun Drops” for Face + Body. Carson spoke to HAPPI about surviving melanoma and achieving a sun-kissed glow sans UV exposure and her full circle moment working with The Skin Cancer...