The Hue Report

Send us Fan Mail Today, I'm chatting with Mimi Johnson, an Atlanta-based celebrity makeup artist. She is also the founder of makeup brand The Glamatory and membership community/ subscription box for women entrepreneurs Grind Pretty.  I was really excited to finally connect with Mimi because she's helped support The Hue Report in a major way. Last year, the podcast received a grant from G...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I’m chatting with Tisha Thompson,  a veteran in the clean beauty space. She started as a makeup artist in the early 2000s and spent most of her career working with PÜR Cosmetics in Atlanta. Tisha started with the brand as a marketing manager in 2007 before becoming vice president of marketing and innovation in 2012. While she was there, she was committed to diversifying cle...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I’m chatting with St. Clair Detrick-Jules, an Afro-Caribbean-American author, photographer, and activist. She’s joining me on the show to talk about her photojournalism book, My Beautiful Black Hair: 101 Natural Hair Stories from the Sisterhood . The book debuts today, and it is the most beautiful love letter to Black women and our hair.  St. Clair specifically created the...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I’m chatting with Nickie Nougaisse, the founder of Curls Dynasty. When Nickie decided to transition away from relaxers, she found herself in the kitchen trying to concoct things that would help nourish her hair. Her efforts were successful, and it wasn't long before her family and friends took notice. After getting consistent requests from co-workers and friends to mak...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I’m chatting with Bernard and James Bronner, who are a part of the legendary Bronner Bros. family. The brand’s history dates back to 1947 when Dr. Nathaniel Bronner, Sr., his brother, Arthur Bronner, Sr., and their sister, Emma Bronner, began teaching cosmetologists at the Butler Street YMCA in Atlanta, Georgia.  In the years that followed, Bronner Bros. became known for ic...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I’m chatting with Tamika Gibson,  the woman behind Bold Hold. With over 348K followers on Instagram, Bold Hold has become the go-to brand amongst stylists for wig products like adhesives.  Tamika is a wig expert and has worked with everyone from Faith Evans to Keke Wyatt. Before becoming a full-time hairstylist, she was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army and did her fellow soldier...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I’m chatting with Brittaney Trent, a brand marketing expert and aesthetician. Brittaney has worked in editorial roles at companies like AOL, Yahoo, Buzzfeed, and TULA. She’s covered everything from sports to entertainment, but she found her true passion in beauty storytelling and skincare. During our conversation, we chat about the lessons she’s learned while navigating her...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I’m chatting with Jamila Powell, who is the founder of Naturally Drenched. Jamila has an incredibly interesting story—she’s an attorney turned beauty entrepreneur. Her official debut into the beauty world came after she became a mother. After having a conversation with a friend about weaves and haircare, she decided to open up a natural hair salon in Florida called Maggie R...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I’m excited to be chatting with Shontay Lundy, founder of Black Girl Sunscreen. During our conversation, Shontay discusses what it’s been like building a better sunscreen for Black people. She talks about how she started by doing some very simple Google searches like “sunscreen for brown skin” and “sunscreen for black skin.” The results she saw offered nothing that spoke to...

Send us Fan Mail When Alisia Ford left Los Angeles and moved to Portland, she lost access to her trusted aestheticians and dermatologists. This prompted her to start thinking about the lack of widespread access women of color have to non-toxic skincare products and experts that understand their needs. And that’s when she decided to launch Glory Skincare, an online destination that provides clean s...

Send us Fan Mail The Hue Report is back! I’m kicking off season two with a chat with Maya Smith, founder of The Doux. The brand is known for its affordable salon-quality natural hair products that have a Hip-Hop flair.  During our conversation, we talked about what it was like running a natural hair salon in Germany, returning to America and growing The Doux, and the future of the natural hair car...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s podcast, we’re chatting with Bread Beauty Supply founder Maeva Heim. The Australia-native talks about how her haircare brand is on a mission to make wash days simpler for people with textured hair. We also take a deep dive into the intentional choices she's made with the brand's packaging and vocabulary to ensure that Bread Beauty Supply is promoting a mor...

Send us Fan Mail We've made it to episode 10, y'all! For this milestone episode, I’m talking to Lesley Thornton, founder of the inclusive and sustainable skincare brand KLUR. During our conversation, we talk about how pageantry kicked off her love for beauty, her deeply-rooted passion for activism, how her career as an esthetician led to her launching KLUR, why she pulled KLUR from the s...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered what’s in your nail polish? For episode nine, founder of Habit Cosmetics Aja Frierson came on the show to discuss the toxic ingredients found in many popular polishes and how her brand is providing clean alternatives. Aja began her career as a fashion industry colorist but became a green beauty addict and decided to shift gears. And since 2013, Aja has been...

Send us Fan Mail Mahisha Dellinger is the epitome of a beauty BOSS. Mahisha launched her wildly popular natural haircare brand CURLS in 2002 and over the past 18 years, she has grown her business into a multi-million dollar company. In addition to her booming beauty business, Mahisha is also the author of a book titled Against All Odds: From the Projects to the Penthouse, star of the OWN series &q...

Send us Fan Mail Raise your hand if you’ve ever dealt with an itchy scalp, build-up, flakes, or scalp irritation. It’s happened to most of us – especially when wearing protective styles. And after noticing the lack of effective and natural scalp products on the market, Sherrel Sampson decided to launch Canviiy . Canviiy prides itself on creating botanical-based scalp care products that soothe, nou...

Send us Fan Mail Episode six is here! Today, I have the pleasure of chatting with Star Donaldson, a Social Media Editor at Byrdie. Star began her career in advertising but pivoted a little over a year ago to work in social media at Byrdie. During our conversation, we talked about everything - from being biracial to what it's like managing social media for such a well-known beauty outlet. And,...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back, beautiful people! This week's guest is truly a pioneer in the Black hair care and beauty industry. For episode five, I'm chatting with none other than Lisa Price – the founder of natural hair and beauty brand Carol's Daughter. Carol's Daughter's story begins in Lisa's Brooklyn kitchen in the '90s when she began concocting her own fr...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to episode four of The Hue Episode! For this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with natural hair influencer Jessica Lewis ( @mahoganycurls ). Jessica began posting videos on YouTube about her natural hair journey ten years ago and has since gone on to amass 32 MILLION views on the platform. Yes, 32 MILLION views. On her YouTube and Instagram channels, y...

Send us Fan Mail Episode three is here! This week, natural hair expert and salon owner Candace Witherspoon is on the show. If you scroll through her Instagram ( @curlsbycandace ), you'll see that she literally works magic on curly and coily hair. We discuss how growing up in West Africa made her fall in love with hair and what it's been like running her own multi-texture hair salon in Ne...

Send us Fan Mail Episode two is here! This week’s show features a conversation with Brianna Arps , a multimedia journalist, beauty industry insider, and brand marketing strategist. Brianna’s career journey has led her to work both on the editorial and marketing side of the beauty industry. She's held positions at Essence, US Weekly, Elite Daily, Insider, Refinery29, and The Lip Bar. And these...

Send us Fan Mail It feels so good to officially kick off season one! For the first episode, The Hue Report's host Olivia Hancock chats with Alicia Scott, the founder of Range Beauty. Range Beauty is a clean beauty brand for the forgotten shades, specially formulated for eczema and acne-prone skin. During this conversation, Alicia dropped so many gems and provided unfiltered insight into what...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Hue Report Podcast, a show that celebrates Black beauty 24/7, 365. Each week, host and beauty writer Olivia Hancock will be having an unfiltered chat with some of the coolest Black influencers and professionals in the beauty industry. The first episode drops on July 1, so be sure to subscribe so you'll be one of the first listeners. Stay connected with The Hue...