The True Beauty Podcast

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Hi friends! Today we are speaking to you about step 2 in your 3 part skincare routine: CORRECT. This is the step in your skincare routine where you'll find all of your serums, masks, and exfoliators: the things that we use to actually correct our skin's condition. Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then...

The True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast kicks off our Exactly Right launch the same way we started our show one year ago -- interviewing one of our dearest friends, our resident hair and beauty guru SABRINA ROWE. Sabrina is the founder of the inclusive, sustainable, luxury beauty brand NTRL by Sabs (pronounced “natural”), and is a celebrity hair and makeup artist to clients like Phoebe Robinson, Ilana Gl...

Millennial estheticians and entrepreneurs, Elizabeth Taylor and Alix Shapiro, invite us in for a weekly conversation that brings the vibe of their Brooklyn beauty studio to life. Alix and Elizabeth are joined by experts, friends, and community members to answer listener questions about beauty and skincare that each one of us can relate to, host hilarious segments inspired by their diverse clientel...

Friends! Today we are speaking to an incredible woman and the founder of the luxury skincare line Klur.co, Lesley Thornton. Lesley takes us on her journey of growing up in Compton, shares with us the lengths her mother went through to ensure that she had an incredible education nearly two hours away in Beverly Hills while seeing the different opportunities that might be possible for her beyond wha...

Hey friends, We’re going to basics today and going over the first step of your skincare routine, prepare. We’ve spoken previously about the three major categories of a skincare routine: Prep (cleanse, tone, exfoliate), Correct (whatever you want to actually correct your skin, your masks, serums, vitamins A + C, other exfoliants), and Protect (moisturizer and SPF). Today we’re going over step 1, Pr...

Hey friends We’re really excited to share this week’s episode with you! We are discussing a topic that might not be for everyone, however, if it is for you, you are going to be pumped for the next 1.5 hours. Today we are speaking with our friend Vanessa Bartlett, who is a psychic, medium, tarot reader, & an astrology and occult enthusiast. Yall, Vanessa is the real deal. She takes us on her journe...

Hi Friends! Today we are talking about everything relating to chemical peels! We’re answering all of the questions we think you might have, like: What is a peel? Who can get a peel and why? What are the ingredients that make up a peel? What is the frequency of peels for each skin type/condition? What are some peel myths and truths? and how to come out of quarantine looking BOMB. And we bring back...

We are dropping this week's episode a few hours early in light of the tragic events in Georgia in case any of our community members need somewhere to turn for support. It goes without saying that we stand with our Asian-American community members against all racism. Founded by today’s guest Wilma Mae Basta, DRK Beauty is a well-being and mental health digital platform that helps womxn of color dis...

Self Tanner, Skincare Routines, and Silk Pillow Cases! We’re here for our monthly Listener Letter episode with our resident beauty, hair, and makeup guru Sabs The Good Girl, answering YOUR beauty questions. Yall know @sabsthegoodgirl ! She’s here once a month to help all of us out, so stay tuned, and don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With...

Hey guys! We are so excited to share this week’s Beauty School episode with our dear friend and longtime client, Chelsey Fasano. Chelsey is a sex educator who works as the head of Research and Development for her mentor, educator Kenneth Play. Our girl distills academic and scientific information about sexuality into usable advice and techniques, focusing on the intersection of neuroscience, human...

Hi Friends! Today we are speaking to one of our friends, and client Saidah Blount. Sai currently works at SONOS as the Senior Manager, Global Brand and has spent the majority of her 20+ year career in the music industry, working at places like NPR music, and The Fader, before taking her current position at SONOS. Sai is a true music nerd, and honestly one of my favorite people ever, so this was a...

Yallllllll let’s get our money lives together! Today we are speaking about financial literacy with Kenny Davis, The Trans Capitalist. Kenny is a proud black Transgender Financial Literacy Activist and is dedicated to challenging many of the financial rules, institutions, and taboos that are in place. He knows these old rules no longer work for our generation! Kenny is a graduate of Rochester Insti...

We’re here for our monthly Listener Letter episode with our resident beauty, hair, and makeup guru Sabrina Rowe! Stay tuned, and don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With your dinner?! And “I didn't know then, but I”m older now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com. Don’t forget to send us your stories of Dads fixing things with ta...

Hey dudes! I can't say enough about this week's conversation with the incredible, Emmy winning makeup artist, the founder of Oracle Jayne Station, and the host of "Masters of Makeup", Andrew Sotomayor. Andrew won his first Emmy for Saturday Night Live in 2017, was nominated for an Emmy for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in 2018, and nominated again for Ryan Murphy's "Pose" in 2019. He is the makeup d...

Hey dudes! Today we are talking about BROWS!! You're welcome in advance--if not today, you in 5 years will be thanking us, knowing we saved your face during The Great Quarantine. Brow services have quickly become our most booked appointment at True Beauty Brooklyn, and it’s because we are brow obsessed. We do a dance (seriously!) , or sing a terrible off-key song about how you are now a brow godde...

Hey guys! With the Pandemic still in full swing, and small businesses all across the country struggling to stay afloat, we wanted to spotlight how important Main Street, Mom and Pop small businesses are to our communities. If you have lived in Brooklyn for more than 6 months, you no doubt have heard of the store, Beacon’s Closet--the landmark for Brooklyn “cool-kid” thrifting consigning, and vinta...

Hey guys! Today we are talking with our friend and client, Sydney Blumstein of the Blumstein Real Estate Group. A native New Yorker, Sydney was born and raised in Greenwich Village and joined her family's business in 2006 as the second generation of a real estate dynasty! She has sold and rented over $100 Million worth of property in her career and moves fluidly through the city's constantly evolv...

Thank you all so much for being apart of our first year of podcasting! We love you, and can't wait to see what 2021 brings. Until then, enjoy our Best of 2020 End Of Year Mash-Up. Check out our Instagram @truebeautybrooklyn or @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Visit us at www.truebeautybrooklynpodcast.com to learn more about us, and all of our incredible guests! If you live locally, make an appointment...

Stay tuned, and don’t forget to send us YOUR questions, your Milk?! With your dinner?! And “I didnt know then, but I”m older now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com. Sabs is with us once a month to answer YOUR beauty questions, so write to us at truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklyn, @truebeautybrooklynpodcast, We love you guys, and thanks for a...

Today we are speaking to the super talented, and incredible Mia Wright Ross. Mia has worked as a designer in the Footwear & Accessory Industry for the past 10 years and has been a leading designer for a number of contemporary designer brands including Calvin Klein, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Saks 5th Avenue, and Tibi. In addition to being the founder and creative director of MWR Collection, Mia is an adjunc...

Hi Friends! Today we are speaking with Hannah Donovan, formally the CEO and co-founder of TRASH app. TRASH app is a machine learning-based video editing toolkit, where users can quickly create and edit high-quality, short-form video, and the company was just acquired by VSCO! Considering the world's biggest tech companies are currently under fire from, well, everyone, we wanted to bring onto the s...

Today we’re speaking with an incredible woman, humanitarian, and Acupuncturist Jacqueline Arellano. She is a badass who Alix met via a beauty forum a few years ago, and we have been dying to speak with her this season! Jacqueline is a lifelong humanitarian who grew up in California within communities that border Mexico. As the child of Mexican immigrants, Jacqueline was raised with these communiti...

Hi friends! We have had such an incredible year filled with new friendships, new business collaborations, lots of activism, lots of hollering, and most importantly, all of you: our dear listeners! So we figured that for the holiday season you guys would love a holiday gift list that does double duty: getting gifts for loved ones, supporting Women of Color and Black-owned brands and products, while...

Hey dudes! This week we interviewed Alissa Rumsey, who is a registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and the author of Unapologetic Eating: Make Peace With Food and Transform Your Life. Alissa is passionate about advocating for women to reclaim the space to eat and live unapologetically. This conversation was really insightful to both of us! We wanted to spe...