Dear Beauty

Owning a salon looks glamorous from the outside. From the inside, it looks a lot more like frozen pipes and a very busy group text. This week we're talking about the highs and lows of business ownership, from why we wanted our own salons in the first place to what it really takes to keep one running. We get into the floods, the broken air conditioning, and the days the doors had to close, and...

This is our favorite time of year to be a colorist. This week we're talking about fall hair color for 2026, and what it really means when someone asks for expensive hair color. We get into the warm, rich shades coming back for fall, the new suede blonde we cannot stop talking about, and why the icy and ash days are behind us. We talk about what actually makes color look expensive, and why a gl...

This is our favorite time of year to be a colorist. This week we're talking about fall hair color for 2026, and what it really means when someone asks for expensive hair color. We get into the warm, rich shades coming back for fall, the new suede blonde we cannot stop talking about, and why the icy and ash days are behind us. We talk about what actually makes color look expensive, and why a gl...

Sometimes manifesting starts with something as small as believing you'll find a good parking spot. This week we're talking about manifesting, the law of attraction, and the power of gratitude. We get into The Secret, the book that shaped how we think, and the negative things we tell ourselves every day. We talk about why small, specific goals work better than big ones, and how vision board...

This week we're talking about how to stay current without losing yourself. It sounds simple, but it's one of the hardest things to get right, and it's easier to be objective about everyone else than it is about your own reflection. We get into the one feature that gives away exactly what decade you stopped updating, why chasing every trend can age you faster than ignoring them, whether...

This week we're talking about endings. Not the romantic kind, but the ones nobody really prepares you for. The friend who quietly stops calling. The client who moves on without a word. The people who were there for the fun and gone the moment things got hard. We get honest about why these endings cut so deep, how we've learned to stop taking them personally, what jealousy and betrayal look...

This week, we're joined by a very special guest, David Miller of David & Mary, for a conversation about all things skincare. From teaching elementary school, to Skinschool in New York, to building the first spa in the Indianapolis market, David has spent decades shaping how this city thinks about facials, and how it feels to be cared for. We get into how the facial clinic concept opened sk...

This week, we're joined by a special guest, interior designer Linda Mordoh of Savvy Decor, who has spent nearly 50 years building one of Carmel's most respected design businesses. Design, fashion, and beauty are more intertwined than people realize, and the way we talk about a room turns out to sound a lot like the way we talk about hair. We get into the mistake that derails more projects...

This week we're talking about the part of the salon visit most people rush through: the consultation. It can make or break the entire service, and it's where trust between you and your stylist either gets built or gets broken. We get into what a great consultation actually looks like from both sides of the chair, why realistic expectations matter, what to know before a big color change, ho...

This week, we're getting into the conversation that doesn't usually happen out loud: when stylists fire their clients, why they do it, and what it really takes to keep a salon running smoothly. We're being honest about the side of the business clients rarely see. From the why behind our cancellation policies, to what really goes into our pricing, to the tip inflation everyone's qui...

This week, we're getting into all things bridal. After years of doing weddings, sometimes 50 a year before Covid, we have a lot to say about what makes a bridal day feel effortless, and what quietly turns it into chaos. We get honest about trial runs, and why they are non-negotiable, the bridesmaids and family dynamics nobody warns you about, what to actually do the day before and the day of, and...

This week, we're sitting down with a special guest, Michele Tyson from Nutrafol, to continue one of the most important conversations we've had on the show: hair loss. After the response to our last hair loss episode, we knew we had to keep this one going. We get into why hair loss is showing up at every age now, the lifestyle factors and stressors quietly fueling it, what to actually look...

This week, we're tackling one of the most divisive questions in beauty: to gray or not to gray. The real conversation isn't whether you go gray. It's how you do it, and what happens when "letting it go" turns into letting everything go. We get into why gray can age you ten years overnight, why so many women start to feel invisible the moment the sweats and Crocs come out, and...

This week, we're pulling back the curtain on something women are often asked about but rarely discuss honestly: weight, the shot, and what it costs to lose weight. We get into the real stuff, the stigma around the shot, the hair loss nobody warns you about, the way fast weight loss hollows out your face, and the closet-eating patterns that started long before any of it. We walk through Marilyn...

In this episode, we get into the real conversation around hair loss , why it's hitting women harder than ever, what's actually driving it (Covid, GLP-1s, perimenopause, diet, stress), and what you can do about it from the inside out. We cover nutrition, red light therapy, scalp health, and the right products. Plus, Eva walks us through mesh integration, a new technique with only two practi...

In Episode 1, we're taking you back to the beginning. We share how a Broadway-dreaming girl from Ball State ended up building one of Indianapolis's most respected salons, and how a young stylist walked into David and Mary's with a cover letter in hand and a Chevy Cavalier in the parking lot. You'll also hear how two Leos, who didn't always see eye to eye, kept finding our way b...