Executive coach Angela Bennett knows a thing or two about the unique needs of beauty and wellness industry leaders. She spent more than two decades working across L’Oréal and Estee Lauder brands like La Roche-Posay, Maybelline and Clinique in roles like vice president, general manager and svp of talent acquisition.
"The subjective nature of [the beauty indu ... Show More
Oct 2
Amazon bets on K-Beauty, Ulta Beauty embraces Squishmallows, and 3 Glossy Pop Award winners share their campaign success secrets
What does it take for a beauty campaign or brand to cut through the noise in 2025? Our second-annual Glossy Pop Awards is one place where our team recognizes the best and most culturally relevant beauty and fashion campaigns, people, products, and brands. In today’s episode of Th ... Show More
51m 9s
Sep 18
Olive & June's Sarah Gibson Tuttle on life after acquisition: You have to 'focus on the consumer obsessively'
After starting as a brick-and-mortar nail salon in Los Angeles in 2013, Olive & June closed up shop in 2020, with founder and CEO Sarah Gibson Tuttle pivoting her focus to DIY manis. By November 2024, Helen of Troy had acquired the brand for $225 million in cash and a $15 million ... Show More
52m 39s
Oct 1
Can Gen-Z Beauty Brands Grow Up?
Brands like Bubble, Starface and Byoma rode TikTok-native aesthetics to win Gen-Z hearts and Sephora shelf space with plush mascots, playful stickers and sensorial jelly textures. Founders close in age to their audience moved fast, crowd-sourced ideas and mastered algorithms. Now ... Show More
23m 5s
Dec 2024
Hero Cosmetics: Ju Rhyu and Dwight Lee
The company behind the blockbuster acne fighter, Mighty Patch, was launched in 2017 with a single product sold exclusively on Amazon. It was inspired by similar patches Ju Rhyu had seen while living in Korea. Ju struggled with breakouts herself, and when she tried a patch and saw ... Show More
1h 14m
May 2021
EP63. How Parabens kickstarted the Indie Beauty Movement
Parabens is a collective name for a group of chemicals used as preservatives in consumer products such as food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. They have been synthesised in labs for almost 100 years. So far then, parabens seem quite boring ingredients. But, in just under two deca ... Show More
22m 29s
Sep 15
Rodan + Fields: Leading the #1 Female Dermatologist-Founded Skincare Brand With Anncy Rowe
Since joining Rodan + Fields, Anncy Rowe, Chief Commercial Officer, has transformed how the brand connects with consumers, leading marketing, sales, digital, and ecommerce with a fresh, strategic vision. With over a decade of experience at Maybelline and Lancôme, she brings unmat ... Show More
51m 16s
Jul 2024
Fake it till you make it - the rise and rise of dupes
Dupes are the new copycat trend. From cosmetics to accessories, electronics, homeware and even motor cars, for every high quality product with a big price tag on the market, there seems to be a cheap alternative ready to go. But how are these companies making dupes get away with ... Show More
10m 45s
Mar 2025
Lash Lies, Lawsuits & Bethenny Frankel’s Brutal Honesty - 1174
Bethenny Frankel has never been one to hold back, and her latest viral beauty review has sparked one of the biggest controversies in the lash industry. In this episode, we break down the Pro Lash vs. Lashify drama, how Bethenny’s brutally honest review on TikTok ignited a firesto ... Show More
1h 22m