Cindy Gustafson has checked off a laundry list of accomplishments during her first 18 months as CEO of Nutrafol.
This includes an app launch designed to improve retention and a product release tailored to reach one of its smallest customer demographics in men over 50. These rollouts happened while she led the team toward double-digit growth during 2025, he ... Show More
Oct 2025
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
Oct 2025
Setting The New Standard in Skincare With Alisa Metzger, Co-Founder iNNBEAUTY Project
<p>Before launching iNNBEAUTY Project, Alisa Metzger spent over a decade inside some of the world’s biggest beauty companies—L’Oréal, Procter & Gamble, and Coty—learning exactly how the industry worked from the inside out. But after years of seeing the same patterns repeat—sky-hi ... Show More
51m 40s
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
<p>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.</p> <p>But, in just unde ... Show More
22m 29s
Sep 2025
Rodan + Fields: Leading the #1 Female Dermatologist-Founded Skincare Brand With Anncy Rowe
<p>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 un ... 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
Jun 2025
Hailey Bieber on Building Rhode into a Billion-Dollar Beauty Brand
When Hailey Bieber launched her beauty and skincare brand Rhode in 2022, it quickly built a loyal customer base and achieved rapid commercial success. By early 2025, Rhode had generated $212 million in net sales and, in May, was acquired by E.l.f. Beauty in a landmark $1 billion ... Show More
20m 48s