In a lot of ways, supplement company Cymbiotika has perfected the form factor and distribution of modern-day vitamins.
The San Diego-based company launched in 2018 and quickly found its footing in the marketplace with single-serving pouches of Liposomal supplements. So far, the company has sold more than 200 million individual packets and grown its re ... Show More
Oct 15
Why Ritual is launching its first new category in 6 years, with CEO Kat Schneider
Ritual founder and CEO Kat Schneider knows that winning the female supplement consumer requires taking big bets and big swings. “When I started the company and I was fundraising. … I was told pregnancy was ‘niche’, postpartum was ‘niche’, perimenopause was ‘niche,’” Schneider tol ... Show More
37m 24s
Oct 8
Why does this Estée Lauder-owned brand keep reformulating its hero products?
What if new product development didn’t have to be so complicated and expensive? NIOD, the second brand from Estée Lauder-owned Deciem, entered Sephora in August with an NPD tactic borrowed from tech companies like Apple. “NIOD is all about high science and high tech, and then bri ... Show More
27m 11s
Oct 1
Veteran exec Jaimee Holmes unpacks ‘eye patch gate’ and why innovation spurred Fel Beauty’s quick Sephora sell out
Over the past week, the internet has been ablaze discussing the beauty industry’s biggest controversy of the year. From social media to global news outlets, everyone is talking about something that’s been dubbed "eye patch gate." Around September 17, several beauty brands, includ ... Show More
34m 46s
Apr 2019
112: Starting a Business & Pressing Reset on the Skincare Industry w/ Liah Yoo
<p>The beauty and skincare industry thrives on “more”: buy more products, put more on your skin, and – if they don't work – use them more often. Today's guest is Liah Yoo, a beauty influencer and CEO of KraveBeauty: a skincare brand that sells “less”. Through her YouTube channel ... Show More
43m 32s
Jan 2021
How the co-CEOs of Glow Recipe found creativity (and heritage) in skincare
Since launching their first line of products in 2017, Sarah Lee and Christine Chang’s skincare brand Glow Recipe has been a driving force in the Korean beauty wave, particularly in the US—and it’s not hard to see why. From their colorful packaging to alluring scents, Glow Recipe’ ... Show More
32m 12s
Sep 2023
41. Power of Why: Cruelty-Free Beauty
Jen welcomes Female Fusion member Mukta, the founder of Miss Palatable, for a deep dive into the beauty industry. Mukta shares her journey from a finance career to the world of cosmetics, highlighting her mission to bring cruelty-free and consciously formulated beauty products to ... Show More
28m 14s
Sep 2021
Bread Beauty Supply’s Maeva Heim on Launching a Brand at Sephora
Maeva Heim is the founder and CEO of Bread Beauty Supply, a hair-care brand for curly and textured hair. Maeva talks about her experience in the beauty industry prior to launching her own brand, how she launched in retail as part of the Sephora Accelerate Program, and how to find ... Show More
40m 29s
Oct 2022
Discover The Brand Creating A Sustainable Fragrance Empire
<p>We are chatting with Michelle Feeney, the marketing maven that's responsible for catapulting brands like Creme De La Mer, MAC, and St.Tropez to cult-favorite status. She's now the founder and CEO of Floral Street, a vegan and sustainable fragrance brand that's sold in Sephora, ... Show More
42m 22s
Jul 2025
From Bank Job to Beauty Mogul: How Mona Kattan Built a Fragrance Empire
Mona Kattan - entrepreneur, fragrance fanatic, and founder of Kayali - joins us for an unfiltered conversation on building a beauty business with soul. In this episode, Mona shares how she went from working in finance to launching one of the fastest-growing perfume brands in the ... Show More
53m 51s