Ep. 472: How Beauty Brands Maximize Social Selling, with Julian Reis of SuperOrdinary

Jess talks to Michelle Crossan-Matos, chief marketing officer of Ulta Beauty, about what a company can achieve beyond selling product. Since joining Ulta Beauty, the Glaswegian executive has worked on...

9 Feb 202440min

Did you hear about the great perfume heist of 2016? Justice has finally been served, and we’ll tell you all about it. Before that: the rise of dimple surgery; celebrities on hair-dye boxes; supermodel...

7 Feb 202435min

World-traveling polymath Teri Johnson takes us on a journey through her life, but also back in time to the Harlem Renaissance, the era that inspires her company, Harlem Candle Co. She tells us about t...

2 Feb 202446min

If you put a barefaced woman in a field we will want what she’s selling—that’s what we’ve learned from Pamela Anderson’s latest beauty endeavor. We’re also chatting about little wellness habits that h...

31 Jan 202447min

Welcome to the ultimate beauty group chat, with Nick Axelrod and Annie Kreighbaum, hosts of the podcast Eyewitness Beauty. We're sharing our unfiltered thoughts on the beauty and wellness world, inclu...

26 Jan 202452min

We’re revisiting cult-favorite beauty products from the 2000s and wondering, “Where are they now?” But first: the FDA clears a new skin-cancer diagnostic tool; Striiike beauty studio debuts a pigment ...

24 Jan 202443min

Can technology help make the beauty industry greener? How do brands innovate without over-engineering? What are some practical ways Big Beauty can use artificial intelligence? We’re talking with Guive...

19 Jan 202448min

Yes, we’re still talking about the “Sephora Girls”—this story about Gen Alpha taking over beauty stores just gives and gives and gives. But there’s lots more to discuss, including the new wave of lip ...

17 Jan 202431min