Celebrating Aging in a Youth-Obsessed Beauty Industry With Julee Wilson
We’re on location in New York! To kick things off with an east coast version of the pod, we have one of our favorite beauty comrades on the show: Cosmopolitan editor-at-large, host and expert Julee Wi...
3 Mar 43min
The Key to Healthy Hair Color with Julia Roberts’s Go-To Colorist Kadi Lee
This week, we’re joined by celebrity hair colorist and Highbrow Hippie co-founder Kadi Lee, whose wellness-first approach to hair has made her the go-to for clients like Julia Roberts, Meghan Markle, ...
27 Feb 41min
Why This Founder is Shutting Down Their Brand — And What It Says About Beauty in 2026
This week, founder David Yi joins us with difficult news: he’s closing his beauty brand, good light. We talk candidly about the financial realities of running an independent beauty company in 2026, th...
24 Feb 42min
Meet the Woman Revolutionizing the Wig Industry
Today’s episode is for everyone — wig wearer or not. We’re joined by Aasiyah Abdulsalam, founder of The Renatural, the innovative wig brand behind a patented skin-replica hairline that’s three times t...
20 Feb 33min
Beauty and the Epstein Files: Access and Accountability
In this episode, we break down a buzzy new launch we’ve been testing nonstop: the m.ph Le Skin Weightless Serum Foundation from Mary Phillips, a buildable, skin-like formula with a luminous payoff we’...
17 Feb 23min
Molly Sims Gets Real About Aging as a Celebrity, ‘90s Beauty Standards, and Melasma
This week, we’re joined by model, entrepreneur, and early-2000s icon Molly Sims, whose career spans Vogue covers, Old Navy campaigns, major runways, and six Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues (with tw...
13 Feb 37min
Celebrity Hairstylist Chris McMillan on Britney Spears, The Rachel, & His Biggest Hair Secrets
Today’s guest is legendary hairstylist Chris McMillan, one of the most influential hair artists of all time and the creative force behind some of pop culture’s most iconic looks. From redefining ’90s ...
6 Feb 43min
Plastic Surgery Mom Guilt & What Pat McGrath’s Bankruptcy Might Mean
In this episode, we honor the life and legacy of Shirley Raines, founder of Beauty 2 the Streetz, whose work reframed beauty as a tool for dignity, connection, and care for unhoused communities in Los...
3 Feb 23min
