NuFace co-founder Tera Peterson: 'Don't try to be everything'
When reviewing the beauty landscape, there are increasingly fewer companies that are built as family businesses. Today, the market skews heavily toward building a company and selling it at a faster-th...
13 Okt 202234min
JLo Beauty's Lisa Sequino: 'A lot of people can talk the talk, but you need grit'
There is no telling if beauty has reached its peak celebrity brand moment. But Lisa Sequino, co-founder and CEO of JLo Beauty, said that doesn't matter; her company doesn't solely trade on Jennifer Lo...
6 Okt 202238min
Oura’s Tom Hale and Karina Kogan: ‘Consumers are thinking about longevity’
While health tracking devices are not new, Ōura, best known for its $300 Oura Ring, has somehow seamlessly bridged the worlds of technology, wellness and design, so much so that Kim Kardashian, Jack D...
29 Sep 202239min
How 'rebelling' against norms led Allison McNamara to found Mara Beauty
Mara Beauty founder Allison McNamara was surrounded by beauty growing up — her father Michael McNamara is a longstanding executive in the space. But beauty wasn't an obvious career path for her, at le...
22 Sep 202230min
Boy Smells' Matthew Herman on throwing the old rules of fragrance out the window
When co-founders and partners Matthew Herman and David Kien started developing Boy Smells, they weren't exactly sure they had a brand. In fact, Herman said the process of making candles in their livin...
15 Sep 202238min
BeautyStat's Ron Robinson on putting 'facts and data' first
The beauty industry is filled with experts, dermatologists, aestheticians and makeup artists, all trying to leverage their expertise in an increasingly crowded market. But the cosmetic chemist — the p...
8 Sep 202238min
The Beauty Health Co.’s Andrew Stanleick on building ‘a company, a culture and a brand’
When Andrew Stanleick left Coty in February to become president and CEO of The Beauty Health Co., the parent company of Hydrafacial, some in the beauty industry were surprised. Stanleick was responsib...
1 Sep 202242min
Urban Skin Rx's Rachel Roff on how virality on TikTok 'forever changed our brand'
Like many beauty entrepreneurs, Rachel Roff, founder and CEO of Urban Skin Rx, came up with the idea for her brand after a workplace epiphany. As a trained aesthetician, she discovered that the tried-...
25 Aug 202239min
