Nest Fragrances' Laura Slatkin: 'The consumer really wants a brand that's important'
In 1992, Laura Slatkin had no interest in home fragrance. She had spent 12 years building a successful career for herself working on Wall Street, where she met her husband. After they were married, he...
17 Jan 201927min
Model and beauty entrepreneur Josie Maran: 'Beauty is moving to a more healing, holistic, wellness and lifestyle approach'
Josie Maran has a long history with beauty. From the time she was just 12 years old, Maran was working as a professional model. Six years into her career, which included spending hours in the makeup c...
10 Jan 201927min
Tatcha's Vicky Tsai: 'Love your clients, love your products, everything else is icing.'
About 10 years ago, Vicky Tsai chose happiness. After years of working in corporate, she slowly realized that she didn't know what she wanted to do with her career. She had also been struggling with a...
3 Jan 201927min
Celebrity hairstylist Frederic Fekkai: 'I need to build brands I believe in'
When Frederic Fekkai was a young man, he had no intention of entering the beauty space. In fact, he didn't even know it existed. Shortly after this discovery, Fekkai quit law school, moved to Paris an...
27 Dec 201823min
Saks' Kate Oldham: 'There's always something outside the word of beauty that drives the category.'
Kate Oldham has spent most of her life working at Saks. Her first job with the company, a sales associate at their flagship store, was supposed to be a short term way to make money while she searched ...
20 Dec 201825min
Shiseido president of global development Jill Scalamandre: 'I'm a brand builder'
When Jill Scalamandre first started her career, she wasn't interested in beauty. She had spent some time after college working in a fashion house in Paris and was trying to figure out her next steps w...
13 Dec 201833min
Dirty Lemon's Zak Normandin: 'Conversational commerce is the future'
Zak Normandin is a problem solver. Back in 2009, he founded Little Duck Organics because he was having a hard time finding healthy snacks for his kids. After selling off a majority of that company, he...
6 Dec 201832min
L'Oreal president of acquisitions Carol Hamilton: 'Transcending all trends is the experience a brand gives you'
From the time Carol Hamilton was a little girl, she knew that she had a passion for beauty. What started as a love for lipstick would eventually blossom into a long, successful career in beauty. Now s...
29 Nov 201830min
