Natura chief brand officer Andrea Alvares: "We were a social network before social networks existed"
Like many beauty executives, Andrea Alvares, Natura chief brand, innovation, international and sustainability officer, saw her business completely change with the onset of Covid-19. Meetings on Zoom b...
27 Maj 202136min
The Skinny Confidential's Lauryn Bosstick: "I don't claim to be an expert, I'm a practitioner of beauty"
Lauryn Bosstick, the blogger, podcast host and beauty brand executive -- she launched her Skinny Confidential-branded product line in April -- has had an unusual route to becoming a founder. But being...
20 Maj 202149min
Bybi co-founders Elsie Rutterford and Dominika Minarovic: "The term sustainable is a little bit problematic"
"Sustainability" was a buzzword in beauty and wellness well before the pandemic. But due to 2020's stay-at-home orders, coupled with the sheer volume of boxes and waste from online shipping, beauty co...
13 Maj 202145min
Trinny London's Trinny Woodall on building "a brand she can live the rest of her life with"
Trinny Woodall was well-known and beloved in her native U.K. as style writer and "What Not to Wear" host, well before she started her DTC makeup brand Trinny London in 2017. But, Woodall, who acts as ...
6 Maj 202144min
The Lip Bar's Melissa Butler: "Beauty doesn't look like one thing"
Unlike many beauty entrepreneurs, Melissa Butler, founder and CEO of The Lip Bar, wasn't a makeup or skin-care fanatic. Butler started her professional career at Barclay's, and her entree into beauty ...
29 Apr 202132min
LoveSeen founder Jenna Lyons: "It's incredibly important to stand in who you are"
When Jenna Lyons left her role as president and executive creative director of J.Crew in 2017, few assumed that her next act would be in beauty. But in September 2020, Lyons debuted LoveSeen, her eyel...
22 Apr 202135min
Tower 28 founder Amy Liu on the rush to clean makeup
Amy Liu, founder and CEO of Tower 28, had dreams of being a beauty founder, in large part because she watched her father live out his own entrepreneurial dreams. But instead, she chose to work for som...
15 Apr 202129min
Waldencast's Michel Brousset: Beauty brand building is about "managing this level of complexity"
After 20 years in big beauty, with stints at L'Oréal and Procter & Gamble, Waldencast founder and CEO Michel Brousset set out to start over, with an eye on the future. "We started with a dream, which ...
8 Apr 202145min
