Beyond Soap
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBeyond Soap is the podcast about skincare, self-care and the never-ending quest to look and feel our absolute best as we age. Dr. Sandy Skotnicki is one of North America’s leading dermatologists and the author of the bestselling book, Beyond Soap. Chantel is a TV beauty expert seeking happiness by trying out every product on the market. Now, in a new and ongoing podcast, Sandy and Chantel explore the subculture of beauty. What’s the latest news in skincare? An overlooked oldie but goodie? The hot new product that should be drop-kicked from every purse? With guest interviews and lots of listener interaction, Beyond Soap: The Podcast is your weekly skincare fix.
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Episodes
Skincare For All! Moving Beyond Gender in Beauty and Fashion
March 02, 2020 10:59 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBIn this episode: A very special interview with Bernadette Morra! —Bernadette leads one of the most exciting fashion magazine reinventions in years, with this month’s gender-blind relaunch of FASHION magazine for all. —Morra is one of the leading journalists in the Canadian fashion scene and has interviewed everyone from Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford and Gianni Versace. —on the cover, Morra put a selection of people she thought are helping to redefine...
What To Do About Your Thinning Hair?
February 24, 2020 10:59 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBEver wondered why you lost that hair during that stressful spell at work? Or why a third of those strands fell out during your pregnancy? Sandy and Chan go deep on the three types of hair loss that affect one in five people. Hair loss can be caused by many reasons: pregnancy, stress, trauma, disease, treatment for disease (such as chemotherapy) or the natural aging process. Scientifically, these types are known as male-pattern hair loss, female-pattern hair loss, alopecia areata, and a thin...
Listener Questions!
February 17, 2020 13:42 - 22 minutes - 31 MBOur first listener questions episode in AGES! Sandy and Chan take their first-ever live listener question, and it’s about the horrors of teen acne, and the way some simply dismiss what can turn into a life-changing problem. A question by voice memo from Nancy inquires about post-menopausal acne. “Plumpuffs” from Instagram seeks recommendations for chemical exfoliators for women in their 40s. Via Instagram, X-Martin asks why skin reactions happen with products you’ve used in the past without ...
What’s the Deal With the Microbiome?
February 10, 2020 11:29 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBProbiotics and prebiotics are all the rage in skincare, but do these buzzwords actually mean anything? What is the microbiome? And what does it have to do with the fight against aging? To find out, Sandy and Chan interviewed Dr. Jack Gilbert (@gilbertjacka), microbial ecologist at the University of California (San Diego) and co-author of Dirt is Good: The Advantage of Germs for Your Child’s Developing Immune System. But before we get to Jack, let’s talk about Sandy’s latest challenge! Ch...
Debunking the Goop Lab With Tim Caulfield
February 03, 2020 10:59 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBEverybody’s talking about the Goop Lab, the Netflix show starring Gwyneth Paltrow and her $250-million lifestyle brand—which, incidentally, deals with much of the same self-care anti-aging subject material as Beyond Soap. So we decided it would be fun to talk to the global expert on Goop and its sometime aversion to science-based therapies: Timothy Caulfield, author of Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? and Relax, Dammit!: A User's Guide to the Age of Anxiety, out spring 2020. C...
Big Event Beauty
January 27, 2020 15:23 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBAndrea Derby received the text from her husband asking her to go to the Oscars just three weeks before last year’s ceremony. And she’s going again this year. We chatted with her about her dresses, makeup and her skincare routine. Andrea mentioned that she likes using the What Happened Last Night sheet masks the night before a big event. (Target and Amazon used to sell them, but seem to be sold out right now--let us know if you have found it somewhere else!) Looking for a stylist to hel...
Oscars Beauty and How to Look Great For Big Events
January 27, 2020 15:23 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBAndrea Derby received the text from her husband asking her to go to the Oscars just three weeks before last year’s ceremony. And she’s going again this year. We chatted with her about her dresses, makeup and her skincare routine. Andrea mentioned that she likes using the What Happened Last Night sheet masks the night before a big event. (Target and Amazon used to sell them, but seem to be sold out right now--let us know if you have found it somewhere else!) Looking for a stylist to hel...
The Science of Moisturizers: What’s Actually In There?
January 20, 2020 12:51 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBEver wondered if you really need to be using a moisturizer? We break down the science of moisturizers--and the three components a moisturizer needs to be effective. Plus, Chantel gets her moisturize level checked at Shoppers Drug Mart--to shocking results. What is your moisturizer doing for you? In this episode, we break down the science of moisturizers--and the three components a moisturizer needs to be effective: humectants, emollients and occlusives. Examples of humectants: h...
M.A.C and CoverFX chemist Victor Casale’s New Thing
January 13, 2020 12:13 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBOur first-ever interview! With Victor Casale, the genius co-founding chemist behind M.A.C cosmetics AND CoverFX, about his latest skincare brand, Pure Culture Beauty. Also contest winners, why hand sanitizer is better than washing—and the best non-drying hand sanitizer. Beauty industry legend Victor Casale was just 19 and in his first year at University of Toronto chemistry when his girlfriend’s brother, Frank Toscan, asked him whether he knew how to make lipstick. He lied, said yes a...
More Listener Questions!
January 06, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBQuestion #1: Is eye cream BS? Sandy points out that eye cream is moisturizer. If it has peptides, you may see some reduction of fine lines and wrinkles. But often, eye cream is full of hyaluronic acid, which will help make you look less dry but there’s no long-term benefits. Have you heard of this gimmicky “miracle” eye cream? Don’t buy it! We also discuss how HEV (high-energy visible or blue) light can interrupt your skin’s ability to repair itself while you’re sleeping and whether i...
Bespoke Skincare
December 30, 2019 14:13 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBIn this feature episode, Chan reports back on the challenge Sandy gave her in Episode 7, which was to swap out her foaming, fragranced hand soap for a Cerave Cleansing Bar, which is less drying than traditional soap. Then, they share a hot tip from a listener who says she’s using The Ordinary’s glycolic acid to eliminate her underarm body odour. In the dermal dive, Sandy and Chan tackle bespoke skincare -- the idea of made-to-measure or physician-prescribed skincare. Is this t...
Are Parabens Bad For You?
December 23, 2019 14:21 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MBIn this mini-episode, hosts Dr. Sandy Skotnicki and Chantel Guertin immerse themselves in a giant pool of parabens! Just kidding. Actually they examine the hype and hysteria around the controversial preservative. Do parabens cause cancer? Are they safe to use in skincare products? In the end, Sandy and Chan reach some wholly surprising conclusions. Okay, now that we have the show summary out of the way, let’s wade in to PARABENS! Parabens, one of the least allergenic and non-irr...
Ski Trip Skincare!
December 17, 2019 23:11 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBIn this feature episode, Sandy and Chan take on ski-trip skincare and all that entails, including how to protect your lips from winter wind, the nastiness of hot tub folliculitis and lip-balm dependency. Plus Sandy reports back on Chantel’s challenge regarding the rose quartz guasha stone and a listener question on mechanical vs. chemical exfoliators! In 2012, Sandy helped to write a book with Xiaolan Zhao, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. You can buy Inner Beauty, on Amazon. ...
Ski Trip Skin Care!
December 17, 2019 23:11 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBIn this feature episode, Sandy and Chan take on ski-trip skin care and all that entails, including how to protect your lips from winter wind, the nastiness of hot tub folliculitis and lip-balm dependency. Plus Sandy reports back on Chantel’s challenge regarding the rose quartz guasha stone and a listener question on mechanical vs. chemical exfoliators! In 2012, Sandy helped to write a book with Xiaolan Zhao, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. You can buy Inner Beauty, on Amazon. ...
The 12 Beauty Tips of Christmas
December 09, 2019 12:38 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MBIn this very special holiday mini-episode, we share our favourite 12 listener tips to get through the holidays! We had so much fun reading all of your fantastic tips — thanks to everyone who sent them in. Tip #1: Drink sparkling water with lime to feel full and stay low on calories. You can also ask for your water in a lowball glass if you don’t feel like telling people you aren’t drinking, or add flavouring to soda water to make it more fun than plain water and encourage you to dri...
Microdermabrasion, micro-needling, liquid gold facials and PRP-based treatments. Plus TFC-8, the best holiday skincare gifts to give (and get!)
December 02, 2019 11:11 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBIn this episode: Chantel reports back on using Chanel La Solution 10. TFC-8 -- aka “Trigger Factor Complex” or the secret complex used in Augustinus Bader’s The Cream -- the hottest skincare product that was sold out for weeks. Here are a couple of articles about The Cream: The $225 skincare product Hollywood swears by Is this the secret to rich-person skin? You can buy The Cream at Holt Renfrew, on Augustinus Bader’s site. You can also buy Victoria Beckham’s Cell Rejuvenating Pr...
Listener Questions: The Ideal Beauty Routine, Retinol and Mascara for Straight Lashes
November 25, 2019 11:11 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBMary on Instagram asks. I love skincare, but I don't know where to start in terms of a good routine. I'm 30 and I want to ensure that I'm using the right products. What products, other than sunscreen, should I be using on my face? From Ceri: What amount or percentage of retinol should be in a product to make it effective? I'm 51 and do not want to mess around with ineffective products. From someone who signed herself, “A hopeless skeptic, and product-averse listener": I have a lot of s...
Cryotherapy: the coolest facial?
November 18, 2019 12:34 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this week’s episode: Sandy reports back on her trip to Madrid to the European Academy of Dermatology and Veneralogy Chantel reports back on her hunt for products with bakuchiol Sandy delves into the science of fibre mascara -- or lack thereof Chan heads to The Freeze Clinic for a deeply relaxing cryotherapy facial—and Sandy analyzes the benefits from a scientific perspective Sandy offers a hack for getting through the holiday season Sandy gives Chantel a challenge: to try Cha...
We answer your listener questions!
November 11, 2019 11:00 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBOur first-ever listener-question mini-episode! Alberta asks, what can I do to get rid of my eczema? From an anonymous listener, we have, Is jojoba oil safe or should you stick with sunflower oil? Esther in Thunder Bay asks about CBD oil and skincare—does it work? What's the deal with hormonal chin acne—can I fight it with my regular acne product, or do I need to do something with my diet? Plus, Dr. Sandy Skotnicki discloses the only food ingredient ever linked to increased acne in a scientif...
Beyond Soap
October 30, 2019 13:34 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MBWelcome to Beyond Soap, the podcast about skincare, self-care, skin health and the never-ending quest to look and feel our absolute best as we age. In this episode, we dive into: Bakuchiol, the buzzy new plant-based functional analogue of retinol. How do you pronounce it? Does it actually work? Yes, according to science—plus it’s less irritating The beauty challenge: Sandy and Chantel dare one another to attempt a beauty regimen they would never otherwise try: Chantel challenges Sandy t...