WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY
502 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe beauty industry's top talent share their wisdom, advice and authenticity with our WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ listeners every week. Topics include: work/life balance, how to hustle and how to handle challenges - all discussed with great honesty and humor. Conversations humanizing the beauty exec experience. Hosted by Jodi Katz, Founder and Creative Director of Base Beauty Creative Agency.
2022 is the year of milestones: 15th Anniversary of BBCA, the marketing agency that inspired the podcast, 5th Anniversary of WBMB Podcast & starting the year with our 200th episode.
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WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Hand in Hand, Pursuing Two Dreams at Once: Deborah Lippmann, celebrity manicurist and Founder, Deborah Lippmann
April 01, 2020 04:00 - 60.1 MBIt took a long time for Deborah Lippmann, celebrity manicurist and founder of Deborah Lippmann, to finally realize how much she loved nail care and her work as manicurist to the stars. Her first love was music and she originally learned the manicurist’s trade to support herself while pursuing her singing career. Now that she’s created her eponymous nail line and singing has become her side hustle, she has lots of sage advice and gentle nudging for those ready to zig and zag towards their own...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | The Agony and the Ecstasy of Watching Your Baby—aka Your Business—Grow Up: Sasha Plavsic, Founder, ILIA Beauty
March 25, 2020 13:00 - 71.6 MBListen in as Sasha Plavsic, founder of ILIA Beauty, confesses how difficult it was to rebrand the business she had conceived and given birth to nine years ago. It was time for the update, for sure, but it also involved letting go of a lot of her past…and it felt like losing an old friend. You’ll want to hear Sasha discuss this painful but necessary part of growing a business and how she’s getting comfortable with the next phase of her “baby’s” journey. #wherebrainsmeetbeauty@wherebrainsmeet...
Episode 145, Sasha Plavsic, Founder, ILIA Beauty - The Agony and the Ecstasy of Watching Your Baby—aka Your Business—Grow Up | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
March 25, 2020 13:00 - 71.6 MBListen in as Sasha Plavsic, founder of ILIA Beauty, confesses how difficult it was to rebrand the business she had conceived and given birth to nine years ago. It was time for the update, for sure, but it also involved letting go of a lot of her past…and it felt like losing an old friend. You’ll want to hear Sasha discuss this painful but necessary part of growing a business and how she’s getting comfortable with the next phase of her “baby’s” journey. #wherebrainsmeetbeauty @wherebrainsme...
Episode 144, Amy Carra, Sr. Director of Brand Innovation, Universal Beauty Products, Inc. - The Best of Both: An Entrepreneur within an Established Company | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
March 18, 2020 16:00 - 77.4 MBWhen Amy Carra, Sr. Director of Brand Innovation and Universal Beauty Products, Inc., was working for Air France and traveling the world, she never imagined a career in beauty. Her love affair with the beauty industry began with a position at Revlon, where she saw colleagues “playing” with makeup as part of their jobs and thought, “Hmm…this could be fun.” Hear the rest of Amy’s story, from more jobs in big beauty to developing her own innovative skincare line as a “corporate entrepreneur.” ...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | The Best of Both: An Entrepreneur within an Established Company: Amy Carra, Sr. Director of Brand Innovation, Universal Beauty Products, Inc.
March 18, 2020 04:00 - 77.4 MBWhen Amy Carra, Sr. Director of Brand Innovation and Universal Beauty Products, Inc., was working for Air France and traveling the world, she never imagined a career in beauty. Her love affair with the beauty industry began with a position at Revlon, where she saw colleagues “playing” with makeup as part of their jobs and thought, “Hmm…this could be fun.” Hear the rest of Amy’s story, from more jobs in big beauty to developing her own innovative skincare line as a “corporate entrepreneur.” ...
Episode 143, Sarah Kugelman, CEO and Founder, skyn ICELAND - A Serial Entrepreneur Addressing the Connection Between Stress and Skin | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
March 11, 2020 13:00 - 74.2 MBSarah Kugelman’s catalyst for creating the skincare line skyn ICELAND was her personal story of stress and illness, a story far too many of us—especially women—have experienced as we try to juggle our complex lives. As she healed herself, the CEO and founder focused on the toll modern life takes on skin and decided to do something about it. Tune in to hear all about Sarah’s amazing journey from corporate life to entrepreneurship and her path to health, wellness and beautiful skin. #wherebra...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | A Serial Entrepreneur Addressing the Connection Between Stress and Skin: Sarah Kugelman, CEO and Founder, skyn ICELAND
March 11, 2020 13:00 - 74.2 MBSarah Kugelman’s catalyst for creating the skincare line skyn ICELAND was her personal story of stress and illness, a story far too many of us—especially women—have experienced as we try to juggle our complex lives. As she healed herself, the CEO and founder focused on the toll modern life takes on skin and decided to do something about it. Tune in to hear all about Sarah’s amazing journey from corporate life to entrepreneurship and her path to health, wellness and beautiful skin. #wherebra...
Episode 142, Wende Zomnir, Founding Partner, Urban Decay Cosmetics - Lessons in Luck and Loyalty from a Beauty Disrupter | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
March 04, 2020 14:00 - 92.8 MBStarting her career in advertising, Wende Zomnir, Founding Partner of Urban Decay Cosmetics, figured out pretty early that writing cat food copy was not going to cut it for her. A serendipitous call connected her to the partner with whom she would launch Urban Decay, the ultra-disruptive brand that took the girly, sugary makeup of 25 years ago and turned it on its head, offering looks for women who didn’t fit—and didn’t want to fit—the conventional beauty-consumer mold. Wende shares her stor...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Lessons in Luck and Loyalty from a Beauty Disrupter: Wende Zomnir, Founding Partner, Urban Decay Cosmetics
March 04, 2020 14:00 - 92.8 MBStarting her career in advertising, Wende Zomnir, Founding Partner of Urban Decay Cosmetics, figured out pretty early that writing cat food copy was not going to cut it for her. A serendipitous call connected her to the partner with whom she would launch Urban Decay, the ultra-disruptive brand that took the girly, sugary makeup of 25 years ago and turned it on its head, offering looks for women who didn’t fit—and didn’t want to fit—the conventional beauty-consumer mold. Wende shares her stor...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Empowering People While Transforming a Brand: Emily Culp, CEO, Cover FX
February 26, 2020 14:00 - 81.5 MBIn our episode with Emily Culp, CEO of Cover FX, this beauty heavyweight shares her leadership style which is much more people-centric than that of many of her C-suite peers. For Emily, empowering her team by creating a business environment built on respect, diversity, transparency and humanity is where the fun is. She also loves shepherding an amazing brand that reflects some of these same values with its clean, customizable, effective products. Her impressive experience both inside and out...
Episode 141, Emily Culp, CEO, Cover FX - Empowering People While Transforming a Brand | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
February 26, 2020 14:00 - 81.5 MBIn our episode with Emily Culp, CEO of Cover FX, this beauty heavyweight shares her leadership style which is much more people-centric than that of many of her C-suite peers. For Emily, empowering her team by creating a business environment built on respect, diversity, transparency and humanity is where the fun is. She also loves shepherding an amazing brand that reflects some of these same values with its clean, customizable, effective products. Her impressive experience both inside and out...
Episode 140, Stephanie Kramer, SVP Global Marketing and Product Innovation, SkinCeuticals - Navigating Corporate Life with an Interpreneurial Attitude | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
February 19, 2020 14:00 - 83.5 MBThere’s enough wisdom in our podcast with Stephanie Kramer, SVP Global Marketing and Product Innovation at SkinCeuticals, to fill four episodes. The heart of our conversation is about surviving and thriving within the massive, regimented corporate culture. Stephanie calls herself an interpreneur for the way she has carved out a sweet spot, figuring out how to use the resources, get the projects, find the colleagues to partner with and nurture the talent just like an entrepreneur would but wi...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Navigating Corporate Life with an Interpreneurial Attitude: Stephanie Kramer, SVP Global Marketing and Product Innovation, SkinCeuticals:
February 19, 2020 14:00 - 83.5 MBThere’s enough wisdom in our podcast with Stephanie Kramer, SVP Global Marketing and Product Innovation at SkinCeuticals, to fill four episodes. The heart of our conversation is about surviving and thriving within the massive, regimented corporate culture. Stephanie calls herself an interpreneur for the way she has carved out a sweet spot, figuring out how to use the resources, get the projects, find the colleagues to partner with and nurture the talent just like an entrepreneur would but wi...
Episode 139, Rea Ann Silva, Founder, Beautyblender - How On-the-Set Ingenuity Planted the Seed for a Business and an Independent Life | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
February 12, 2020 15:00 - 88.5 MBOne day when she was on set, doing makeup for one celebrity or another, Rea Ann Silva became frustrated by the angled edges of the only makeup sponges available, which left tiny ridges and streaks picked up by the newest HD cameras. “Hmm,” she thought, and grabbed a scissors to snip and soften the shape for a totally smooth application. The rest is history…or at least the key to Beautyblender, her amazing beauty business that offers an array of blenders, tools and makeup. Rea Ann’s personal ...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Rea Ann Silva, Founder, Beautyblender: How On-the-Set Ingenuity Planted the Seed for a Business and an Independent Life
February 12, 2020 15:00 - 88.5 MBOne day when she was on set, doing makeup for one celebrity or another, Rea Ann Silva became frustrated by the angled edges of the only makeup sponges available, which left tiny ridges and streaks picked up by the newest HD cameras. “Hmm,” she thought, and grabbed a scissors to snip and soften the shape for a totally smooth application. The rest is history…or at least the key to Beautyblender, her amazing beauty business that offers an array of blenders, tools and makeup. Rea Ann’s personal ...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Dr. Marc Ronert, Co-Founder, Image Skincare; Owner and Founder, Hush & Hush: Building a Business, Stepping Back from a Business, Then Building Another Business
February 05, 2020 15:00 - 73.8 MBWhile he might look like a serial entrepreneur, Dr. Marc Ronert never set out to be one. He just wanted to accomplish a few things in the beauty and wellness space and each of them became a different enterprise. These include Image, a science-based skincare line created with his wife, his authorship of an amazing book on aging, “Age Later,” written during a sabbatical boldly taken as Image was blossoming, and his wellness company Hush & Hush that takes a holistic approach to being your best...
Episode 138, Dr. Marc Ronert, Co-Founder, Image Skincare; Owner and Founder, Hush & Hush - Building a Business, Stepping Back from a Business, Then Building Another Business | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
February 05, 2020 15:00 - 73.8 MBWhile he might look like a serial entrepreneur, Dr. Marc Ronert never set out to be one. He just wanted to accomplish a few things in the beauty and wellness space and each of them became a different enterprise. These include Image, a science-based skincare line created with his wife, his authorship of an amazing book on aging, “Age Later,” written during a sabbatical boldly taken as Image was blossoming, and his wellness company Hush & Hush that takes a holistic approach to being your best...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Tanya Zuckerbrot, CEO and Founder, F-Factor: Building a Business and Changing Lives by Making Fiber Cool
January 29, 2020 15:00 - 112 MBEarly on in her work with her nutrition patients, Tanya Zuckerbrot, CEO and Founder of F-Factor, discovered an essential truth: traditional diets don’t work because dieters feel deprived and hungry. She knew that the key to weight loss and wellness lay in a program that offered freedom, flexibility, plenty of fuel, room for dining out and having a cocktail, and a smarter, not longer, exercise routine—in other words, a program that was sustainable. And she knew that fiber was the key. This ro...
Episode 137, Tanya Zuckerbrot, CEO and Founder, F-Factor - Building a Business and Changing Lives by Making Fiber Cool | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
January 29, 2020 15:00 - 112 MBEarly on in her work with her nutrition patients, Tanya Zuckerbrot, CEO and Founder of F-Factor, discovered an essential truth: traditional diets don’t work because dieters feel deprived and hungry. She knew that the key to weight loss and wellness lay in a program that offered freedom, flexibility, plenty of fuel, room for dining out and having a cocktail, and a smarter, not longer, exercise routine—in other words, a program that was sustainable. And she knew that fiber was the key. This ro...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Laura Schubert, CEO and Co-Founder, Fur: Ruthless Prioritization or Why Moms Make the Best Leaders
January 22, 2020 15:00 - 66.6 MBLaunching her business, Fur, at about the same time she was having a baby, Laura Schubert harnessed her background as a strategic management consultant to figure out how she could do it all. She developed a system she calls “ruthless prioritization” which involves constantly asking herself if what she is working on is the most pressing thing she should be working on. It sounds simple but it’s not—when you’re wearing all the hats, distraction is everywhere. She became fierce at focusing, whet...
Episode 136, Laura Schubert, CEO and Co-Founder, Fur - Ruthless Prioritization or Why Moms Make the Best Leaders | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
January 22, 2020 15:00 - 66.6 MBLaunching her business, Fur, at about the same time she was having a baby, Laura Schubert harnessed her background as a strategic management consultant to figure out how she could do it all. She developed a system she calls “ruthless prioritization” which involves constantly asking herself if what she is working on is the most pressing thing she should be working on. It sounds simple but it’s not—when you’re wearing all the hats, distraction is everywhere. She became fierce at focusing, whet...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Kirsten Kjaer Weis, Founder of Kjaer Weis: Makeup that Proves You Don’t Have to Choose Between Healthy Formulas, Elegant Packaging and Sustainabilty
January 15, 2020 15:00 - 80.9 MBIt truly bothered Kirsten Kjaer Weis when, as a professional makeup artist, models would point to the conventional brands in her makeup kit and say, “Oh don’t use that, it makes me break out,” or “That one is so drying.” She also knew that women crave beautiful packaging. In the early 2000s, there were virtually no makeup lines that combined healthy formulas with stylish colors and luxurious packaging that also spoke to sustainability. So she made one. Her eponymous, refillable makeup line i...
Episode 135, Kirsten Kjaer Weis, Founder of Kjaer Weis - Makeup that Proves You Don’t Have to Choose Between Healthy Formulas, Elegant Packaging and Sustainability | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
January 15, 2020 15:00 - 80.9 MBIt truly bothered Kirsten Kjaer Weis when, as a professional makeup artist, models would point to the conventional brands in her makeup kit and say, “Oh don’t use that, it makes me break out,” or “That one is so drying.” She also knew that women crave beautiful packaging. In the early 2000s, there were virtually no makeup lines that combined healthy formulas with stylish colors and luxurious packaging that also spoke to sustainability. So she made one. Her eponymous, refillable makeup line i...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Slowing Down our Beloved Fast Talker: Morgan Krause, Publicist, Base Beauty Creative Agency
December 19, 2019 13:00 - 35.4 MBThe first thing we spoke about in my conversation with our Base Beauty publicist, Morgan Krause, is how fast she talks…even faster than I do, which is saying something. For the reboot of our original super-sonic session, Morgan consciously tried to slow down, which she realizes was a really helpful exercise for her. Morgan shared how she found her way to New York and to Base Beauty through her work with one of our clients, Au Naturele Cosmetics, a clean beauty brand based in her hometown of ...
Bonus Episode, Morgan Krause, Publicist, Base Beauty Creative Agency - Slowing Down our Beloved Fast Talker | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
December 19, 2019 13:00 - 35.4 MBThe first thing we spoke about in my conversation with our Base Beauty publicist, Morgan Krause, is how fast she talks…even faster than I do, which is saying something. For the reboot of our original super-sonic session, Morgan consciously tried to slow down, which she realizes was a really helpful exercise for her. Morgan shared how she found her way to New York and to Base Beauty through her work with one of our clients, Au Naturele Cosmetics, a clean beauty brand based in her hometown of ...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Morgan Krause, Publicist, Base Beauty Creative Agency: Slowing Down our Beloved Fast Talker
December 19, 2019 13:00 - 35.4 MBThe first thing we spoke about in my conversation with our Base Beauty publicist, Morgan Krause, is how fast she talks…even faster than I do, which is saying something. For the reboot of our original super-sonic session, Morgan consciously tried to slow down, which she realizes was a really helpful exercise for her. Morgan shared how she found her way to New York and to Base Beauty through her work with one of our clients, Au Naturele Cosmetics, a clean beauty brand based in her hometown of ...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | John Costanza, CEO of Beauty Quest Group: Keeping Perspective or Realizing that the World Will Not End if the Shampoo Doesn’t Ship
December 18, 2019 13:00 - 88.6 MBHair industry veteran John Costanza knows his stuff. A marketer in his salad days, his first job in beauty was with Joico, going from salon to salon in his native Toronto to build relationships for the brand with the salon owners and stylists. His story is one with lots of twists and turns and a steady rise to the C-suite. While always anchoring his career decisions with his dedication to his family—a quality that was not always looked on favorably by the higher ups when John was starting ou...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Keeping Perspective or Realizing that the World Will Not End if the Shampoo Doesn’t Ship, John Costanza, CEO of Beauty Quest Group
December 18, 2019 13:00 - 88.6 MBHair industry veteran John Costanza knows his stuff. A marketer in his salad days, his first job in beauty was with Joico, going from salon to salon in his native Toronto to build relationships for the brand with the salon owners and stylists. His story is one with lots of twists and turns and a steady rise to the C-suite. While always anchoring his career decisions with his dedication to his family—a quality that was not always looked on favorably by the higher ups when John was starting ou...
Episode 134, John Costanza, CEO of Beauty Quest Group - Keeping Perspective or Realizing that the World Will Not End if the Shampoo Doesn’t Ship | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
December 18, 2019 13:00 - 88.6 MBHair industry veteran John Costanza knows his stuff. A marketer in his salad days, his first job in beauty was with Joico, going from salon to salon in his native Toronto to build relationships for the brand with the salon owners and stylists. His story is one with lots of twists and turns and a steady rise to the C-suite. While always anchoring his career decisions with his dedication to his family—a quality that was not always looked on favorably by the higher ups when John was starting ou...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | How A Personal Need Became So Much More: Victoria Watts, Victorialand Beauty, Founder
December 11, 2019 17:22 - 74.9 MBVictoria Watts had a lot of skin concerns and none of the products she tried were addressing them. So in true entrepreneurial style, she decided to make her own, mixing, blending and formulating in her kitchen.That’s how Victorialand Beauty was born. She launched with products that truly improved her hyperpigmentation and the overall look of her skin, using natural botanicals and essential oils to get to a place where she could “go naked” without makeup. But just as the company was off and r...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Victoria Watts, Victorialand Beauty, Founder: How A Personal Need Became So Much More
December 11, 2019 17:22 - 74.9 MBVictoria Watts had a lot of skin concerns and none of the products she tried were addressing them. So in true entrepreneurial style, she decided to make her own, mixing, blending and formulating in her kitchen.That’s how Victorialand Beauty was born. She launched with products that truly improved her hyperpigmentation and the overall look of her skin, using natural botanicals and essential oils to get to a place where she could “go naked” without makeup. But just as the company was off and r...
Episode 133, Victoria Watts, Victorialand Beauty, Founder - How A Personal Need Became So Much More | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
December 11, 2019 17:22 - 74.9 MBVictoria Watts had a lot of skin concerns and none of the products she tried were addressing them. So in true entrepreneurial style, she decided to make her own, mixing, blending and formulating in her kitchen.That’s how Victorialand Beauty was born. She launched with products that truly improved her hyperpigmentation and the overall look of her skin, using natural botanicals and essential oils to get to a place where she could “go naked” without makeup. But just as the company was off and r...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Claire Brzozowski, Coordinator for Paid Influencer Programs and Social Media, BBCA: Giving Social Media Posts the Smell Test
December 05, 2019 15:00 - 34 MBWhen Jodi sat down with ClaireBrzozowski, Base Beauty’s Coordinator for Paid Influencer Programs and Social Media, it was cool to hear what was behind some of the career decisions she has made. Switching from a major in psychology to one in communications and media arts, Claire was aware of the connections between the two disciplines, observing how much psychology goes into effective social media marketing. Even at her young age—or perhaps because of it—Claire can smell inauthenticity across...
Bonus Episode, Claire Brzozowski, Coordinator for Paid Influencer Programs and Social Media, BBCA - Giving Social Media Posts the Smell Test | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
December 05, 2019 15:00 - 34 MBWhen Jodi sat down with ClaireBrzozowski, Base Beauty’s Coordinator for Paid Influencer Programs and Social Media, it was cool to hear what was behind some of the career decisions she has made. Switching from a major in psychology to one in communications and media arts, Claire was aware of the connections between the two disciplines, observing how much psychology goes into effective social media marketing. Even at her young age—or perhaps because of it—Claire can smell inauthenticity across...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Jessica Johnson, Founder and CEO of Jessica Johnson Beauty: Taking the Fluff out of the Facial and Focusing on the Customer
December 04, 2019 15:00 - 82.2 MBFrom a performer who did her own makeup to the Chanel beauty counter in San Francisco’s elegant I. Magnin, to running her own brow and facial salon in Maine and New York and developing her own skincare line, makeup artist Jessica Johnson has learned a lot in her 30 years in beauty. She emphasizes the “artist” in makeup artist, working with a living canvas (that moves and sweats and sometimes sags!). One of her goals has been to declutter and simplify the beauty experience and reclaim the gla...
Episode 132, Jessica Johnson, Founder and CEO of Jessica Johnson Beauty - Taking the Fluff out of the Facial and Focusing on the Customer | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
December 04, 2019 15:00 - 82.2 MBFrom a performer who did her own makeup to the Chanel beauty counter in San Francisco’s elegant I. Magnin, to running her own brow and facial salon in Maine and New York and developing her own skincare line, makeup artist Jessica Johnson has learned a lot in her 30 years in beauty. She emphasizes the “artist” in makeup artist, working with a living canvas (that moves and sweats and sometimes sags!). One of her goals has been to declutter and simplify the beauty experience and reclaim the gla...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Cheryl Foland, Founder and CEO. lilah b.: The New York Girl who Went to California Kicking and Screaming…and Never Came Back
November 27, 2019 15:00 - 77.3 MBWhen Cheryl Foland was working too hard and running too fast, living up to the Manhattan overachiever standard, she happened to mention to her colleagues in beauty marketing that she thought the company should focus on developing business on the West Coast. “Good idea,” they said, “You go.” So she did, reluctantly becoming bi-coastal for a while, having a crash-and-burn moment, then bouncing back to embrace the laid back California lifestyle fulltime. It not only saved her, it planted the se...
Episode 131, Cheryl Foland, Founder and CEO. lilah b. - The New York Girl who Went to California Kicking and Screaming…and Never Came Back | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
November 27, 2019 15:00 - 77.3 MBWhen Cheryl Foland was working too hard and running too fast, living up to the Manhattan overachiever standard, she happened to mention to her colleagues in beauty marketing that she thought the company should focus on developing business on the West Coast. “Good idea,” they said, “You go.” So she did, reluctantly becoming bi-coastal for a while, having a crash-and-burn moment, then bouncing back to embrace the laid back California lifestyle fulltime. It not only saved her, it planted the se...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Allison Slater Ray, President, Memebox: Moving On by Returning to Her Roots
November 20, 2019 15:00 - 104 MBBrand builder extraordinaire Allison Slater Ray, President of Memebox, has made an impact everywhere she’s been, from her start learning the ropes of marketing and media buying on the Chanel account at DDB to Sephora in its early days as a brand incubator to her marketing position at IT Cosmetics. But entrepreneurship—the desire to build something from the ground up—is in her DNA so she’s just taken the reins at Memebox, a startup group of Korean makeup and skincare brands that she’s looking...
Episode 130, Allison Slater Ray, President, Memebox - Moving On by Returning to Her Roots | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
November 20, 2019 15:00 - 104 MBBrand builder extraordinaire Allison Slater Ray, President of Memebox, has made an impact everywhere she’s been, from her start learning the ropes of marketing and media buying on the Chanel account at DDB to Sephora in its early days as a brand incubator to her marketing position at IT Cosmetics. But entrepreneurship—the desire to build something from the ground up—is in her DNA so she’s just taken the reins at Memebox, a startup group of Korean makeup and skincare brands that she’s looking...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Heather Reier, Cake Beauty, Founder and CEO: Observations on What Makes an Entrepreneur an Entrepreneur
November 13, 2019 15:00 - 69.5 MBThe seeds of a business are often sown through a frustrating search for a product or a solution to a problem. Such is the case with Heather Reier, Founder and CEO of Cake Beauty. Well before natural, vegan, cruelty-free beauty was a “thing,” as Heather sought healthy skincare products, the ones she found smelled terrible, had awful packaging and were totally unappealing. She hit the kitchen, started mixing and created a line of natural, nourishing skincare and haircare products that are as f...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Heather Reier, Cake Beauty, Founder and CEO: Observations on What Makes an Entrepreneur an Entrepreneur
November 13, 2019 15:00 - 69.5 MBThe seeds of a business are often sown through a frustrating search for a product or a solution to a problem. Such is the case with Heather Reier, Founder and CEO of Cake Beauty. Well before natural, vegan, cruelty-free beauty was a “thing,” as Heather sought healthy skincare products, the ones she found smelled terrible, had awful packaging and were totally unappealing. She hit the kitchen, started mixing and created a line of natural, nourishing skincare and haircare products that are as f...
Episode 129, Heather Reier, Cake Beauty, Founder and CEO - Observations on What Makes an Entrepreneur an Entrepreneur | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
November 13, 2019 15:00 - 30 minutes - 5 MBThe seeds of a business are often sown through a frustrating search for a product or a solution to a problem. Such is the case with Heather Reier, Founder and CEO of Cake Beauty. Well before natural, vegan, cruelty-free beauty was a “thing,” as Heather sought healthy skincare products, the ones she found smelled terrible, had awful packaging and were totally unappealing. She hit the kitchen, started mixing and created a line of natural, nourishing skincare and haircare products that are as f...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Gabrielle Ophals, Co-Founder of Haven Spa: Dreaming Big with Eyes Wide Open
November 06, 2019 23:26 - 82.6 MBGabrielle Ophals, co-founder of Haven Spa, doesn’t want to step on anyone’s dreams. As someone who took over a tiny spa on Bleecker Street in New York over 20 years ago and has been moving, tending and growing it ever since, she believes in reaching for the stars. She just thinks some aspiring entrepreneurs get caught up in “it-would-be-cool-to-run-my-own-business” thinking without really considering what’s involved. She believes in following your bliss while keeping your eyes open and havin...
Episode 128, Gabrielle Ophals, Co-Founder of Haven Spa - Dreaming Big with Eyes Wide Open | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
November 06, 2019 11:26 - 82.6 MBGabrielle Ophals, co-founder of Haven Spa, doesn’t want to step on anyone’s dreams. As someone who took over a tiny spa on Bleecker Street in New York over 20 years ago and has been moving, tending and growing it ever since, she believes in reaching for the stars. She just thinks some aspiring entrepreneurs get caught up in “it-would-be-cool-to-run-my-own-business” thinking without really considering what’s involved. She believes in following your bliss while keeping your eyes open and havin...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Sue Nabi, Orveda Skincare, Founder and CEO: Look Beyond the Numbers of Instagram Likes and Always Listen
October 30, 2019 14:00 - 80.6 MBWhen Sue Nabi left her position as worldwide president of L’Oreal and Lancôme to start her Orveda Skincare line, one key question kept popping into her head, a question she had never really thought about in the C suite of one of the world’s largest beauty companies: do millions of Instagram likes actually translate into sales? As she grows Orveda, she’s looking for the answer. She knows one thing: people in business are becoming number obsessed. She looks for meaning in those numbers…how man...
Episode 127, Sue Nabi, Orveda Skincare, Founder and CEO - Look Beyond the Numbers of Instagram Likes and Always Listen | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
October 30, 2019 14:00 - 80.6 MBWhen Sue Nabi left her position as worldwide president of L’Oreal and Lancôme to start her Orveda Skincare line, one key question kept popping into her head, a question she had never really thought about in the C suite of one of the world’s largest beauty companies: do millions of Instagram likes actually translate into sales? As she grows Orveda, she’s looking for the answer. She knows one thing: people in business are becoming number obsessed. She looks for meaning in those numbers…how man...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Bart Kaczanowicz, Founder of OMGBart.com: From Poland to Southern California to New York…Finally Finding His Calling
October 23, 2019 13:00 - 105 MBIf there’s one overarching message or pattern from our incredible array of WBMB guests—and one piece of advice for our listeners—it’s that you never know where your path will lead and you don’t have to panic if where you are at the moment is not your goal. Our guest Bart Kaczanowicz, founder and influencer-in-chief of the skincare blog OMGBart.com is a perfect example of this “you never know” approach to work and to life. Born in Poland, studying in California, translating in Brooklyn and wi...
Episode 126, Bart Kaczanowicz, Founder of OMGBart.com - From Poland to Southern California to New York…Finally Finding His Calling | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY®
October 23, 2019 13:00 - 105 MBIf there’s one overarching message or pattern from our incredible array of WBMB guests—and one piece of advice for our listeners—it’s that you never know where your path will lead and you don’t have to panic if where you are at the moment is not your goal. Our guest Bart Kaczanowicz, founder and influencer-in-chief of the skincare blog OMGBart.com is a perfect example of this “you never know” approach to work and to life. Born in Poland, studying in California, translating in Brooklyn and wi...
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ | Becca Holliday, Base Beauty Creative Agency, Social Media Manager: From Competitive Gymnast to Charming Trade Show Host in Lots of Not-So-Easy Steps
October 17, 2019 14:00 - 47.8 MBBase Beauty’s Social Media Manager, Becca spent 16 years of her early life in the high-intensity, ultra-disciplined world of competitive gymnastics. After all those 360s, she made a 180-turn away from that world which became a little too narrow for her expansive interests and easily-bored personality. More twists and turns eventually brought her to us, via a resumé of gigs that are as cool as they are quirky and are perfectly aligned with how valuable she is to the Base Beauty home team. Any...