Ep 164 - Your Head-to-Toe, Do's and Don'ts Skincare Guide with LA Beautyologist

From the hidden dangers of peel-off masks, pore vacuums and dermarollers to top tips on dermaplaning, nixing keratosis pilaris and fixing cracked heels, esthetician LA Beautyologist comes through with the best treatments you can do at home.

Ep 156 - Paula's Choice Founder Paula Begoun aka "The Cosmetics Cop"

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Paula Begoun is the 67-year-old founder of Paula’s Choice. Today, the industry veteran is here to retrace the origin story behind the iconic range, dubbed as “The Original Internet Beauty Brand” and one of the first to go “fragrance-free” long before “free from” lists were even a thing. Today, Paula’s Choice is gaining more popularity than ever before, ranking as one of the Top 5 most-talked about beauty brands on Reddit.

Tune in to hear her spill the secrets behind her #1-selling Paula’s Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant. Plus, find out which current skincare trend the founder thinks is total B.S.– and where she’s betting the skincare biz is headed next.

Ep 151 - Building Confidence With Jonathan Van Ness!

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The new year is here, henny, and we need all the positive vibes we can get! Couldn’t think of a better person to help kick-off our 2021. Welcome Jonathan Van Ness. You may already know and love Jonathan as the resident grooming expert on Queer Eye. The Emmy-nominated host is also a best-selling author, host of the wildly popular podcast, Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness. And let us not forget his tireless advocacy work for the LGBTQ community. Tune in for some JVN magic.

Ep 128 - Clean Beauty in the Era of Misinformation with Cosmetic Chemist Jen Novakovich

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Is “Clean Beauty” a myth? According to a growing social media movement led by the scientific community, a lot of the ingredients on all of those “free-from” lists may not be so dangerous after all. Today we’re chatting with Jen Novakovich, the cosmetic chemist and formulator behind The Eco Well. Jen started her platform to bring more science into the conversation around sustainability in personal care, with a mission to help correct some of the misinformation making headlines today.

Are parabens as awful as we’re made to believe? How much of a topical ingredient is actually absorbed into the bloodstream? What does “medical-grade” skincare really mean? And is anything “chemical-free”? Listen in as Jen answers these questions and more, offering some helpful tools to critically evaluate what you’re hearing – and buying. But first, Carlene and Jill weigh in with their thoughts on why they’re not quite done with the world of Clean Beauty yet!

Ep 119 - How To Get On a Retinol Routine You Won't Want To Quit

Retinol – the gold standard ingredient to improve wrinkles, age spots and texture is often recommended, yet so often misunderstood. We get to the bottom of how to build retinol into your routine – and stick with it (In partnership with our friends at Olay). Click here for more information about Olay’s new Retinol24 line.

Ep 113 - #DamnGoods Special! Gothamista's Renée Chow Spills The Secrets of Her At-Home Skincare Routine

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In today’s special edition of the #DamnGoods, we sit down with the ultimate guest co-host, Gothamista! With a tagline like: “I Try Stuff So You Don’t Have To,” Renée Chow boasts a hyper-curated #topshelf that helps inform the purchases of her “Skin Squad” community of over 500,000 YouTube fans. (When she recommends a product, it’s guaranteed to fly off stores shelves.) In her first podcast ever, Renée is sharing her complete, at-home facial routine for sensitive, dehydrated skin that’s still prone to a spot of acne – so if you want to achieve her enviable glow (and learn how to retain “baby fat” cheeks), get those shopping carts ready!!

Episode 98: Self-Tanning & Self-Love With Jules Von Hep (Re-Release)

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We’re kicking off the new decade with a ray of sunshine! Today we’re chatting with Jules Von Hep, founder of Isle of Paradise and a celebrity spray tanner who has bronzed everyone from Kate Moss to Sienna Miller to Poppy Delevingne. His powerful message of body positivity makes everyone feel like a celeb. To read the blog recap of this episode, click here

Episode 96: Whitney Port Opens Up About Self-Care, Her Exact Skincare Routine and Reality TV 2.0.

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In today’s episode, we’ve got none other than Whitney Port in the house! She reflects on the realities of reality television, how self-care can be as simple as saying ‘no.’ Plus, we find out the exact secrets to her glowing skin! Read the blog for this episode, including all of the products we chat about, here .

Episode 95: We Recap All of The Top Beauty Moments in 2019 (All the Highs, Lows and Everything In-Between)

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Jeffree Star obliterating sales records, the goosebump-inducing Gucci campaign and the Makeup by Mario moment that legit brought a tear to our eye – Tune in to hear us dissect the biggest beauty wins and beauty fails of 2019, all with a little help from our fellow beauty pod squad. Roll call! Calling in, we’ve got Priyanka Mattoo, co-host of Foxy Browns podcast; Jackie Johnson, host of the Natch Beaut podcast; Priya Rao, host of the Glossy Beauty Podcast; and Brooke DeVard Ozaydinli of the Naked Beauty Podcast. Plus, don’t miss our roundup of favourite beauty discoveries of the year toward the end of this epic, virtual round table.

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Ep 90 - Celeb Facialist Shani Darden On The 3 Treatments That Will Transform Your Skin

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Our La-La land adventure continues and we made a pit stop at THE destination for flawless skin in 90210! Meet  Shani Darden, the go-to skin pro for celebs like Jessica Alba, Chrissy Teigen and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and she reveals the micro-maintenance musts that keep her clients looking flawless 24/7.