Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute sit down this week with Winnie Awa, the Founder and CEO of Carra. Winnie discusses what inspired her to create Carra, an AI-driven digital hair health platform helping women with textured hair to care for their hair. She breaks down how it works, and how data, expertise and technology combine to address your unique hair needs.

This week’s guest host is David Pirrotta, an industry veteran that has helped build numerous brands, and is the Founder of Materiae. David also has his own popular podcast, Living in a Materiae World: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-in-a-materiae-world/id1582082562 David is joined by Eva Goicochea, the Founder and CEO of Maude. They discuss how Eva set out to create the next chapter in the sexual wellness industry, how they marketed the brand, and some of the obstacles she faced along the way.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by David Yi and Michael Engert, the Founders of Good Light. They discuss how words matter. And why Good Light brands themselves as “gender-inclusive” in order to include all into the beauty and self-care space.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Carys Smith, Regulatory Information Officer at the CTPA, The Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Perfumery Association. She discusses different claims, how they are regulated, and how brands and retailers can stay in compliance.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by  Iva Yovchev Teixeira, the CEO and Founder of Good Face Project. Iva’s company supports some of the biggest and best beauty brands, and retailers in the industry today. She discusses how to bring brands to market faster and more efficiently.

Host April Franzino sits down with Jon Bresler, the Founder of LAFCO. Jon discusses his decades of travel and training in the art of perfumery, and how that inspired LAFCO’s line of finely crafted home fragrance and personal care products.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined by Sam Alexander, Founder and CEO of PMD Beauty. Sam talks about how by focusing on quality, customer service, and innovation, PMD Beauty has been able to establish itself as a leader in the beauty device market. 

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick from Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Mo Lovelace, the Co-CEO of Steinberg & Associates. Mo discusses MoCRA, the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act. She gives us a comprehensive look into regulatory compliance and the newest regulations around MoCRA.

Host April Franzino is joined by Nancy Duitch, CEO of The Sera Labs. Nancy discusses how she has spent her entire career working on solution-based health, wellness and beauty products to help people look and feel their absolute best. 

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined by Norel Mancuso, the CEO of Social House. Norel talks about how brands are using social media, data, and technology to create more personalized and engaging experiences for their customers. 

Host Mimi Banks is joined this week by the Founder and CEO of ATWATER, Chis Salgardo. Chris discusses how he is trying to encourage men to talk freely about their skincare needs. And how he wanted to give men a skincare program that is simple and easy that works into their daily routines.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick are joined this week by Sarah Jahnke, the Co-Founder and CEO of Homecourt. Sarah talks about how she saw an opportunity to create a luxury beauty brand philosophy and define a new category called Homecare.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick are joined this week by Lauren Steinberg Bogner, the Founder of Queen V. Lauren talks about how she grew frustrated with the lack of education in the feminine wellness space and how that inspired her to launch Queen V in 2018. 

Host Mimi Banks sits down this week with the Founders of Gen See, Danya Klein and Tamar Yaniv. They discuss how they struggled to find products that they loved within the clean space. And how they set out to launch a line of products that were just as fun and amazing as mainstream products, but with clean formulations and sustainable packaging. 

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Kent Allen, the Co-Founder at GELF. Kent discusses his career providing market analysis, research and thought leadership within within eCommerce and digital marketing, and the current state of the global economy.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute sit down with Shai Eisenman, the Founder and CEO of Bubble. She discusses her entrepreneurial journey, the obstacles she faced, the lessons that she learned, and how her hard work and vision led to the success of Bubble.

Host Mimi Banks is joined this week by Sarah MaHannah, the Founder of Pure Dharma. Sarah discusses her background in the beauty industry, and how her husband has a background in the cannabinoid space. She tells us how they combined their passions to launch Pure Dharma, in order to create nourishing botanicals that heal and renew the body and uplift the soul.

Hosts Jessica Quick and Denise Dente of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Jan Marini, the Founder of Jan Marini Skincare Research. Jan discusses how she built JMSR into a leader and innovator in the skincare industry.  She also talks abut the challenges she faced in the early days, establishing proof of concept, and her vision for distribution. 

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Alice Lin Glover and Marie Kouadio Amouzame, the Founders of Eadem Skincare. They discuss how they pivoted from the tech industry to skincare, how they launched with a single product, and their mission to challenge the beauty industry by creating products that celebrate melanin rich skin.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by the Co-Founder of Wildling, Jill Munson. Jill talks about the challenges of having a brand with so many unique selling points, and how she and her team were able to focus on getting the most important selling points out in to the marketplace.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Janna Ronert, the Founder of IMAGE Skincare. As IMAGE Skincare approaches their 20th anniversary, Janna discusses the goals she had for the business, the pivots she has made along the way, and the keys to success that have led to the longevity of IMAGE Skincare. 

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Geoff Heminway, Creative Director at Blackwood for Men. Geoff discusses the journey of taking Japanese products and traditions and making it work in the American market, all while staying true to their roots. 

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick are joined this week by Meghan Asha, the CEO of FounderMade. Meghan shares how she started FounderMade, what FounderMade looks for in the companies they work with, and the significant growth their partners achieve. 

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Shane Carnell-Xu, the Co-Founder of Shakeup Cosmetics. He discusses how he and his twin brother launched the brand during the pandemic, and why they wanted to actively create a dialogue with male consumers who are looking for skin care solutions.

Host April Franzino is joined by Joseph Cabasso, the Vice President of Mario Badescu. He discusses the history of the brand and how his family has continued to grow the company, with a mission to stay connected to their customers.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week Hillary Clark, the Founder of Beauty HAC. Hillary discusses how her experience as a Make Up Artist and Esthetician made her want to help women find what really works for their skin. She talks about launching Beauty HAC and how her products are formulated to prevent, correct and protect.

Host April Franzino sits down with Laura Geller, the Founder of Laura Geller Beauty. They discuss her 25 years in the business, from her start as a backstage make up artist, to opening her store on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Denise Dente and Jessica Quick are joined this week by Aaron Hefter, the CEO of Imarais Beauty. Aaron discusses how his past experience in the nutraceuticals space helped in creating the first line of plant-based and sugar-free wellness gummies that work on the cellular level.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick are joined this week by Jeremy Mujis, the Founder of Grown Alchemist. Jeremy tells the story of how he and his brother Keston launched Grown Alchemist, the struggles they faced along the way, and how they managed to build Grown Alchemist into a global brand. 

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined by Carolyn Wheeler and Bulbul Hooda of Vella Bioscience. They discuss how Vella Bioscience is trying to destigmatize the topic of women’s sexual wellness, and how they are creating better, more empowered sex lives for everybody. 

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick sit down with the Founder of Tower 28, Amy Liu. Amy discusses how her own battle with eczema, along with a growing number of people who are suffering from sensitive skin, led her to create her own brand of clean products.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Chris Hetherington, the Founder and CEO of Peels. Chris talks about how he brought a new type of CBD to the marketplace. Products that are made from orange peels that contain no THC, cannabis or hemp.

Host Mimi Banks is joined this week by Thomas Allison, Co-Founder of CeraVe Skincare. He shares his founder story for CeraVe, and discusses how educating consumers on social media has lead to a massive rise in popularity.

Host Mimi Banks is joined this week by Dean Neiger, the Co-Founder of Sky Organics. He talks about how he believes the term Natural has become more a buzzword than a real standard, and how Sky Organics wants to elevate that standard while being reasonably priced, so consumers don’t have to choose.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick are joined by the Founders of CLEARSTEM, Danielle Gronich and  Kayleigh Christina. They discuss how the two bonded over their mutual passion for holistic skin health and whole-body wellness, the challenges they faced in the beginning and how they are reaching their goal of helping people ditch their acne for good.

This week, host Mimi Banks is joined by the CEO and Founder of Bloomeffects, Kim Van Haaster. Kim shares the remarkable story of finding the love of her life, a Dutch tulip farmer, while on vacation. That led to her launching her beauty brand Bloomeffects, who feature cosmetic products with active ingredients derived from tulips from the Bollenstreek region.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Megan Rupp, the Director of Beauty at Power Digital Marketing. Megan discusses how she works with the beauty industry’s leading brands to build unique brand identity that can take them to their next stage of growth. 

This week, hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick are joined by Casey Georgeson, the Founder of Saint Jane. Casey discusses how she learned about the benefits of CBD, why she chose to use it in skincare products, and the challenges she faced from CBD skeptics.

This week we are re-airing one of our favorite episodes.  Hosts April Franzino and Mimi Banks are joined by the Founder and CEO of Madison Reed, Amy Errett. Amy talks about taking on an industry that has a history of doing what has always been done, and why she wanted to blow up that model. 

Host Mimi Banks sits down with Dr. Dustin Portela, a Dermatologist based in Boise, Idaho. Dr. Dustin Portela talks about he created a social media following, and how he uses that audience to educate people on how to take care of their skin.

Host April Franzino is joined this week by Colette Laxton and Mark Curry, the Founders of The INKEY List. They discuss how seeing consumers on Reddit and Facebook threads trying to get information about beauty products, inspired them to launch The INKEY List and  create simple and easy to understand products.

This week, hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick are joined by a panel of women who lead Italian beauty brands. They discuss the differences between business in Italy and the United States, and the challenges they have encountered in their journeys.

Host Mimi Banks is joined this week by Michelle Ryan, the Head of Marketing for Better Natured. Michelle discusses her 20 year career, developing some of the most successful skincare and haircare brands on the market. She also talks about helping create the Better Natured brand, and what it was like to launch during the beginning of the pandemic.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick are joined this week by Calvin Quallis, the Founder and CEO of Scotch Porter. Calvin talks about starting his brand out in his kitchen, and the challenges of launching during the pandemic.

Host Mimi Banks is joined this week by Ju Rhyu, the Founder of Hero Cosmetics. Ju shares how a pimple emergency led her to the idea for her incredibly successful product, the Mighty Patch. She discusses her journey since launching her brand in 2017, and what is next for Hero Cosmetics.

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick of Buzz Beaute are joined this week by Jaclyn Ferber and Adair Ilyinsky,  the Co-Founders of Ten over Ten. Adair and Jaclyn discuss how they met, and what made them want to go into business together. They also tell Denise and Jessica how they think that being their own customer is what led them to success.

Host Mimi Banks is joined this week by the Founder of the Beauty Magnet, Liz Kennedy. Liz discusses her career, from an esthetician in nursing school, to a tv personality, to creating the Beauty Magnet. She also talks about the inspiration for the Beauty Magnet, and what it makes it so innovative. 

Host Mimi Banks is joined this week by Sarah Lee and Christine Chang, the Founders of Glow Recipe. They discuss how they have built a strong community of loyal consumers through digital forums, conversations, content, panels, and events. And how this community, The Glow Gang celebrate diverse beauty through self-care and expression.  

Hosts Denise Dente and Jessica Quick are joined this week by Allison McNamara, the Founder of Mara Beauty. Allison talks about her interesting journey from television to beauty. She also discusses how she spent two years developing a proprietary algae blend that transforms the skin.

Host Mimi Banks is joined this week by Sabrina Sadeghian and Jade Beguelin, the Founders of 4AM Skincare. Sabrina and Jade discuss why they sought to create a time-saving, low maintenance care that takes the guesswork out of skincare.