The Beauty Founder Giving Away His Fortune, “Looksmaxxing” Gone Too Far and the One Body Oil You Need This Summer

About this episode

The episode discusses recent beauty headlines, including Looksmaxxing, a new body oil, and a billionaire beauty founder's career pivot.

This week we’re back in the studio to have a proper catch up and to make sense of the recent beauty headlines! Everything from an unexpected “holy” pivot for a beauty brand founder to the sponcon wedding boom.     Tune in as we discuss:    Is it tacky or genius to have your entire bachelorette trip sponsored by a beauty brand — 747 private jet and all? We break it down.  Sephora’s latest content pillar alongside Makeup by Mario aims to sort out your makeup dilemmas Our thoughts on the “Natural Nail Movement” that’s picking up steam on social media  — is it a recession indicator or a shift that says a lot more about our societal norms?   For the first time ever, we are joined by our producer Olivia who helps us debrief the disturbing mindset of Gen-Z “Looksmaxxing” influencer Clavicular The new body oil discovery unlike any other that Carlene has tried Our experience with the latest innovation from Olaplex — direct from the very salon where master celebrity hair colorist Tracey Cunningham (and Olaplex ambassador) can work on up to 20 clients per day Stay tuned to the end for a jaw-dropping conversation about a beauty biz…

People in this episode

Hosts: Carlene, Jill Dunn

Guest: Olivia

Topics covered

• beauty headlines
• Looksmaxxing
• body oil
• natural nail movement
• bachelorette sponsorship
• Olaplex innovation
• beauty brand pivot

Keywords

• beauty
• Looksmaxxing
• body oil
• natural nails
• Sephora
• Olaplex
• sponsorship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sephora, Makeup by Mario, Olaplex

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