She's Making AI-Generated Foundation In 90 Seconds | Ruth De Leo, DCYPHER Beauty

She's Making AI-Generated Foundation In 90 Seconds | Ruth De Leo, DCYPHER Beauty

August 19, 2026 · 1h 2m · Episode 91

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Ruth De Leo discusses how DCYPHER Beauty uses AI to create personalized foundation shades and shares insights on launching a beauty brand.

Have you ever experienced having to mix 3 different foundations just to find your shade? Well your problems have been sold because DCYPHER Beauty is the World’s first beauty tech brand creating formulations from scratch, one at a time, personalised in minutes.  In this week's episode, Rochelle sits down with Ruth De Leo, skincare founder of DCYPHER and mentee of Charlotte Tilbury, to share how AI-powered shade-matching is solving the personalisation problem no beauty giant could crack.  We discuss the real expectations vs reality of launching a brand, learning from the best brands in the industry, and the non-negotiables that keep DCYPHER running. Ruth gets honest about founder life, unexpected customer feedback, and the advice she wishes she never listened to. In this episode, we cover: Ruth’s beauty-industry background and discovering the gap in the market that sparked the brand. Charlotte Tilbury mentorship that impacted her career. How AI and personalisation formulas solved the universal shade-match struggle. The expectations vs reality of starting up, and how she switches off. Business non-negotiables, the advice she ignores, and Ruth’s top tip. If you’ve ever…

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