Lipstick on the Rim

Why can't we look away from complicated women who break the rules? May Cobb, the bestselling author and executive producer behind Netflix's The Hunting Wives, joins Molly and Emese to unpack our fascination with dark thrillers, complicated female characters, and the women we love to watch make terrible decisions. Drawing on her upbringing in East Texas, May shares how Southern culture inspires her writing, why female friendships can feel more intense — and sometimes more treacherous — than romance, and why likability isn't necessarily the point. Plus: her favorite thriller novels, why "bless your heart" might be the ultimate Southern threat, a tease of The Hunting Wives season two, and a round of thriller-writer hot takes, including who's the bigger red flag: the husband or the best friend. A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us at @sonypodcasts  To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Mentioned in the Episode: https://shopmy.us/shop/collections/8103583 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why is looking like yourself the hardest thing to pull off in makeup? Gucci Westman, the makeup artist behind some of the most photographed faces in Hollywood and the founder of Westman Atelier, has spent over two decades perfecting skin that looks lit from within, and this week she's teaching Molly and Emese how to achieve it. Rather than piling on product, Gucci makes the case for a smaller, smarter "wardrobe of makeup." She explains how years of character work shaped her belief in authenticity over polish, and why the goal is never a mask. She also gets candid about scrapping an entire foundation launch to start over from scratch, and what went into the new Suprême Bio-Complex Liquid Foundation, a 30-shade formula built to keep a natural radiance all day. Plus: her theory on choosing your foundation shade by undertone, how to bronze and warm up your skin, why every look needs a pop of color, how she contours without looking "makeup-y," and the Restraint Test: what you can skip in your routine and what you absolutely can't. A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us at @sonypodcasts  To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Mentioned in the Episode: https://shopmy.us/shop/collections/7817160 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever notice how the beauty industry seems to profit most when you're the most confused about what your skin actually needs? Mrs. Derm (aka Melissa Coleman) — skincare educator, content creator, and wife of a prominent New Orleans dermatologist — has built her following on refusing to play that game, translating the confusing, expensive world of dermatology into advice women can actually use, and this week she's telling Molly and Emese exactly what's worth it and what's marketing noise. Rather than chase every new device or serum, she breaks down why her own routine is almost aggressively simple, and why the actives that get real results are the boring, consistent ones — not the expensive ones.  She gets refreshingly honest about everything from red light masks and RF microneedling to fillers, facelifts, fat transfer, and the skincare products that are actually worth your money. Mrs. Derm also walks through how watching procedures up close for years changed the way she thinks about surgery, fillers, and when "waiting it out" stops making sense, and makes her case for the one product she believes converts everyone who commits to it. A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us at @sonypodcasts  To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Mentioned in the Episode: https://shopmy.us/shop/collections/7539050  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices