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Breaking Beauty Podcast

Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins

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Get ready with us! We’re Jill and Carlene, two longtime beauty editors who have seen it all and swatched it all, and now we’re here to tell you what’s good. Whether you’re searching for the latest insider-fave foundation, building a gimmick-free skincare routine, or interested in exploring culture through a beauty lens, tune in every Wednesday for epic guests like Makeup By Mario, Dr. Pimple Popper and Jonathan Van Ness (say what?!) Plus, don’t miss our monthly #DamnGood reviews of trending ...
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Cue the jingle bells! 🎊 This week, we’re sharing everything that’s topping our personal holiday wishlists. From the most elusive gift of all – a Taylor Swift Eras tour ticket – to an of-the-moment designer fragrance bag charm, a breezy hair mask inspired by It Girl du jour Matilda Djerf and a drugstore collectible that’s sure to sell out, this is o…
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Today’s uninterrupted, bonus episode is in partnership with our friends at Allies of Skin. Meet Nicolas Travis, the biochemist and pharmaceutical scientist-turned-skincare entrepreneur who founded Allies of Skin after a sudden accident resulted in devastating facial injuries and years of inner trauma. Listen in as Nicolas spills the secrets behind …
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Los Angeles-based celebrity esthetician Biba De Sousa counts “It Girls” like Hailey Bieber, Billie Eilish and Miley Cyrus as loyal clients. A “problem skin” expert, Biba has been treating skin challenges like acne, rosacea, folliculitis and irritated skin for the past 20+ years. In this episode we discuss: How Rosie Huntington-Whitely’s skin woes i…
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Today, we’re welcoming Abbey Yung, certified trichologist and beauty content creator, boasting over one million hair-obsessed fans and followers. If you’ve ever had any questions about how to achieve long hair, how to know if you’re going to experience hair loss and which budget shampoos work just as well as expensive salon brands, you’ll definitel…
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Today we’re welcoming the “Perfume Princess,” Mona Kattan! Mona is a serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Huda Beauty (alongside her sisters Huda and Alya Kattan) and founder of the smash hit fragrance brand, Kayali. Since its 2018 debut, fans like Cardi B flock to Kayali’s mouth-watering, gourmand scents, like Yum Pistachio and their best-selling, V…
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Ever wanted to venture into K-Beauty and weren’t sure where to start? Ava Lee, AKA @glowwithava, is our guest host today, for a #DamnGood K-Beauty special you are not going to want to miss! New York-based, Korean-born and the daughter of Chinese parents, Ava is an expert in all things holistic beauty, earning 1.7M fans on TikTok. Ava is also the fo…
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Grab your lattes, sit back and tune in for a long overdue catchup episode where we’re spilling some secrets - from what it was like to go under the knife this summer, how we’re ditching our redness for good and the highly anticipated designer fragrance launch that seriously let us down this month. You’ll hear about: Carlene spills what it’s like to…
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Today we’re welcoming Maria Cristina Bruno, founder of The Fix Method, a facial massage technique that lifts, depuffs and sculpts while relieving signs of “cortisol face” and premature aging. Maria’s method is low-key famous for producing immediate facial and skin transformations that are so dramatic, she’s often called upon to train fellow top est…
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This week we’re serving up a #damngood Fall 2024 trend report with the breakthrough products and moments that we can’t stop yapping about this season. Tune in to hear about: Blur season 2.0 - why does everything have a built-in filter right now? “Peak Peptides” - are peptides in skincare a legit, needle-free alternative to Botox? Why K-Beauty-inspi…
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Chriselle Lim is one of the fashion industry's OG style influencers, garnering a community of over 6 million followers across her social channels. Leveraging her sharp and discerning style, Chriselle and her team re-imagined Phlur in 2022. The debut scent “Missing Person,” sold out immediately and quickly garnered a waitlist of over 275,000. This w…
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Officially turning the page on our fall skincare routines this week with the help of Amy Koberling, the skin expert behind #skinthusiast: the podcast! Amy is a Miami-based dermatology physician assistant who works alongside esteemed board-certified dermatologist Dr. Leslie Baumann. As a next-gen skin pro, Amy has parlayed her passion for skincare b…
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In partnership with NYX Professional Makeup. To help celebrate NYX Professional Makeup’s 25th anniversary, today we’re sitting down with Global Brand President, Denée Pearson! We’re finding out why so many NYX products go viral on TikTok – and end up being a new makeup bag staple in the process. Plus, Denée predicts which NYX item we’ll all still b…
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Having suffered third degree burns to 40% of her face as a toddler, Basma Hameed set out on a two decade-long journey to pioneer a first-of-its-kind dermal procedure known as “scar camouflage,” employing custom skin tone pigments to make almost any scar, on any skin tone, nearly imperceptible. In this week’s episode, we find out why celebr…
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Partners in TikTok and in marriage, Alexis Androulakis and Dr. Christina Basias Androulakis are the creative minds behind The Lipstick Lesbians universe. In just one year, Alexis, a seasoned expert in product development, and Dr. Christina, an award-winning educator with a Ph.D. in Education and Technology, have earned a community of nearly one mil…
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Dr. Heather D. Rogers’ Instagram bio reads, “Advice from experience; no ads.” This week, the Seattle-based, double-board certified dermatologic surgeon and founder of Doctor Rogers Skin Care, joins us to de-bunk skincare scams as she reveals the at-home beauty gadgets that are legit worth the spend – and which products are a total waste of money. T…
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Today’s #DamnGoods episode is all about the perfumes that beauty editors really hoard!! We’re welcoming *7* beauty editors from top publications – Elle, Allure, Fashionista and more – who are sharing their all-time fave fragrances, from a $600 ‘expensive vanilla’ blend to a before-its-time bottle you can only score on eBay. Plus, tune in to hear th…
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Kristin Cavallari – reality TV queen (Laguna Beach, The Hills and Very Cavallari), podcast host (“Let’s Be Honest,” ) 4 x New York Times best-selling author – plus, Founder & CEO of lifestyle brand, Uncommon James, joins us this week! Get ready as Kristin gets candid on everything from her skincare secret weapon, how she’s staying fit, why she rare…
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We took a trip to New York with Amika to learn all about the colourful brand behind the #1 dry shampoo in prestige hair care. Listen in as Amika CEO Chelsea Riggs delivers the scoop on the viral thermal round brush that helped usher in a fluffy hair revolution, what makes Amika’s best-selling Perk Up Dry Shampoo so damn good and, the brand new Volu…
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It’s a #DamnGood Amazon Prime Days shopping special! We’re in your feeds with an “early bird” episode dedicated to the viral finds flying off shelves. Tune in as we test-drive: The #1 best-selling cushion foundation on Amazon that’s gone completely viral on TikTok – and costs only $25 A $12 smash-hit liquid bronzer that you can score with its very …
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Named one of the “Next Generation of Status Facialists: New York City Edition” by Fashionista, Raquel Medina-Cleghorn’s client roster is a who’s who of the fashion world, counting in-the-glow models like Emily Ratajkowski, designer Simone Rocha and makeup artist Hung Van Ngo on her list. Today, the former fashion stylist is here to teach us everyth…
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“I’m very into seeing the woman as she actually is.” This week we get a masterclass in less-is-more makeup with Emmy-nominated celeb makeup artist Molly R. Stern! For over three decades, Molly has aced the art of enhancing the natural beauty of her power women clientele (everyone from Reese Witherspoon to Maya Rudolph, Julia Roberts and more.) List…
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This week we’re welcoming back power cosmeceutical couple, board-certified dermatologist Dr. Dennis Gross and Carrie Gross, co-founder and chief creative officer of the beloved Dr. Dennis Gross skincare brand. In this sponsored episode, we find out whether LED skin devices (like the rose gold, hockey goalie-adjacent mask you’ve seen all over your f…
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This week we’ve edited down the latest hot-weather beauty launches (and culled the “stinkers” from our vanities!) to embrace the #DamnGood products that are going to be in our personal rotation all summer long. Tune in to hear about: A much-anticipated lip gloss collab that inspired people to wait in line for *hours* to snag a sample in NYC Jill’s …
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Beverly Hills-based esthetician Candace Marino – aka The LA Facialist – is back on the podcast with her top skin treatment recommendations – to suit every budget. If you’ve ever wondered which skin-fixing procedures are a need to have vs a want to have, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll discover: Everything to know about Candace’s brand new, B…
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Can eating an abundance of carrots give you a faux glow? Is sunscreen “absolutism” a thing of the past? And, are tanning beds the key to not looking “ugly,” as Gen-Z maintains? This week we decode the latest, controversial sunscreen headlines with Manhattan-based, board-certified dermatologist and dermatologic surgeon, Dr Michelle Henry. Join us as…
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