Podcast appearances and mentions of gemma watts

Steven Sansom and Gemma Watts lured the unsuspecting Sarah Mayhew to a flat where they brutally murdered her. What they then did to her body is unbelievable . Em x

In the quiet area of New Addington, a shocking act of violence sent ripples through the community. Sarah Mayhew thought she was meeting a friend, but instead, she was walking into a deadly trap. Lured under false pretences, she never made it home.In this episode, we uncover the events leading to her brutal murder, and how a man previously convicted of murder, Steve Samson played, was allowed to walk the streets to kill aagain. Plus the chilling involvment of Gemma Watts. What led to this senseless killing, and how did the truth finally emerge?Get early and ad free access to Crime at Bedtime and One Minute Remaining now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Worst Beauty AdviceHannah and Mel dish on the worst beauty advice they've ever received. You'll also hear from our new Beauty IQ Expert hosts Tegan and Sadaf on their own horror stories. Keeping Your Skin Hydrated While Travelling with Gemma DimondTo say Gemma Dimond - beauty writer, MC and host of her hit podcast Glow Journal - travels a lot for work is an understatement. Needless to say, we knew exactly who to speak to about keeping your skin hydrated while on the move. Gemma shares her ultra-hydrating aeroplane skin prep, as well as spilling the tea on her wedding day glam.   Products Mentioned: La Roche-Posay Thermal Spring Water Mist   PWDKWN: Mel - Kérastase Première Filler Fondamental Repairing Anti-Frizz Serum Hannah - KMS MOISTREPAIR Hydrating Oil If you have any questions let us know in our Facebook Group! Join the Beauty IQ Uncensored FB Group to discuss episodes, swap beauty tips and share your own cringey stories. https://www.facebook.com/groups/484267299748882/ Disclaimer: https://www.adorebeauty.com.au/disclaimer.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.   Adore Beauty Acknowledges First Nations People as the Traditional Custodians across the lands and waters of Australia and New Zealand. We recognise and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future, whose lands were never ceded.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back- and with a whole new surname!Gemma Dimond (fka Gemma Watts) returns to host Season 6 of the Glow Journal podcast from January 31. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, secret keepers! Gemma is back! This time, to help us wade through a secret about a questionable friendship, told from an... unlikely perspective. Big thanks to the newest member of the Garnier Fructis Hair Food family - Glossy Pineapple - for making this episode possible. To try the Garnier Fructis Hair Food range for yourself, you can pick up the Shampoo, Conditioner & Mask for 40% off this week at your local Woolworths or via Woolworths online. Your hosts today were Annabelle Lee (@annabe11e1ee) and Gemma Watts (@gemkwatts). This episode was audio produced by Chelsea Srinivasan, produced by Eilish Gilligan, and executive produced by Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald. Catch us on socials! @everybodyhasasecretpod on Instagram and @everybodyhasasecret on TikTok. Got a secret you're itching to spill? Email it to hotline@shamelessmediaco.com. Everything will be kept anonymous, of course. We love ya guts for listening! See you next time.

In episode 120 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the co founder of Sunnies Face, Martine Ho.Martine Ho comes from a family of artists and performers, so where many people grow up thinking of creative pursuits as hobbies, Martine knew first hand that a career in the arts is entirely possible if you work for it. Born in Manila but largely raised in LA, Martine grew up passionate about photography and graphic design, and even told her classmates that she wanted to own a beauty brand one day. Martine became what I'd call one of the “original influencers,” sharing her personal style online well before people used social media the way we do today. After being scouted by American Apparel to drive and grow their digital presence, Martine moved back to Manila to exercise her branding skills on a new sunglasses line, Sunnies Studios, a brand she founded alongside a small group of her friends and family. It was during campaign shoots for the brand that Martine realised makeup artists were anglicising the models, so she started mixing lipstick shades on set to ensure they worked on diverse complexions. Naturally, Martine tells the Sunnies Face story better than I do but based on makeup artist demand, the brand launched in 2018 with their iconic Fluffmatte lipstick after sampling between 300 and 350 shades. Fluffmate sold out within about 10 minutes and, today, Sunnies Face sells a lipstick somewhere in the world every 30 seconds. In this conversation, Martine shares what a celebrity endorsement can do for a startup, the challenges of taking the brand global, and the beauty of creating a brand out of necessity. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Sunnies Face on Instagram @sunniesface.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 119 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Lust Minerals, Stacey Hollands.If you'd told a teenage Stacey Hollands that she'd one day be the founder of the country's biggest mineral makeup brand, I don't think she'd have doubted you for a second. What she may not have believed, however, was that in a matter of years she'd grow that brand from one that started in a linen cupboard to one worth over $20 million. Stacey is one of those founder who's always known what she wanted to do, and I really do mean always. She left secondary school as early as she could to study beauty full time, she always wanted to work for herself, and having watched her father own his own businesses her entire life, she was confident that one day she would start one too. Having identified a gap for high performing, full coverage, cost effective mineral makeup, Stacey set to work on developing three foundations- the first products from the brand we now know as Lust Minerals. She HUSTLED. I'm talking cold calls, physically showing up at salons asking them to stock her products, and within a couple of years Lust Minerals was in 82 stockists across the country. She put her own savings into it, $10,000 of her own money, and between January 2019 and June of this year, Lust Minerals made $20 million dollars in sales. In this conversation, Stacey shares the pros and cons of starting as a B2B brand, how research was her therapy, and her refreshing take on the power of feedback. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Lust Minerals on Instagram @lust__minerals.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 118 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Tomorrow-Today Beauty, Indianna Roehrich.If you've worked in the fashion, beauty, or lifestyle media space in Australian in the last decade, you know the name Indianna Roehrich. Indi started her own social media management agency, Simply Social Management , in 2015 when she was just 22 years old. I first met her a little under 10 years ago and she's always struck me as being ahead of the curve- the concept of social media management was so new in 2015 that the majority of people still thought it was a fad, but at 22 her gut instinct was so strong and, as we now know, was also absolutely correct. Indi's curiosity around blue light exposure piqued about 4 years ago, when blue light eyewear hit the mainstream. This prompted her to start looking into what blue light was doing to the skin, and upon discovering just how much it can speed up the photoaging process, she went searching for a solution- and couldn't find one.This week, following three and a half years of research and development, Indianna launched Tomorrow-Today Beauty with a single, meticulously formulated SKU- the Tech Protect Serum, formulated to both shield AND repair the skin from blue light exposure and designed to look after tomorrow's face, today.In this conversation, Indianna shares advice to business owners on why it's worth pushing through the hard parts when your brand is in its infancy, what our devices are actually doing to our skin, and her insider tips on making the algorithms work for you. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Tomorrow-Today Beauty on Instagram @tomorrowtodaybeauty.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 117 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of People Haircare, Katherine Ruiz.Katherine never pictured herself starting a beauty brand, but she has always had an interesting relationship with her hair, and that relationship was sort of a visual representation of the relationship she had with herself. Katherine has naturally curly hair but, as so many of us do, wanted hair she didn't have so she grew up straightening it, slicking it back, whatever she could do to disguise its natural texture. Similarly, she tells me that, at that time, she didn't really love herself- she was pretending to be totally confident, but didn't truly feel it until she really started working on that relationship with herself as an adult. Coincidentally or otherwise, it was around this time that she started embracing her curly hair. Katherine founded People Haircare in 2022 out of a wish for haircare for everyone- meaning haircare for each unique hair type, at an accessible price point. The brand is physically accessible too, launching into 800 Coles stores nationally from day 1.In this conversation, Katherine shares how she's working to convert supermarket customers who have previously shopped habitually, why you shouldn't wait for the first version of your product to be perfect, and just how important it is to ask for what you want. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow People Haircare on Instagram @peoplehaircare.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 116 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the co founders of Elemis, Noella Gabriel and Oriele Frank.This is probably the best example of serendipity that we've had on the show in the way that Noella, Oriele and their third co-founder Sean Harrington were brought together, each with a complementary skill set, the combination of which was precisely what the brand needed, but also with no real understanding of what they were saying yes to. By no means did the imagine that 34 years later, the brand they co-founded would be stocked in 100 countries.Elemis was founded in 1989, in London, but all of the products and really the ethos overall feel so modern and so current. That combination of science backed formulas and botanical ingredients feels very much like something that would be launched in 2023. In this conversation, Oriele and Noella share just how deeply they're looking at sustainability and traceability, how they've maintained a relevant brand identity 34 years into business, and what they did when the brand's first ever clinical trial results came back to show the product did absolutely nothing. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Elemis on Instagram @elemis and @elemis_anz.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 115 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Naked Sundays, Samantha Brett.Samantha Brett has always loved beauty but, despite a brief stint as a beauty writer during an internship, she only ever wanted to be a news reporter. Sam worked as hard as she possibly could to achieve the dream she'd held onto since she was 14 years old, and once she got there it was a job she truly never pictured herself walking away from. That was, until, the 2019 to 2020 bushfire season. It was while reporting on those bushfires that she found herself questioning precisely what is was that she wanted from her life.The idea for Naked Sundays came from a few places at once a few months prior. Sam's husband was complaining about having to reapply his sunscreen while playing golf, meanwhile Sam was watching her television colleagues having cancerous lesions cut from their faces after full days reporting out in the sun with no way to apply sunscreen without ruining their makeup for camera. Sam pitched the idea for an SPF50+ Mist to 25 manufacturers before one finally said yes. She and her husband used money from their mortgage to fund the business, and Naked Sundays launched in January 2021 to a waitlist of over 2000 people. That's 2000 people before they'd launched a single product. The brand hit a reported $100k in sales within 4 weeks of that launch, the brand launched into Mecca that October and sold out of three months' worth of stock in 24 hours, and the brand was selling one product per minute by the end of that year. In this conversation, Sam shares how important it is to know the steps it'll take to reach your dream, rather than expecting it to happen tomorrow, why she waited until September 2021 to leave her television job, and a world exclusive announcement of not one but two new Naked Sundays products. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Naked Sundays on Instagram @naked_sundays.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 114 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the co founder and creative director, respectively, of Mr. Smith Hair, David and Freda Rossidis.Freda Rossidis is an industry legend. Freda tells me that being a migrant to Australia, very few of her earliest memories are centred around beauty. She had no idea what she wanted to be when she grew up, she fell into hairdressing, and grew to love it over time. As that passion grew, so too did Freda's resume, as she directed the hair styling for shows at Australian and New York fashion weeks and worked internationally on shows for Prada, Chanel, Dior and Hermes.Her son, David, subsequently grew up in the salon environment, and found himself working in marketing and product development for a haircare brand following his studies. From there, David developed a balancing shampoo and accompanying conditioner with no real plans to turn those two products into a fully fledged brand. Both David and Freda tell me that, if I'd asked them 8 years ago if they saw themselves working together, it would have been a hard no. However, 2 months after David's first two products went to market, they were featured in Esquire New York… and then in GQ, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Wallpaper Magazine. International press led to a truly unexpected surge in consumer demand, so Freda left her business and started working with David full time. That was in 2015. Today, Mr. Smith haircare is available in 12 countries, and what began as 2 products is now a brand with over 40 SKUs.In this conversation, Freda and David share whether or not it's possible to grow a business at the rate of Mr. Smith and maintain a balanced life, the advice anyone wanting to make it in the world of startups needs to hear, and some surprising stats around hairspray sales in Texas. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Mr. Smith on Instagram @mrsmithhair.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 113 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder and CEO of Kat Burki Skincare, Kat Burki.Kat had studied Healthcare Law and Health Policy at university and was working happily in the industry, occasionally picking up passion projects in interior design as a creative outlet. Upon completing an interior for her brother-in-law, she decided she wanted to sign off the project with a signature scent. She met with some people who worked in the beauty industry creating hand batches, and they helped her create a candle.The home fragrance became so popular amongst those who had smelled it that it was suggested to Kat they she should create a body lotion with the same scent. This prompted Kat to start looking into formulation science, and the team who had helped Kat create that very first candle went on to become the very first formulators of Kat Burki Skincare. Kat Burki Skincare launched into Henri Bendel in New York City in August 2013 with first-of-its-kind cold pressed skincare. The subsequent four years saw the brand launch into Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, and Mecca here in Australia, and in 2023, Kat Burki Skincare is a truly global brand. In this conversation, Kat shares what she had to fight to put extra money towards when her namesake business was in its infancy, how her earliest memories have shaped the brand she runs today, and why you don't need to say “yes” to everything. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Kat Burki Skincare on Instagram @katburkiskincare.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 112 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of ROBE Haircare, Lauren Mackellar. In 5 seasons of this show, Lauren Mackellar is the most inspiring guest I've had the joy of sitting down with. Lauren Mackellar was one of Australia's most in demand hair stylists. In early 2022, following years of intense migraines that she'd chalked up to her work, she took herself to the emergency ward and was diagnosed with a brain tumour. She went into surgery a day and a half later.The tumour was successfully removed, however it was Stage 3 cancer so radiation needed to begin immediately. Throughout chemotherapy, Lauren was told that her hair was unlikely to ever grow back given that she had no hair follicles at this point, let alone hair. Unable to return to hairdressing, Lauren decided to revisit the haircare brand she had began to formulate prior to her diagnosis. She figured she had nothing to lose in trialling her own products on herself and, having sat opposite her to record this a couple of months ago, Lauren now has a thick, healthy head of hair. ROBE Haircare launches this week. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow ROBE on Instagram @robehaircare.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 111 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the co-founder of Sundae Body, Lizzie Waley. Imagine not just trying to get customers on board with a new brand, but getting them to entirely change the way they've done something for their entire life.That is precisely the task Lizzie Waley was faced with on launched Sundae Body. Lizzie had had a conversation with her business partner about how bath time is so fun when you're a kid, and by adulthood it's totally lost its magic- likely because, realistically, your only options are a bar of soap or a liquid body wash, neither of which inspire a whole lot of play or joy. Armed with that thought, Lizzie asked a chemist if there were any other mechanisms or mediums that could be explored in the body care space, to which that chemist suggested a foam. Sundae Body took about 18 months to develop, beginning with a can designed to look like whipped cream and ending with a range fruit and dessert scented whipped body foams, formulated to put the fun back into showering- at any age. Lizzie pitched Sundae Body to both Woolworths and Priceline before launch and was picked up by both, meaning Sundae Body had space on over 1200 shelves before they'd launched a single product. In this conversation, Lizzie shares both the pros and cons of self funding a startup, the lessons learned from her first job in a call centre, and why the right distributor was key to securing space with two of the country's retail giants. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Sundae Body on Instagram @sundaebody.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 110 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the CEO and founder of Gem, Georgia Danos. This conversation is essentially a marketing masterclass.One of Georgia's earliest roles was at Remedy Kombucha. Now, we all know what kombucha is now, but keep in mind this was in 2014, before the brand was even on Instagram, so Georgia's job wasn't just to build the brand's social media presence- she was more or less responsible for bringing the product to mainstream recognition. After helping to launch the brand in the UK, Georgia had well and truly caught what she refers to as “the start up bug,” and this is where her story gets really interesting- rather than identifying a gap for a product and then deciding to launch a brand to fill it, Georgia first decided she wanted to start a business of her own and then identified that gap. Where she landed was the oral care sphere. Given that beauty was and remains so saturated, she found space for a product at the intersection of beauty and health and wanted to develop a product that had a daily, or in this case twice-daily, touchpoint with consumers. Georgia launched Gem, an Australian made, premium, natural oral care brand in March 2020 following four years of product development. The brand has since been picked up by both Mecca and Woolworths stores nationally, has extended its product range to over 30 SKUs, and is launching into Boots in the UK next week. In this conversation, Georgia shares how she and her team manage to educate without fear mongering (no mean feat in this industry), how she got her brand on the shelves at Mecca, Woolworth and Boots, and how she got her product's entire first run of packaging for free. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Gem on Instagram @gem.au.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hiya, pals! A missed phone call, a TV show, and a jealous roommate. Today, to round out the season, we're tackling one of the most bizarre stories of friendship betrayal we've ever heard on the show. Thank you so much to Benefit Cosmetics for making this episode possible. You can score 25% off Benefit's POREfessional full-size product collection over on Adore Beauty's website with the code ‘BENEFIT25'. That's the code BENEFIT25 for 25% off.  Got a secret you're itching to spill? Email it to hotline@shamelessmediaco.com. Everything will be kept anonymous, of course. Catch us on socials! @everybodyhasasecretpod on Instagram and @everybodyhasasecret on TikTok. Your hosts today were Annabelle Lee (@annabe11e1ee) and Gemma Watts (@gemkwatts). We love ya guts for listening! See you next time.

In episode 109 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of YŌLI and En Gold, Steffanie Ball.Steffanie Ball's ties to beauty come through YŌLI, a brand centred around “elevated bathing rituals” that was launched in December of last year with a range including luxury towelling (emphasis on the word luxury), a scent range and a dry body brush. You've likely heard of Steff's first business, furniture and homewares brand En Gold, which began as an Instagram account selling vintage furniture and morphed into a furniture brand that celebrates the design and workmanship of century old crafts. What I love most about the story behind both of Steff's businesses is the ways in which she's reconnected with her Filipino heritage throughout the business development process. She tells one story in particular about connecting with the original maker of the vintage pieces she was selling on Instagram and how, through En Gold, he and Steff were able to give all of his former workers their jobs back that you will love.In this conversation, Steff shares why the art of ritual is so important to her, why she believes that retail is one of the best industries within which to learn and why she insists her team all spend time in the customer care department, and how an American skateboarder (her now husband of 14 years) proposed after 2 days… Read more at glowjournal.comFollow YŌLI on Instagram @yoli_haus.Follow En Gold on Instagram @en._goldStay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 108 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Vida Glow, Anna Lahey. Vida Glow is the number one marine collagen brand in the world, with one unit sold every four seconds. Anna doesn't hold her cards close to her chest. From sharing the brand's Shopify launch strategy, what goes into developing packaging and sourcing ingredients, how many products Vida Glow have discontinued and the rationale behind the brand's 2021 rebrand, Anna sincerely believes that the increasing saturation of the ingestible beauty market is only going to push the category forward- and honestly, it was refreshing to hear. Anna and her husband Keiran launched Vida Glow in 2014 after years of importing collagen for herself from Japan, having experienced hair loss due to a blood clotting condition which she opened up about in our chat. Realising that making the ingredient accessible here in Australia could have a positive impact on so many people, Vida Glow was born.In this conversation, Anna shares the power of a rebrand and the strategy that went into Vida Glow's, what to look for when purchasing ingestible beauty supplements, and the million dollar question, what collagen actually is and what it can do. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Vida Glow on Instagram @vida_glow.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 107 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the co-founder of ABHATI Suisse, Shirin Dörig.A British-born Indian who now lives with her family in Switzerland, Shirin's mother Anju has been described as a serial entrepreneur. She studied sociology and ethnology, she worked as a social worker in the UK, and was instrumental in setting up a shelter for victims of domestic violence. Her interest in beauty began in the same way her daughter, Shirin's, did, with both women being introduced to the time honoured beauty rituals of their Indian heritage from a young age. After relocating to Switzerland, Anju traveled to the Himalayas whilst working with an NGO and learnt about native plants from the tribal farmers she met. Inspired to combine their teachings and Swiss science with the aforementioned time honoured Indian rituals, Anju launched altitude-active beauty company ABHATI Suisse in 2015 with Shirin officially joining the brand as both co-founder and trade marketing manager last year. Each ABHATI Suisse purchase funds days of school for girls in India through the brand's partnership with Educate Girls, with the brand having enabled over 530,000 school days at the time of recording. In something of a full circle moment, 1% of the brand's revenue is given to environmental organisations like WeForest in partnership with 1% for the Planet- WeForest being one of the organisations Shirin's mother co-founded. In this conversation, Shirin shares the importance of retailing through true brand builders, how her mother inspired so many people to aid the brand pro bono, and the surprising connection between ABHATI Suisse and a perfume brand with a particularly cult following.Read more at glowjournal.comFollow ABHATI Suisse on Instagram @abhatisuisse.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Friday, besties! Four people, one unexpected confession. Today, we hear all about Ella, Joel, Steven, and Clare. Thank you so much to Stan for making this episode possible. If you'd like to watch the brand new Stan Original Series, Totally Completely Fine, it's now streaming, only on Stan. Start your 30-day free trial today.  Got a secret you're itching to spill? Email it to hotline@shamelessmediaco.com. Everything will be kept anonymous, of course. Catch us on socials! @everybodyhasasecretpod on Instagram and @everybodyhasasecret on TikTok. Your hosts today were Annabelle Lee (@annabe11e1ee) and Gemma Watts (@gemkwatts). We love ya guts for listening! See you next Friday.

In episode 106 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder and CEO of VIOLETTE_FR and Creative Director of Makeup for Guerlain, Violette Serrat. Violette has been a bucket list guest of mine since Season 1 as I became aware of her work at something of a pivotal time, career wise, for me. Violette realised she wanted to become a makeup artist at the age of 19 after applying glitter to a friends face ahead of a party. She promptly moved to New York, with no training beyond a Kevyn Aucoin library book, and began to network her way into the industry. Between 2012 and 2020, Violette worked as a Makeup Designer at Dior, a Product Development Consultant at Sephora, and as Estee Lauder's Global Beauty Director, and was discovered by Vogue France in 2015. In 2021, Violette was named Creative Director of Makeup for heritage brand Guerlain, AND launched her own brand, VIOLETTE_FR.In this conversation, Violette shares why she's an advocate for self-funding where possible, the value in staying true to your personal style when others suggest otherwise, and why she'd prefer it if her daughter weren't to follow in her footsteps. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Violette on Instagram @violette_fr.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 105 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder and CEO of Verso, Lars Fredriksson.It was a love of interaction, communication, and connection that led Lars Fredriksson to the beauty world. Having spent years in business, sales and marketing, he found himself talking to a stranger at a music industry party. Lars and this man were the only two guests who didn't work in music, and it was this conversation that led Lars to his first role in the beauty world. Lars launched Verso in Sweden a decade ago- a brand built around a patented ingredient called Retinol8 and steeped in science. The brand is now available in 25 countries and the product range consists of about 25 SKUs, each of which has taken years to develop and perfect before hitting the market. In this conversation, which took place during Lars' most recent trip to Australia, Lars shares why he believes everyone should use at least one Vitamin A product daily, why we really have his wife to thank for his move into the beauty space, and why we probably won't ever be seeing a Verso neck cream on the shelves…Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Verso on Instagram @versoskincare.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back, baby! And today, like always, we're tackling one complicated secret. What happens when your loving relationship has a major roadblock in the way? His brother. Thank you so much to Cashrewards for making this episode possible. Sign up to Cashrewards today with the code ‘SECRET' to receive an additional $20 bonus cashback on your first shop. CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE LISTENER SURVEY (thank you!!). Got a secret you're itching to spill? Email it to hotline@shamelessmediaco.com. Everything will be kept anonymous, of course. Catch us on socials! @everybodyhasasecretpod on Instagram and @everybodyhasasecret on TikTok. Your hosts today were Annabelle Lee (@annabe11e1ee) and Gemma Watts (@gemkwatts). We love ya guts for listening! See you next Friday.

In episode 104 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of FaceGym, Inge Theron. From early ambitions to become a CNN correspondent to a job as radio DJ, founding a branding agency to launching a board game, it was a job in the wellness space that really made Inge Theron feel as though she was home.Inge spent 11 years as the Financial Times' Wellbeing, Beauty & Spa writer, a job that quite literally saw her trialling the best and, in some cases the worst, beauty and wellness treatments and trends in the world, before an idea struck her in 2013. She hadn't just trialled, she'd studied, the wellness industry for over a decade- what if she took the very best bits and created something she knew would work?The idea for FaceGym came to Inge in December 2013- a gym, rather than a spa, offering facial workouts instead of invasive treatments. The first FaceGym location opened in May the following year, with each workout following a “warm up, sculpting, cardio and cool down” formula. In just 8 years, that 1 location has expanded beyond 15. In 2021, FaceGym launched their own line of topical skincare products, and in January of this year, Inge opened FaceGym's first Southern Hemisphere location at Mecca George Street.In this conversation, Inge shares how she convinced a heritage retailer to take on her brand, how she learnt the importance of understanding the operations of your brand and not just the creative, and why she takes stock of where she's at, both personally and professionally, every single year. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow FaceGym on Instagram @facegym.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 103 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the co-founders of JB SKRUB, Julie Bowen and Jill Biren. USE CODE GLOWJOURNAL15 FOR 15% OFF YOUR JB SKRUB ORDER.Julie Bowen has been acting professionally since 1992, perhaps most notably spending 11 years in the role of Claire Dunphy on Modern Family. Jill Biren spent close to two decades in publishing at Condé Nast, working across titles including Vogue, GQ, and Vanity Fair. Both mothers of sons, Julie and Jill got to chatting at a birthday party about the changes their sons were going through as pre-teens, realising there was a glaring gap in the market for a skincare brand aimed at young men, given the existing offering was either too young, too overtly feminine, or just that bit too adult and intimidating, rather than easy and fun. JB SKRUB spent three years in product development ensuring each of the five formulas was perfect, with not a single corner cut and each product being certified European Union compliant for clean skincare, and launched in January of this year. Less than two months in, the brand already has multiple new products on the horizon as well as plans to launch internationally very soon. In this conversation, Julie and Jill share how their respective careers in show business and media have affected their personal relationships with beauty, their advice on having difficult conversations with adolescents, and Julie shares how playing the role of a mother of three prepared her for her own motherhood journey. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow JB Skrub on Instagram @jbskrub.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 102 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Recreation Beauty, Nedahl Stelio. Despite steadily building a name for herself as one of the country's most influential voices in fashion and beauty media, Nedahl didn't enter the industry with a specific niche in mind. Having worked at Girlfriend Magazine as Beauty and Features Editor, Cosmopolitan Magazine as Beauty Editor, Features Editor and Deputy Editor, and as Editor of Cleo Magazine, she tells me that while she fell into beauty, over time she fell in love with it. Around 14 years ago, Nedahl found herself struggling to conceive and elected to switch to “natural” products in her home and beauty routines, and it was at this time that she discovered there were really no luxury options in the natural perfume space.Still working as a journalist, Nedahl placed her idea on the backburner, however after some years wearing no perfume at all, she decided it was time to create a solution to her own problem. Recreation Beauty, a natural, vegan, and Australian made fragrance and beauty brand was launched in 2019 following over two years of product development, and now boasts one of the most innovative sustainability frameworks I've come across.In this conversation, Nedahl shares the ways in which the media landscape has evolved across her nearly three decades in the industry and, perhaps surprisingly, the ways in which it has stayed the same, her advice for those deciding if their startup should launch wholesale or direct to consumer, and the advantages of starting a business on your own. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Recreation Beauty on Instagram @recreationbeauty.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 101 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Saint Louve Skincare, Elly Seymour. The wheels of Elly Seymour's career journey were set in motion when she was a child with a very specific dream of wearing surgeon's scrubs. Elly decided she wanted to be a cosmetic nurse when she was just a teenager, convincing her parents to allow her to study a Diploma of Makeup in lieu of Year 12. Her reason was a pragmatic one- when she turned 18 she'd be able to enrol as a nurse, and a beauty qualification would allow her to freelance on the weekend to supplement the cost of the nursing course.In 2019, with several years and even more qualifications beneath her belt, Elly opened and funded her own clinic in a similarly pragmatic way, electing to continue working as a registered nurse in her local hospital simultaneously to save money, build relationship and maintain those acute skills.In March 2020, only a few months in and with a client waitlist close to 150 people long, the pandemic forced Elly to close the clinic's doors indefinitely. Where many would, understandably, have crumbled, Elly used the unknown to her advantage. She used the clinic's social media platforms to cultivate a reputation for herself as an industry authority, she took a permanent position at the hospital, the more secure income from which allowed her to fund her next project, and underwent further study in cosmetic formulations. In August 2022, the aforementioned project came to life- Saint Louve Skincare, a topical skincare brand that she runs alongside her well-and-truly up-and-running again Louve Skin Clinic. In this conversation, Elly shares her take on going all in with a startup versus maintaining a secondary source of income, when and why to allocate budget to outsourcing elements of the business that aren't your areas of expertise, and why being a forward-facing founder has been of such great benefit when it comes to brand education.Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Saint Louve Skincare on Instagram @saintlouveskincare.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of Season 4, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder and CEO of Floral Street, Michelle Feeney. Michelle is, quite literally, a beauty industry icon. Headhunted by Estée Lauder Companies in 1993, Michelle is largely responsible for turning Crème de la Mer into a cult product before becoming Vice President, Global Communications of MAC Cosmetics, helping to increase the company's net worth from $65 million to $1 billion in less than 7 years bringing mainstream awareness to the MAC AIDS Fund, and then spending 4 years as the CEO of St Tropez and transforming the tanning industry in that time.Michelle launched Floral Street in November 2017, the story of which she shared back on Episode 53 of the Glow Journal podcast in 2020. In this bonus episode, recorded at Mecca Beauty headquarters, Michelle and Gemma chat personal fragrance, scent scaping and the changing face of sustainability in beauty. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Floral Street on Instagram @floralstreet_.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate 100 EPISODES of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Paula's Choice, Paula Begoun. Paula was my first ever international guest back in 2018, Season 1, Episode 3, and I still receive messages about that episode to this very day. To celebrate 100 episodes and 4 seasons, we're taking it back to basics and doing what Paula does best- myth busting. Should skin flake when we first try retinol? If a product makes our skin tingle, does that mean it's working? Do you really have sensitive skin, or have you caused your sensitive skin? On a personal note, I want to say a sincere thank you to everyone who has listened over the last four years and every brand founder who has trusted me to tell their story. I cannot begin to put into words how grateful I am for each and every one of you. I love you!Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Paula's Choice on Instagram @paulaschoice and @paulaschoiceau.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode ninety nine of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Tribe Skincare, Kayla Houlihan. Kayla Houlihan understands first hand just how debilitating acne and inflammation can be to a person's confidence. It was her understanding of the impact skin heath can have on one's confidence that led Kayla to study skin, and what drove her to want to help clients in clinic. The idea for Tribe Skincare came to Kayla whilst running her own skin clinic in Geelong. Clients were presenting with all the signs of sensitive skin, and knowing just how many skin conditions come down to inflammation, Kayla wanted to recommend products to her clients that were suitable for sensitive skin but still delivered results. What Kayla discovered is that people with sensitive skin had very few active options- brands were creating simple cleansers and moisturisers suitable for sensitive skins, but there was almost nothing available that allowed those clients to reap the benefits of active ingredients without irritation. Kayla entirely self funded Tribe, launching in 2017 with just four products. Well into the brand's first year on the market, Tribe Skincare was bringing in over $90,000 per month. Last year saw Kayla and her team completely rebrand Tribe and shift the brand from being an ecommerce exclusive to available in physical retailers. That rebrand saw a 20% increase in sales overall and a 500% increase in sales from one product in particular, and this year Kayla launched Tribe's Vitamin C serum to a 50,000 person waitlist with one bottle selling every 4 minutes in its first 12 hours post launch.In this conversation, Kayla shares her strategy on choosing the right influencers to partner with, why a rebrand can be a double edged sword if you already have a loyal customer base, and the surprising findings that led the brand to STOP paid advertising entirely. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Tribe Skincare on Instagram @tribeskincare.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode ninety eight of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the Chief Commercial Officer of Alpha-H, Tina Randello. Alpha-H was founded in a garage on the Gold Coast, in 1995, by the late Michelle Doherty. In the year 2000, Michelle launched Liquid Gold- a glycolic acid based resurfacing treatment the likes of which had never been seen before by the global beauty industry. Liquid Gold soon developed a cult following, elevating Alpha-H from Queensland's best kept skin secret to a bonafide global beauty powerhouse and the authority, worldwide, in acid-powered skincare.In July of 2020, Michelle passed away following a 2 year battle with cancer. In late 2019, Michelle was in the midst of succession planning the business and met with Tina Randello, with Tina telling me she connected with Michelle and what she was doing instantly. Tina became the Chief Commercial Officer of Alpha-H in January 2020. Following Michelle's passing, Tina and the Alpha-H team spent time together discussing how they could continue to embody Michelle's values as a business. In 2021, Tina launched The Encoreship, an Alpha-H initiative that has brought together multiple brands to offer women returning to work following a career break a three month paid work placement, enabling women to upskill and supporting their return to the workforce. In this conversation, Tina shares how she ensures she's effectively communicating with consumers in a space where product education is paramount, the difference between being trend driven and trend aware, and why it's so important to wait it out for an opportunity that feels right. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Alpha-H on Instagram @alphahskincare.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode ninety seven of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder CEO of Vintner's Daughter, April Gargiulo. The idea for Vintner's Daughter came to April when she was working on her family's vineyard. She was pregnant and, as many do, was studying the ingredients lists of each product in her existing skincare routine. April wanted a product born from a similar ethos to that of winemaking- one centred around quality and craftsmanship, and how those factors drive performance. Where most skincare products can be manufactured and bottled within about three hours, April was told her formula would take three weeks. What could well have been a deterrent had the opposite effect on April, as coming from a wine background she was used to working with products that take three years to create, and so Vintner's Daughter was born in late 2013.The brand launched with one singular product, and while the strategy was one embedded with risk, that product garnered a legitimately cult following. April's mission has always been to create fewer products that did more, channelling all her resources into perfecting just one product at a time, and so four years after that initial launch, a second followed.January 2023 will see the next iteration of Vintner's Daughter's “fewer, but better” ethos, with a third product due for release as the brand enters its tenth year. In this conversation, April shares her advice for founders feeling the pressure to manufacture more, cheaper and faster, a few hints as to what we can expect from the brand's next launch, and how she's working to change the beauty industry to one driven by joy, confidence and gratitude. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Vintner's Daughter on Instagram @vintnersdaughter.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode ninety six of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Holme Beauty, Hilary Holmes. Hilary discovered her love of makeup in her final year of high school, and although she tells me that initial affinity for beauty may not have come from the right place, to this day she connects to the transformative energy she felt upon that discovery. Despite her love of makeup, Hilary studied and worked in agriculture. In 2009 the recession hit, and after being made redundant, Hilary relocated to London where her sister was living. She soon found a job on a cosmetics counter, and so her career in beauty was born. After returning to Australia and building up her freelance business, Hilary opened the first Hilary Holmes Makeup location in 2016 and a second only four years later. It was from within these spaces that Hilary's now-iconic Masterclasses were born- classes designed to empower women to back their own beauty, rather than following a formula they'd grown up with in women's magazines. In 2021, following years of product development and a truly serendipitous encounter with her now-manufacturer, Hilary launched Holme Beauty. The brand launched with a single SKU, and over the last 12 months Hilary has carefully and consciously expanded that range to an edit of four, with a fifth product set to launch only a fortnight from now. In this conversation, Hilary shares the importance of finding the right people to help you grow your business, the links she's discovered between beauty and her own mental health, and the story behind the man she calls her “$30,000 husband.”Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Hilary and Holme Beauty on Instagram @hilaryholmesmakeup and @holmebeauty.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode ninety five of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the co-founder of Korres, Lena Korres. When Dr Clara Hurst opened Perth skin clinic, Blanc, having relocated to Australia from the UK, she sought the help of a pharmacist to compound prescription skincare to her clients. That pharmacist told her that, just down the road, there was a GP prescribing the very same ingredients and having them compounded into solutions for her patients. That GP was Dr Deb Cohen-Jones. Upon realising that they shared the very same philosophies around the science of skin, their pair decided to go into business together.The Secret, the country's first prescription-only skincare brand, began in early 2019 as a singular cream, only available to those who had an appointment with one of the doctors. Within six months, over 300 jars of The Secret had been sold and the pair began working on new formulas. What started as one “magic cream” has since grown to a line of 13 different products. In 2020, Dr Clara and Dr Deb launched The Secret's digital platform, allowing patients anywhere to complete a consultation online and have their prescription skincare compounded and sent directly to them. This year has seen The Secret introduce new sustainability practices including refillable packaging, while the coming months will see the launch of The Secret's retail range. In this conversation, Dr Clara and Dr Deb share the real differences between prescription and retail skincare, how they turned a mid-pandemic launch into an ecommerce boom, and their advice to business owners trying to avoid fast trends.Read more at glowjournal.comFollow The Secret on Instagram @the_secret_skincare.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gemma Watts shares her holy grail products and lets us know how she style's her bouncy hair. Adore Beauty Acknowledges First Nations People as the Traditional Owners across the lands and waters of Australia. We recognise and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future, whose lands were never ceded. Sadaf and Gemma Watts chat about building self-confidence and “backing yourself”, their holy grail products and how Gemma styles her gorgeous, bouncy hair (yes, she drops her routine step by step, you're welcome). Gemma Watts is the founder of beauty editorial destination, Glow Journal and is one of beauty's most go-to sources for trusted product reviews. You can find Gemma Instagram @gemkwatts.    Host: Sadaf Razi Guest: Gemma Watts  Disclaimer: https://www.adorebeauty.com.au/disclaimer.html Find out more about The La Roche-Posay Pure Niacinamide 10 Serum here: https://www.adorebeauty.com.au/la-roche-posay/la-roche-posay-niacinamide-10-serum-30ml.html?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode ninety four of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the co-founder of Korres, Lena Korres. Korres began as the oldest herbal apothecary in Athens, Greece. Whilst working there, George Korres began formulating topical cosmetics for his friends and loyal customers of the pharmacy, and word quickly began to spread. Lena Philippou, now Lena Philippou-Korres, a chemical engineer, commenced work at the pharmacy in 1996 and, following consumer demand, the KORRES brand was officially launched. By the turn of the century, George and Lena's tech-driven, naturally formulated skincare products had been picked up by Henri Bendel in New York and Harvey Nichols in London. Today, despite being a truly global brand, KORRES remains true to its origins and its patented Full Circle sustainable manufacturing processes. In this conversation, Lena shares why she feels there should be more women working in STEM globally, why she has youthful naivety to thank for the brand's initial launch, and why it's not enough to rely on consumer demand when it comes to new product ideas. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Korres on Instagram @korres and @korres.athens. Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode ninety three of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Joanna Vargas, Joanna Vargas. Joanna Vargas tells me that caregiving is her love language. Following a number of years working as an esthetician, Joanna had grown tired of seeing clients given the same facials and being sold the same products. Driven by a wish to create her own treatments and be guided by each individual's needs, Joanna opened her first namesake spa in New York City in 2006. By 2011, having grown her business with little more than word-of-mouth marketing, Joanna had become something of an industry go-to and had accumulated an impressive list of celebrity clientele. Passionate about delivering good nutrition to the skin, and wanting her clients to be able to achieve and maintain spa results from home, she developed her own product line. Despite running a now international skincare brand with 28 SKUs, Joanna still works as a facialist 5 days a week, taking the opportunity to continue learning, to see what modern skin needs, what concerns her clients are looking to treat and, in her words, “formulating from the chair.”In this conversation, Joanna shares the ins and outs of finding the right manufacturer, why her early memories of her grandmother have served as the inspiration for her career, and how grateful she is to be her “tattooed Latina self” in the landscape of the beauty industry.Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Joanna Vargas on Instagram @joannavargas and @joannavargasnyc. Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode ninety two of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Susanne Kaufmann, Susanne Kaufmann.Natassia, 28 years old and a qualified biochemist, spent the first years of her career immersed in the beauty industry, working across brands like Swisse and Elle Macpherson's WelleCo, counting the latter as a valued mentor. Following her time at Swisse, Natassia was one of only five offered a position at private equity fund The Foundry, a fund that exists to support the next wave of beauty brand founders. Moving to what was, in essence, a startup, was a risk, but Natassia took it upon herself to learn every facet of the business and, in her words, soak up everything she could. By 2021, Natassia had been working in the beauty industry for around 6 years and had began to wonder if there was anything she could contribute to the space that would make both it and the planet as a whole better. She mapped out the lifecycle of a beauty product and realised that there was a water footprint involved in, literally, every step of the supply chain. Knowing that water is a finite resource, and that most beauty products contain between 70 and 90 percent water, she asked herself “If you take water out, what are you left with?”As Natassia explains, what you're left with is “the good stuff.”Natassia launched Conserving Beauty, Australia's first waterless beauty brand, in 2021. Conserving Beauty is the first beauty brand globally to be part of the Water Footprint Network, and the first Australian beauty brand to be backed by both government and impact investment funds. April of this year saw yet another Conserving Beauty innovation reach the public in the form of the brand's InstaMelt™ technology- a patented fabric technology that has allowed the brand to develop the world's first dissolving facial wipes and sheet masks, with even more innovation set to hit shelves very soon.In this conversation, Natassia shares why she believes taking on every job from the ground up is essential for future brand founders, what it truly means to take on external investment, and precisely how her brand ensures water conservation is considered at every single step of the supply chain. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Conserving Beauty on Instagram @conservingbeauty. Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

July 14 is Bastille Day, the national day of France, so to celebrate we're heroing all things French beauty- and who better to help us than the co-founder of French Beauty Co, Emilie Roberson. French skincare sales, as a category, are reportedly up 25% in the last quarter, and the appetite for hard-to-find French brands and products has never been higher. In this bonus episode of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts discover the secrets to mastering French girl beauty. This episode is sponsored by French Beauty Co, Australia's only digital destination for lovers of French beauty. To celebrate Bastille Day, French Beauty Co have curated a celebratory French beauty box, filled with best selling products from Bioderma, Nuxe, Embryolisse, Mavala, Klorane and Bachca Paris, available via frenchbeautyco.com.au until July 14. In this conversation, Emilie shares what it is about the French approach to beauty that sets it apart from the rest of the world, why she believes pharmacy skincare is finally having its moment globally, and exactly what French women do (and don't!) include in their beauty routines. You can shop the French Beauty Co range, including the limited edition French Beauty Box, at frenchbeautyco.com.au. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode ninety one of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Susanne Kaufmann, Susanne Kaufmann.Beauty has been something of a constant thread woven throughout Susanne Kaufmann's life. Growing up in the westernmost part of Austria, Susanne's earliest memories are of the beauty rituals she shared with her grandmother of a weekend as a child. Her family owned a hotel, with Susanne growing to become the fifth generation hotelier to run the retreat, and in the mid 90s she saw an opportunity to bring more guests to the hotel.That opportunity lay within the hotel's spa. Susanne elected to completely redevelop the spa, transforming it into a destination in and of itself. She had loved the ritual of beauty since her early childhood, so she set to work ensuring the hotel's spa was one of the very best in the world. It was in 2003 that Susanne sought to add yet another point of difference to the spa's offering by launching a signature line of 24 products, formulated only to be used in-house during spa treatments. Soon thereafter the products garnered international press coverage, with Susanne fielding interest from some of the the world's biggest beauty retailers. Today, almost 20 years after its launch, the Susanne Kaufmann brand consists of over 80 different products, each crafted from natural ingredients found within the hotel's surrounds, and is sold everywhere from Harrods and Selfridges in London to Galeries Lafayette in Paris and Mecca here in Australia. In this conversation, Susanne shares why sustainability means so much more to her than just packaging, the importance of listening to one's body, and what she refers to as “the new luxury.” Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Susanne Kaufmann on Instagram @susannekaufmann_. Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode ninety of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the co-founder and Creative Director of Resoré, Evah Jackson. With a background in fashion, Evah Jackson has always had a fascination with aesthetics. In 2014, she co-founded Harpers Project, one of the country's largest online homewares stores and one of the very first to really capitalise on the power of social media. A few years post-launch, Evah and the Harper's Project team decided to extend their furniture offering into home textiles and began exploring fibre options. It was at this point that they became aware of the amount of bacteria that could be found on our regular face and body towels, and so they started to look into new, antibacterial options. Resoré was launched in 2020 after over two years of development, bridging the gap between beauty and homewares and featuring a blend of fibres that had never been blended before. Before the brand had even launched, they had secured Rosie Huntington-Whiteley to front their very first campaign, and contracted both Rosie and internationally renowned skin specialist Melanie Grant as brand ambassadors. Now, roughly two years in, Resoré can be found in the world's very biggest beauty retailers- Mecca, locally, as well as Harrods, Bloomingdales, Poosh and Saks Fifth Avenue internationally. In this conversation, Evah shares her tips on how to decide on the right ambassadors for your brand and how to lock them in, the pros and cons of launching tactile businesses online rather than in a bricks and mortar store, and what exactly is living on our regular bath towels. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Resoré on Instagram @resorebody. Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode eighty nine of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the CEO and co-founder of Nécessaire, Randi Christiansen. Randi Christiansen has always been interested in the intersection of business and beauty. Having studied business at university and taking a particular interest in entrepreneurship and small business growth, Randi found herself in a role at Estée Lauder Companies, where she would remain for next 15 years.Despite being a major multinational, Randi was able to bring her passion for small business to the company, working primarily across the La Mer and Tom Ford brands. While these are both household names today, when Randi commenced work on them they were very much in their infancy, so she was able to combine her startup mindset with the resources of a multinational business. It was during her time at Estée that Randi met and began working with beauty journalist Nick Axelrod, and over cheap beers at an airport the two began to brainstorm a business idea on a paper napkin. They wanted to bring a facial skincare ethos to the body care market, the latter market being around one fifth a size of the former, but they didn't just want to create a brand for the sake of it- they only wanted to create what felt crucial, essential, and necessary. And so, Nécessaire was born. Having launched at the very end of 2018 and being certified climate neutral since January of 2019, Nécessaire is now a true global brand and, as of May 24, is finally available in Australia at Mecca.In this conversation, Randi shares the unexpected benefits of bringing on investors when developing a brand, why she thinks having a journalist on board is essential in launching a successful business, and the importance of having a truly clear brand DNA. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Nécessaire on Instagram @necessaire. Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode eighty eight of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Kissed Earth, Rachael Finch.Rachael Finch grew up in Townsville as an athlete, with little to no interest in beauty until she was about 15. It was at this age that she was encouraged to enter a modelling competition, which she won, and subsequently spent the next four years travelling for her new career- first to Brisbane, and then internationally, an experience she describes as changing her perception of the world.Modelling, she tells me, changed her relationship with her body and what she was putting in it, a relationship she has spent the ensuing years working on. Rachael won Miss Universe Australia in 2009, aged 20, at a time she tells me she was still just going with the flow with very little idea of where her new found profile might take her- nor who it would introduce her to. It was in the following year that she competed on Dancing With The Stars and met her now-husband and business partner. The pair eventually ran a dance studio together and learnt the importance of playing every role within a business, including that of cleaner, during a time Rachael tells me they were struggling to make ends meet. By around 2017, with Rachael having found a love for dance and harnessing her longstanding love of movement and her evolving understanding of wellness, she and her husband launched two businesses- Body by Finch and B.O.D. by Finch, a digital wellness platform and activewear brand respectively. It was from here that the groundwork for Kissed Earth was laid. Prompted by feedback from the Body by Finch community, Kissed Earth was launched in 2019 following two years of fully self-funded product development. What began as a tight edit of health supplements has since grown into a brand encompassing products for both inner and outer beauty. In this conversation, Rachael shares her advice on turning personal partnerships into successful professional ones, what collagen can realistically do for the skin, and the realities of product development timelines and why it's worth waiting to get things right. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Rachael Finch on Instagram @rachael_finch.Discover Kissed Earth at kissedearth.com.auStay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode eighty seven of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Larry King Haircare, Larry King. In 2019, Rachel Tyers was working in marketing for a B2B company that sold medical devices. It was during this time that Rachael was made aware of a patented topical skincare lab sample and, having struggled with acne for the better part of a decade, decided it was worth trying. Rachael read studies, learned the science behind the formula, and saw real results in her own skin, so she and her mother brainstormed ways to raise capital and pitched for the rights to the product. That patented acne solution was then formulated into tbh Skincare's first product, Acne Hack. tbh Skincare launched online in March 2020, and within a month the brand had hit $10k in sales despite the bulk of the country plunging into lockdown. Rachael had belief in the tbh science and was aware that the brand's marketing strategy would be make or break in terms of cutting through the heavily saturated skincare space online, so she persisted in implementing a number of marketing devices to get the product into the right hands- she sought influencer collaborations from people she genuinely felt her product could help, she began selling bundled products to increase basket size, and she seeded samples out to consumers so that she had a bank of real before and after photos to advertise with. Within 18 months, tbh Skincare had hit almost $1 million in sales. Beyond that marketing strategy, what I found sets Rachael apart is that she's entered the beauty space with a personal need. Rather than entering the sphere wanting to create a brand and go from there, Rachael had identified a problem that she had spent her whole adult life struggling with, discovered a solution, and wanted to make that solution available to others. In this conversation, Rachael shares how she made a digitally-native lockdown-launch work in her favour, the art of meaningful collaboration and how to do it well, and why it's sometimes worth slowing down the rate of product release. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow tbh Skincare on Instagram @tbhskincare_.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do all skin types need the same sun protection? How often should we actually be getting a skin check? Do we really all need sun protection in winter?In this bonus episode of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts is joined by by pharmacist and Medical Communications Manager at L'Oreal Australia, Rachel McAdam. Rachel's role sees her provide L'Oreal brands with insight into consumer skin health needs from a formulations perspective, so I thought she would be the perfect person to answer the questions YOU submitted on all things Vitamin B5.I'm so often asked really specific questions about the skin (and, in this case, about very specific ingredients and what they can and cannot do for the skin), but given that I'm an educated consumer and not an expert, I insist on taking those questions to those who can correctly and ethically answer them for you. For complete transparency from the outset, this episode is sponsored by La Roche-Posay Australia, however all of Rachel's views are her own and, as per all of our Ask An Expert interviews you will hear absolutely no specific product recommendations throughout this interview.In this conversation, Rachel answers your questions on Vitamin B5- from what it is and what it can actually do for the skin, through to the ideal percentage you should be looking for in your skincare, why we're hearing so much about it in the leadup to winter, and exactly how and where you can work it into your skincare routine.Read this episode transcript at glowjournal.comYou can discover more about La Roche-Posay at laroche-posay.com.au, or on Instagram @larocheposayaunz. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode eighty six of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Larry King Haircare, Larry King. Larry King's earliest ambition was to work in the film industry, a dream that saw him spend much of his early life watching many, many movies.It's a task he encourages his staff to partake in today, often setting them projects so they can understand the references to films and movie stars of eras passed that he weaves into his hairstyling work across runways, red carpets and editorials. Larry's first job was at Toni & Guy's Cambridge salon as a 17 year old, although it wasn't until he was in his 30s and had built up both his reputation and his celebrity clientele (a list that includes Jared Leto, Gigi Hadid, Tom Holland and Chris Hemsworth) that he began to think about opening his own space. The Larry King flagship salon was opened in South Kensington in 2017 and had received countless accolades within mere months of that opening, with Larry explaining that friendship and an ethos based upon treating all clients with an equal amount of respect are the qualities that set the salon apart. In 2018, Larry and his wife Laura debuted Larry King Haircare, a sustainable haircare line developed to help consumers create their dream hair, and from April 14, Larry King Haircare will be available in Australia via Adore Beauty. In this conversation, Larry shares how he taps into emerging hair trends, the difference between runway and red carpet hair styling, and the advice and assignments he gives to his assistants and to anyone wanting to succeed in the hair industry. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Larry King on Instagram @larrykinghaircareStay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this bonus episode of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts is joined by dermatologist Dr Cara McDonald who is here to answer all of your questions on skin checks and sun protection. This summer saw La Roche-Posay and Skin Check Champion's ‘House of Healthy Skin' tour the east coast of Australia, providing 1342 individuals with a free skin check. Over 80% of those people had never had their skin checked before, so we took to Instagram to find out why before I passed your skin check questions onto the expert.For complete transparency from the outset, this episode is sponsored by La Roche-Posay Australia, however all of Dr McDonald's views are her own and, as per all of our Ask An Expert interviews you will hear absolutely no specific product recommendations throughout this interview.In this conversation, Dr Cara answers your questions on skin checks and sun protections- from how to physically book a skin check if you've never had one before and a run down of what we can expect in our appointment, through to what we should be keeping an eye out for on our own skin, how often we should really be getting our skin checked, and what level of sun protection is actually necessary as we head into winter.Discover more about La Roche-Posay, including the complete Anthelios SPF50+ sunscreen range, at laroche-posay.com.au or on Instagram @larocheposayaunz.Find Dr Cara McDonald at completeskinspecialists.com.au or in Instagram @drcara_dermatologist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode eighty five of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founders of Youth To The People, Greg Gonzalez and Joe Cloyes.Cousins Greg Gonzalez and Joe Cloyes quite literally grew up in the beauty industry. What began as a hair salon, owned by their grandparents, grew to a line of professional aesthetics products that the family manufactured for and distributed to spas and salons right across the US. Greg and Joe grew up in the brand's factory, playing amongst the packaging peanuts as children before coming to work for the family business full time upon graduating from college. As their shared interest in the beauty industry grew, so too did their fascination with the wellness space and, in particular, the growing superfood movement. Youth To The People began as an idea, a kale based Superfood Cleanser, and was built out to a sustainably produced, vegan, three step skincare routine, created entirely in house.Youth To The People launched in 2015, and in December of 2021, L'Oréal finalised their acquisition of the brand as it clocked up a reported $50 million US in sales for the year. In this conversation, Greg and Joe share the incredible story behind their grandmother's brand and how she recovered after being left with nothing, why they felt it was worth taking an initial financial hit in pursuit of creating a sustainable company, and what the L'Oréal brand acquisition will (and won't) change for Youth To The People.Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Youth To The People on Instagram @youthtothepeopleStay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode eighty four of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts talks to the founder of Habitual Beauty and Krumbled Foods, Keira Rumble. Trigger Warning: Pregnancy loss.Keira Rumble is as resilient as it gets. At age 20, at roughly the same time she realised she had very little interest in her job, she was diagnosed as pre-diabetic. Out of necessity she began making changes to her diet and lifestyle, but wasn't seeing nor feeling a marked change to her health. Upon discovering that the supposedly healthy protein balls she'd been snacking on boasted the sugar equivalent of a donut, she tried her hand at making her own. It turns out she had a knack for it. Keira started posting her recipes online, and when she realised her blog following had expanded well into the overseas market, she turned those recipes into a protein ball business- a business she very openly deems a failure. Failure aside, Keira had already started conceptualising not one, but two new businesses- a skincare brand and a range of collagen-rich snacks. She pitched the former to Sephora, a few minutes after receiving a phone call from her doctor to inform her that she was, at that very moment, suffering from a miscarriage. The pitch, understandably, didn't go according to plan, with Sephora suggesting Keira revisit her skincare idea after launching the collagen snacks.So that's exactly what she did.With no physical product or prototype, Keira cold-pitched Krumbled Foods' first product, Beauty Bites, to Priceline. Within 8 months of launching, Beauty Bites were stocked in Priceline, Coles and Urban Outfitters, she was about to complete the Sephora Accelerate Program, and she was preparing to launch Habitual Beauty with nine SKUs across two categories- all while dealing with multiple pregnancy losses. Keira launched Habitual Beauty about a day before New South Wales and Victoria went back into covid lockdown, and a week after giving birth to her son, Hunter. Today, Habitual Beauty is available in store and online at Sephora, and is about to launch into the UK.In this conversation, Keira shares why she is currently reviewing her company's employment contracts to make the workplace better for all women, her take on competition, and why she feels launching a brand across multiple categories at once is an asset, not a hindrance. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Keira Rumble on Instagram @krumble, @habitualbeauty.co and @krumbledfoods.Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.