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With a lifelong passion for beauty, Alicia Grande founded Grande Cosmetics in 2008 as the first “functional cosmetics” makeup brand. Alicia’s road to beauty success was navigated early on as she worked in beauty retail as a teen, and later began her own radio show, “The Health Buzz,” on which she interviewed top beauty experts and doctors about trends and innovations. Those innovations are what inspired her next big beauty adventure, the founding of Grande Cosmetics and the highly-coveted and award-winning product that started it all; GrandeLASH-MD Lash Enhancing Serum, as a solution to some of today’s top beauty challenges.
Ali Perry-Hatch MPH, Founder of Earth Harbor Skincare
Meet Ali Perry-Hatch, MPH, the beach wanderer, herbalist and health scientist, who created Earth Harbor Naturals out of her treehouse kitchen. A combination of a career in humanitarian engineering, graduate research in environmental toxicology, a near-fatal accident, and finding out she was pregnant, led Ali to be more critical of what she was putting both in and on her body, as well as its effects on the environment and humanity.
Discover How Arey is Changing the Way We Approach Graying Hair
In this episode of Skincare Anarchy, Ekta Yadav dives into the topic of graying hair with Allison Conrad, co-founder and CEO of Arey Grey. Together, they discuss how Arey Grey is revolutionizing the approach to graying hair by offering innovative, science-backed solutions that go beyond traditional hair dyes. Arey Grey’s products aim to prevent and slow the graying process, giving consumers more control over how they manage their hair as they age.
Clean Skincare created by a leading architect and Breast Cancer Warrior ft Alina Mehrle
Join Ekta as she interviews Alina Mehrle, Founder of the brand new skincare line AMEŌN and also a breast cancer warrior. Alina shares her inspirational journey to discovering the power of truly clean products and everything that led up to her creating a brand for anyone who needs safe and efficacious products.
The Glass Skin Revelation with Peace & Lily Founder Alicia Yoon
Join us for a 5th anniversary special featuring the founder of the iconic and cult favorite brand, Peach & Lily’s Alicia Yoon. This episode invites you on a captivating journey as Alicia shares her inspirational path from suffering severe eczema to establishing a skincare brand that seamlessly combines potent, active ingredients with gentle, soothing formulations. It's a story of challenge and determination, trial and error, and an unwavering quest for skin transformation.
The Science Behind GrandeLASH-MD and the Rise of Lash Serums
In this episode of Skincare Anarchy, host Ekta Yadav sits down with Alicia Grande, founder of Grande Cosmetics, to explore the rise of her iconic brand and the science behind its best-selling products, including the renowned GrandeLASH-MD lash serum. Alicia shares her journey, from personal experience with postpartum lash loss to creating one of the most trusted and effective lash serums on the market.
Victor and Alisha from MOB Beauty
Victor Casale and Alisha Gallagher, beauty industry veterans and pioneers in makeup artistry and formulation, present their new sustainability driven line, MOB Beauty. Victor has held roles as the head chemist and formulator for MAC cosmetics while Alisha is a classically trained makeup artist under the iconic Laura Mercier. Victor and Alisha dive into how their team has created makeup that is not only environmentally conscious but beautifully formulated and crafted to be used by top makeup artists and enthusiasts in the industry.
Ali Reed, Founder of Stratia
Ali Reed, Founder of Stratia joins us for this episode! Continue the conversation on our Instagram post @skincareanarchy
Skincare Hygiene: Best Practices
Skincare HygieneNever place dropper DIRECTLY onto skinWhy? Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Escherichia coli, and Proteus spp. are the predominant Gram-negative organisms found on the skin.Most bacteria that are listed here grow in a moist environment. Therefore, logic dictates that when you apply a dropper directly to the skin and pick up even one or two of these bacteria on the tip and then put that same dropper back into your skincare vial, the likelihood of them contaminating and multiplying in the mixture is high.
E.364: Understanding The Brilliance of Branding Ft. Nancy Poller
Nancy Poller is a Brand Designer and Creative Director of Aligned Design Co., a boutique design studio. A beauty and wellness devotee, her brand and packaging designs have helped launch successful brands in Europe and the US including Afrocenchix, Rose & Skin and Tamara’s Sugar. In 2021 she was named one of The Brand Stylist’s 60 Brilliant Brand Designers. Nancy loves digging into a founder’s story and ambitions and bringing them to life - from first sketches to seeing a product land on the shelf.