The True Beauty Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Lasers, Hair Removal & Skincare with Saime Demirovic of Glo Spa Apr 01, 2022

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Hey Beauty Baddies! Today we are speaking with Saime Demirovic, the owner of Glo Spa in NYC about all things lasers–hair removal, facials, and more! To learn more about Saime, check them out at glospany.com and on Instagram at @glospany.

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Beauty School no. 45 | Aging Like a Fine Wine: Antioxidants, Vitamins & Hydration w/ Skin Guru Jan Marini Mar 26, 2022

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Hey, Beauty Baddies! This week we are doing a deep dive on aging–what the visible and invisible signs are, intrinsic and extrinsic factors, and the ingredients to look for in your products.

We’re bringing in the big guns—we’ve got skin guru Jan Marin, an icon in the professional skincare market for over 40 years.

To learn more about Jan visit JanMarini.com

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Beauty School no 44 | Greece, Ingredients & Engineering w/ Lena Philippou-Korres owner of KORRES Mar 18, 2022

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Hey Beauty Baddies!

Today we are speaking with the incredible mind behind KORRES, Lena Philippou-Korres.

For over 25 years, KORRES has pioneered the natural beauty space by combining nature’s most powerful ingredients found in Greek agriculture with a science backed approach. Greece offers over 1500 plant species that are endemic to the land. KORRES leverages only-in-Greece ingredients like Olympus Tea from Mount Olympus and Black Pine from ancient trees in the Pindus Mountains to create clean, natural products.

To learn more about KORRES, check them out on Instagram @korres and korres.com

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Beauty School no 43 brows! pt 2 Mar 11, 2022

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This is Part 2 of our deep dive into brows. In this episode, we talk about brow make up products and discuss gel vs pencil vs powder, the importance of great brow tools, How to use products and ensure you don’t make yourself look like Groucho Marx.

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Beauty School no 42 | Ethical Cannabis, Beauty & Wellness with Olivia Alexander, owner of Kush Queen Mar 04, 2022

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Heyyyy Beauty Baddies! We hope you’re ready for an INCREDIBLE episode with our new badass friend, the owner of Kush Queen, Olivia Alexander.

In less than three years, Olivia Alexander has grown Kush Queen into a multi-million dollar, multifaceted brand carrying only the finest in both CBD-only, and THC-infused products. The Kush Queen product line includes award-winning bath bombs, pain relief lotions, edibles, wellness supplements, and skincare.

Olivia’s belief in and passion for cannabis shapes her determination to normalize lifestyle and medical usage for everyone.

In this episode we speak about the different medicinal uses for cannabis, how Olivia built her multi-million dollar business, the barriers to entry within the cannabis industry that lead to the under-representation of people within communities historically at the forefront of legalization, and so much more.

To learn more about Olivia and Kush Queen, check out @kushqueenshop and @thelivalexander. Click here to pre-order her book, The Essential Guide to Cannabis for Women: How to Buy, Use, and Enjoy Cannabis for Recreation and Wellness

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Beauty School no 41 | Brows! pt 1 Feb 25, 2022

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Hey Beauty Baddies! Today we are doing a deep dive into one of our favorite topics: Brows! This is a two-part episode, where we discuss everything from the emergence of the brow industry over the past 10 years, how to grow out your brows and brow growth serums, brow mapping, we discuss some of Elizabeth’s brow theories and explain the different brow services, such as the difference between waxing and threading, Permanent Makeup, microblading, Powder brows, Brow lamination, Brow shaping, Brow tinting and how to find a brow artist.

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Beauty School no 40 | Urban Gardening and Rooftop Botanicals with Liana Blomquist, Founder of Brooklyn Rooftop Botanicals Feb 18, 2022

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Hey Beauty Baddies! Today we are speaking with a friend of Alix's and now a friend of the show, Liana Blomquist. Liana is the founder of Brookyln Rooftop Botanicals, New York City’s first and only rooftop beauty farm that spans over three rooftops (2K sq ft) and grows and processes over 50 beauty botanicals to create extracts and beauty products out of.

To learn more about Brooklyn Rooftop Botanicals, check them out at brooklynrooftopbotanicals.com or their Instagram @BrooklynRooftopBotanicals

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Beauty School no 39 | Self Care is Self Love within BIPOC and Queer Communities with Andrea Gutiérrez-Glik, LCSW | Free Your Mind vol 1.3 Feb 11, 2022

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Beauty Baddies! Today we are here with a VERY special episode featuring a new friend of the pod, licensed Therapist, Andrea Gutiérrez-Glik aka Somatic Witch on instagram.

To learn more about Andrea, please check her out on Instagram @somaticwitch

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February 2022 Listener Letters! Feb 04, 2022

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Hey beauty baddies! We are busy making some incredible episodes for you! In the meantime, here is another awesome listener letter episode!

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January 2022 Listener Letters! Jan 28, 2022

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Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.

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. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod

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Links to products we mentioned:

Castor Oil

Rapid Brow, brow growth serum (Alix's fave)

NeuBrow, brow growth serum (expensive, but works fast)

Crushed Tonic Collagen (There are different flavors, and inexpensive sampler packs)

Body exfoliating glove

PCA Body Therapy use code BodyTherapy for 15% off!

Village11 Factory 12% AHA body lotion