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Episode 148, David Pirrotta, Founder and CEO, David Pirrotta Brands - The Brand Whisperer, Nurturing the Next Big Things in Beauty | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY® Apr 15, 2020

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After a five-minute career on Broadway, David Pirrotta, founder and CEO of David Pirrotta Brands, discovered his passion for the beauty world and his talent for scoping out and launching fledgling brands. He also realized he was still fulfilling his desire to perform but on a different stage, as he stood front and center promoting and presenting young brands to the beauty marketplace. With over 80 launches in his portfolio, this “brand whisperer” offers wisdom for brands of all sizes.

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Episode 147, Inessa and Alina Vike, Co-Founders of Vike Beauty - Two Sisters→Two Influencers→Two Entrepreneurs | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY® Apr 08, 2020

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Inessa and Alina Vike have a collaboration that started in utero. These ultra-confident twins have used their award-winning influencer platform as a launchpad for an innovative product that they plan to grow into a global makeup brand. Their family story—including how they are striving to give back and honor their refugee parents’ sacrifices and dreams—is poignant, heartfelt and not to be missed.

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Bonus Episode, Leetah McGee, Base Beauty Creative Agency, Account Manager - Giving Yourself Permission to Change Your Mind | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY® Apr 04, 2020

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Leetah McGee, account manager at Base Beauty Creative Agency, was destined for a career in fashion like everyone in her family. But after graduating from FIT, she wasn’t loving what she saw ahead and took a year to figure out what was next. Lessons learned: It’s okay not to know. It’s okay to change your mind. Hear all about Leetah’s career pivot and how this remarkable young woman made her way to Base Beauty’s door.

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Episode 146, Deborah Lippmann, celebrity manicurist and Founder, Deborah Lippmann - Hand in Hand, Pursuing Two Dreams at Once | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY® Apr 01, 2020

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It took a long time for Deborah Lippmann, celebrity manicurist and founder of Deborah Lippmann, to finally realize how much she loved nail care and her work as manicurist to the stars. Her first love was music and she originally learned the manicurist’s trade to support herself while pursuing her singing career. Now that she’s created her eponymous nail line and singing has become her side hustle, she has lots of sage advice and gentle nudging for those ready to zig and zag towards their own dreams.

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Episode 145, Sasha Plavsic, Founder, ILIA Beauty - The Agony and the Ecstasy of Watching Your Baby—aka Your Business—Grow Up | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY® Mar 25, 2020

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Listen in as Sasha Plavsic, founder of ILIA Beauty, confesses how difficult it was to rebrand the business she had conceived and given birth to nine years ago. It was time for the update, for sure, but it also involved letting go of a lot of her past…and it felt like losing an old friend. You’ll want to hear Sasha discuss this painful but necessary part of growing a business and how she’s getting comfortable with the next phase of her “baby’s” journey.

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Episode 144, Amy Carra, Sr. Director of Brand Innovation, Universal Beauty Products, Inc. - The Best of Both: An Entrepreneur within an Established Company | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY® Mar 18, 2020

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When Amy Carra, Sr. Director of Brand Innovation and Universal Beauty Products, Inc., was working for Air France and traveling the world, she never imagined a career in beauty. Her love affair with the beauty industry began with a position at Revlon, where she saw colleagues “playing” with makeup as part of their jobs and thought, “Hmm…this could be fun.” Hear the rest of Amy’s story, from more jobs in big beauty to developing her own innovative skincare line as a “corporate entrepreneur.”

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Episode 143, Sarah Kugelman, CEO and Founder, skyn ICELAND - A Serial Entrepreneur Addressing the Connection Between Stress and Skin | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY® Mar 11, 2020

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Sarah Kugelman’s catalyst for creating the skincare line skyn ICELAND was her personal story of stress and illness, a story far too many of us—especially women—have experienced as we try to juggle our complex lives. As she healed herself, the CEO and founder focused on the toll modern life takes on skin and decided to do something about it. Tune in to hear all about Sarah’s amazing journey from corporate life to entrepreneurship and her path to health, wellness and beautiful skin.

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Episode 142, Wende Zomnir, Founding Partner, Urban Decay Cosmetics - Lessons in Luck and Loyalty from a Beauty Disrupter | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY® Mar 04, 2020

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Starting her career in advertising, Wende Zomnir, Founding Partner of Urban Decay Cosmetics, figured out pretty early that writing cat food copy was not going to cut it for her. A serendipitous call connected her to the partner with whom she would launch Urban Decay, the ultra-disruptive brand that took the girly, sugary makeup of 25 years ago and turned it on its head, offering looks for women who didn’t fit—and didn’t want to fit—the conventional beauty-consumer mold. Wende shares her story, including thoughts on empowering the women around her while doing the same for herself.

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Episode 141, Emily Culp, CEO, Cover FX - Empowering People While Transforming a Brand | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY® Feb 26, 2020

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In our episode with Emily Culp, CEO of Cover FX, this beauty heavyweight shares her leadership style which is much more people-centric than that of many of her C-suite peers. For Emily, empowering her team by creating a business environment built on respect, diversity, transparency and humanity is where the fun is. She also loves shepherding an amazing brand that reflects some of these same values with its clean, customizable, effective products. Her impressive experience both inside and outside the beauty world gives Emily a perspective that will resonate far and wide. Make sure to catch this episode.

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Episode 140, Stephanie Kramer, SVP Global Marketing and Product Innovation, SkinCeuticals - Navigating Corporate Life with an Interpreneurial Attitude | WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY® Feb 19, 2020

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There’s enough wisdom in our podcast with Stephanie Kramer, SVP Global Marketing and Product Innovation at SkinCeuticals, to fill four episodes. The heart of our conversation is about surviving and thriving within the massive, regimented corporate culture. Stephanie calls herself an interpreneur for the way she has carved out a sweet spot, figuring out how to use the resources, get the projects, find the colleagues to partner with and nurture the talent just like an entrepreneur would but within L’Oreal, one of the world’s biggest beauty companies, all while climbing the ladder and being a caring parent and partner. Don’t miss a word.

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