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Get ready with us! We’re Jill and Carlene, two longtime beauty editors who have seen it all and swatched it all, and now we’re here to tell you what’s good. Whether you’re searching for the latest insider-fave foundation, building a gimmick-free skincare routine, or interested in exploring culture through a beauty lens, tune in every Wednesday for epic guests like Makeup By Mario, Dr. Pimple Popper and Jonathan Van Ness (say what?!) Plus, don’t miss our monthly #DamnGood reviews of trending drugstore and spendy finds that are worth the $$$ – you’re glowing already!

Breaking Beauty Podcast Dear Media

    • Arts
    • 4.9 • 300 Ratings

Get ready with us! We’re Jill and Carlene, two longtime beauty editors who have seen it all and swatched it all, and now we’re here to tell you what’s good. Whether you’re searching for the latest insider-fave foundation, building a gimmick-free skincare routine, or interested in exploring culture through a beauty lens, tune in every Wednesday for epic guests like Makeup By Mario, Dr. Pimple Popper and Jonathan Van Ness (say what?!) Plus, don’t miss our monthly #DamnGood reviews of trending drugstore and spendy finds that are worth the $$$ – you’re glowing already!

    From Dog Attack to Starring in Vogue, Brooklinn Khoury’s Incredible Real-Life Journey

    From Dog Attack to Starring in Vogue, Brooklinn Khoury’s Incredible Real-Life Journey

    Meet Brooklinn Khoury, the 24-year-old skateboarder and social media model whose facial reconstruction journey began after a sudden dog mauling incident changed her life in seconds. Now starring in Vogue Arabia, Brooklin has documented every step in her impossibly inspiring journey, amassing nearly one million Tiktok followers in the process. And she’s just getting started. (Content Warning: Graphic details are discussed.)
     
    Tune in to hear about:
    Brooklinn’s encounter with a perfect stranger that eerily foreshadowed her life-altering incident
    Details on Brooklinn’s multiple, awe-inspiring reconstructive surgeries, and the one surgeon who gave her hope
    How Brooklinn remained positive through it all, even through online death threats
    The reason Dance Moms Alum Chloé Lukasiak supported Brooklinn through the entire ordeal
    What Brooklinn is manifesting next! 
     
    Get social with us and let us know what you think of the episode! Find us on Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter. Join our private Facebook group, or give us a call and leave us a voicemail at 1-844-227-0302. 
     
    For any products or links mentioned in this episode, check out our website: https://breakingbeautypodcast.com/episode-recaps/
     
    *Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all products reviewed are gratis media samples submitted for editorial consideration.*
     
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    Hosts: Carlene Higgins and Jill Dunn
    Theme song, used with permission: Cherry Bomb by Saya

    Produced by Dear Media Studio

    • 49 min
    Life Update! Carlene and Jill Come Clean on Anxiety, Dating App Fails and Is The New Dyson AirStrait Worth The $500 Price Tag??

    Life Update! Carlene and Jill Come Clean on Anxiety, Dating App Fails and Is The New Dyson AirStrait Worth The $500 Price Tag??

    Hot off the Dyson Airstrait launch in New York City, this week we’re chatting live from our SOHO studio, delivering the 101 on the mega-brand’s latest $500 hair innovation, what went down at Revlon’s back-from-the-brink brand trip, and what happens when skin problems are past the point of fixing by product alone. 
     
    Plus, tune in as we drop our editors’ hats to chat about key life updates that are influencing our hearts and minds right now.
     
    You’ll hear about: 
    How Dyson’s newest invention is taking hours off of curly girls’ hair routines – and how it differs from GHD’s 2-in-1 Duet Hot Air Styler that launched last year
    Jill’s latest brand trip with Revlon – are they okay??
    How Carlene is treating her persistent skin flare ups – and why skincare isn’t the only answer
    The real talk about going on antidepressants for the first time (*content warning*: panic attacks are discussed) 
    Dating apps – the good, the bad and the why
    Earring solutions for droopy lobes!
    Plus! What’s in our bags right now
     
    Get social with us and let us know what you think of the episode! Find us on Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter. Join our private Facebook group, or give us a call and leave us a voicemail at 1-844-227-0302. 
     
    For any products or links mentioned in this episode, check out our website: https://breakingbeautypodcast.com/episode-recaps/
     
    PROMO CODES: When you support our show partners, you support the creation of Breaking Beauty Podcast! 
     
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    *Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all products reviewed are gratis media samples submitted for editorial consideration.*
     
    Hosts: Carlene Higgins and Jill Dunn
    Theme song, used with permission: Cherry Bomb by Saya

    Produced by Dear Media Studio

    • 48 min
    The #DamnGood Indie Brands We’re Obsessed With Right Now: A NYC Facialist’s Debut, Ayurvedic Skincare FTW and Did We Just Discover The Next Charlotte Tilbury?

    The #DamnGood Indie Brands We’re Obsessed With Right Now: A NYC Facialist’s Debut, Ayurvedic Skincare FTW and Did We Just Discover The Next Charlotte Tilbury?

    By popular demand, this week we’re bringing you the #DamnGood indie brands that we personally can’t get enough of. Tune in as we spray, swatch and slather our way to some new hidden gems that have quickly made their way to our topshelf. 
     
    You’ll hear about: 
    The hottest, UK-based makeup artist brand that’s poised to be the next Charlotte Tilbury? 
    An AAPI-backed, Ayurvedic body oil that Carlene’s swearing by all bare-leg season long
    A creamy, cleanser-exfoliator-mask hybrid that will have sensitive types squeezing for more
    An esthetician-developed, non-drying acne serum that *actually* diminishes pesky zits
    A clever hair tie – developed by a pro stylist – that stands the ponytail test of thiccccc hair girlies 
    Our new summer fragrance that we’re dubbing, “vacation-in-a-bottle” (Pssst: Listeners get 20% off their entire order at Vacation.inc with code: BEAUTY.) 
     
    Get social with us and let us know what you think of the episode! Find us on Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter. Join our private Facebook group, or give us a call and leave us a voicemail at 1-844-227-0302. 
     
    For any products or links mentioned in this episode, check out our website: https://breakingbeautypodcast.com/episode-recaps/



    PROMO CODES: When you support our show partners, you support the creation of Breaking Beauty Podcast! 
     
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    ILIA
    Visit ILIAbeauty.com and use BREAKINGBEAUTY at checkout for 15% off your first purchase.


    MACY’S
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    *Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all products reviewed are gratis media samples submitted for editorial consideration.*
     
    Hosts: Carlene Higgins and Jill Dunn
    Theme song, used with permission: Cherry Bomb by Saya

     
    Produced by Dear Media Studio

    • 46 min
    🎨 15+ Ideas Guaranteed To Elevate Your Makeup Routine With Sofia Richie’s Makeup Artist Pati Dubroff

    🎨 15+ Ideas Guaranteed To Elevate Your Makeup Routine With Sofia Richie’s Makeup Artist Pati Dubroff

    Today, we’re welcoming back legendary makeup artist Pati Dubroff. Pati is the Chanel makeup artist responsible for Sofia Richie Grainge’s foundation-free wedding look, and she’s the red carpet illusionist behind A-Listers like Margot Robbie, Simone Ashley and Elizabeth Olsen. Makeup routine feeling dusty? Summer soirée around the corner? Steal these most-for-the-least effort tricks to achieving 3-D lips, a “strobe light” foundation effect, snatched ’n’ natch eyebrows and so much more….
     
    Tune in to learn:
     
    The surprising luxury, masstige and drugstore beauty products used on Sofia Richie’s wedding day
    The exact steps for re-creating Elizabeth Olsen’s 90s inspired, multi-dimensional brick lips at the Oscars
    Pati’s top tips for a walking-strobe light foundation application (as seen on Margot Robbie) – and why one shade is never enough
    The trick to mastering Pati’s matte-and-glow priming technique
    Buh-bye palettes! Why eyeliner is the new eyeshadow
    The makeup guru’s latest secret for achieving a lash extension effect at home
     
    Get social with us and let us know what you think of the episode! Find us on Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter. Join our private Facebook group, or give us a call and leave us a voicemail at 1-844-227-0302. 
     
    For any products or links mentioned in this episode, check out our website: https://breakingbeautypodcast.com/episode-recaps/
     
    PROMO CODES: When you support our sponsors, you support the creation of Breaking Beauty Podcast! 
     
    Vacation
     
    “VACATION” by Vacation® is the award-winning scent of Vacation® Brand
    Sunscreen. Listeners of the podcast get 20% off their entire order with code: BEAUTY at Vacation.inc.
     
    Nutrafol
    You can grow thicker, healthier hair and support our show by going to Nutrafol.com and entering the promo code BREAKING to save $10 off your first month’s subscription. This offer is only available to US customers for a limited time. Plus FREE shipping on every order. 
     
    Macy’s
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    memorable one.



    *Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all products reviewed are gratis media samples submitted for editorial consideration.*
     
    Hosts: Carlene Higgins and Jill Dunn
    Theme song, used with permission: Cherry Bomb by Saya

     
    Produced by Dear Media Studio

    • 45 min
    Meghan Markle's Facialist Sarah Chapman Shares Her Royal Skin Secrets!

    Meghan Markle's Facialist Sarah Chapman Shares Her Royal Skin Secrets!

    Cheerio! The Coronation of King Charles is mere days away, and this week we’re sitting down with Royal-approved facialist, Sarah Chapman. Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle has famously been spotted slinking out of her Chelsea-based clinic’s VIP exit, and Victoria Beckham, Jessica Alba and Anne Hathaway are all fans of Sarah’s signature “gymnastics” massage techniques. The facialist’s award-winning line of cosmeceutical skincare, Skinesis, has many a would-be princess practicing the art of the royal glow at home, and today, we’re stealing all of Sarah’s tips. 
     
    Tune in to learn:
     
    A workback timeline on how to look snatched and glowy for your own events this summer with specific details on what to do – and when
    Sarah’s pro tips for SOS skin moments – like when you have a giant pimple or a sunburn the night before the big day
    Expert massage techniques to replicate at home, including a surefire way to reduce dark circles
    The next-gen spa device that Sarah would recommend for anyone looking to lift and sculpt in time for your glammy affair
    All the tea on Sarah’s viral-hit facial steamer that Hailey Bieber (and a host of other models) use at home
    The exact sunscreen that Meghan Markle used on her wedding day – guaranteed not to mess with your makeup (or camera flashes)
     
    Get social with us and let us know what you think of the episode! Find us on Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter. Join our private Facebook group, or give us a call and leave us a voicemail at 1-844-227-0302. 
     
    For any products or links mentioned in this episode, check out our website: https://breakingbeautypodcast.com/episode-recaps/



    PROMO CODES: When you support our sponsors, you support the creation of Breaking Beauty Podcast! 
     
    Ilia Beauty
    You have probably seen Ilia’s Super Serum Skin Tint with its iconic bottle & dropper all over social media. Visit ILIAbeauty.com and use BREAKINGBEAUTY at checkout for 15% off your first purchase. 
     
    Ouai
    Get on your OUAI to healthier hair one day at a time with shampoos and conditioners that are just your type. Go to TheOuai.com and use code BEAUTY15 for 15% off your entire purchase.
     
    Pair 
    Get glasses that stay as fresh as your unique style with Pair. Go to paireyewear.com/BEAUTY15 for 15% off your first purchase. 
     
    Droplette
    For a limited time, listeners can get 20% OFF your Droplette device at droplette.io and use code BEAUTY. 
     
    *Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all products reviewed are gratis media samples submitted for editorial consideration.*
     
    Hosts: Carlene Higgins and Jill Dunn
    Theme song, used with permission: Cherry Bomb by Saya

    Produced by Dear Media Studio
     

    • 47 min
    Meet Droplette, The “Nespresso” of Skincare Devices That Aims To Revolutionize How We Age, With MIT-Trained Founders Madhavi Gavini and Rathi Srinivas

    Meet Droplette, The “Nespresso” of Skincare Devices That Aims To Revolutionize How We Age, With MIT-Trained Founders Madhavi Gavini and Rathi Srinivas

    This week’s episode is brought to you in partnership with Droplette. 
     
    What if the most effective skin treatment never touched your fingertips at all? In this week’s episode, we sit down with MIT-trained inventors, Madhavi Gavini and Rathi Srinivas, to learn the fascinating backstory behind the “Nespresso” of skincare devices, Droplette.
     
    The handheld, at-home micro-infusing skincare device (picture a computer mouse!) has made the leap from medical prototype to topshelf must-have. The real jawdropper? It’s designed to deliver skincare into, not just onto, your skin, and it claims to help skincare ingredients penetrate 20x deeper than slather-on creams. 
     
    What you’ll discover in this episode:
     
    How the company’s co-founders went from pediatric and Covid research to the world of skincare, starting in their kitchens
    How the NASA-backed device works, with tips on working it into your existing routine
    How the ground-breaking, micro-infusing technology could be used to help revolutionize medical therapeutics in future
    How Droplette differs from microneedling’s delivery approach, and why the device can even be used in conjunction with “micro-coring” 
    The cleanser and sunscreen brands these women in STEM trust to round out their own routines



    Get social with us and let us know what you think of the episode! Find us on Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter. Join our private Facebook group, or give us a call and leave us a voicemail at 1-844-227-0302. 
     
    For any products or links mentioned in this episode, check out our website: https://breakingbeautypodcast.com/episode-recaps/
     
    PROMO CODES: When you support our show partners, you support the creation of Breaking Beauty Podcast! 
     
    Droplette
    Droplette takes powerful skincare ingredients, turns them into a fast moving micro-mist and painlessly delivers them into your skin without needles, pain or downtime. For a limited time, listeners can get 20% OFF your Droplette device at droplette.io and use code BEAUTY. 
     
    *Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all products reviewed are gratis media samples submitted for editorial consideration.*
     
    Hosts: Carlene Higgins and Jill Dunn
    Theme song, used with permission: Cherry Bomb by Saya

    Produced by Dear Media Studio
     

    • 36 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
300 Ratings

300 Ratings

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Beauty Lovers will LOVE this pod

This podcast is a beauty junkies dream! I love the product reviews, the discussions about new product releases, and the guests are fire. I love that Jill and Carlene are beauty lovers but also introduce brands that encourage embracing your natural beauty. Such a fun listen!

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Best beauty podcast!

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Fave Beauty podcast !!

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