The Beauty Lab Podcast

Velia of Velia Beauty Co + Monina of Moderne Beauty
  • 5.0 (6)
  • Fashion & Beauty
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Welcome to The Beauty Lab Podcast, where beauty meets expertise and fun! Hosted by licensed beauty professionals Velia Ramson and Monina Wright, this podcast is your go-to resource for uncovering the truth behind beauty myths, trends, and products. With over 40 years of combined experience, Velia and Monina bring you:💄 Honest product and tool reviews💡 Ingredient insights to empower your beauty decisions🎙️ Interviews with industry leaders in beauty, health, and wellness📖 Real talk about trending topics and FAQs from their listeners If you’ve ever wondered: Are sulfates really bad for my hair?What anti-aging treatments actually work?Should I try that viral TikTok trend?We’ve got the answers! Let us test the trends and share what works (and what doesn’t), so you don’t have to. ❤️ Follow us on Instagram @thebeautylabpodcast to share your questions and suggestions for future episodes. 🎧 Subscribe now and join us each week for empowering beauty advice and plenty of laughs!

  1. 2d ago

    99 | Peptides 101 with Wellness Expert Kathy Burgett: NAD, GLP-1 Microdosing, Gut Health, and Safety

    Peptides are the buzzword of the year, and there is a lot of noise out there. In this episode, Monina and Velia sit down with Kathy "KB" Burgett to cover what peptides are, how NAD and GLP-1 microdosing fit in, and why gut health, protein, and a good doctor matter more than any shortcut. This episode is for education only and is not medical advice. Please talk to your doctor before starting anything we discuss. IN THIS EPISODE: What peptides are, in simple termsInjections, nasal sprays, and creams: how the forms differGLP-1 microdosing and what to expectGut health, hair, skin, and proteinWhere KB suggests women start in perimenopauseABOUT OUR GUEST: Kathy Burgett is the founder and CEO of KB Fitness Exercise Studio in the Bay Area. She has a doctorate in health science from the University of the Pacific, is ACE certified, and has more than 20 years of experience in fitness and wellness. ALL LINKS MENTIONED Shop at Velia Beauty Co and use code THEBEAUTYLABPODCAST for 20% off.Our Amazon StoreMonina's Color AppMonina's Skincare AnalysisCustom blended foundation and consultations with Monina, in the Bay Area or by ZoomWelcome to the Beauty Lab Podcast! Your go-to podcast for beauty, health, and wellness tips during your drive time! Hosted by Velia Ramson, licensed cosmetologist and founder of Velia Beauty Co., and Monina Wright, licensed esthetician and founder of Moderne Beauty and Aesthetics, we bring you: ✨ Expert insights on beauty trends and the science behind products.  💡 Myth-busting chats about what really works in beauty.  👩‍🔬 Conversations with industry leaders in health and wellness.  🧴 DIY skincare and haircare tips to try at home.  🤔 Answers to your beauty questions and honest product reviews. Join us every week as we share over 40 years of combined experience and passion for education. Whether you’re curious about skincare, scalp health, evolving makeup routines, or the latest beauty trends—we’ve got you covered! 🎙️ New episodes weekly. Subsc...

  2. Oct 4

    98 | We Put Gemini to the Test -- Hair Products, Rosacea, Home Color, and Teen Acne

    What if you could fact-check the beauty advice AI gives you with an actual hairstylist and esthetician? That is exactly what this episode is. Velia and Monina each ask Gemini the most common questions they get from clients, live and unscripted, and grade the answers in real time. The AI scored about 90 to 95 percent. Here is what it got right, what it missed, and why that last 5 to 10 percent matters more than you think. IN THIS EPISODE: A hair routine for long, flat, color-treated hair, and the one thing Gemini missedHow to prep a bride with active rosacea, plus a new treatment that changes the usual timelineWhy going from dark brown to light brown at home is a bad ideaThe best foundation approach for a teen with acne heading to promWhy use AI as a starting point and then verify with someone who knows youALL LINKS MENTIONED Subscribe, share, and leave a review. It helps more beauty nerds find us! Shop at Velia Beauty Co and use code THEBEAUTYLABPODCAST for 20% off.Our Amazon StoreMonina's Color AppMonina's Skincare AnalysisCustom blended foundation and consultations with Monina, in the Bay Area or by ZoomWelcome to the Beauty Lab Podcast! Your go-to podcast for beauty, health, and wellness tips during your drive time! Hosted by Velia Ramson, licensed cosmetologist and founder of Velia Beauty Co., and Monina Wright, licensed esthetician and founder of Moderne Beauty and Aesthetics, we bring you: ✨ Expert insights on beauty trends and the science behind products.  💡 Myth-busting chats about what really works in beauty.  👩‍🔬 Conversations with industry leaders in health and wellness.  🧴 DIY skincare and haircare tips to try at home.  🤔 Answers to your beauty questions and honest product reviews. Join us every week as we share over 40 years of combined experience and passion for education. Whether you’re curious about skincare, scalp health, evolving makeup routines, or the latest beauty trends—we’ve got you covered! 🎙️ New episodes weekly. Subsc...

  3. Sep 27

    97 | The Most Googled Hair and Beauty Questions -- Answered by a Hairstylist and Esthetician

    We Googled the most searched hair, skincare, and makeup questions of all time. Then we answered every single one. Also: Velia has officially moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, which means the podcast is now on split screen. Nothing changes for listeners -- but if you are watching, you will notice the new setup. IN THIS EPISODE: How to curl your hair with a flat iron -- the beveled edge requirement, the clamp-turn-slide technique, and who should not be using a flat iron to curl at allWhy flat irons at 450 degrees are destroying hair -- and what temperature to actually useThe one exception: coarse, curly hair that needs smoothing before curlingWhy you should never cut your own hair -- and the one narrow exception for bang trimsThe fingertip test for knowing when it is actually time to wash your hairWhy wearing unwashed hair as a badge of honor is bad for your scalp long-term -- and the T-shirt analogyAlways double wash, 60 seconds each timeDo you need separate morning and night skincare routines? Yes -- here is why each one serves a different purposeWhy makeup starts looking worse as you age -- it is the skin, not the makeupLess is more after 40: shifting away from matte formulas, heavy powder, and overdone browsWhat to actually spend money on in skincare: sunscreen, cleanser, barrier support, evidence-based corrective ingredients, liposome delivery, and professional treatmentsWhy a cream will not fix melasma -- and what actually willThe app we like for reading skincare labelsALL THE LINKS Shop at Velia Beauty Co and use code THEBEAUTYLABPODCAST for 20% off.Our Amazon StoreMonina's Color AppMonina's Skincare AnalysisCustom blended foundation and consultations with Monina, in the Bay Area or by ZoomWelcome to the Beauty Lab Podcast! Your go-to podcast for beauty, health, and wellness tips during your drive time! Hosted by Velia Ramson, licensed cosmetologist and founder of Velia Beauty Co., and Monina Wright, licensed esthetician and founder of Moderne Beauty and Aesthetics, we bring you: ✨ Expert insights on beauty trends and the science behind products.  💡 Myth-busting chats about what really works in beauty.  👩‍🔬 Conversations with industry leaders in health and wellness.  🧴 DIY skincare and haircare tips to try at home.  🤔 Answers to your beauty questions and honest product reviews. Join us every week as we share over 40 years of combined experience and passion for education. Whether you’re curious about skincare, scalp health, evolving makeup routines, or the latest beauty trends—we’ve got you covered! 🎙️ New episodes weekly. Subsc...

  4. Sep 20

    96 | Lost Luggage Beauty Haul: What a Hairstylist and Esthetician Buy at Target for $100 (TARGET CHALLENGE)

    The scenario: airlines lost your luggage. All your hair and skincare essentials are gone. You have $100 each and Target is the only option. What do you buy? In this episode, Velia and Monina walk every aisle and build complete hair and skincare routines from scratch -- on a real budget, with professional reasoning behind every pick and every pass. IN THIS EPISODE: Why Monina chose the Good Molecules line over Thayers -- and what the ingredient comparison actually looked likeThe full Good Molecules skincare haul: double cleanse, toner, pre-cleanse pads, hydrating mask, eye gel, and moisturizerWhy she skipped the St. Ives Apricot Scrub -- the crushed pit under a microscope explanationWhy the Neutrogena makeup remover wipes did not make the cutThe sunscreen oversight Velia called out immediately -- and Monina's defenseVelia's full Kristin Ess hair haul: shampoo, conditioner, air dry cream, leave-in primer, Denman brush, and Conair curling ironWhy Velia chose a smaller barrel curling iron over the larger oneThe sulfate-free conditioner label that made Velia roll her eyes -- and why it is misleadingWhat both of them would have added with a slightly bigger budgetALL PRODUCTS MENTIONED (coming) Shop at Velia Beauty Co and use code THEBEAUTYLABPODCAST for 20% off.Our Amazon StoreMonina's Color AppMonina's Skincare AnalysisCustom blended foundation and consultations with Monina, in the Bay Area or by ZoomWelcome to the Beauty Lab Podcast! Your go-to podcast for beauty, health, and wellness tips during your drive time! Hosted by Velia Ramson, licensed cosmetologist and founder of Velia Beauty Co., and Monina Wright, licensed esthetician and founder of Moderne Beauty and Aesthetics, we bring you: ✨ Expert insights on beauty trends and the science behind products.  💡 Myth-busting chats about what really works in beauty.  👩‍🔬 Conversations with industry leaders in health and wellness.  🧴 DIY skincare and haircare tips to try at home.  🤔 Answers to your beauty questions and honest product reviews. Join us every week as we share over 40 years of combined experience and passion for education. Whether you’re curious about skincare, scalp health, evolving makeup routines, or the latest beauty trends—we’ve got you covered! 🎙️ New episodes weekly. Subsc...

  5. Sep 13

    95 | The Newest Skincare Treatment Getting Real Results: What Monina Found at the ICES Skincare Show

    Monina just got back from the ICES skincare show and she has a lot to say. Every year the show reveals what is next in professional skincare. Last year it was exosomes. This year the treatment that stopped her in her tracks -- and that she had done on her own face before leaving -- is called Bio Microneedling. No needles. No device. No wound response. And results she could see the next morning. IN THIS EPISODE: What Bio Microneedling is and how it is fundamentally different from traditional microneedlingWhat spicules are -- the microscopic silica structures that do the work -- and why they create 3 to 7 million microchannels vs the 600,000 to 700,000 from traditional devicesWhy it compresses cellular turnover from 28 days down to 7 daysWhy it can be used on skin types that traditional microneedling cannot -- active acne, inflamed rosacea, lupusWhy it does not create a wound response or trigger excess melanin productionWhat the treatment actually feels like -- and Monina does not sugarcoat itThe four formulations: nourishing hydrating, anti-aging, resurfacing, and revitalizingAftercare: what you can and cannot do for 7 days after treatmentWhen to wait if you do Botox or fillersAlso in this episode: Velia's big announcement -- she is moving to Knoxville, Tennessee. The podcast continues, nothing changes for listeners.Monina is now certified in Bio Microneedling and offering it at Moderne Beauty in San Jose ALL THE LINKS MENTIONED Shop at Velia Beauty Co and use code THEBEAUTYLABPODCAST for 20% off.Our Amazon StoreMonina's Color AppMonina's Skincare AnalysisCustom blended foundation and consultations with Monina, in the Bay Area or by ZoomWelcome to the Beauty Lab Podcast! Your go-to podcast for beauty, health, and wellness tips during your drive time! Hosted by Velia Ramson, licensed cosmetologist and founder of Velia Beauty Co., and Monina Wright, licensed esthetician and founder of Moderne Beauty and Aesthetics, we bring you: ✨ Expert insights on beauty trends and the science behind products.  💡 Myth-busting chats about what really works in beauty.  👩‍🔬 Conversations with industry leaders in health and wellness.  🧴 DIY skincare and haircare tips to try at home.  🤔 Answers to your beauty questions and honest product reviews. Join us every week as we share over 40 years of combined experience and passion for education. Whether you’re curious about skincare, scalp health, evolving makeup routines, or the latest beauty trends—we’ve got you covered! 🎙️ New episodes weekly. Subsc...

  6. Sep 6

    94 | What a Hairstylist and Esthetician Would Never Do (And Why You Should Not Either)

    Two beauty professionals. A list of things they would never do to themselves -- and the honest explanation of why. In this episode, Velia and Monina go through their personal never-do lists: the hair and skincare practices that look reasonable until you understand what actually happens when they go wrong. ALL THE LINKS Shop at Velia Beauty Co and use code THEBEAUTYLABPODCAST for 20% off.Our Amazon StoreMonina's Color AppMonina's Skincare AnalysisCustom blended foundation and consultations with Monina, in the Bay Area or by ZoomWelcome to the Beauty Lab Podcast! Your go-to podcast for beauty, health, and wellness tips during your drive time! Hosted by Velia Ramson, licensed cosmetologist and founder of Velia Beauty Co., and Monina Wright, licensed esthetician and founder of Moderne Beauty and Aesthetics, we bring you: ✨ Expert insights on beauty trends and the science behind products.  💡 Myth-busting chats about what really works in beauty.  👩‍🔬 Conversations with industry leaders in health and wellness.  🧴 DIY skincare and haircare tips to try at home.  🤔 Answers to your beauty questions and honest product reviews. Join us every week as we share over 40 years of combined experience and passion for education. Whether you’re curious about skincare, scalp health, evolving makeup routines, or the latest beauty trends—we’ve got you covered! 🎙️ New episodes weekly. Subsc...

  7. Aug 30

    93 | What We Would Tell Our 25-Year-Old Selves - Honest Beauty Advice from a Hairstylist and Esthetician

    Monina was in the shower thinking about everything she wished she had done differently for her skin. Velia was thinking about her hair. This episode is what happened when they decided to share all of it. Two beauty professionals. Decades of experience. A lot of hindsight. This one is personal, honest, and very relatable. IN THIS EPISODE: Monina: the acne, antibiotic, and gut health connection she wishes she had understood at 25Why picking at your skin is one of the most damaging things you can do -- and why she did it anywayRetin-A, photosensitivity, and the hyperpigmentation she did not see coming until her 40sVelia: why her mom was right about eye cream at 13. When to actually start using eye creamSunscreen -- and the olive oil sunbathing era neither of them is proud ofStop over-plucking your brows. You will miss them.What eyelash curlers and mascara buildup actually do to your lashes over timeVelia's confession about thick hair complaints -- and why she regrets every wordWidow's peak envy: a thing apparentlyWhy heavy makeup on active acne makes everything worseStretch every single day. Your 50s will thank you.THE LINKS MENTIONED Get 20% off your entire order at veliabeautyco.com with code THEBEAUTYLABPODCAST Shop at Velia Beauty Co and use code THEBEAUTYLABPODCAST for 20% off.Our Amazon StoreMonina's Color AppMonina's Skincare AnalysisCustom blended foundation and consultations with Monina, in the Bay Area or by ZoomWelcome to the Beauty Lab Podcast! Your go-to podcast for beauty, health, and wellness tips during your drive time! Hosted by Velia Ramson, licensed cosmetologist and founder of Velia Beauty Co., and Monina Wright, licensed esthetician and founder of Moderne Beauty and Aesthetics, we bring you: ✨ Expert insights on beauty trends and the science behind products.  💡 Myth-busting chats about what really works in beauty.  👩‍🔬 Conversations with industry leaders in health and wellness.  🧴 DIY skincare and haircare tips to try at home.  🤔 Answers to your beauty questions and honest product reviews. Join us every week as we share over 40 years of combined experience and passion for education. Whether you’re curious about skincare, scalp health, evolving makeup routines, or the latest beauty trends—we’ve got you covered! 🎙️ New episodes weekly. Subsc...

  8. Aug 24

    92 | We Tested 3 Viral Color Adapting Foundations: Honest Reviews from Two Different Skin Tones

    Monina got suckered into not one, not two, but three color adapting foundations. Velia tested them all on her skin in real time so you could get two honest perspectives. Color adapting foundations promise to match any skin tone by adapting to your unique complexion. We have been seeing this claim for a while now and wanted to find out once and for all whether any of them actually deliver. IN THIS EPISODE: What color adapting foundations are actually supposed to do -- and what they actually doReal time test on two different skin tones: medium olive and fairWhich of the three had the best coverage, best feel, and best color matchWhy the word universal on any makeup product should make you pauseWhat skin tones and makeup preferences these products might actually work forWhether any color adapting foundation is worth buyingALL THE LINKS MENTIONED Shop at Velia Beauty Co and use code THEBEAUTYLABPODCAST for 20% off.Our Amazon StoreMonina's Color AppMonina's Skincare AnalysisCustom blended foundation and consultations with Monina, in the Bay Area or by ZoomWelcome to the Beauty Lab Podcast! Your go-to podcast for beauty, health, and wellness tips during your drive time! Hosted by Velia Ramson, licensed cosmetologist and founder of Velia Beauty Co., and Monina Wright, licensed esthetician and founder of Moderne Beauty and Aesthetics, we bring you: ✨ Expert insights on beauty trends and the science behind products.  💡 Myth-busting chats about what really works in beauty.  👩‍🔬 Conversations with industry leaders in health and wellness.  🧴 DIY skincare and haircare tips to try at home.  🤔 Answers to your beauty questions and honest product reviews. Join us every week as we share over 40 years of combined experience and passion for education. Whether you’re curious about skincare, scalp health, evolving makeup routines, or the latest beauty trends—we’ve got you covered! 🎙️ New episodes weekly. Subsc...

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Welcome to The Beauty Lab Podcast, where beauty meets expertise and fun! Hosted by licensed beauty professionals Velia Ramson and Monina Wright, this podcast is your go-to resource for uncovering the truth behind beauty myths, trends, and products. With over 40 years of combined experience, Velia and Monina bring you:💄 Honest product and tool reviews💡 Ingredient insights to empower your beauty decisions🎙️ Interviews with industry leaders in beauty, health, and wellness📖 Real talk about trending topics and FAQs from their listeners If you’ve ever wondered: Are sulfates really bad for my hair?What anti-aging treatments actually work?Should I try that viral TikTok trend?We’ve got the answers! Let us test the trends and share what works (and what doesn’t), so you don’t have to. ❤️ Follow us on Instagram @thebeautylabpodcast to share your questions and suggestions for future episodes. 🎧 Subscribe now and join us each week for empowering beauty advice and plenty of laughs!

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  • Creator
    Velia of Velia Beauty Co + Monina of Moderne Beauty
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    99
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Beauty Lab Podcast
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