The True Beauty Podcast

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. 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod. Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey beauty baddies! We are busy making some incredible episodes for you! In the meantime, here is another awesome listener letter episode! 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast or @truebeautybrooklyn. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast or @truebeautybrooklyn. . Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Beauty Baddies! We missed you! Stay warm out there, and let's get through these last few weeks of the worst month of the year! Today we are speaking with the fabulous and incomparable, James Rose. Please forgive us for not saying this in our show intro, but we wanted to put a trigger warning up top, as we do speak about James' sexual assault and their past eating disorder. This is an incredible episode, and we hope you enjoy it. To learn more about James, check them out on IG @jamesissmiling. 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Excuse our lateness, Beauty Baddies! We’ve got a sick crew at team TBBP, but we pulled it together for you! Today we are speaking with The Godmother of clean beauty, and the owner of Shen Beauty, Jessica Richards. To learn more about Shen, check out their IG @shenbeauty or visit shen-beauty.com/ 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year, Beauty Baddies! Today is the first episode of the new year, and we are launching our Beauty School theme for the quarter: mental health. Kicking off Volume 1 of Free Your Mind, And The Rest Will Follow is our friend and Exactly Right sibling, psychologist, author, parenting expert, and host of Parent Footprint, Dr. Daniel B Peters. Be sure to follow @parentfootprintpodcast on Instagram and Facebook and @drdanpeters on Twitter. 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We made it to the end of the year, Beauty Baddies! We're re-releasing another of our favorite episodes from 2020 today, our conversation with Acupuncturist and humanitarian, Jaqueline Arellano. Check out Jacqueline and give her some love on Instagram via @borderkindness or her personal page @agua.agujas . You can donate to Border Kindness using: Paypal (please specify Border Kindness) Venmo to @Border-Kindness Zelle to [email protected] Cash App to $borderkindness GoFundMe Check out our Instagram @truebeautybrooklyn or @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Visit us at www.truebeautybrooklynpodcast.com to learn more about us, and all of our incredible guests! Don’t forget to send us your questions and segment letters to [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy holidays Beauty Baddies! Today we are rebroadcasting one of our favorite episodes from 2020. In this episode, we chatted with our friend and Vice News Editor Christina Sterbenz about Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, voter suppression, and how we can try to move forward as a united country with compassion. You guys, Christina is amazing and brilliant and taught us so much about what the fuck is going on in today's political climate. You're going to learn and laugh a ton! Check out our Instagram @truebeautybrooklyn or @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Visit us at www.truebeautybrooklynpodcast.com to learn more about us, and all of our incredible guests! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Beauty Baddies! We launched True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast’s first BEAUTY BADDIES Instagram Guide! This list brings together vetted experts in the world of brows, permanent makeup, lashes, and beautiful skin for everyone - each one submitted by a listener from our community. We’re in Brooklyn, but that doesn’t mean you are. We’re excited to share future guides with you. Let us know what you’d like to see next or if you have a great practitioner in North America! The beauty guide is available only on our Instagram page under the “guides” tab @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. For Merch, click here exactlyrightmedia.com For a deeper dive on everything we spoke about in today’s episode be sure to check out episodes: 61 | Beauty School no.24 Sensitive Skin & Moisturizers and 68 | The Body Care Chronicles Beauty School no. 26: Vol 1.1 Da F*ck Is the Lymphatic System? TX of the Week directions: Dry brush (Instagram @thelymphaticmessage Lisa Levitt), Bubble Bath with Dr. teals avocado oil bubble bath, (or shower with a few essential oil drops in the bottom of a hot steamy shower or add dried eucalyptus!) Rinse from bath and exfoliate with pumice powder (or sugar, coffee grinds, cornflour) with whatever (preferably organic, cold-pressed) vegetable oil you got--avocado, extra virgin olive, jojoba, coconut oil, rinse, OIL + LOTION YOUR BODY wrap in towel or robe. MARINATE. YOU’RE WELCOME Lotions We Love! Cheapies: Jergens Ultra Healing, AM Lactin, Village11Factory (on Amazon), Dr. Teals Body Lotion Moisture + Nourishing Coconut Oil, DIY ingredients: raw organic avocado oil, raw vegetable glycerine, organic kukui nut oil, aloe Splurge: PCA Body Therapy, Environ A, C. E oil, Environ DermaLac, Levoit Humidifier, PCA Hyaularic Acid Overnight Mask 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh Hey, friends! Enjoy this month's Stitcher Premium episode! 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are bringing back one of your favorite guests, tarot reader, astrology & occult enthusiast, psychic, and medium, Vanessa Bartlett AKA The Aquarean. She’s talking to us about Venus Retrograde, pulls a tarot card for both of us, and we all experience a very spooky example of Vanessa’s gifts in real-time. If you like this episode, check out our other TBBP episodes with Vanessa, Ep. 59 | Beauty School no.23, and Ep. 49 | Beauty School no 18: How To Find Spirituality In The Digital Age. To learn more about Vanessa, check out her Instagram @theaquarean, and be sure to check out her weekly readings on her YouTube Channel The Aquarean. Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To learn more about Claire, follow her on instagram @witchofwallst 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are speaking with the incredible Sydney Lai about all things crypto, fintech, and investing as people who identify as women. To learn more about Sydney, follow her on Twitter @sydneylai and @metagammadelta 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enjoy this month's stitcher premium episode! 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TODAY’S THE DAY! BRITNEY JEAN SPEARS IS FREE FROM HER 13-YEAR ABUSIVE CONSERVATORSHIP! We have the honor of speaking with Tess Barker and Babs Gray, the two incredible women who, along with all of Britney’s super fans, helped to launch the #FREEBRITNEY movement. Tess and Babs are both the brains and hosts of their incredible investigative podcast, Toxic: The Britney Spears Story as well as Britney’s Gram. They are also our sisters on The Exactly Right Network as two of the three hosts of their other podcast, Lady To Lady. Subscribe and listen to Toxic: The Britney Spears Story wherever you listen to podcasts. To learn more about Tess, check out her Instagram @tesstifybarker To learn more about Babs, check out her Instagram @babs_gray 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are discussing one of our favorite topics, acneic skin with one of our new favorite Esthies, Sofie Pavitt. Sofie's namesake practice here in NYC, Sofie Pavitt Skincare Studio, also specializes in working with people long-distance. She’s definitely our type of practitioner, here for the people and trying her best to spread her knowledge beyond just the four walls of her studio. To learn more about Sofie, check out her site sofiepavitt.com and her Instagram @sofiepavitt 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey guys! Today we're speaking with Sally Olivia Kim, the founder of Crushed Tonic collagen Click here to check out Crushed Tonic, and here to purchase her book The Collagen Glow from Amazon.com . Check out Sally's Instagram @sallsters and @collagenglow And Crushed Tonic's Instagram @CrushedTonic 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friends!! Today we are releasing an episode that we are very, very proud of. We have been conceptualizing this narrative for months, searching for the perfect person to come and speak with us about indigenous beauty--and boy did we find her! Our guest today, Ahsaki Baa LaFrance-Chachere is a proud tribal member of the Diné (Navajo) Nation, a black woman, and the Founder & CEO of Ah- Shi Beauty, the first Native American-owned and operated luxury skincare and cosmetics brand in the United States. To learn more about Ahsaki, Ah-Shi Beauty, and to support this incredible woman, check out Ahshibeauty.com and follow them on Instagram @ahshibeauty . 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklyn, @truebeautybrooklynpodcast, and check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate, review, subscribe (ayeee!!) & tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are speaking with Liz Lowe, the founder of Scorch Fitness Gym as well as the Scorch Fitness App. To learn more about Liz, check out their site Scorch Fitness by clicking here And their Instagram here 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dudes! Today we are speaking with Erica Leon, a Dietitian Nutritionist, and Eating Disorder Specialist. She is a licensed Be Body Positive Facilitator, which is a model that provides people of all ages, sizes, sexual orientations, genders, ethnicity, abilities, and socioeconomic levels with a whole-person, non-shaming approach to the mystery and miracle of living in a human body. To learn more about Erica, check out her Instagram @EricaLeonNutrition her facebook at facebook.com/erica.leon.nutrition/ and website EricaLeon.com. 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey guys! This week we're coming at you with a listener letter episode. 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are doing something special, and rebroadcasting one of our favorite episodes: episode 31 | How To Reclaim Your Body and Become Besties with Food w/Nutrition therapist & Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Alissa Rumsey. Alissa is the founder of Rumsey Nutrition and Wellness, a weight-inclusive nutrition practice that offers virtual counseling and online programs to help people liberate themselves from dieting, cultivate a peaceful relationship to food and their bodies, and live a more authentic, connected life. Even though this is a rebroadcast, our conversation fits right in with our current series, The Body Chronicles, and it's definitely worth sharing again. Pick up a copy of Alissa’s book, Unapologetic Eating: Make Peace With Food and Transform Your Life by clicking here , check her out at www.alissarumsey.com or on Instagram @AlissaRumseyRD 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi Friends! This month for our stitcher premium bonus episode, we're sharing an interview with an incredible entrepreneur, Jamila Powell. To learn more about Jamila, check out her website naturallydrenched.com or their instagram @naturallydrenched Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast, . Check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are continuing our exploration in The Body Care Chronicles by taking a look at the different ways we can surgically alter our bodies. We are bringing in our favorite Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Dr.Trina Ebersole, as well as one of the top Dermatologists in New York City to the Transgender community, Dr. Jennifer MacGregor. Dr. Ebersole is an Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellow at Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and chatted with us on episode 55, answering your questions about plastic surgery. To learn more about Dr.Ebersole check out her Instagram @plasticsMD. Dr. MacGregor is a Board Certified dermatologist, a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, is recognized by the Huffington Post as the top NYC dermatologist to the transgender community, and currently resides at the promientent dermatology office, UnionDerm here in New York. To learn more about Dr.MacGregor check out her Instagram @NYCLaserDoc. She is a contributor to national beauty media including Vogue, Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, Bustle, ELLE, and Good Housekeeping. Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is all about detoxifying and beautifying the skin below your neck, and we are coming at you with a solo beauty school episode all about body care. We’re talking about the lymphatic system, Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD), exfoliation for your whole body, dry brushing, and which body care products and treatments are worth the investment. Before you ask, we heard you!! Below are show notes with links to the products that we mention in this episode! Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Links to Products and Videos Mentioned in Today's Episode Cancer Rehab PT Dry Brushing Video https://youtu.be/1YnVb9Ie-r0 True Beauty Brooklyn Black African Soap https://shoptruebeautybrooklynpodcast.com/products/true-beauty-brooklyn-black-african-soap-hand-body-wash PCA Skin Body Therapy Full Body Moisturizer https://shoptruebeautybrooklynpodcast.com/products/pca-body-therapy-full-body-moisturizer PCA Charcoal Detoxifying Mask https://shoptruebeautybrooklynpodcast.com/products/pca-detoxifying-mask Goop G Tox Ultimate Dry Brush (link is to Credo Beauty!) https://credobeauty.com/products/g-tox-ultimate-dry-brush Megababe Thigh Rescue Chafe Stick https://megababebeauty.com/collections/chafe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi friends! Today we have an incredible guest (I mean, they all are), the founder of the disruptive luxury jewelry subscription service Obánj, Melissa Kiguwa. The title of CEO/Founder is one of many hats that Melissa wears, and this conversation is incredible because we touch on so many different things including self-actualization, agency, using all of our tools to acquire power, and of course, jewelry. To learn more about Melissa, check out her site Obánj.com or on IG @obanj.jewelry and consider investing in her company via Wefunder.com/obánj . And check out Melissa’s podcast The Idealists. 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are back from vacation with Tina Chow, the founder of the skincare line, Strange Bird Beauty. To learn more about Tina and Strange Bird Beauty, check them out at strangebirdbeauty.com And on Instagram @StrangeBirdBeauty 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re unlocking a Stitcher Premium monthly bonus episode! Like what you hear? Sign up for our monthly bonus episodes on Stitcher.com/Premium. Use code “TRUEBEAUTY” for a free month of Stitcher Premium. You’ll also get ad-free episodes of The True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast. 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod. Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First comes (self) love, then comes marriage...we’ve got answers for some listeners that sent us questions about self-love, and wedding prep! 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dudes! Today we have one of our favorite Beauty School Guests (ok, ok! All of our educators are our faves!), Chelsey Fasano. At the intersection of tantra neuroscience, meditation neuroscience, and sexuality, intimacy, and spirituality sits our brilliant friend who is a Columbia University Student and researcher. She’s here with us today to answer your listener letter questions about--you guessed it, ghosting, cheating, and masturbation. To learn more about Chelsey and her colleagues, check out Chelseyfasano.com and kennethplay.com. Check her out on IG @chelsey.lee.fasano Here is a list of websites and resources mentioned in today’s show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDF75MM9Y1M https://www.drzhana.com https://www.amazon.com/Deeper-Dating-Seduction-Discover-Intimacy/dp/1611801222 https://www.amazon.com/Come-You-Are-Surprising-Transform/dp/1476762090\ Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are speaking with the co-founders of Brown Girl Jane, Malaika Jones and Tai Beauchamp. Brown Girl Jane is a CBD beauty and wellness brand co-founded by three black women for the wellness needs of BIPOC women and people from marginalized communities. To learn more about Brown Girl Jane, check out their Instagram @itsbrowngirljane and their website browngirljane.com Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast and check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back with part 2 of sensitive skin and moisturizers today! Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast, . Check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey dudes! Hope you're enjoying the long Fourth of July weekend. Here's a Stitcher Premium Bonus Episode to enjoy while you (hopefully) lounge by the pool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh hayyyyy! This week we are tackling a subject that YOU guys asked us to cover: Sensitive Skin! It's such a huge topic that we are splitting it into two parts! Today is a deep dive into what the f*ck is going on at a cellular level to trigger your rosacea, psoriasis, eczema, impaired barrier function, and keratosis pilaris. Next time we'll tell you how to treat it! 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 [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklyn, @truebeautybrooklynpodcast, Check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey friends! Today we are talking to a New York City Beauty icon-- the founder of Ricky’s NYC (and our friend), Ricky Kenig. If you've lived in NYC anytime in the past 30 years, you've no doubt been to one of Ricky's NYC 28 retail locations. We've always known Ricky as our neighbor and friend, but today we learned all about how he built his empire. To learn more about Ricky, check out his Instagram @rickykenignyc . Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod. Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are bringing back one of your favorite guests to answer your listener letters: psychic, medium, tarot reader, astrology and occult enthusiast, Vanessa Bartlett AKA The Aquarean. To learn more about Vanessa, check out her Instagram @theaquarean, and be sure to check out her weekly readings on her YouTube Channel The Aquarean. Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod. Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi friends! Today we're talking to the founder of the sustainable beauty company Clean Circle, Lena Chao. Lena is a native New Yorker and an advocate for educational equity, sustainability, and clean beauty equality. This was a really fun conversation! To learn more about Lena, check her out at Clean-Circle.com or on Instagram @cleancircleofficial Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram , @truebeautybrooklynpodcast . Check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod. Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ayeeeeee! It's our first round-up of your listener letters! We've gotten so many great questions from you guys, and we want to get to all of them! Some of these are answered on our Instagram, so check those out @truebeautybrooklynpodcast Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey dudes! This week we're wrapping up our Beauty School: Prep, Correct, Protect Skincare 101 chapters by talking all things SPF. Why you (yes, you too people of color!) NEED to use it if you have any hopes of preserving your wrinkle and melanoma-free skin, the difference between physical and chemical sunscreens, how to choose the right SPF for you, and your listener letter questions about SPF. For next month’s solo Beauty School episode, we are tackling a condition that we have had A TON of you write in about: sensitive skin conditions ei: psoriasis, rosacea, eczema, dermatitis so send us in your questions! Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast and check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod. Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, leave a review on your favorite pod platform, and tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi friends! This week we are talking to Brooke Devard, the host of the hugely popular show, The Naked Beauty Podcast. Brooke takes us on her journey of growing up in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, attending Stanford, and time and time again, forging her own path when she did not see one readily created for her. To learn more about Brooke and The Naked Beauty Podcast, check out her Instagram @nakedbeautyplanet and @BrookeDevard. Check out NakedBeautyPlanet.com by clicking here Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast and check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod. Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the pod we’re talking to Dr. Trina Ebersole all about YOUR plastic surgery questions! Booties, boobies, botox, and fillers...all of your questions answered by our new fave brown ---and Harvard bound!!-- Doctor, Dr. Trina Ebersole. To learn more about Dr. Ebersole, you can check her Instagram out @plasticsmd Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast or check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're speaking with Katerina Yoffe-Larden, entrepreneur and founder of Hey Honey Skincare. You guys know that Alix and Elizabeth are obsessed with honey, so this is a really fun conversation about the incredible healing properties of honey and propolis, as well as Katerina's journey to founding this incredible company! For more information about Hey Honey, visit heyhoney.com or check them out on Instagram @heyhoney Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to [email protected]. DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out Twitter @truebeautyBKpod Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review wherever you listen! Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices