Beauty Needs Me

Dunni & Taleah are back from spring/summer break and ready to catch up on all things beauty! In this episode, they discuss the beauty treatments & products they've used over the summer, the health of their skin and how they're thinking of switching up their routines this fall. As usual, they dive into some random topics and share lots of laughs!

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Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. Keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

In our season 2 closer, we talk about what we've learned from our season 2 guests, our current thoughts on body modifications and new beauty services we tried during this season. This is just a good ol' ki-ki session with your two favorite lazy beauty girls!

Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. Keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

Shontay Lundy transitioned from her career in corporate America to being an entrepreneur in 2016 when she founded Black Girl Sunscreen (BGS). BGS was created to cater exclusively to Black women 

In this episode, Shontay gives us some insight into how she grew up and the experiences that shaped her ideas of beauty, lets us in on the importance of BGS' name being authentic to who she is, and the guilt some non-Black women express when using BGS. We also get into how Shontay has been staying on top of her wellness, the Black Panther party, the aesthetic procedures we're thinking about trying and so much more!

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More information on Black Girl Sunscreen can be found at: https://www.blackgirlsunscreen.com/ and on IG at @blackgirlsunscreen. You can find Shontay on IG at @shontay_lundy.

Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

Founder & CEO of Kadalys, Shirley Billot is a beauty activist, sustainability leader, skincare pioneer social visionary and entrepreneur! Shirley has built an eco-conscious luxury skincare line with bananas being the hero ingredient! In addition to this, Shirley is also changing the economy of her home country, Martinique by partnering with banana producers in Martinique, creating jobs that enable young people to stay in the country vs leaving for "better" opportunities and encouraging young women to pursue careers in STEM! 

In this episode, we discuss Shirley's upbringing which includes being born to a Martinique mother & French father and growing up between Djibouti, Martinique and France. Shirley lets us in on how her early exposure to traditional Caribbean medicine fueled her into plant research, her DIY banana face masks, how her well routines defy some of the main things all the beauty gurus tell us and how drill music (yes, drill rap) is currently her favorite music to dance to in the morning!

More information on Kadalys can be found at: https://kadalys.com and on IG at @kadalys. You can find Shirley on IG at @shirleybillot.

Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

Anti-aging and anti-acne are two of the biggest sectors in the beauty industry, however, products for each of these issues often cancel each other out. Clear Stem founders, Danielle & Kayleigh created an anti-aging & anti-acne skincare line with no hormone disruptors or toxins. In this episode, Danielle & Kayleigh discuss how acne impacted their lives through adulthood, why we need to watch out for pore clogging ingredients, some of their favorite meal & drink (non-alcohol) recipes & tips to boost your overall wellness (and skin) and so much more! 

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More information on Clear Stem can be found at: https://clearstemskincare.com and on IG at @clearstem. Head over to IG to keep up or reach out to Danielle (@danielle.the.acne.guru) & Kayleigh (@kayleigh.christina). 

Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

Tisha Thompson, founder & CEO of LYS Beauty is on a mission to diversify the clean beauty industry. After working as a professional makeup artist and serving as the VP of Marketing PUR Cosmetics, Tisha started Love Yourself Beauty (LYS). In this episode, Tisha tells us how good relationships played a major role in getting her business off the ground, how she went about getting into Sephora to become the first clean makeup line at Sephora and so much more. We had such a great time chatting with Tisha & look forward to you enjoying this episode! 

You can keep up with LYS Beauty on IG at @lysbeautyofficial & Tisha Thompson at @glamourgurl5. Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

We are giving flowers to some of our favorite women beauty entrepreneurs for Women's History Month! In this episode, we both share 3 of our favorite beauty entrepreneurs - how they're making their mark in history and why we admire them so much.  

You can find out more about each of the women we admire below:

1) Brittney Ogike (@bmiddle_): www.beautybeez.com

2) Myleik Teele (@myleik): www.curlbox.com

3) Beverly Hinds (@hairscripts): www.hairscripts.co

4) Dr. Barbara Sturm (@drbarbarasturm): www.drsturm.com

5) Michelle Hu (@michelleehu): www.etoilecollective.com

6) Joycee Awosika (@joyceeawosika): www.orikigroup.com

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Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. Keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

In this episode, Dr. Rahi, a well known aesthetics physician with 2 clinics, in LA & NYC, joins us to shed more light on minimally invasive anti-aging procedures and how she focuses on wellness from the inside out. Dr. Rahi informs us about what aesthetics actually means, the bad reputation it has and what these procedures do to your face. We also learn how much vitamin D we should really be getting, the trickiness of buying supplements, her favorite skincare products and so much more! 

You all seem to be loving the new segments, so we are also back with this week's Beauty News, Beauty Tip and Beauty Moments.

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Dr. Rahi recommends using these websites to research the quality of supplements:

1) https://www.consumerlab.com/

2) https://www.nsf.org/knowledge-library/supplement-vitamin-certification 

More information on Dr. Rahi including the services offered at her clinics can be found on her website: https://doctorrahi.com/about/. You can find Dr. Rahi on IG at @doctorrahimd. HerDunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions