Fat Mascara

Merit’s founding Chief Marketing Officer Alia Morin explains how Merit became one of the most talked-about brands in beauty not through a famous founder or a hero product, but by understanding what women want more of: time. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss why Merit pivoted from its original concept, the balance between intuition and calculation in marketing, choosing the right collaborators, and why creatives need to “get off the internet.”

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Violet Grey Chairman and CEO Sherif Guirgis opens up about rebuilding the brand after acquiring it from Farfetch and where the luxury retailer goes from here. He also shares why he sees big potential in Detox Market, discusses where “clean beauty” stands today, and explains just how specialty retail can win an increasingly competitive market. Plus, he shares some of his favorite products, including the $2,000 serum Violet Grey can barely keep in stock.

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FM is in Paris at the studio of Guerlain Master Perfumer Delphine Jelk, only the fifth in-house perfumer in the house’s nearly 200-year history. Surrounded by more than 100 fragrance samples, Delphine answers some of your top crowd-sourced Qs, covering how to make your scent last longer, how to create your “olfactive look,” why dupes just don’t measure up, her favorite cheap and cheerful perfumes, and more.

La Petite Robe Noire, the "Mademoiselle Guerlain" she dreamed up after watching Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette.

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Noble Panacea CEO and co-creator Céline Talabaza has seen it all in skincare. After years at some of beauty's most respected companies, she was skeptical when first asked to build a brand around a new technology, until she learned it came from Nobel Prize–winning chemist Sir Fraser Stoddart and saw the real innovation behind it. On this episode, she explains why delivery systems matter just as much as star ingredients, makes the case for single-dose packaging, and shares what it takes to be a luxury product right now.

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On this Newsroom edition of Fat Mascara, we're joined by Julia Bellary and Sasa Li of GlowJob, the podcast about beauty and business hosted by two beauty enthusiasts from the worlds of tech and finance. We discuss how the "bleph" quickly became the most popular (and possibly most casualized) plastic surgery procedure in the world, and how girlboss culture has come back tenfold: "building in public" seems to be not an option but an order if you want to stay competitive. (See: Scarlett Johansson's recently shuttered, well-respected brand, The Outset.) We also dig into one retail insider's theory that "the luxury customer does not exist."

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Dana Capone (@thebeautylawyernyc) has a 360-degree view of the legal side of beauty, having worked with both major corporations and independent creators. (Full disclosure: She also works with Fat Mascara.) Her passion is helping people advocate for themselves, which she says is a muscle you can strengthen with every difficult conversation. In this episode, she explains her "Velvet Hammer" method for negotiating without being labeled "difficult," tips for protecting your product name, where AI fits into legal matters, how to go into business with a friend while protecting your relationship, and more. (Note: This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing discussed should be construed as legal advice, nor does it create an attorney-client relationship. Laws and circumstances vary, and you should consult your own attorney regarding your specific situation.)

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Katie shares how a single Instagram question sparked the idea for her brand, KJH.Brand, now in Sephora and, until recently, entirely self-funded. (“It's quite scary,” she says of taking on investment.) We also get into why education is at the heart of everything she makes, her pet peeve about the term “self-taught,” the A-list founder group chat that keeps her sane, what it's like building a business with her husband, Tarek, and what interests her beyond beauty.

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Michelle Lee — Chief Brand Officer at Front Row and former Editor-in-Chief of Allure — joins Fat Mascara to unpack K-beauty's second wave, and why it's influencing how every brand operates. We discuss the business approach that sets K-beauty apart from the rest of the world, and drill down on the strategies K-beauty brands consistently rely on — from ingredient-first innovation and embracing multiple platforms to making every product even just 5% better. Plus, get insight into the next K-beauty trends coming down the pipeline.

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Legendary designer, performer, and the creative force that Isaac Mizrahi sits down with to talk about newly restored re-release of fashion’s favorite documentary, Unzipped, which hits theaters on September 25th before streaming in December. In this interview, we ping pong between topics like: Summers at the Jersey shore; his close friendship with the late, legendary Kevyn Aucoin; drag culture; synesthesia; Weight Watchers, Dolly Parton wisdom, what his dream beauty brand would look like, and so much more. Icon!

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A longevity doctor? In this economy? We've got her.  

Dr. Amanda Kahn — affectionately known as "The Peptide Princess" — is a board-certified internist on the Upper East Side with a blocks-long waitlist. In this episode, Dr. Kahn explains what a longevity doctor actually does, what's happening in unregulated gray markets, and the troubling trends parents need to know about (and look out for). Plus: why low ferritin may be the reason you feel foggy, the supplement brand she trusts, and the simple longevity advice that costs very little at all. 

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