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Beauty and ImpactThe Past, Present & Future of Beauty with beauty influencers Iye Bako and Francesca MurrayIt’s our final show of the season and we have an awesome episode for you! Ashley and Jasmine chat with beauty influencers Iye Bako, creator of @Iyeloveslife, and Francesca Murray of @onegrloneworld. Together we look at the past, present, and future of beauty and sustainability. Our guests have grown up in the U.S. but like us, come from mixed backgrounds including Nigeria and Honduras with Garifuna roots so we had a lot to chat about how our cultural identities have impacted how we define beauty and what we are hoping to see in the future in...2022-04-2742 min
Beauty and ImpactMinimalist sustainable skincare with APTO Skincare CEO, Marta CrosIf you were looking for an affordable, easily accessible, clean, and sustainable skincare brand then you will love our latest guest. Marta Cross is the Founder and CEO of APTO Skincare, a minimalist, cruelty free, vegan (of course!), sustainable and affordable brand with products costing $20 and under. We spill the green tea with Marta on starting APTO and how the brand has grown slowly and why she took the decision recently to streamline APTO’s product line from over 40 products to just seven hero products – a brave decision in an industry that tends to push us to buy m...2022-04-131h 01
Beauty and ImpactAmplifying women of color and confronting climate change with innovation with Chante Harris, Co-Founder of WOC/CSWe chat with the brilliant and accomplished Chante Harris, Co-Founder of Women of Color Collective in Sustainability (WOC/CS). Chante is the woman WE want in our sustainability corner as she and her fellow Co-Founder, Jordy Vasquez are opening doors for women of color to share their voices, make their impact in the sustainability industry, and take a seat at the policy table to address climate change. WOC/CS was created in 2019 to create the collective they wish they had when they started in their sustainability careers and provide access for women of color to advance their c...2022-03-301h 04
Beauty and ImpactSetting the clean beauty bar high with BYBI Beauty Founders, Elsie Rutterford and Dominika MinarovicHey Beauty + Impact fam! You may have spied Jasmine stocking up at Target on BYBI Beauty products on the Beauty + Impact Instagram recently. We both love this skincare brand so much we had to get the founders on the show to spill all the green tea!BYBI Beauty, founded by Elsie Rutterford and Dominika Minarovic in 2017 is a pro-planet, vegan, natural, and cruelty-free skincare brand. BYBI brings a bit of fun to the clean beauty space with their cute and bright packaging (which is 100% recyclable) but are making a big impact with skincare that not only works...2022-03-161h 02
Beauty and ImpactWandering into clean beauty and entrepreneurship with CEO and Co-Founder of Wander Beauty, Divya GugnaniIn this episode, Jasmine and Ashley spill the green tea on beauty and culture with serial entrepreneur and CEO and Co-Founder of award-winning brand Wander Beauty, Divya Gugnani. Did you know the average woman is actually ingesting five pounds of hormone disrupting and toxic chemicals into her system every year via her personal care and beauty products. A shocking fact, we know! Divya shares how and why Wander Beauty is different and how she and her co-founder Lindsay Ellingson created a beauty brand that makes a real impact while making amazing products that are actually go...2022-03-0141 min
Beauty and ImpactWhat do delicious snacks and climate change have in common? Julia Collins - Founder and CEO of Planet FWD and Moonshot Snacks, a carbon neutral snackIn this episode of Beauty + Impact, we found ourselves just nodding, agreeing and loving EVERYTHING our guest was putting out there! We’re so excited to spill the green tea with Julia Collins, Founder and CEO of Planet FWD and Moonshot Snacks. Planet FWD is the leading carbon management platform which helps brands understand and reduce their carbon footprint and have created their own 100% carbon neutral food product, Moonshot Snacks, which uses ingredients from farmers that use regenerative agriculture practices. There were so many nuggets of gold in this episode with Julia! Fun fact – 94% of America...2022-02-1548 min
Beauty and ImpactSpilling the green tea with Forbes “30 under 30”, Babba Rivera, CEO and Founder of CeremoniaHey cousins! In our third episode of Beauty + Impact we are spilling the green tea with the formidable powerhouse that is Babba Rivera, Founder and CEO of Ceremonia, a clean hair brand rooted in Latinx heritage. Babba was born and raised in Sweden by Chilean parents and now lives in New York. She’s worked in fashion and tech, before being headhunted by rideshare company, Uber in Sweden. In 2016 she was listed in Forbes “30 under 30” at the age of 25, but there is no resting on her laurels here. Instead, Babba saw an opportunity to share with the world a...2022-02-011h 01
Beauty and ImpactPart 2: Decoding Clean Beauty for Women of Color with Boma Brown-West from Environmental Defense Fund -Welcome to Part 2 of the first episode of the Beauty + Impact Podcast with your hosts Ashley Renne Nsonwu and Jasmine Pennamma Hill! On our maiden podcast episode, we speak to the wonderful Boma Brown-West, Director of Consumer Health at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Did you know the U.S legislation regulating cosmetics has not been updated since 1938! The beauty industry has come a long way since then but the law has not kept up. So what does it mean when brands don’t legally have to list all the chemicals on their product labels and what does thi...2022-01-1823 min
Beauty and ImpactPart 1: Decoding Clean Beauty for Women of Color with Boma Brown-West from Environmental Defense Fund - Part 1This is Part 1 of 2 from Boma Brown-West Welcome to the first episode of the Beauty + Impact Podcast with your hosts Ashley Renne Nsonwu and Jasmine Pennamma Hill! On our maiden podcast episode, we speak to the wonderful Boma Brown-West, Director of Consumer Health at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Did you know the U.S legislation regulating cosmetics has not been updated since 1938! The beauty industry has come a long way since then but the law has not kept up. So what does it mean when brands don’t legally have to list all the chemicals on...2022-01-0443 min
Beauty and ImpactWelcome to Beauty + ImpactHey beauties, welcome to the Beauty + Impact podcast. In this little introduction episode, we want to share a little bit about who we are and how this podcast can help you be a more conscious beauty shopper. Because let's be honest, making ethical beauty choices can feel complicated and you might not know where to start. But no worries, we got you - the Beauty and Impact podcast can be that starting point for your journey.In this episode you’ll hear:More about Ashley and Jasmine and WHY we started this podcastWhat this podcast is al...2021-01-0407 min