The global beauty industry is worth over $260 billion, but has it lulled us into a collective beauty sleep? This week’s episode is a wake-up call.
Meet Jessica DeFino, an award-winning beauty reporter and critic (the New York Times, the Sunday Times, Vice, The Guardian). A one-time editor for the Kardashian-Jenner Official Apps and a former product obsessive, she now explores how beauty culture impacts people — physically, psychologically, and spiritually. Jessica also publishes The Review of Beauty newsletter, which “basically gives the middle finger to the entire beauty industry,” HuffPost says, and has been praised in New York Magazine, Forbes, and Adweek’s 2023 Creative 100.
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\"Science of Skincare is not Science or Care\" by Jessica DeFino - https://jessicadefino.substack.com/p/the-science-of-skincare-isnt-science
(00:00) Intro
(05:20) Skin types are a myth
(08:30) The scientific narrative in skincare marketing
(10:05) Why \"clinically proven\" is a marketing term
(12:05) The (real) science of skin
(19:20) How skin interacts with different systems in the body
(24:40) Endocrine disruptors
(29:00) Embodied relationship with your skin
(32:25) Beauty privilege, socioeconomic benefits, and spiritual tax of chasing beauty
(34:45) Value of beauty in nature
(38:00) Lessons about life, nature, and the universe
(42:34) Jessica's non-skincare skincare routine
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