Transcript
A (0:00)
Hey, guys. Welcome back to Skin Anarchy. This is a wonderful episode. I'm so thrilled about it. I've been waiting for a long time to record this episode because I have a very dear friend with me today, and I am probably his forever fan. We had him on the podcast before, and he shared so many insights with us because he is truly one of the leaders in the beauty industry. He has worked with. I mean, think of any major brand. He's worked with them. He's advised them. He's been behind the scenes. And so his perspective, when I look at his perspective, it's literally the full understanding of the beauty landscape. And so to now speak to him about his own brand is incredibly full circle. So, without further ado, I want to introduce you guys again to Lauren Lucret. Welcome, Lauren. I'm so honored to host you.
B (0:40)
Oh, my God, I'm so happy to be here. And. And likewise, you're such a legend, so thank you so much for having me. Oh, my gosh.
A (0:46)
No, it's. It's such an honor. Every time I talk to you, I just, like. I just. So much happiness comes into my life because you're such a positive person. And, like, even, like, when I look at your brand and the way you've created it and just, like, I don't want to spoil it for our listeners yet, because I want to dive in, but it's just so. It's so fun, you know, it's like the energy and the vibes, and I don't. I just love it. So I want to dive in, but I. First, I want to, like, kind of reacquaint everybody with your background, because you are a legend, you know, in the beauty industry. You literally have, like, seen it all, you know, done it all. You've worked with so many brands. Tell us a little bit, like, give us, like, the elevator version of, like, everything you've been involved with in the beauty space. Like, just kind of walk us down memory lane a little bit.
B (1:24)
Oh, God. Are you calling me old? Is this.
A (1:27)
No, I'm calling you incredibly accomplished for being so young.
B (1:32)
Yeah. Thank God for all this. This Prestig Skincare. Glad to have had a career that's been a bit like a dynamic, but I'd call it, like, a portfolio approach to, like, I think, say, beauty. So not quite linear, but I'd say purposeful and will make sense as we talk about the brand. But started my career in beauty at l' Oreal and global marketing. Moved to Estee Lauder, working at Clinique and kind of Technical product development. Then moved to a company called Luxury Brand Partners which was one of the first kind of luxury brand incubators at the time. Working on brand called Arco Haircare in product development and innovation. So encompassing kind of packaging and formulation. Which then expanded to create a brand called IGK in partnership with Sephora at the time. And then that expanded to create a color cosmetics line called Smith and Cult, a haircare brand called in common with the 901 girls of V76 with men's line and then one size with Patrick Starr and then continued my career. Curious about the operations and manufacturing sides moved to Voyant Beauty as chief innovation officer boy and Beauty's largest beauty and personal care contract manufacturer in North America. So formulating and filling for a lot of the brands you see in Sephora and Ulta and on actually mass retail shelves and Masstige retail shelves. So there for about four years and then spent a year in change at Unilever Prestige advising their portfolio brands on innovation strategy with a heavy hand on Tatcha Skincare, revamping their NPD portfolio and creating some of the things you see today like the dewy milk moisturizer and our longevity portfolio.
