The Niche Beauty Brands Poised to Dominate in 2025, According to Us! Plus - The French Pharmacy Renaissance and Embracing Slow Beauty.

Breaking Beauty Podcast

Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins

Jilldunn, Arts, Beautyeditors, Style541811, Beautyexpert, Beauty, Carlenehiggins, Fashion, Society & Culture, Magazineeditors, Fashion & Beauty

4.7 • 954 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

*Please note this episode was recorded in advance of the LA Wildfires*

What will define beauty in 2025? This week, we’re sharing some brands that have us excited for the year ahead - from a UK celeb makeup-artist backed range that’s lazy/busy approved, to hotly anticipated celeb launches from Pamela Anderson and Paris Hilton, and all the highlights from French beauty’s big skincare renaissance.

Plus, in partnership with Neal’s Yard Remedies, stay tuned for an exclusive interview with Anabel Kindersley, the woman who’s bringing an iconic British apothecary line already adored by Kate Moss, Sarah Jessica Parker – and all of Japan – to North American shores.

You’ll also learn about:

Celebrity crush. Paris Hilton’s masterstroke in re-entering the cosmetics space with 11:11, and the update on Pamela Anderson’s slow beauty investment, Sonsie Skin
The luxury skincare line that piqued our attention with the founder’s pedigree in the esthetics world (but would you pay $82 for a powder cleanser?!)
The sculptural French hairbrush company that’s giving trad fave Mason Pearson a run for its money
*Sponsored segment – Neal’s Yard Remedies co-owner Anabel Kindersley shares the benefits of bees for our skin – and the planet. Plus, what happens when small-batch beauty meets high-tech and everything to know about the best-selling Wild Rose Beauty Balm (a new fave for Carlene!)
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Hosts: Carlene Higgins and Jill Dunn

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:08.2	Welcome to Breaking Beauty, the podcast all about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty.
0:14.1	We're your host, Jill Dunn and Carleen Higgins.
0:23.9	Welcome back to Breaking Beauty Podcast, everyone.
0:26.3	I'm Jill Dunn, one of your co-hosts.
0:28.5	I'm sitting here alongside Carleen Higgins.
0:31.0	Like we are every single Wednesday in your feed.
0:31.7	Hi, Carleen.
0:32.9	Hello, Jill.
0:37.1	So, of course, we are two longtime-time beauty editors turned beauty podcasters.
0:42.4	And we're in your feeds every single Wednesday with the breakthrough, people, products, and moments in beauty.
0:44.9	And we're mid-January at this point.
0:46.7	Blue Monday is behind us.
0:49.2	I still have not looked at my credit card bills.
0:50.0	So there's that.
1:14.4	In today's episode, we're kind of like looking ahead in 2025 about what we're excited about, what products we think are going to pop off, some launches that we think are coming with, you know, it's a bit of a vibe check. And I want to talk about some of those. And we're going to round out today's conversation with a very exciting interview. Yes. So one of the brands that we're excited about is called Neal's Yard.
1:16.8	You're going to find out why toward the end of this episode.
1:23.9	But we are doing kind of like a phone of friend and partnership with our friends at Neal's Yard with the CEO and co-owner.
1:25.6	Her name is Annabelle Kindersley.
1:29.4	And I met her when I was in New York and we had a great conversation about beeswax and this idea of vegan skincare. And I was like, it's kind of sad that
1:38.9	beeswax has gone out the window with this kind of rise of vegan skincare. So people, you know, maybe you're going to
1:45.8	come at me, but honestly, hear me out, hear her out. We're going to talk about this toward
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