Explorers of Beauty, Business and Sustainability issues from the inside.
Explorers of Beauty, Business and Sustainability issues from the inside.
Elsie & Dominika chat openly and honestly about all things beauty and business in their Podcast. Tune in for lively debates and standout guests, as the co-founders of natural and vegan skincare brand BYBI Beauty dish the dirt on the industry from the inside.
Tune in to hear our tips on having a sustainable Christmas without losing the magic (it’s easier than you think). With consumption rising by 30% in the UK over Christmas time, £700m spent on unwanted presents and a staggering 17.2m Brussels sprouts thrown away, it can be a wasteful time of year. But with a little thought behind your...
Stats indicate that there is a clear gap when it comes to the % of female founded businesses raising money vs male, with just 20% of founders in the UK funded being female. However, there are promising changes to this that indicate there is change on the horizon and the future is looking promising for female founders. Having raised £2.5m to date...
If you’re concerned about how your shopping habits may impact the planet, renting your clothes could be the solution. We chat to Tamsin, founder of Onloan - a British fashion rental company offering mid range designer pieces from the coolest brands on the market right now. Fashion rental certainly isn’t a new thing and actually a big market in...
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Sarah has a wealth of experience in fashion and sustainability, with a career spanning over 10 years before she helped find Fashion Revolution following Fashion is the third highest polluting industry in the world and yet less than 1% of material used to produce clothing is recycled. There is a lot of work to do to tackle the issues we now face...
The BYBI Susty Summit is a regular event series dedicated to sustainability in beauty, personal care and beyond. Sustainability is a hugely positive yet hugely broad term that right now lacks clear definitions and guidelines. As consumers, our purchases are increasingly being driven by a want for better environmental impact, but a lack of clear...
Billions of plastic tampon applicators get thrown away each year and cannot be recycled, an environmental issue that has largely been ignored - until now. Dame have created the first reusable tampon applicator, which is medical grade with self-sanitising technology, easy to use and 100% keepable, and also sell organic tampons. We interview the...
This week we went for the Sunday Riley facial at Hershesons salon in London! The Ice Lift includes LED and CRYO therapy and is the only place you can get a Sunday Riley facial in the UK. Dominika is a massive fan of Sunday Riley products so tune in to see what she thought of the facial! Elsie also updates us on the growing out her platinum blonde...
Any true beauty podcast fans will be well aware of Breaking Beauty, the podcast dedicated to great beauty products and the stories behind them, by journalists Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins. Founded in 2017, the Canadian duo have quickly become the biggest names in beauty podcasting, with a guest roster to match; they’ve interviewed the likes of...
We’re both Formula Botanica graduates - we took their Natural Skincare Formulation diploma at the beginning of the Clean Beauty Insiders journey and found it a great basis for starting BYBI. Formula Botanica has over students in countries and are a multi-million pound business. Their community growth and engagement is phenomenal. In this...
Sarah talks us through her journey - from working in PR in London to taking over her own agency in Sydney and gives us her advice on how to approach PR as a startup brand. Sarah has a wealth of experience and Sarah Humphries PR boasts clients such as Lanolips, Slip and The Beauty Chef. We’ve also been in Sydney to launch BYBI into Sephora! We...
To celebrate International Women's Day 2019 we asked you guys to throw questions at us. No question too big or small, we'll answer them all. In this episode we answer questions around how much money we invested into starting our skincare brand to what products you can expect next and whether you can use your Bakuchiol with Vitamin...
From becoming an Instagram skincare sensation to writing for Glamour Magazine and being signed to Premiere Model Management, Elle shares her top tips on making it as a full time Influencer. We also catch up after a few weeks travelling to discuss our thoughts on Drunk Elephan'ts $1bn valuation and Milk Makeup's launch in the...
Veganism isn't exclusive to sweet potato brownies and oat milk lattes, vegan skincare is one of the fastest growing categories in beauty right now as people turn away from animal derived ingredients and by-products in both their food and beauty products. In episode 5, we explore the definition of vegan beauty, the non-vegan skincare ingredients to...
We have learned SO much this year so this episode is dedicated to helpful snippets of business info that we think every entrepreneur should know. A short, punchy episode to see out the year, we share the worts and all reality of running a beauty brand in 2018 from finding short term cash to how long it really takes to close a fundraise. Bird...
What does 2019 have in store for beauty? Tune in to hear our forecast for the hottest beauty trends next year, including sustainability and our take on CBD in skincare. We kick off this week's show sharing our current favourite podcasts, discussing a new-found love for reading and calling out London's most eco-friendly borough! Show...
With 108 million rolls of wrapping paper said to be thrown away by Britons alone at Christmas, there's no doubt that this time of year is a strain on our environment. We dive into our take on some of the bad practices in our industry and beyond, with excessive, wasteful and single-use packaging at the core, and give our opinion on the choices we...
We are Elsie & Dominika, the co-founders of both natural beauty blog Clean Beauty Insiders and 100% natural, vegan and cruelty-free brand BYBI Beauty. In our very first episode we give you the full, unedited intro to our journey - from blog to business, quitting the day jobs in advertising to take a risk on a dream and the (many, many)...
