Bobbi Brown, Beauty Industry Titan

Bobbi Brown (0:00)

What really changed my life was in 7th grade or 8th grade, I went to the movies and Love Story was on the screen, and Allie McGraw just came out as an actress, and she had long dark hair, part in the middle, big bushy eyebrows, no makeup on. And I'm like, ah, I could be pretty too.

So she really helped me feeling good about who I was and not comparing myself.

Michael Gervais (0:28)

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All right, this week's conversation is with Bobbi Brown, a beauty industry titan. And she is flat out renowned for what she's done in the industry. And originally she was a makeup artist. She's also a bestselling author and obviously a serial entrepreneur. And as a professional makeup artist, that's where her route started, she created 10 simple lipsticks that evolved into a global beauty empire. And I'm stoked to be able to sit down with her. I'm stoked to introduce her genius to you, if you're not familiar with what was behind her brand. And at the time, when stark contours and shiny red lips and all that stuff in fashion that of course I knew was fashionable.

No, not really. But as we learned from her is that there was a time when that was the signature and then she had a different idea and she wanted to highlight a woman's natural look. And that's what basically introduced Bobbi Brown's essentials in 1991 So disruptive in nature in the way that she saw how the industry was going, how women were represented, and then her idea of what beauty is and how to accentuate and enhance that. So I love this conversation because that's the orientation that she came from. Authenticity, creativity, having a business sense about her and a vision of what could become.