From Supermodel to Stem Cell Skincare Empire | Ekin Ozlen | Coffeez with Joe Shalaby Ep. 321

Ekin Ozlen (0:00)

One, two.

Hello. How are you?

Alyssa (0:16)

I'm great. How are you?

Ekin Ozlen (0:17)

Very nice to meet you. I'm good. Yeah. Ekin. Beautiful.

Alyssa (0:20)

I'm your barista, Alyssa.

Ekin Ozlen (0:22)

Wow, I love it. Yeah. So cute.

Alyssa (0:24)

Welcome to Coffeez with Joe Shalaby. What can I get?

Ekin Ozlen (0:28)

This is so cute. This is the menu.

Alyssa (0:31)

I am... We've got chai, we've got espresso.

Ekin Ozlen (0:34)

I'm a chai girl. Chai girl. Chai latte would be amazing.

Alyssa (0:37)

Beautiful.

Joseph Shalaby (0:38)

I love that.

Alyssa (0:39)

Chai latte. In the meantime, while I'm getting your drink ready, I would love for you to open up a little piece of chocolate, take a bite. You do not have to beg me.

Ekin Ozlen (0:48)

Trust me, chocolate. I'm your chocolate girl writer.

Alyssa (0:50)

Love that.

Ekin Ozlen (0:50)

What did you choose?

Alyssa (0:51)

Tell me.

Ekin Ozlen (0:52)

Strawberry. Do I? Of course.

Alyssa (0:54)

Hey, I love that.

Ekin Ozlen (0:56)

That says a lot about me.

Alyssa (0:57)

Tell me what you think.

Ekin Ozlen (0:59)

This is so cute. I've actually never had this.

Alyssa (1:02)

It looks delicious. I haven't had that flavor either.

Ekin Ozlen (1:04)

But I can live off of chocolate. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, anytime. I love those. Like my daughter too. And you're serving it in a straw?

Alyssa (1:11)

Yes. Is that okay for you? Beautiful. I know I don't want to ruin your beautiful look. Something tells me that you have found the Fountain of Youth.

Hi, Joe. We have our guests.

Ekin Ozlen (1:30)

How are you?

Joseph Shalaby (1:30)

It's such a pleasure to meet you.

Ekin Ozlen (1:32)

Pleasure's all mine.

Joseph Shalaby (1:33)

You look great. I love your outfit.

Ekin Ozlen (1:34)

Thank you. So do you, sir. So snazzy. I'll be back with your coffee.

Joseph Shalaby (1:38)

Thank you.

What's up, everyone? Welcome to another episode of Coffeez. I am your host, Joe Shalaby, and today we have Ekin Ozlen, Beauty Queen-turned CEO. She has an incredible beauty line that she terms as Keracell, which is using state-of-the-art regenerative medicine to help you stay beautiful and keep your hair. Please welcome the one, the one Ekin Ozlen.

Ekin Ozlen (2:03)

Thank you so much. That was a beautiful introduction.

Joseph Shalaby (2:06)

Thank you.

Ekin Ozlen (2:06)

I love it.

Joseph Shalaby (2:07)

Very much worth it.

Ekin, before I start, and I always like to start this show the same way I ask every, the same question I ask every one of our guests. What's your morning routine?

Ekin Ozlen (2:17)

Oh my God, my morning routine.

I have two tiny children, so it's a little bit crazy. There is nothing.

Joseph Shalaby (2:24)

You have four tiny children? Well, it's two of them are tiny.

Ekin Ozlen (2:26)

Oh my God. It is crazy. It's a crazy household.

Alyssa (2:30)

Yeah.

Ekin Ozlen (2:30)

Right, Elissa, she knows. Yeah.

Alyssa (2:32)

Yeah, I feel you.

Ekin Ozlen (2:33)

I have a two and a four-year-old, so every morning is kind of different, to be honest with you. It kind of depends on their sleep schedules and their mood, but generally, I sleep until the very, I suck every moment out of sleep that I can. So the minute that I hear the baby cry from the monitor, that's like, go time, and then I'm just off to the races.

Joseph Shalaby (2:52)

It's mom time.

Ekin Ozlen (2:53)

Oh my god, it's intense.

Joseph Shalaby (2:54)

But they're in preschool, I'm assuming, right? You got them in...

Ekin Ozlen (2:57)

Yes, now they are. That's a new thing, so I'm so, I can finally work without having two children on my hips. Right.

Joseph Shalaby (3:03)

Yeah, the four-year-old was in preschool, and now they start the two-year-old in pre-K. Yeah.

Ekin Ozlen (3:09)

And it's...

Joseph Shalaby (3:09)

We start our kids really young in preschool.

Ekin Ozlen (3:11)

It's great, I really notice the difference in the way that they interact with other kids now, and even with us, they're learning just so rapidly. It's mind-blowing. Yeah. Yeah.

Joseph Shalaby (3:21)

It's crazy how fast they become little humans.

Ekin Ozlen (3:24)

I know. I love them so much, but they are psychopaths.

Alyssa (3:27)

Yeah, that's a hard age. You're a hard age right now. Both of them, you know?

Ekin Ozlen (3:31)

Yeah, two and four. It's like, once I get them both potty trained, I mean, you tell me, but I feel like life is gonna get a lot easier.

Alyssa (3:38)

It is.

Ekin Ozlen (3:39)

Yeah. Because I have one potty trained pretty much, but you know, it's a grind.