Ep 33: Back to Wellness

In our season 3 closer, we talk about what we've learned from our season 3 guests and our current thoughts on products and innovations in the beauty industry. This is just a good ol' ki-ki session with your two favorite lazy beauty girls! See you next year! Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]! Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

AMP Beauty LA is a tech forward e-tailer carrying over 50 black owned and inclusive beauty brands. Montre Moore, one of AMP Beauty LA's founders joins us this week to discuss her early beauty influences growing up in L.A., how attending an HBCU helped shift her standard of beauty, her career journey from PR to beauty. Montre also discusses the role edge control plays in the birth of AMP Beauty LA, some of her favorite beauty hacks, products and tools (find out what a face smoothie making machine is), and what AMP Beauty LA has in store for 2022! You can find more info on AMP Beauty LA at www.ampbeautyla.com and keep up with them on IG at @ampbeautyla. Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]! Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

Founder of Beauty Beez, Brittney Ogike joins us this week to discuss the need for Black owned beauty stores that celebrates multicultural beauty. Brittney shares her frustrations from the past as she shopped at beauty supply stores and how that led her to creating Beauty Beez, a luxury beauty supply store in LA that not only sells beauty products, but also has space for women to get their hair done! Brittney shares her journey with beauty, what she's hoping to achieve with Beauty Beez and so much more! We also get into our Beauty Moments of the week, which includes Dunni's most recent experience in Lagos, Nigeria at Beauty West Africa (@beautywestafrica) and Add to Cart. Products mentioned in this episode are listed below: Herbivore Bakuchiol Retinol Alternative TGIN Honey Miracle Hair Mask LuvScrub Mesh Body Exfoliator 54 Thrones Nejma Balancing Night Oil Brush with the Best Detangler Brush You can find more info on Beauty Beez at https://beautybeez.com and keep up with them on IG at @beautybeezstore. Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]! Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

In this episode, we chat with the founders of ConditionHer, Wendy Rose Berry and Eugenia Marshall. Wendy & Eugenia are employed entrepreneurs who are normalizing the discussion around feminine hygiene and care. In this episode, we discuss best tips for taking care of down there, the importance of changing your underwear annually and so much more!   For more information on ConditionHer, check out: https://www.conditionher.com. You can use discount code beautyneedsme for your purchase! You can also keep up with ConditionHer on IG at @conditionHer, Wendy Rose at @mswendyrose and Eugenia Marshall at @eugeniamarshall.  Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]! Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

Dana joins us this week to discuss the inspiration behind creating @beautyincolor_official, a blog dedicated to skincare for Black women with sensitive skin. Dana shares her journey with eczema (the second largest skin concern for Black people - acne is the first), her first experience with botox, some of her favorite beauty products and how she is currently practicing self care. Products mentioned in this episode along with Dana's discount codes are listed below: Clean Skin Club Towels (Discount code: BEAUTYINCOLOR) NIOD Copper Amino Isolate Serum 3 1:1 (CAIS3) Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster Jordan Samuel Skin Retinol Treatment Absolute Joi Skin Refining Night Oil with Retinol Paula's Choice 1% Retinol Treatment You can also find some of Dana's fav beauty products in her Amazon Store. Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]! Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions 

In this episode, we do a discuss our thoughts on an article published in The Atlantic, titled "What Makes a Black Woman Real' by Hannah Giorgis. We touch on the insecurity some Black women feel in not having curvaceous bodies, pressure to get a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) and what exactly qualifies women, mainly Black women as having a "real" body. Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]! Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

Eunice Cofie-Obeng, Chief Cosmetic Scientist and Founder of Nuekie, joins us in this episode to share her early relationship with beauty, her motivation for pursuing a career in beauty, the under utilization of plants in Africa as ingredients and the importance of Black representation in esthetics and much more. Eunice is also a 2021 recipient of the Glossier Grant Initiative for Black-owned Beauty Businesses and she keeps it real on whether or not Glossier is really putting their money where their mouth is. Products mentioned in this episode are listed below: Tretinoin (prescription) Luv Scrub Mesh Body Exfoliator EWC Slow Aloe Daily Sunscreen SPF 30 More information on Nuekie can be found at https://www.nuekie.com and on IG at @nuekie. You can find Eunice on IG at @eunicecofie. Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]! Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

In this episode, we have an extended discussion during Beauty News, giving our take on Trevor Noah's podcast titled "Social Media Friend or Foe" (aired Aug 31, 2021). We discuss the impact COVD-19 has had on our image of ourselves and whether or not we experience Zoom Dysmorphia, the rising occurrence of teenagers wanting to look like Snapchat filters in real life and much more. We also discuss whether or not your face will fall off (fine, too dramatic) if you use expired/denatured vitamin C in our Breaking it Down segment! Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. You can also keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]! Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

This episode was originally aired on September 3, 2020. In the spirit of NYC Fashion Week making a come back, we are running it back!  Nana is a force to be reckoned with! The Founder & CEO of EveryStylishGirl is a journalist by trade who has built her career at places like BBC, The New York Times, ELLE, Refinery29, New York Magazine and The Cut. In this episode, we discuss how Nana's view of beauty AND working in the fashion industry has changed over the years, the inspiration behind EveryStylishGirl, her personal style & favorite designers and so much more!   *Editorial Updates: Nana's family relocated to Ohio when she was 10. Nana was taken to Ghana at a very young age to live with her maternal grandmother to learn the culture and language. Products mentioned in this episode are listed below:  Skincare  Cetaphil Gentle Cleanser  Shani Darden Retinol Reform  Makeup  Nars Concealer in Amande  MAC Film Noir  NYX Lip Gloss  Keep up with Nana on IG at @itsreallynana and EveryStylishGirl at @EveryStylishGirl Keep up with Dunni on IG at @TheeDunniO and Taleah at @TaleahGriffin. Keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!  Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

This week, Dunni & Taleah are talking about wellness! They discuss the practices & routines they kept up over the summer to help keep them feeling and operating at their best and what they’re thinking about doing in the fall to keep themselves from feeling the seasonal blues. Dunni & Taleah can both be found on IG at @TheeDunniO & @TaleahGriffin. Keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]! Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin Produced by: Le’Ru Productions