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Some brands are built for a market. Some are built for a moment. And then there are the ones built for a person. Chrissy Naro built Celeste Naturals for her daughter Gabriella — whose eczema reacted to everything on the market. So Chrissy did what any determined mother would do: she learned to make something herself. She took courses, she formulated, she tested, she refined — until she found something that actually worked. And then life got harder. A Crohn's disease diagnosis that had gone undetected for years. Sepsis. Emergency surgery. A year of recovery in which her career disappeared and her own skin began to suffer. From that hospital bed, with nothing but love and a formula, Celeste Naturals became real. Handcrafted, small-batch skincare made with goat milk, grass-fed tallow, raw honey, and beeswax. No synthetics, no fillers. Named after her daughter. Because Celeste means heavenly — and Chrissy wanted everyone going through their darkest moment to feel a little bit of that every day. This episode is about what it looks like to build something beautiful from the hardest year of your life. And why the brands that start from love are always the ones worth finding. About Chrissy Naro & Celeste Naturals Chrissy Naro is the founder of Celeste Naturals, a handcrafted small-batch skincare brand built around farm-fresh, natural ingredients formulated for sensitive, eczema-prone skin. Every product is phthalate-free, paraben-free, and sulfate-free — made by hand in Georgia with goat milk, grass-fed tallow, raw honey, and beeswax. Named after her daughter. Built from love. 🌐 Website: https://www.celestenaturals.com 🛒 Wholesale on Faire: https://celestenaturals.faire.com 📸 Instagram: @celestenaturalsllc 👍 Facebook: @celestenaturalsllc About Your Host Lia Cardoso is the Founder & CEO of Skin Leaf Cosmetics and host of Skin Leaf Talks — FeedSpot Top 50 Skincare Podcasts 2025. A cosmetics formulator and clean beauty advocate with over 15 years of experience, Lia built Skin Leaf on one belief: skincare is healthcare. 🌐 skinleaf.co 📸 @theskinleaf.co 📧 [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Look at the back of your moisturizer. What's the first ingredient? If it's water — and it almost certainly is — you're paying for something your tap provides for free. Most skincare products are between 60 and 90 percent water. Which means most of what's in your routine is diluted before it even reaches your skin. Leila Haj Nassar, cosmetic chemist and founder of 100and1 Cosmetics, decided to remove it entirely — replacing water with pure Moroccan botanicals: argan oil, aloe vera, rose water, and actives that actually do something. Her co-founder Fatima Rosa, a licensed esthetician with over 15 years of hands-on client experience, brings what the lab alone can never know: what real skin needs, every day, in the treatment room. In this episode, two founders who built from opposite ends of the same belief sit down with Lia to talk about water-free formulation, Moroccan ingredient heritage, and what the chemist and esthetician dynamic that makes 100and1 different actually looks like from the inside. A conversation about what conscious beauty really means when the formula is the whole point — and why paying for what you actually get should be the standard, not the exception. About Leila Haj Nassar, Fatima Rosa & 100and1 Cosmetics 100and1 Cosmetics is a water-free, sustainable skincare brand rooted in Moroccan botanical ingredients, built on one belief: you should pay for what you actually get. Founded by cosmetic chemist Leila Haj Nassar and co-founder Fatima Rosa, every formula replaces water with pure actives — no fillers, no compromise. 🌐 Website: https://100and1cosmetics.com 📸 Instagram: @100and1cosmetics 🎵 TikTok: @100and1cosmetics 💼 LinkedIn: @100and1cosmetics About Your Host Lia Cardoso is the Founder & CEO of Skin Leaf Cosmetics and host of Skin Leaf Talks — FeedSpot Top 50 Skincare Podcasts 2025. A cosmetics formulator and clean beauty advocate with over 15 years of experience, Lia built Skin Leaf on one belief: skincare is healthcare. 🌐 skinleaf.co 📸 @theskinleaf.co 📧 [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every cosmetic ingredient on the market was declared "safe" based on a test that never accounted for the other ingredients sitting next to it on your skin — or the thirty years you'll spend using it. In this episode, Lia Cardoso breaks down the real math behind toxic exposure in the beauty industry: the cocktail effect, where chemicals that are "safe" in isolation become active when combined, and time, which turns a negligible daily dose into decades of accumulation the body can't fully clear. Drawing on hormone-disruption research and recent studies linking chemical hair straighteners to uterine cancer and fertility issues, Lia unpacks what "safe at this concentration" actually means, and why it's the wrong question to be asking. Educational content, not medical advice — full sources in the show notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We obsess over our faces. We build routines around them, spend fortunes on them, and treat every new ingredient like a revelation. And then we completely ignore the rest of our bodies. Aïda Touré saw that gap and decided to build in it. Texture is the brand pioneering somatic skincare — intentional, zone-based care that starts where most beauty ends. The underarm. The bikini line. The inner thigh. The skin we cover, hide, and never think twice about. In this episode, Aïda joins Lia to talk about what somatic skincare actually means, why the underarm is one of the most chemically exposed zones on the body and the least cared for, and what happens to our confidence when we finally start paying attention to the skin we've been ignoring. A conversation about body awareness, barrier function, and building a brand in a category that barely has a name yet. Because your skin is always communicating. It's time we started listening. About Aïda Touré & Texture Aïda Touré is the founder of Texture, a somatic skincare brand built around the connection between skin function, body awareness, and how we inhabit our bodies. Texture focuses on the zones traditional beauty has always overlooked — starting with the underarm — with products formulated to listen to the skin's signals rather than suppress them. 🌐 Website: https://textureskin.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/textureskincare/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/texture-skincare/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@textureskincare About Your Host Lia Cardoso is the Founder & CEO of Skin Leaf Cosmetics and host of Skin Leaf Talks — FeedSpot Top 50 Skincare Podcasts 2025. A cosmetics formulator and clean beauty advocate with over 15 years of experience, Lia built Skin Leaf on one belief: skincare is healthcare. 🌐 skinleaf.co 📸 @theskinleaf.co 📧 [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That's how Sarina Pilaroscia's father described living with psoriasis — 45 years of twice-daily steroids and a condition his doctors called lifelong and inevitable. Sarina didn't accept that. She spent two years educating herself, opened her own R&D lab, and led one of the first Health Canada clinical trials for CBD in cosmetics — all to build Phoilex, a steroid-free, barrier-supportive skincare brand for eczema, psoriasis, and hypersensitive skin. In this episode, Sarina shares the story of what it took to get her father completely steroid-free for the first time since his teenage years — and what millions of people living with topical steroid withdrawal still don't know. This one will stay with you. To learn more about Phoilex, please visit: phoilex.com | @phoilex.releaf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 7 is here — and before we dive into everything coming this season, Lia sits down alone to catch you up on everything that happened while you were waiting. First: Skin Leaf Cosmetics stepped onto the floor of the Be+Well Show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida — our first major trade show in the United States. Five years after starting a brand in a kitchen in Portugal, we showed up. In person. With a booth, with products, and with everything we've built. That moment deserved to be named out loud. Second: if you've come across a brand called Leaf Cosmetics at leaf-cosmetics.com — there is something you need to know. Lia addresses it directly, briefly, and clearly. That brand is not us. There is an active legal process. And Skin Leaf is not going anywhere. And third: a preview of the season that's coming. From a daughter who watched her father live with psoriasis for 45 years and decided steroids weren't the only answer — to a founder who built a skincare brand from a hospital bed because her daughter's eczema had no solution on the market — to the chemist who removed water from her entire product line and replaced it with Moroccan botanicals. Season 7 is full of founders who built something real from a real place. And it starts right now. New episodes every Wednesday. Welcome back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sunscreen fraud. Lab samples sold as luxury. Celebrity brands collapsing. Children on retinol. The skincare industry is going through it — and most brands are staying silent. Not us. In this solo episode, Lia breaks down the four biggest scandals shaking the beauty world right now, separates fact from fear, and gives you practical tools to protect yourself as a consumer. Because transparency isn't a trend. It's the foundation. 🌿 Get the free Skin Science eBook at www.skinleaf.co 📲 Follow us @theskinleaf.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most people don't have a skincare problem. They have a consistency problem. In this episode of Skin Leaf Talks, host Lia Cardoso sits down with Marlee Bruno — PA-C, aesthetic injector, and founder of Mind Body & Soul Medical in Pensacola, FL — for a conversation that cuts through the noise of trend-driven beauty culture. Together they unpack why 10-step routines are sabotaging your skin, what over-layering actually does to your barrier, the most dangerous habits Marlee sees in her clinic daily, and the short list of ingredients that genuinely deliver — including what Skin Leaf's Antioxidant Facial Oil, Sensitive Facial Oil, and Anti-Aging Moisturizer were formulated to do. No trends. No filler. Just the skincare truth you've been missing. 🎙 Find Marlee: @theinjector_coach | mindbodysoulmedical.com 🌿 Find Skin Leaf: @theskinleaf.co | skinleafcosmetics.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever wondered why your makeup looks completely different when a professional does it? The secret isn't in the products they use — it's in what happens before the first brush stroke. In this episode of Skin Leaf Talks, founder Lia Cardoso sits down with Heather Spadaro, a professional makeup artist and founder of two beauty companies — The Makeup Hair Co and The Beauty Circle — to have an honest, expert conversation about the one step most people skip: skin prep. Heather shares what she sees the moment a client sits in her chair, the most common prep mistakes she corrects every single day, and her go-to routine for creating a base that makes makeup look truly effortless. Whether you're getting ready for a big event or just your everyday look, this episode will completely change how you think about your skincare routine — and why it matters more than any foundation ever could. In this episode: Why hydrated skin and moisturized skin are not the same thingThe skin prep sequence a pro artist swears byFacial oils before makeup — friend or foe?How to layer SPF without ruining your baseWhat "ready skin" actually looks and feels like Follow Heather: Instagram: @themakeuphairco & @thebeautycircle Exclusive listener gift 🎁 Grab your FREE copy of our Skin Science eBook — your complete guide to understanding your skin from the inside out. Available now at Skin Science - EBook | Skin Leaf Cosmetics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is slugging the ultimate glow hack—or a skincare mistake? In this episode of Skin Leaf Talks, Lia Cardoso breaks down the viral slugging trend: what it is, how it works, and whether it’s actually right for your skin type. Learn how to lock in hydration, protect your skin barrier, and avoid common mistakes that could lead to breakouts. ✨ Discover a better, skin-friendly alternative using facial oils ✨ Find out if slugging is right for dry, sensitive, or acne-prone skin ✨ Upgrade your nighttime routine with science-backed tips 💧 Shop Skin Leaf essentials: Antioxidant Facial Oil – https://skinleaf.com/products/antioxidant-facial-oil Sensitive Facial Oil – https://skinleaf.com/products/sensitive-facial-oil 📘 Download your FREE Skin Science Ebook: https://skinleaf.com/pages/free-skin-science-ebook Follow Skin Leaf Talks for more simple, effective, and natural skincare insights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Skin Leaf Talks, Lia Cardoso sits down with Kim Laudati, a New York City–based medical aesthetician and the visionary founder of SomaCell®. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Kim is a leading advocate for natural beauty and a pioneer in the field of regenerative aesthetics. Together, they explore a philosophy that aligns perfectly with the Skin Leaf mission: the idea that skin doesn’t need to be "fixed" or "corrected" through harsh measures—it needs to be supported and nurtured. In This Episode, We Discuss:The Shift to Regenerative Aesthetics: Moving away from "forcing" change and instead activating the body’s innate ability to heal and renew.Care Over Correction: Why Kim believes in honoring the skin as a living organ rather than pushing for instant, often inflammatory, results.The Science of Self-Care: How SomaCell® serves as a clinical extension of intentional skincare, focusing on skin intelligence and natural rejuvenation.The Future of Beauty: Reclaiming a beauty culture that values integrity, wellness, and long-term skin health over "overdone" trends. Discover SomaCell®: The Future of Skin Health SomaCell® is a revolutionary treatment redefining clinical skincare by merging advanced science with a deep respect for the skin’s natural rhythm. It offers a powerful alternative to traditional, invasive procedures by focusing on activation rather than aggression. Whether you are looking to restore radiance or support your skin’s structural integrity, SomaCell® provides a thoughtful, regenerative path to healthy, vibrant skin. Learn more about SomaCell® and Kim’s work in the links below. Connect With Our Guest: Kim Laudati: Founder of SomaCell® and Medical Aesthetician Follow Skin Leaf Cosmetics: Host: Lia Cardoso Our Mission: Intentional, plant-forward skincare that honors your skin’s natural intelligence. Connect With Our Guest:Dr. Zoë: Skin/tervention Dermatology: SomaCell® | Non-Surgical Skin Tightening & Facelift If you loved this episode, share it with a friend—and don’t forget: a minimalist routine, done thoughtfully, can be your most powerful beauty secret. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a beauty industry obsessed with more — more products, more steps, more actives — what if the real power move is doing less? In this episode of Skin Leaf Talks, host Lia Cardoso sits down with Skin Expert Kimberley Verdin to unpack the rise of minimalist skincare and why balanced beauty treatments are the future of skin health. This is not about cutting corners. It’s about being strategic. Intentional. Elevated. Together, they dive into: Why overcomplicating your routine may be damaging your skin barrierHow to combine professional treatments with a simplified home ritualThe difference between trend-driven skincare and results-driven skin strategyWhy minimalism in beauty is a form of confidence — not compromise Kimberley shares her expert insight from working hands-on with clients, while Lia brings her holistic, inside-out philosophy to the conversation — redefining what modern skincare should look like. If you’re ready to stop chasing trends and start building a skin routine that actually works long-term, this episode is your reset. Guest: Kimberley Verdin – Skin Expert 📍 Beauty in Rosedale 📞 647-831-1146 📧 [email protected] Instagram: @beauty_rosedale 🌐 beautyinrosedale.com Because true skin confidence isn’t built on excess — it’s built on intention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They looked cute on TikTok—cupcake and donut-shaped pimple patches promising to make acne treatment “fun.” But what started as a viral skincare trend turned into a nightmare ⚠️ when users reported scary reactions that made skin look worse, not better. In this episode, Lia reveals:👩‍🔬 Why hydrocolloid patches really work.🚫 The dangers of glitter, dyes, and gimmicky adhesives.💡 How to choose acne treatments that are effective and safe. It’s a reminder that skincare isn’t about looking “aesthetic” on social media—it’s about science, safety, and results. 🌿💚 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dark spots, acne scars, melasma… hyperpigmentation is one of the most frustrating skin struggles. But could natural actives be the answer? In this episode, Lia explores the latest research on botanical ingredients that fade discoloration without harsh bleaching agents. 🌼 Highlights include:🌹 Rosehip oil for regeneration.🍇 Grape seed & evening primrose oils for antioxidant + hormone balance.🍃 Niacinamide, licorice & bearberry for brightening. Lia also introduces Skin Leaf’s new Clarifying Facial Oil, a blend designed to target hyperpigmentation gently yet effectively. If you’re looking for safe, consistent solutions for dark spots, this is your glow-to guide. ✨ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glowing skin isn’t about buying more products—it’s about avoiding the small mistakes that sabotage your results. In this episode, Lia shares the 7 most common skincare mistakes (and yes, even skincare lovers are guilty of them!). We’ll cover: ❌ Over-exfoliating & mixing too many actives. ❌ Forgetting SPF. ❌ Skipping hydration, diet, and sleep. And of course—what to do instead! 💧🍎 If you’ve been stuck in a cycle of dull, tired-looking skin, this guide will help you get back on track toward your healthiest glow. 🌿✨ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.