Smart Beauty
Hosted by [Host Name] and Viola · Viola Levy
5.0from 3 ratings
- 67
- Episodes
- 51
- Transcribed
- 3
- Ratings
- 2023
- First episode
About Smart Beauty
Smart Beauty is a podcast for beauty business owners (particularly female founders) who are looking for tips on how to hone their brand voice and the story behind it – or anyone who's just curious about business and branding. It's hosted by Viola Levy, journalist and founder of copy-led branding agency Smart Beauty Creative. We also sit down with guests from some of the industry’s leading and disruptive beauty brands, as well as industry-insiders. To learn more about what we do, visit smartbeautycreative.com (http://smartbeautycreative.com) or follow us on Instagram @smartbeautycreative (instagram.com/smartbeautycreative)
- Publisher
- Viola Levy
- Category
- arts · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Apr 2023
- Latest episode
- 1 Jul 2026
Latest episodes
51 of 67 episodes have a transcript.
1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sasha Lord on cancelled weddings and building a fragrance brand from rock bottom
23 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
From poker to prescription skincare – building a £160m business with James Mishreki
15 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why some brains are built for corporate – with Michelle Kluz, CEO of Stila Cosmetics
Inside a recent episode
Sasha Lord on cancelled weddings and building a fragrance brand from rock bottom
Published 1 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think any of us just carried on. And now I'm like, oh, we're four years in. And they say kind of what you don't know, you don't fear. And that's why you get a lot of people from non-fragrance backgrounds launching brands. But obviously you did know how hard it was and how tough the industry is. Yeah, I don't really know what I was thinking. I think people that don't know the industry don't realise how much red tape there is, how many barriers you've got. in that fragrances, even when they are natural, are a chemical. And I think people don't realize like how difficult it is actually working with chemicals because you think, okay, right, global domination, here we go. […]
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- Sasha Lord
- James Mishreki
- Michelle Kluz
- Dr Olivia Ahn
- Holly Brooke
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- 5.0 / 5
- 3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100
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- 52
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 32
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