156. Renée Rouleau, Celebrity Esthetician & Skincare Expert
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Renée Rouleau is a pink-haired warrior. You may recognize her name from an episode we did a few weeks back, answering your biggest skincare questions. I was really excited to record this with her as well because man, this woman has had her fair share of hurdles — personally and professionally — especially over the last few years. For episode 156, Renée explains how she got into the skincare industry and the challenges she conquered becoming a direct-to-consumer business and ultimately shifting her operations from Dallas to Austin. She explains why she decided to become an esthetician over a dermatologist, and how that decision has paid off. She also talks openly about the loss of her late husband Florian to cancer in 2018, who was the Chief Operating Officer at her company as well as her best friend and partner in life. She shares what life’s been like since then, and how she’s managed to move on and find happiness with her new normal. We also joke about Dr. Pimple Popper, she tells me why she's excited about Clubhouse, and explains the difference between blackheads and whiteheads.
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| 0:00.0 | You don't have all the answers for the future, |
| 0:02.0 | but you can make answers for today. |
| 0:04.1 | Hello, hello, Emily Abadi here bringing you episode 1-56 of Hurtle. |
| 0:24.6 | A wellness-focused podcast worries it down with inspiring individuals to talk about their |
| 0:28.8 | big wins, tough moments, and everything in between. |
| 0:32.8 | On the show, you can expect vulnerability, motivation, and candid discussions with everyone |
| 0:37.9 | from top athletes and CEOs to aspiring entrepreneurs on what it really takes to follow your passions. |
| 0:44.3 | My mission is simple, to inspire you to be your best self, move with intention, and have |
| 0:50.3 | some fun along the way. |
| 0:52.6 | I feel like there's a lot of new people in the Hurtle loop lately, so I want to welcome |
| 0:58.0 | you here. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm so happy to have you. |
| 1:00.6 | I want to take a second to reintroduce myself. |
| 1:05.0 | My name is Emily. |
| 1:06.0 | I've lived in New York for the past 10 years. |
| 1:08.1 | I'm about to make the hop from Manhattan to Brooklyn, this coming May, and I could not |
| 1:13.0 | be more excited for a fresh start. |
| 1:16.4 | I'm a career journalist. |
| 1:18.4 | I went out on my own after being the fitness editor at Self Magazine about four years ago, |
| 1:23.6 | and it has been a wild ride. |
| 1:27.0 | I specialize in health and wellness content, hence what you're getting a lot of here over |
| 1:31.3 | on Hurtle. |
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