Alli Webb: Drybar Founder

Second Life

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🗓️ 16 July 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

People with curly and straight hair alike know the power of a good blowout. It was this simple idea that catapulted Alli Webb from former hairstylist and stay-at-home mom to the haircare maven behind Drybar, the blow-dry bar that specializes in blowouts. Before discovering this untapped market in L.A., Webb honed her craft at beauty school on the East Coast, pivoted to a career in PR, and eventually found her way back to hair, where it all began. "It was just a whim and a hunch," Webb tells Hillary Kerr on episode 22 of Second Life.

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0:00.0	From MyDomain.com, this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring
0:11.6	careers.
0:12.6	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:16.8	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:21.5	Today, I have a real woman here in the studio with me, somebody who is absolutely genius
0:27.3	and has changed my life for the better.
0:29.8	Allie Webb.
0:30.8	For those of you who don't know her, she is an entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling
0:35.3	author, and the founder of Dry Bar.
0:38.7	Dry Bar is the premier destination for blow dries and styling with 100 locations nationwide,
0:44.5	and a line of dry bar products, including the Buttercup Blow Dryer, which I personally
0:49.0	own, and the Triple Sack Dry Spray, which is their best-selling volumizer and textureizer.
0:55.9	Allie launched her Dry Bar Empire in Los Angeles in 2010, and it has been a massive, massive
1:02.9	success.
1:03.9	But you might be surprised to hear that hair wasn't Allie's original career.
1:09.2	Nope, she actually started in fashion and PR before making the switch and becoming a
1:14.0	hair stylist and entrepreneur.
1:16.6	With no further ado, this is Allie Webb on Second Life.
1:21.2	So Allie, I always like to start at the beginning, because I think that is a lot of work.
1:25.9	It's a logical place to start.
1:27.3	It's a good place.
1:28.3	What did you study in school, and what did you think you were going to be when you grew
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