Before Beef Tallow, There Was Sheep-Derived Lanolin. Everything To Know About The Lowkey Skincare Ingredient Adored By Margot Robbie, Ancient Egyptians – and Us

Breaking Beauty Podcast

Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins

Jilldunn, Arts, Beautyeditors, Style541811, Beautyexpert, Beauty, Carlenehiggins, Fashion, Society & Culture, Magazineeditors, Fashion & Beauty

4.7 • 954 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Dry lips be gone! In partnership with our friends at Lano, we’re sitting down with Kirsten Carriol, founder of Lano, the Australian skincare brand known for its beauty editor darling “Lanolips” and what could very well be “The Best Lip Balm On Earth.” A glistening byproduct of sheep-shearing, lanolin has been favoured by the ancient Egyptians, celebrities like Margot Robbie, and us.

Tune in to hear about:

What Lano’s founder learned about lanolin’s skin compatibility while growing up on her grandparents' sheep farm in South Australia – supported by molecular studies learned from Kirsten’s father, a DNA scientist
Which skin types can benefit from lanolin most, and who should avoid
Is lanolin an allergen? The case for not throwing out the proverbial baby with the bathwater
How Kirsten managed to marry lanolin with SPF for the juicy new Sun Balm SPF 30 Tropical Lip Balm launched this summer – 16 years in the making
Stay tuned to the end to hear about more best beauty imports that Kirsten recommends from the land down under

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:08.1	Welcome to Breaking Beauty, the podcast, all about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty.
0:14.1	We're your host, Jill Dunn and Carleen Higgins.
0:39.0	Hello and welcome back to Breaking Beauty Podcast. I'm Carleen. I'm here with my friend Jill. Hi, Jill. Hi, Jill. Hey, Carleen. And we are two beauty editors, turn beauty podcasters talking about the breakthrough, people, products, and moments in beauty every single Wednesday. Maybe you're on a dock right now or in the Hamptons enjoying a lovely cocktail, but whatever you're up to, we are pleased to share this chat with
0:44.6	you today. It's a founder story. We're kind of going back to our roots. And we have a VIP sponsor for
0:50.2	the episode today. And that's our friends at Lano, the Australian beauty brand, formerly known as
0:55.7	Lano Lips. And I still very fondly call it Lano Lips. I think it's one of those brands. It's always
1:01.0	going to have the OG name attached to it, you know? Yes. And a lot of you might recognize the little pink
1:06.9	tubes with Lano in the retro writing on it. And today we'll be diving into the backstory behind
1:13.4	what I would consider to be a beauty editor, darling of a brand with the founder herself,
1:18.7	Kirsten, Karyall. And she is the daughter of a DNA professor. And Kirsten spent her childhood
1:24.6	on her grandparents' sheep farm in Lucendale, South Australia.
1:29.4	Australia is on my bucket list, by the way. I want to go there so badly.
1:33.5	I'll go with you, Joe.
1:36.6	It just seems so far-flung. Like, in Australia right now, it's the winter. Like, that is mind-boggling to me.
1:43.1	Do you know what I mean? It's just like another planet.
1:46.4	So I absolutely need to go there and check everything out. But it was there in Australia that
1:50.7	Kirsten discovered the magic of Lanolyn, the natural substance taken from freshly shorn
1:55.9	sheep's wool. And it's the key hero ingredient of the brand Lano.
2:06.3	Yes, and Kirsten created Lano after working in beauty PR for over 15 years with the world's biggest brands.
2:07.6	And so just ahead, she's going to chat with us about why the ingredient Lanolyn has stood
2:11.9	the test of time over centuries of being used in many cultures and why she feels that it's
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