Ep 76 - The #DamnGoods: Body Hair Extravaganza!
Breaking Beauty Podcast
Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins
4.7 • 954 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Has anyone clocked the latest shaving ads that feature fluffy limbs, bushy pits and full-on pubic hair? With the cultural shift toward body and acne positivity, body hair acceptance is the next frontier in beauty realness. In today’s episode, Carlene and Jill discuss the merits of these latest marketing campaigns that (surprise!) are still trying to sell you a new razor. First we zoom in on Billie, the Serena Williams-backed company that’s leading the charge with its #projectbodyhair initiative that reinforces the fact that shaving is a choice.
We also break down the meaning of the “pink tax” and what some brands are doing to fire back. Next, we take a look at the industry giants duping the indie brands with radically different ads featuring women of all shapes, sizes, ethnicities and skin conditions compared to the svelte, pale and completely hairless models of years past.
Full disclosure: Carlene and Jill still shave, wax and gadget their way to a hair-free aesthetic (in some body areas, anyway).
In this Damn Goods episode, Jill test drives the newest offerings in drugstores, including innovations that promise you can shave up and down, not to mention side-to-side. Meanwhile, Carlene gets down with some chic new safety razors that lean into zero waste. (Given that two billion plastic razors end up in landfills every year, you’ll definitely think twice next time about ever reaching for a disposable again!) In-grown hairs? We got you with the winning solutions on that front, too…
*Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all products reviewed are gratis media samples submitted for editorial consideration.*
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Hosts: Carlene Higgins and Jill Dunn
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:05.0 | Hey guys, welcome to the damn goods by Breaking Beauty, |
| 0:10.0 | our episode featuring what products were loving and not so much. |
| 0:13.8 | Reviews you can use coming right up. |
| 0:15.8 | Hey everyone, welcome back to Breaking Beauty Podcast. It's a damn goods today. |
| 0:25.0 | Woo-hoo! And I'm Carleen. This is Jill. It's just going to be us shooting the |
| 0:30.5 | shit about what we've tried, what we like's it and it's the summer so we really |
| 0:35.2 | want to cover off hair removal because I feel like this is a huge topic and we got to talk about it in the summer when we're showing all the |
| 0:41.1 | skin you know yes exactly and not only are we going to be talking about just the products |
| 0:46.0 | we're also going to talk about the body hair revolution that's happening right now |
| 0:51.0 | because there's such a cultural shift and it all has to do with |
| 0:54.7 | self-acceptance and it's kind of the last frontier you know we've seen body |
| 0:59.1 | positivity we've seen acne positivity. Stretchmark positivity. |
| 1:03.6 | Yeah, and I think just this idea of embracing |
| 1:06.5 | what you already have, but it's really interesting, |
| 1:09.0 | you know, because they're still trying to sell you a razor |
| 1:11.9 | absolutely companies. So, but I think you had. they're still trying to sell you a razor. Absolutely. |
| 1:12.8 | So, but I think you had something to say on this topic in general, |
| 1:16.8 | your personal viewpoint on body hair, Carlin. |
| 1:19.5 | Well, I just wanted to disclose because as I'm giving my opinion I think it's just good to |
| 1:24.6 | understand where I'm coming from and I feel like I have an appreciation of body hair |
| 1:31.0 | acceptance but I personally am not accepting of my body hair. |
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