Hairstylist Chris McMillan on His *NEW* Hair Product Line, “The Rachel” Lore, C*nty Little Bob Summer and Hair Tips Galore
Breaking Beauty Podcast
Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins
4.7 • 954 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
This week, we're joined by Chris McMillan, the iconic celebrity hairstylist behind Jennifer Aniston's legendary "Rachel" haircut and the inspiration for Leslie Bibb's "C*nty Little Bob" in The White Lotus season three – *the* cut of 2025 hair trends. With over four decades of shaping Hollywood's most famous hairstyles, Chris spills all on this exclusive podcast interview.
Get the inside scoop on his highly anticipated, eponymous Chris McMillan haircare range, launching mid-August at Sephora! Plus, brace yourself for incredible real-life stories of drugs, glamour, car chases, and more from the beauty world.
For the full experience, Watch our chat on YouTube! Don't miss this deep dive into celebrity hair secrets and the mind of a true hair fashion icon.
You’ll hear about:
- Chris’ sobriety journey – how the hairstylist started by jetsetting around the globe, delivering the most risqué, headline-making haircuts to car chases with the police before making his beauty industry comeback in his early career
- How “The Rachel” haircut helped put Chris on the map, and how his relationship with Jennifer Aniston has stood the test of time
- Everything to know about the “C*nty Little Bob” he cut for White Lotus star Leslie Bibb, and how to make the cut of 2025 work no matter your face shape
- First details about Chris’ upcoming, eponymous haircare line, like where his inspiration came for the esthetic and what he’s seeking to accomplish now in the fourth decade of his legendary career 🇫🇷
- And of course one of the most Googled things about him, “How much does Chris McMillan charge for a haircut?” We got the answer!
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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. |
| 0:13.8 | We're your host, Jill Dunn and Carleen Higgins. |
| 0:25.3 | Welcome back to another episode of Breaking Beauty Podcast, everyone. |
| 0:28.7 | I'm your co-host, Jill Dunn, and I'm here with Carleen Higgins. |
| 0:29.4 | How are you, Carleen? |
| 0:31.0 | I'm great, Jill. |
| 0:36.6 | And all of you probably know by now we're two longtime beauty editors turned beauty podcasters here to fill your beauty cup every |
| 0:39.2 | single Wednesday. You know, we're so grateful for our pod fam who've been riding with us for the last |
| 0:43.8 | eight years. This is we're yapping about everything from new hashtag damn good product finds that we |
| 0:49.6 | think are top shelf worthy because as editors, we've seen it all and swatched it all. So we're picky around here. |
| 0:55.5 | And if you're new around here, we're glad you found us in our archives. You can find conversations with |
| 1:00.6 | some famous faces like Kate Hudson and Tracy Ellis Ross. And as journalist by trade, Jill, |
| 1:06.7 | you know, we love to interview the top hair makeup and skin pros in the beauty game to get their best tips and tricks. |
| 1:14.5 | So people like makeup by Mario, Dr. Shereen Idris has been on our show a few times. |
| 1:19.9 | And our guest today, who is nothing short of iconic in the beauty world. |
| 1:25.7 | Drum roll, please. |
| 1:27.9 | This week, we are thrilled to welcome celebrity hairstylist extraordinaire Chris McMillan. |
| 1:36.0 | So from the legendary 90s, quote unquote, Rachel haircut with his muse Jennifer Aniston to inspiring the cut of 2025. |
| 1:44.9 | You know that cunty little Bob for Leslie Bibbs turn in The White Lotus season three. |
| 1:50.1 | He's a true visionary and he's been turning out trends for more than four decades. |
| 1:56.3 | And we're just so excited to share the podcast exclusive. |
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