How Caliray Keeps the Original "Essence" of Urban Decay Alive with Founder Wende Zomnir
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Wende Zomnir is someone we consider a beauty titan on Gloss Angeles: she co-founded the longstanding cosmetics brand Urban Decay in the '90s, and after selling to L'Oreal and leaving the brand herself, she launched another one: inspired by her passion for the beach, surfing and sustainability, Caliray was born,
Wende has a wealth of knowledge about the industry, so we're thrilled to have her on the pod. She shares how Urban Decay was born at a time where brands weren't a dime a dozen, her thoughts on the Naked palette resurrection, what Urban was doing before any other makeup brand, and what she thinks matters most to consumers when it comes to products. Plus, how she keeps the "dirty minds" alive with Caliray and how her second brand differs from her first. She also reveals the product she'd like to see revived in our Misscontinued segment.
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| 0:00.0 | G.M. |
| 0:02.0 | Los Angeles. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi Kirby. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, Sarah. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to Los Angeles. |
| 0:11.0 | Sarah, welcome to the OC bitch. |
| 0:16.0 | Sarah, welcome to the OC, bitch. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome home for me. |
| 0:24.8 | I mean, welcome home for you. |
| 0:25.9 | Listen, the OC was the place that I aspired to be growing up in Texas. |
| 0:30.9 | So did you like Marissa or Summer? |
| 0:33.5 | Who was your girl? |
| 0:34.3 | Summer was my girl. |
| 0:35.0 | Yeah, same. |
| 0:35.7 | Summer was my girl. |
| 0:36.4 | She was like very bougie. Marissa was way too nonchalant for me. I liked Summer. She knew what she wanted. |
| 0:41.7 | She also, Seth is my man. Yeah. And also Sandy Cohen is a big. Oh yeah, Sandy Cohen. But why are we here? |
| 0:48.5 | We're here because we're with Wendy Zomner, the OG, the I-Con. The queen of the queen. She is the founder of Callie Ray, one of our |
| 0:58.0 | favorite brands. We talk about this brand a lot on the podcast. And you also probably know her |
| 1:01.6 | because she created urban decay. So welcome to Los Angeles. Wendy, we love you. I'm excited |
| 1:08.3 | to be at Los Angeles or in Los Angeles. And I debate whether I am the |
| 1:12.7 | queen. And I say this because last night I was getting my hair done. And Jared and Jeremy from |
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