How Jenny McCarthy Turned a Personal Health Journey Into Formless Beauty
Skincare Anarchy
Ekta et al.
4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Skin Anarchy, host Dr. Ekta Yadav sits down with Jenny McCarthy to talk about the personal journey that led her to launch Formless Beauty—a cosmetics brand redefining what “clean beauty” really means. What began as a health transformation for Jenny, prompted by autoimmune struggles and a genetic mutation diagnosis, quickly evolved into a deeper frustration with the lack of transparency in the beauty industry.
Formless Beauty was born out of necessity, not trend-chasing. Jenny reveals how she went from frustrated consumer to full-time founder and CEO, dedicating herself to creating products that exclude over 900 questionable ingredients—phthalates, parabens, synthetic fragrances, and more. This isn’t a white-labeled celebrity brand; it’s a mission-driven line that has earned trust from immunocompromised users, including cancer and lupus patients.
Throughout the episode, Jenny breaks down the problems with the current “clean beauty” landscape, including misleading marketing tactics, unregulated terms, and self-appointed certifications. She also calls attention to the alarming rise in young children using full-face cosmetics, urging parents to get educated about ingredients that could disrupt hormonal development.
Jenny’s passion and leadership are undeniable—from formulating a water-resistant, toxin-free mascara to hosting weekly TikToks to educate her audience. Her story is about advocacy, integrity, and building something she couldn’t find on the shelves. Tune in to hear how Formless Beauty is changing the clean beauty narrative—and why it’s not about hype, but health.
CHAPTERS:
(0:00) Introduction to Jenny McCarthy and Her Journey
(1:01) Jenny’s Health Journey and the Birth of Formless Beauty
(3:27) The Challenges of Creating Clean Beauty Products
(6:12) Building a Brand with EWG Guidelines
(9:40) Overcoming Obstacles in Clean Beauty Innovation
(12:38) The Importance of Transparency in Beauty Products
(15:36) Addressing the Misconception of Celebrity Brands
(17:41) The Impact of Social Media and Influencers on Young Consumers
(21:15) The Need for Role Models in Beauty and Confidence
To learn more about Jenny McCarthy, visit her social media. To learn more about Formless Beauty, visit their website and social media.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to Skin Anarchy. I am so thrilled to be hosting our guest today. She is such an icon. |
| 0:06.5 | She started her career in the 90s as a legendary Playboy cover star, and then she went on to host MTV Singled Out and also joined the panel of The View. |
| 0:17.9 | She's built such a remarkable career. She's an accomplished author, an actress, an |
| 0:23.0 | advocate, and also an entrepreneur with her own beauty brand. So without further ado, please welcome |
| 0:28.2 | Jenny McCarthy. Welcome, Jenny. I'm so honored to host you. It's such a pleasure to have you on the |
| 0:32.8 | show. I am too. Thank you so much. I love being here. No, I love that you're here. I can't wait to talk all about your brand. I'm a huge fan, by the way. |
| 0:39.3 | But I want to really start with what got you interested in the beauty industry. |
| 0:43.3 | I know you have this amazing career, but like becoming a founder and going into entrepreneurship. |
| 0:48.3 | What was the spark that made you want to go this direction? |
| 0:50.3 | You know, there wasn't necessarily a goal in mind at all and throughout my |
| 0:55.5 | career saying, you know, someday I'm going to start my beauty brand. It literally came out of a |
| 0:59.3 | desperate need for health. My health, especially as we get older, especially as we go through |
| 1:04.0 | paramenopause and menopause, we notice a lot more of our underlying conditions either get |
| 1:09.4 | worse or we decide to throw on a few. |
| 1:12.4 | They're like a la carte as we get older. I'm like, oh, I'll take a little bit more of this |
| 1:15.7 | autoimmune, this problem, new rashes. So things started happening to me that I realized, okay, |
| 1:22.5 | I've got to make a choice here. And that choice is I can follow a path of prevention or I can be chasing a |
| 1:29.7 | path looking for cures. So I took health in my own hands and cleaned up my own life. I stopped |
| 1:35.4 | drinking. I don't eat sugar. I eat organic. I eat as clean as possible all because I've got |
| 1:41.2 | multiple issues, such as maybe people can relate. I have an MTH of our gene mutation. |
| 1:47.2 | What that means is basically I have a hard time kind of detoxing exposures, chemicals, toxins. |
| 1:53.0 | They tend to play around my system. |
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