Lili Reinhart on Her Acne-Busting Hacks, Boyfriend Skincare Secrets and Details on Her Next, Witchy Acting Role
Breaking Beauty Podcast
Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins
4.7 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Lili Reinhart – actress, producer and newly-minted beauty entrepreneur – joins us this week! Best known for her role as Betty in Riverdale as well as her scene-stealing turn in Hustlers. In 2024, Lili added beauty founder to her resume with the launch of her acne-friendly skincare line, Personal Day.
Tune in as Lili shares how she learned to care for her acne-prone skin – and why she felt that the time was right to become a beauty founder in the sea of celeb launches. Plus, Lili tells us how she manages to keep her mental health in check - from becoming a Reiki master to exploring neuroplasticity along with hints on her campy turn in the witchy female-ensemble film, Forbidden Fruits, debuting at SXSW this month.
Tune in to hear about:
- How Lili uses Personal Day’s viral hit products, the Unplug Blackhead-Melting Nose Strips and the “Trust Me on This” Hypochlorous Acid Spray, in her own routine – and the one product that she loves to test-drive on her actor boyfriend, Jack Hughes
- Lili’s exact fave eye shadows, foundations and lippies in her makeup bag right now
- How Lili is still learning to make peace with her hair, and the products she trusts to care for alopecia
- How Lili is using her role as producer to mentor up-and-coming talents, like co-star Lola Tung
- Stay tuned to the end for a fun game of “Forbidden or Fruit” - inspired Lili’s latest film - where the actress shares her dos and don’ts in fashion and beauty
- Psst! If you’d like to try Personal Day yourself, including the new Personal Day Soft Slip Priming Milk, use code BREAKING15 at personalday.com for 15% off.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:08.2 | 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. |
| 0:33.5 | Welcome back to Breaking Beauty Podcast, everyone. The podcast about the breakthrough people, products and moments in beauty. I'm your co-host, Carlene Higgins, and I'm here with the best co-host ever, Jill Dunn. |
| 0:55.6 | Hey, everyone. Hey, Carlene. And our regular listeners know that we are two longtime magazine beauty editors turned beauty podcasters. We've been in your feeds for nine years at this point. But if it is your first time here, maybe you're discovering us because of our guests today. We have a catalog of more than 400 episodes. We interview the top thought leaders in beauty, whether that's a dermatologist like Dr. Shereen Idris, makeup artists like makeup by Mario, hairstylists like Jen Atkin, or some |
| 1:02.2 | big celebrity names like Haley Bieber, Tracy Ellis Ross, Sarah Michelle Geller recently. And we're thrilled |
| 1:09.0 | to welcome another A-lister today. Her name is Lily |
| 1:12.2 | Reinhart. You may know her as Betty Cooper from Riverdale. She, of course, is an actress, a |
| 1:18.5 | producer and the founder of Personal Day, which she launched in 2024. In less than a year, |
| 1:26.9 | Personal Day has earned over 10 national beauty awards, plus a coveted |
| 1:32.1 | spot in over 700 Alta beauty stores. |
| 1:35.4 | And we had the privilege of sitting down with Lily in person in our LA studios. |
| 1:39.7 | So be sure to watch this on our YouTube channel, which is at Breaking Beauty Podcast. |
| 1:44.0 | So find us on there, |
| 1:45.2 | like, comment, share with a friend. We love welcoming new friends to our show. I have to say, |
| 1:50.7 | you're in for a treat because Lily really surprised me. Sometimes you never know with a celebrity |
| 1:56.0 | and a beauty brand, you know, how guarded they're going to be or how much they're willing to go there. |
| 2:00.8 | And she was |
| 2:01.4 | very straightforward, not a talking head at all. You guys are going to love this chat. And if you're |
| 2:08.0 | not familiar with Personal Day, it is a brand that is on the rise. It's gone viral on TikTok for a |
| 2:14.6 | couple of products, one of them being the blackhead melting strips and also |
| 2:19.6 | the hypochloris spray. And I'm sure it helps that everything is under $40. It's not just Lily |
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