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Linda Wells: Flesh Beauty Founder and Revlon Chief Creative Officer

Second Life

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When Linda Wells landed her first job as an editorial assistant in the beauty department of Vogue, she didn't have so much as a five-year-plan. She admits she could never have planned how her professional life—beauty editor turned editor in chief of a new magazine (a little publication called Allure) turned chief creative officer of Revlon and creator of the cosmetics line Flesh—would have turned out. On episode 24 of Second Life, Wells dishes about how she leaned into challenges and major changes to build the impressive career she has today.

Transcript

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0:00.0

From MyDomain.com, this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring

0:11.9

careers.

0:12.9

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting

0:17.0

aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.

0:22.4

I'm Hillary Kerr, and this is a very special day here at Second Life because we have a true

0:29.0

legend in the studio, Linda Wells.

0:32.7

She was the founder and editor-in-chief of a lore magazine for 25 years.

0:38.4

She's an incredible writer, Google her byline, immediately, I promise you won't be disappointed.

0:44.3

And she is now the chief creative officer of Revlon and the creator of Flesh Beauty.

0:50.4

For those of you who haven't heard of Flesh yet, it's a brand new, inclusive beauty line

0:55.6

that is available in over 500 ultra-stores.

0:59.4

It's forward thinking, disruptive, cheeky, and yes, the products are really amazing.

1:05.4

She's a font of wisdom, and I feel so very, very, very lucky that she took time out of

1:11.0

her busy schedules to talk with me today.

1:13.7

With no further ado, this is Revlon's chief creative officer Linda Wells, now on Second

1:19.9

Life.

1:21.9

Linda, thank you so much for being here.

1:24.3

I really, really, really appreciate it.

1:27.6

I'm so thrilled to be here.

1:29.2

Thank you so much, Hillary.

1:30.3

So let's start at the beginning, which is a very logical place to start.

1:34.4

Long time ago.

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