PRETTY CURIOUS | How Do You Bring Botanicals To Your Brand? with Leigh Joseph

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Self-improvement, Education, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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What do you get when you combine sustainably sourced botanicals with Indigenous plant science? Sḵwálwen Botanicals! Ethnobotanist and founder of Sḵwálwen, Leigh Joseph, joins Jonathan on this week’s Pretty Curious to talk all about her approach to harvesting their botanicals, what motivated her to start her brand, and how we can all become more connected to the land. To learn more about the products referenced in the episode, check out our Instagram @curiouswithjvn, or head to JonathanVanNess.com for the episode transcript. Sḵwálwen Botanicals is an Indigenous skincare brand that honours cultural knowledge, Indigenous plant science and self care. Founded by ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph of Squamish First Nation, Sḵwálwen (skwall - win) provides gentle and effective skincare and wellness products that draw from the ceremonial aspects of plants. Incorporating sustainably harvested and sourced botanicals, Sḵwálwen unites ancestral traditions with modern beauty rituals, empowering people to connect to themselves and the natural world. Sḵwálwen is on Instagram @skwalwenbotanicals and TikTok @skwalwen_botanicals. For more, head to skwalwen.com. Make sure to check out our other new series, Curious Now. And don’t worry—Getting Curious isn’t going anywhere. We’ll still be releasing new episodes every Wednesday. Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious, Curious Now, and Pretty Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our senior producer is Chris McClure. Our associate producer is Allison Weiss. Our engineer is Nathanael McClure. Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi esteemed podcast listeners Simon Mayo and Mark Comode here.
0:03.2	I'm excited to let you know that the new season of the Crown and the Crown, the official
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0:42.0	sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra
0:44.7	imps, or building a playlist that will even get your none up on the table.
0:48.9	Or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max.
0:55.0	Christmas. Better with Pepsi Max. God I feel gorgeous.
1:14.0	Welcome to Pretty Curious, I'm Jonathan Van Ness and every other week, honey,
1:16.3	I sit down with a stunning expert to talk all things.
1:19.3	Skincare, hair care, self-care,
1:21.4	surgeries, injections, beyond all of it.
1:24.5	We are talking about beauty, but this week we're speaking with Ethnobotenist and Beauty-Brand-founder
1:31.2	Lee Joseph.
1:33.2	Lee created Squalwen Botanicals, which is an indigenous skin care brand focused on using
1:37.8	plant science and cultural knowledge to make amazing and effective products.
1:43.0	She told us all about how they sustainably harvest and source their botanicals,
1:47.0	as well as how we can all become more connected to the land.
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