Soko Glam Co-Founder Charlotte Cho on Her New Book, "Triple-Cleansing" & Why K-Beauty’s “Golden Age” is Far From Over
Breaking Beauty Podcast
Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins
4.7 • 954 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Nearly a decade ago, Charlotte Cho introduced North America to the concept of the “10-Step Korean Skincare Routine” via her e-commerce destination, Soko Glam, along with its genius sister blog on all things K-Beauty, The Klog. Since then, Charlotte has become a bonafide esthetician, a best-selling author and co-founder of her own skincare lines, Then I Met You and Good (Skin) Days. In the meantime, K-beauty is thriving – it’s now a $13.1 billion phenomenon, all thanks to the Korean “skin-first” philosophy, renowned for coaxing a radiant, makeup-free glow.
Today, Charlotte tells us why one of the very first products that she developed, Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm, has now won 15 awards and why the holy grail product was recently named “Product of the Year” by British skin expert Caroline Hirons. Then, stay tuned as Charlotte schools us on the next skincare secrets in K-Beauty: hydrating acid toners, “triple cleansing,” “cushion” sunscreens and more. And finally, listen in as Charlotte gives us a sneak peek at her second book, The Little Book of Jeong, set for release this summer – along with the steps she’s taking beyond beauty to #stopasianhate.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:02.8 | I truly think that K Beauty, coming into the US, |
| 0:06.0 | helped people become more educated about skin care. |
| 0:08.9 | And I think that it also helped bring the emergence of Indie brands and people be more open to trying |
| 0:14.7 | products that maybe their grandmother or mother have never tried before it became |
| 0:18.7 | more acceptable to have on your vanity all of these different brands versus like one of the same |
| 0:24.9 | legacy brand all in a row from the same line. I want to give credit to K-Beauty |
| 0:29.8 | for doing that I don't think we talk about it enough honestly how much K- Beauty has impacted the |
| 0:34.7 | skin care industry and the habits and trends that have emerged from it. |
| 0:42.3 | Welcome to Breaking Beauty, the podcast all about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty. |
| 0:48.0 | We're your host Jill Dunn and Carleenleen Hagenes. |
| 0:58.7 | Welcome back to Breaking Beauty Podcast, everyone. I'm your host, Carleen Higgins, |
| 1:00.3 | and I'm here with my dear co-host Jill done. |
| 1:02.8 | Hello Jill. |
| 1:03.8 | Hey, Carleen and Hey Breaking Beauty, fam, |
| 1:06.3 | I am honestly so excited for you all |
| 1:08.9 | to hear this episode today. |
| 1:10.1 | So it's that time again, the moment where we slow things down a bit and get real |
| 1:15.3 | real familiar with one of our favorite beauty brands with the founder themselves |
| 1:19.7 | about just how they managed to break through in the beauty isles. Today we're sitting |
| 1:24.6 | down virtually with Charlotte Cho. So Charlotte is the co-founder of the |
| 1:29.0 | Korean skincare e-commerce platform, SocoGlam, plus its sister content site, The Clog. |
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