Solo Episode: The Devil Wears Lancôme? Movie Marketing Gone Wild, Jo Malone Zara Drama and Can Acne Ever be “Sexy”?

Breaking Beauty Podcast

Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins

Fashion, Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Style541811, Carlenehiggins, Beauty, Arts, Jilldunn, Beautyexpert, Beautyeditors, Magazineeditors

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Alix Earle! Jo Malone! Gisele! We’re diving into the headlines that have the beauty world buzzing in our first catch-up episode since January. From the envelope-pushing product marketing for “The Devil Wears Prada 2” to the latest beauty lawsuit, we are breaking down the hot takes that you have been waiting for.

Plus! We found a new book for your French pharmacy obsession, a totally accessible luxury-meets-skincare shower buy and we’re weighing in on the massive (and controversial) launch of Alix Earle’s new acne-focused skincare brand.

Editorial note: This episode was recorded April 10 2026.

You’ll hear about:

Gisele Bündchen is better than ever: While fashion campaigns turn their attention to mature models, we chat about the drugstore beauty brand that just landed Gisele as its very first global ambassador
The “K-Pop” sunscreen phenomenon: How brands like Anua are leveraging "K-Pop Demon Hunters" to help make sunscreen cool for Gen Z
Jo Malone vs. Jo Malone: The "scent-sational" legal battle between the Estée Lauder parent company and the founder herself over her Zara collaboration
The “Devil Wears Prada” sequel: We discuss the blatant — but brilliant — movie marketing from L’Oréal and Lancôme that is pushing product placement beyond anything we have seen before
The body care explosion: Your new luxe-for-less “everything shower” staple
The French pharmacy guidebook: A breakdown of the new book “The French Skincare Bible: Beauty Secrets for Healthy, Glowing Skin” by legit French pharmacist Dr. Marine Vincent — your ultimate decoder for French pharmacy favourites, at last.
Alix Earle’s Reale Actives skincare launch: Does "sexy” marketing work for acne? We debate the strategy behind the influencer’s $5 million dollar first-day sales and the receipts she brought to social media

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:08.1	Welcome to Breaking Beauty, the podcast, all about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty.
0:14.0	We're your host, Jill Dunn and Carleen Higgins.
0:38.2	Welcome back to Breaking Beauty podcast, everybody. I'm one of your co-hosts, Jill Dunn, and I'm here with Carleen Higgins. Hello. And today we're really excited because we're doing sort of a catch-up episode. We haven't done these in a hot minute. Yes. I think January was our last one. And here we are. It's, you know, the end of April. But there is a lot of news that we want to catch people up on,
0:43.0	Carlyne. Absolutely. And as two longtime magazine beauty editors turned beauty podcasters,
0:47.9	people want to hear from us, I think, some of our hot takes on the news. And as we know in beauty,
0:53.3	there's never a shortage of things to talk about.
0:56.8	So today we're going to talk about some pop culture meets beauty moments. We're going to talk
1:01.0	about a book that I'm very excited about. We're going to talk about some of the latest influencer
1:05.7	in celebrity beauty launches that are making waves and maybe even some headlines that have been circulating
1:11.9	online that I think all of you will want to hear from us on. So where should we start,
1:17.6	Karlene? I would like to start with what your thoughts are on Garnier working with Giselle.
1:24.1	Garnier and Chiselle. I think that she was ripe for the plucking. Oh, interesting. Yeah. The Chanel contract is done or something? Yeah. I mean, she hasn't really been modeling for a while. Really? No, I don't think so. Okay, okay. I mean, I haven't seen her in many campaigns or anything. I think she was on a bit of a hiatus. But I do follow her
1:46.6	on Instagram and I've seen her from time to time and I mean, she looks incredible. I don't know
1:50.7	what her age is right now. It just seems like she's barely changed. And I think with the,
1:57.2	you know, the whole movement toward more age inclusivity, more interest in people who are,
2:04.5	I doubt she's Jen X. Maybe she is. Oh, wow. Yeah. But by the way, she is the face of the Chanel
2:10.4	J12 currently. Okay. Yeah. The watch. Yeah. But obviously not as much. She used to be everywhere.
2:16.5	True, true, true. And so I think it's great that they picked her up. And of course, we also know that her lifestyle is very, very wellness oriented. And I think I don't know what she's the face of for Garnier, but I do know that they have a big environmental kind of natural slant. Yeah. And they're really trying to
2:37.6	lean more into that. Wellness area. Yeah. Then their drugstore positioning. So yeah, I think it makes
2:45.2	sense. I think it does too. Why I think they signed her on is we know hair is huge. Hair is having such a huge moment.
2:51.6	Who has better hair than the Brazilians? And so they partnered with her on this like,
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