The Untold Beauty Stories of WNBA Players ft. Ariel Atkins and Natalie Achonwa

Naked Beauty

The Naked Beauty Podcast

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

While the WNBA has been around for over two decades, the extremely talented athletes and women who make up the league are just now being recognized on a global scale, particularly within the world of beauty. Tune in as I sit down with Washington Mystics’ Ariel Atkins (@iamarielatkins) and the Minnesota Lynx’s Natalie Achonwa (@natachon11) to break down “hitting the majors” within their beauty routine, the league’s very first beauty brand partnership with Glossier, navigating the misogyny and double standards as female athletes, their all time favorite beauty products and more. Enjoy!

Products Mentioned: Glossier (Stretch Fluid Foundation, Stretch Balm Concealer, Boy Brow, Milk Jelly Cleanser, Generation G, Invisible Shield), It Beauty Hyaluronic Acid, Jan Marini Face Cleanser, Wander Beauty Mascara

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, this is Brooke Bagard and you're listening to the Make It A Beauty Podcast.
0:07.6	What it treat this was to talk to the incredible players of the WNBA.
0:12.2	I have so much respect for athletes.
0:14.5	I was an athlete in high school.
0:16.5	I did track.
0:17.5	I did swimming.
0:18.5	Notice neither of those are team sports.
0:20.6	That's like a whole different discipline.
0:22.4	But these conversations just left me in awe of these women.
0:26.0	Not only their dedication to their sport, their discipline, which you're going to hear
0:30.2	a lot about, but the beauty, like the beauty regimens, the beauty routines, the products
0:35.9	they're using, the products they're making, I did not expect that.
0:39.1	I also want to acknowledge how overdue I am for a conversation like this.
0:43.5	I have been wanting to interview athletes for a long time, but the way that this came
0:48.3	together was just too perfect.
0:50.9	And I want to do some quick context setting.
0:53.0	The WNBA founded in 1996, first game in 1997, millions of people watched the games.
0:59.4	There are 12 teams, 144 players, and in 2020, 29 of those 144 women competed in the Olympics.
1:08.8	These are world-class athletes doing incredible things on and off the court.
1:13.0	What struck me is you have these incredibly inspiring women.
1:16.4	And until Glossier first reached out to the WNBA, there wasn't a single beauty brand
1:21.7	that had ever thought to sponsor the WNBA, to work with the players, to be the face of
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