Why Wet Set Rollers Are Making a Comeback
Over 50 & Flourishing with Dominique Sachse
Dear Media
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
This week, Dominique sits down with Dr. Lisa Grain, a retired orthodontist who has completely reinvented herself as the founder of French Barrelettes, a new beauty brand bringing back the old-school ritual of wet set rollers with modern technology.
What started as a cherished Sunday night ritual with her grandmother and mother has transformed into a full-fledged beauty startup built on faith, creativity, and perseverance.
In this conversation, Dominique and Lisa discuss:
- Lisa’s journey from orthodontics to entrepreneurship, and why she walked away from a long, successful career to chase a passion project
- The seven-year process of designing prototypes, testing, and finally creating the perfect wet set roller
- Why traditional rollers (foam, Velcro, plastic) never measured up, and how French Barrelettes are different
- How wet setting makes hair healthier, shinier, and longer-lasting than blowouts or heat styling
- The generational influence of her grandmother, mother, and daughter in shaping her beauty philosophy and business
- What Lisa learned about funding a startup without venture capital, and how bartering, relationships, and persistence carried her forward
- The emotional moment of her daughter helping her create her first pitch deck, and what it taught her about full-circle parenting
- How faith and what she calls “QTR” (Quality Time Remaining) guide her decisions in this next chapter
- Why reinvention is not just possible, but powerful, for women at any stage of life
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:14.0 | Today on Over 50 and Flourishing, I am joined by a woman who embodies reinvention, resilience, and timeless beauty. Dr. Lisa Grain spent |
| 0:23.5 | decades transforming smiles as a renowned orthodontist, blending science and artistry to help people |
| 0:29.3 | discover their best selves. But her story doesn't stop there. In her 60s, Lisa boldly stepped into a new |
| 0:35.9 | chapter, launching French barolettes, a luxury |
| 0:39.2 | hair roller line inspired by generations of women in her family, designed to bring that old-fashioned |
| 0:45.5 | glamour and ritual back to beauty. Beyond her role as an entrepreneur, Lisa is a dancer, |
| 0:51.6 | an athlete, style influencer, and philanthropist, |
| 0:55.0 | proof that flourishing does not have an age limit. |
| 0:58.3 | Today, she is here to share her journey of fearlessly embracing new beginnings, |
| 1:03.0 | celebrating ageless beauty, and encouraging women to see their challenges, not as flaws, |
| 1:07.7 | but as beauty marks as a life well-lived. |
| 1:13.3 | Lisa, we are so excited to welcome you. |
| 1:23.1 | Hey, Lisa, it is so good to see you, and what a pleasure to meet you. Hi, Dominique. So nice to meet you, |
| 1:29.2 | thanks for having. Oh, it's my pleasure. It's my pleasure. Your story is a beautiful one, and I know it's going to inspire a lot of women who think that they've done what they're supposed to do and mail it in and realize, |
| 1:38.4 | hmm, there might be something else on the table that hasn't been fully examined yet. And that's where you are. And as we speak, |
| 1:46.1 | you've just launched a brand new brand. I told everybody a little backstory about you. You know, |
| 1:52.1 | you've been an orthodontist for how many years? I graduated in 1991. Whatever. |
| 2:03.0 | Yeah, a long time. |
| 2:04.3 | A long time. |
| 2:11.6 | I mean, yeah, you know, your whole career, you've been one thing, which is why I so resonate with you, right? |
| 2:16.5 | And now you are embarking in something completely different. And I am so excited to hear more about what inspired your new company. |
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