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Glow Journal

by Gemma Dimond · English · Arts & Books

Join beauty writer Gemma Dimond (neé Watts) in conversation with the world’s biggest beauty pioneers. We’re picking the brains behind the beauty products that fill your bathroom cupboards- the CEOs, founders and creative minds heading the brands that shape the beauty industry. From cult favourites t

New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 46 min
Latest: 13 Oct 2026
Language: English

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13 Oct 2026 · 38 minNew

Laney Crowell | Founder & CEO of Saie | Live in London

In episode 164 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to founder and CEO of Saie, Laney Crowell. I first had Laney on the show back in early 2021 so to hear the full story behind what I really sincerely believe is one of beauty industry’s coolest brands you’ll find that conversation in Season 3, so what I wanted to cover in this conversation was just how much has changed within the Saie universe over the last 5 years- specifically, what Laney thought scaling the business might have looked like compared to how it’s actually played out. When we last spoke, Saie had just launched…

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15 Sep 2026 · 38 min
Gem on Big Decisions, Big Parcels, and Big Guests
My first solo episode for the year! Recorded this in Melbourne, publishing it from London, then taking a few weeks of leave- I will be back in your ears on October 14. In this solo episode I'm talking about what makes me say "no" to a job, what actually impresses me in the beauty industry in 2026, my top 3 best ever career decisions, and the advice I'd give to anyone wanting to become a beauty creator in 2026. Stay up to date on Instagram at @gemdimond and @glow.journal, or get in touch at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S8 · 2 Sep 2026 · 50 min
Jess Armstrong | Founder of FUCA
In episode 163 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of FUCA Skincare, Jess Armstrong. In April 2023 at 35 years old, Jess Armstrong was diagnosed stage 2 breast cancer. Within 10 days of that diagnosis, Jess had started what would become 18 months of active cancer treatment including 6 months of weekly chemo. Jess describes being in the thick of cancer treatment as “the lowest part of your life confidence wise,” so discovering that the extreme skin sensitivities that came with her treatment meant she could no longer use the beauty products that had become so…
S8 · 19 Aug 2026 · 51 min
Nicole Eckels (Returns) | Founder & CEO of Glasshouse Fragrances
In episode 162 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to founder and CEO of Glasshouse Fragrances, Nicole Eckels. One of my favourite types of brand founders to speak with are those who quite literally pioneered an entire category. Despite having known Nicole Eckels for several years now and having had her on the show back in 2020, it still fascinates me that prior to Glasshouse Fragrances’ launch in 2005, the home fragrance category didn’t really exist here in Australia. I encourage you to go back to Season 2 to listen to the Glasshouse origin story, but in the 6 years since…
S8 · 4 Aug 2026 · 32 min
David Mallett | Industry Icon & Founder of David Mallett Haircare
In episode 161 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to beauty industry icon and Paris-based hairstylist David Mallett. There are few things, not just professionally but in life in general, that I find more inspiring than speaking to someone who knows exactly what it is they are supposed to be doing on this earth. David Mallett is one of those rare and extraordinary people. David tells me that he’s known that his purpose was to work in hair, specifically in the fashion space, since he was about 4 years old- and he was right. When we think about some of history’s most iconic…
S8 · 21 Jul 2026 · 53 min
Amy Liu | Founder & CEO of Tower 28
In episode 160 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to founder and CEO of Tower 28, Amy Liu. Amy Liu says it’s never been easier to start a beauty brand, but it’s never been harder to stay. Since its launch in 2019, Tower 28 has become one of the industry’s biggest modern success stories, however Amy tried launching three businesses prior to creating something that stuck. Amy’s background is in growing beauty brands from the inside, and while we all know the industry has changed over the last couple of decades, she explains that the fundamentals have remained largely…
S8 · 7 Jul 2026 · 56 min
Ed Currie & Andy Coxon | Founders of AKT London | Live in London
In episode 159 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founders of AKT, Ed Currie and Andy Coxon. Ed and Andy are West End performers. They’ve spent years under the brightest of lights, dancing, sweating, wearing costumes shared across casts for, in the case of a show like Les Mis, years upon years, that are so delicate they can’t be deep cleaned. We know how inextricably linked scent is to our confidence- they needed something that worked, that was formulated with performance at the fore, and that made people smell (and, probably more importantly, FEEL), amazing. AKT has…
S8 · 23 Jun 2026 · 38 min
Katey Mandy | Founder & CEO of RAESO | Live in London
In episode 158 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of RAESO, Katey Mandy. Katey Mandy knows beauty. Before launching her own brand, Katey spent 15 years working in brand strategy across major global beauty brands. Her insights on the way the industry has changed over that time are really, really valuable, particularly around how beauty now approaches this idea of “luxury”- she tells me that where it used to be about closed doors and velvet ropes, it’s now more about meeting the customer where they’re at. RAESO is, put simply, an incredible brand doing…
S8 · 9 Jun 2026 · 47 min
Sarah Chapman | Founder of Sarah Chapman Skinesis | Live in London
In episode 157 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of Sarah Chapman Skinesis, Sarah Chapman. Having worked in skin for over 25 years and having sat at the helm of her namesake brand since its launch in 2008, Sarah Chapman has been dubbed “skincare’s quiet high priestess.” Sarah was one of the first, globally, to actually combine clinically effective skincare with a luxurious experience of use, she’s the go-to facialist for London’s biggest names, and the entire reason she opened her own clinic 12 years ago was because she had a waiting list of over 250 people.…
S8 · 26 May 2026 · 45 min
Yasmin Sewell | Founder of Vyrao | Live in London
In episode 156 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of Vyrao, Yasmin Sewell. Very few people have had the impact on the fashion industry, and subsequently beauty, that Yasmin Sewell has had. A 25 year long career in fashion saw Yasmin hold some of the industry’s most influential roles, globally, across the likes of Farfetch, Style.com , Browns, and Liberty, making her present for some of the largest historical shifts we’ve seen in the ways people discover, consume, and access fashion. In 2021 Yasmin launched Vyrao, an energy-led fine fragrance house, the first…
S8 · 12 May 2026 · 42 min
Shai Eisenman | Founder & CEO of Bubble Skincare
In episode 155 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder and CEO of Bubble, Shai Eisenman. Shai Eisenman approached building a beauty brand like a tech company. Bubble, the Gen Z focused skincare brand which had clocked up over $100 million USD in sales by late last year, a mere 5 years post-launch, is built around a consumer driven feedback loop. Where most founders will start the development process with a small focus group, then go away to build the business, then touch back in with a cursory “Hope you like it!”, Shai essentially co-created the brand with her…
S8 · 28 Apr 2026 · 52 min
Rebecca Maddern & Rebecca Gregson | Co-Founders of Cheat Beauty
In episode 154 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to co-founders of Cheat Beauty, Rebecca Maddern and Rebecca Gregson. Cheat Beauty launched in February of this year and completely sold out its first drop in less than a fortnight. The product is a dual ended lipstick and lip liner, in three nude shades with different undertones. It sounds so simple, and that’s the point- Cheat Beauty launched with a goal of making great makeup easier. There’s no guesswork, there’s no confusion, it’s just two ends of a product that work together. Something both Bec Maddern and Bec Gregson…
S8 · 14 Apr 2026 · 45 min
Jun Lim | Founder of BORNTOSTANDOUT
In episode 153 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to BORNTOSTANDOUT founder Jun Lim in another Australian podcast exclusive. BORNTOSTANDOUT is unquestionably one of the most interesting, and in my opinion industry-defining, brands in not just the fragrance space, but the beauty sphere at large right now. What’s so fascinating to me about BTSO is that it’s built on this idea of rebellion, but the brand is based in South Korea. Now you hear Korea and you think “Well, that makes sense, it’s the global capital of beauty innovation,” but as Jun puts it- “Korea is simultaneously…
S8 · 31 Mar 2026 · 54 min
Fara Homidi | Founder & CEO of Fara Homidi Beauty
In episode 152 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to Fara Homidi in an Australian podcast exclusive. You know Fara Homidi’s work, regardless of if that name is familiar to you or not. Whether you’re invested in beauty and had been counting down to her namesake brand’s arrival on Australian shelves, or if you’ve had a peripheral scroll through Instagram and seen a Miu Miu campaign or an i-D cover- based on the extent to which she’s shaped 21st century beauty, I can just about guarantee you’ve seen her work. I’ve always been visually very drawn to the way Fara applies makeup…
S8 · 30 Mar 2026 · 1 min
We're Back Baby. Season 8 Begins April 1.
Did you miss me? Season 8 of the Glow Journal podcast returns this Wednesday, April 1. We can't wait to share this season's lineup of some of the world's best beauty entrepreneurs- starting with an Australian podcast exclusive. If you love beauty, business, and the sound of my voice- you know what to do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 · 16 Dec 2025 · 1 hr
Cici Stefanova | Founder of Supernova Body
In episode 151 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of Supernova Body, Cici Stefanova. By virtue of my job, I’m asked pretty often which beauty brands I’m genuinely excited by or who I think both the industry and consumers should be keeping an eye on, and for the last 18 months my first answer has been Supernova Body without a second of hesitation. This brand is everything I love in a new brand- the products are genuinely innovative and fill a legitimate market gap, it’s making beauty fun and sexy and that’s what beauty is to me, and it’s led by a founder who…
S7 · 2 Dec 2025 · 53 min
Natassia Nicolao (Returns) | Founder & CEO of Conserving Beauty
In episode 150 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks once again to the founder and CEO of Conserving Beauty, Natassia Nicolao. I mentioned earlier this season that, given we’re now 7 seasons in, I wanted to go back and revisit some of my favourite beauty brand stories- I wanted to bring back previous guests from earlier seasons and look at how their brands and the beauty industry at large has evolved since we last recorded. For the uninitiated, Conserving Beauty is Australia’s first ever waterless beauty brand, the first beauty brand globally to be part of the Water Footprint…
S7 · 11 Nov 2025 · 38 min
Gem's 2025 Beauty Favourites
If you've been on the Insta for some time, this is essentially a 40 minute #notsponsoredjustgood. Another solo episode this week, wrapping up the year (almost- still a few guest episodes left in Season 7) with my favourite new beauty launches of 2025. We'll add the full list in these shownotes eventually but, for now, enjoy. Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemdimond and @glow.journal , or get in touch at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 · 28 Oct 2025 · 34 min
Gem on PR Packages, Prescription Retinol, and Project Management
I almost ran out of P words and alliteration is important here. I promised you more solo episodes last year, and in absolutely no way have I delivered. Here's one! A little life update, then answering your questions on work, my studies, how I got into MCing, and whether or not I think PR sendouts actually move product... then into some beauty chat about prescription actives and wedding perfumes. As always, thank you to everyone who submitted questions! Stay up to date on Instagram at @gemdimond and @glow.journal, or get in touch at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
S7 · 14 Oct 2025 · 46 min
Susan Yara | Founder of Naturium
In episode 149 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the Naturium, Susan Yara. Two years before Hailey Bieber sold Rhode to e.l.f. Beauty, Susan Yara and her team sold Naturium to the beauty juggernaut for $355 million USD. The Naturium growth story is the kind of story you hear and think “This could be a Netflix doco.” Susan, naturally, tells it better than I do, but this may be one of the biggest beauty comebacks in recent history. Susan Yara, then a popular YouTuber, joined Naturium in a founder and CEO role in the year 2020. There was a controversy, the internet called…
S7 · 30 Sep 2025 · 47 min
Eleanor Pendleton | Founder of Haléau
In episode 148 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of Haléau Beauty, Eleanor Pendleton. Eleanor Pendleton knows beauty. She was the youngest Beauty Editor in Australia, taking the title at FAMOUS magazine when she was only 20 years old and has spent the better part of the last two decades in beauty publishing, largely at the helm of her own publication, Gritty Pretty. Eleanor is an unbelievable example of a journalist who has been able to not just adapt to but embrace the changing face of the media landscape of whatever we’re calling it, and to this day I…
S7 · 23 Sep 2025 · 1 hr
Georgie Gilbert & Camille Peressini | Founders of SOMA & Bronte
Former Mecca execs Georgie Gilbert and Camille Peressini had access to just about every luxury body care brand on the market. They’re also both mums- realistically, are you buying and using a high end body wash in the shower with your husband and kids? No, you’re doing a supermarket run and picking up something there. Both Georgie and Camille knew, however, that the supermarket body care offering was uninspiring. The products didn’t look or feel luxe, the scents were generic, and it felt like the accessible options weren’t formulated or designed with beauty consumers in mind. Enter, SOMA. If…
S7 · 9 Sep 2025 · 46 min
Lucy Vincent | Founder of sans [ceuticals]
In episode 146 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of sans [ceuticals], Lucy Vincent. We’re increasingly seeing brands bring new sustainability initiatives to the table, but the reality is that the most sustainable thing you can do is to stop producing more things. Now that’s never going to happen, is it, so the challenge here is for beauty brands to figure out how we as consumers can still experience beauty in the way we want, without compromise, but with as minimal a footprint as is possible. I use the word “challenge” but that doesn’t feel like it has…
S7 · 26 Aug 2025 · 58 min
Rachael Wilde | Founder of Bouf Haircare
In episode 145 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks once again to Rachael Wilde- the founder of both Bouf Haircare and tbh Skincare. Rach has been on the show before, back in April 2022, to talk about tbh, but this is the first time a founder has joined me for a second time to talk about an entirely new brand. I wanted to talk predominantly about Bouf today, so if you do want to hear about the tbh launch and Rach’s story as a founder, you can find that episode back in season 4. That said, we did have over three years of tbh catch up to do and, in Rach’s words, the last 3…
S7 · 12 Aug 2025 · 59 min
Felicity Evans | Founder of Imbibe
In episode 144 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of Imbibe, Felicity Evans. Felicity’s founder story is really different to my usual guests in that she never really set out to create a “brand.” I thought this was a wonderful opportunity to show you how many different shapes the startup journey, so to speak, can take. The short version- Felicity wanted to overhaul her health, so she started making probiotic drinks in her kitchen. Her friends and family saw a change in her skin, her hair, her energy, and her health, so she started making up batches for them.…
S7 · 29 Jul 2025 · 46 min
Bree Johnson (Returns) | Co Founder of Frank Body
In episode 143 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks once again to the co founder of Frank Body, Bree Johnson. This is something I’d been thinking about doing for a while and, for whatever reason, season 7 feels like the right time to do it. I had Bree and her Frank co founder, Jess Hatzis, on the podcast back in 2018, season 1- back when I thought this would just be a miniseries on the business of beauty. What I’d been wanting to do is bring back previous guests from the first few seasons and look at not just how their brand has evolved in the 7 or so years since I last…
S7 · 15 Jul 2025 · 49 min
Sophie Marcoux | Founder of Ficifolia Fragrances
In episode 142 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of Ficifolia Fragrances, Sophie Marcoux. Ficifolia Fragrances is only two and a half years old, in which time Sophie has launched 6 individual perfumes as well as the fragrance Flight Deck- a first-to-market offering that I consider one of the most a beautiful examples of thinking outside the box when it comes to converting customers, regardless of industry, that I’ve come across. I had some questions for Soph about brand building, as that’s really the cornerstone of her professional background. She said that…
S7 · 1 Jul 2025 · 33 min
Season 7 baby! A life update from Gem
We're back! I'm back on mic and it feels good. It feels different, and I feel different, but it feels good. Here's an update on why I've been so quiet on here since November, plus a little bit of a listener Q&A on ageing, botox, everything showers and switching off. Season 7 baby, let's do it. Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemdimond and @glow.journal , or get in touch at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S6 · 3 Dec 2024 · 42 min
Gem on New Meds, New Beauty, and New Year's Resolutions
Wrapping up Season 6 with another solo episode! To wind up an incredible incredible year I'm answering your questions- we're talking my semi-recent PCOS diagnosis, 2025 beauty predictions, New Year's Resolutions and a few more career questions for good measure. Thank you once again to everyone who submitted such thoughtful questions. I will see you next year for Season 7 (!) of the Glow Journal Podcast! Stay up to date on Instagram at @gemdimond and @glow.journal , or get in touch at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S6 · 12 Nov 2024 · 40 min
Maddison Brown | Co Founder of Outside Beauty & Skincare
In episode 141 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the co founder of Outside Beauty & Skincare, Maddison Brown. Outside Beauty & Skincare is not your average celebrity beauty brand. I already knew this, but it just becomes more and more clear the longer you speak to Maddison for. Given how impressive her career has been thus far (acting opposite Nicole Kidman when she was still a teenager, then spending 4 seasons in the role of Kirby Anders in Dynasty on The CW), you’d be forgiven for assuming this is another private label brand- an existing product with a celebrity…

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Glow Journal is a English arts & books podcast from Gemma Dimond. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: Gemma Dimond
Language: English
Category: Arts & Books
New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 46 min
Latest episode: 13 Oct 2026
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