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In this episode of Beauty and the Brand, Aggie sits down with clean beauty pioneer and product development expert Amy Galper to chat about what it really takes to launch a standout beauty brand—without spending years in R&D. Amy shares her insider strategies for accelerating product development, avoiding costly formulation mistakes, and ensuring your brand stands out in a crowded market. They also get real about the evolution of clean beauty, why some brands thrive while others fade, and how founders can balance sustainability with profitability. If you’re looking to scale smarter, position your brand powerfully, and get your products into the hands of the right customers faster, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.Chapters:00:00:00 - Cracking Open the Clean Beauty Conversation00:01:03 - Amy Galper Enters the Chat00:02:26 - The Unexpected Spark That Started It All00:06:13 - A Shopping Cart, A Vision, and a School00:08:29 - The Highs and Lows of a Brick-and-Mortar Business00:11:01 - From Idea to Bookshelf: Writing on Aromatherapy00:13:00 - Back When Clean Beauty Wasn't a Thing00:22:05 - What Is Clean Beauty Anyway?00:28:05 - Science vs. Sentiment: The Retail Dilemma00:35:58 - Getting a Product to Market Faster00:36:33 - Why Your Chemist Needs a Roadmap00:38:57 - The Real Work of Defining Your Customer00:43:14 - Ingredient Research: The Skill Every Founder Needs00:46:54 - From Kitchen Experiments to Shelf-Ready Products00:50:28 - Clean, Sustainable… and Still Profitable?00:55:49 - The New Frontier of Beauty Ingredients00:58:49 - What It Takes to Last in Beauty01:02:05 - The One Thing Every Founder Should Know01:04:49 - Where to Find Amy & What’s NextLinks and Resources:5 Days to Growing Our Iconic Beauty Brand Challenge for only 17$Aggie on LinkedInAB Creative Aggie on InstagramNew York Institute of Aromatherapy | Amy GalperAmy on LinkedInBeauty Accelerator Program for EntrepreneursPlant-Powered Beauty by Amy GalperThe Ultimate Guide to Aromatherapy by Amy GalperThanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Beauty and the Brand? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube to leave us a review!Mentioned in this episode:5 Days to Growing Your Iconic Beauty Brand Challenge
