6 Addictive Podcasts To Embrace Your Natural Beauty & Skin Care Obsession

Remember the days when you'd head to the drugstore and choose from a moderate selection of skin care products and makeup from just a few big-name brands? Sure, it was a simpler time. But it was also way less fun. Today we're presented with a dizzying array of options when it comes to what we should slather on our faces, and new trends and ingredients seem to pop up daily. It can also be overwhelming. With all these new products and brands come loads of questions. How are we supposed to know what trends are all hype without spending hours sleuthing on the internet? Enter: podcasts. Here are some of the best to subscribe to get your beauty info so you can make informed choices going forward.

We'd be remiss not to mention the mindbodygreen Podcast—while not exclusively a beauty podcast, it dabbles in all things holistic wellness, including fascinating topics like the connection between our gut and skin health. You'll hear from beauty icons like Gisele Bündchen about her early morning self-care routine and how she overcame extreme anxiety, and supermodel turned entrepreneur Elle Macpherson who used plant-based, nutrient-rich foods to transform her health and skin. Want the inside scoop on your favorite natural beauty brands? We've talked with the queen of natural skin care herself, Tata Harper, who revealed the inspiration for her farm-to-bottle empire and what supplements she takes on the regular.

Each week, these funny ladies chat about their experiments with everything from sheet masks to meditation to juice cleanses to dry brushing, and interview impressive guests (like natural beauty expert, makeup artist, and herbalist Jessa Blades) about their own self-care routines, tips, and product recommendations.

Green Beauty Conversations was started by the organic cosmetic science school Formula Botanica—and it's all about green beauty trends, ingredients, and industry regulations. While some episodes are geared toward budding natural beauty entrepreneurs looking to start their own indie skin care or makeup brand, many topics are fascinating for regular old skin care nerds, too—like hosts Gemma and Lorraine's biggest trends to watch (skin yogurts, gel serums and cleansers, blue-light-blocking skin care, and skin-microbiome-enhancing products, to name a few). Episodes often feature established beauty entrepreneurs from U.K.- and U.S.-based brands who share their hot take on things like CBD and gender-neutral beauty. They only drop episodes about once-a-month, just so you don't expect a weekly download.

Love a good success story? Wondering what the founder of a clean beauty brand with a cult-like following stocks in her own bathroom cabinets? On Breaking Beauty, hosts and magazine editors Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins chat about how the breakthrough beauty products lining store shelves came to be. Each month, they talk to successful beauty biz founders about their little ideas that started it all—along with the skin care and makeup essentials they use on the regular. A must-listen? Episode 13 with Drunk Elephant Skincare founder Tiffany Masterson, who reveals what it's like to be a self-taught skin care formulator and which DE products are really worth the spend.

Warning: You may need to sit down for this podcast. Or at least swallow your matcha first. Natch Beaut's host—vegan, comedian, and cruelty-free beauty junkie Jackie Johnson—is hilarious. She's also loud as she's interviewing celebs (like Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness) about their favorite products and tips, or natural beauty experts about the glow-inducing wonders of facial gua sha. For a beauty-podcasts-worlds-collide moment, check out her "Serum Gab" episode featuring the ladies of Forever 35, which happens to feature some killer tips on how to train your hair to be unwashed, without looking greasy.

And, you know, if you're looking for a comprehensive ranking of the best cream eye shadows or a breakdown of retinol vs. retinoid vs. Retin-A, they've got you covered there, too.