As a kid, I was extremely close to my Grandma Serra who introduced me to her favorite TV soap, “The Young and the Restless.” When “Dynasty” debuted, it became our second obsession. We spent countless hours snuggled close together on her couch watching both. She died...
I truly owe my success in the cosmetic industry to the countless people who helped me along the way, particularly those who I’ve named in the acknowledgment section of My Pursuit of Beauty: A Cosmetic Chemist Reveals the Glitz, the Glam and the Batsh*t Crazy....
When I was a kid watching “The Young and the Restless” with my grandmother dreaming about my own skincare company, I thought all anyone had to do was to get some simple ingredients, stir them together and put them in cute little containers with fancy...
Most of my clients at Turnkey Beauty Inc. are a pleasure to work with. But every once in a while, there’s one who seems determined to make things as difficult as possible. Or I should say, their employees do. The client, who shall remain nameless, was,...
In California, the endorsement of an A-lister can put you on the map. When I created TunkeyBeauty, Inc., as a one-stop company that could develop beauty products for businesses and celebrities, handle testing, bottling, packaging, labeling, barcoding, global translation and distribution, (and yes, all that goes...
People often ask me why I decided to write a book about my crazy life. The truth is I’ve been working on it for 10 years, ever since I sat straight up during a session with my long-time psychiatrist and said, “I can’t listen to...