The Skincarma® Pod

The Skincarma Pod is where indie beauty meets fearless curiosity. Hosted by Carmine Montalto—creator of the Skincarma Blog and unapologetic skincare truth-seeker—his podcast pulls back the curtain on the beauty industry with sharp insights, candid interviews, and a healthy dose of irreverence. From deep dives into ingredient science to raw conversations with dermatologists, brand founders, and industry insiders, each episode is a no-BS exploration of what really matters in skincare: how to attain and maintain healthy skin. If you're obsessed with products, passionate about transparency, and love calling out hype, this is the place to learn, question, and glow smarter. skincarma.substack.com

The Skincarma® Pod is a arts podcast hosted by CARMINE MONTALTO, with 90 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

CARMINE MONTALTO hosts The Skincarma® Pod, a arts show with 90 episodes published.

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  The Skincarma Pod | Ep. 79: When the Surgeon Became the Patient: Healing from the Inside Out with Dr. Kami Parsa

  May 31, 202656 minS0

  <p>One of modern medicine’s greatest strengths is its ability to intervene. We can replace joints, bypass blocked arteries, remove tumors, resurface skin, and perform procedures that would have seemed impossible just a generation ago.</p><p>But what happens after the intervention?</p><p>In this episode of the Skincarma Pod, Carmine welcomes board-certified oculoplastic surgeon and Mendora Health founder Dr. Kami Parsa for a conversation about a question that rarely gets the attention it deserves: how does the body actually heal?</p><p>What begins as a discussion about skin health quickly expands into a much broader ex...

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  The Skincarma Pod | Ep. 78: Waterless Beauty Isn’t About Sustainability — It’s About Potency with Stephanie Farsht of Small Wonder

  May 24, 202640 minS0

  <p>We tend to think about innovation in beauty as adding more — more actives, more steps, more complexity. But what if the next frontier in formulation is actually about removing something fundamental instead?</p><p>In this episode of the Skincarma Pod, Carmine sits down with Small Wonder Co-Founder and CEO Stephanie Farsht to explore one deceptively simple question:</p><p>What if water — the foundation of most beauty products — is actually making them less effective?</p><p>Drawing from her background in strategy and innovation at Target, along with years teaching entrepreneurship and innovation at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Manag...

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  The Skincarma Pod | Ep. 77: Beauty Has No Expiration Date: Sarah Kugelman on Aging, Identity & the Evolution of Beauty

  May 17, 202630 minS0

  <p>We tend to think about aging in beauty as a biological process — wrinkles, collagen loss, hormonal change. But what if part of the issue isn’t just what’s happening to the skin but how women are being seen in the first place?</p><p>In this episode of The Skincarma Pod, Carmine sits down with beauty industry veteran and founder of Skyn Iceland and All Golden, Sarah Kugelman, for a wide-ranging conversation about aging, identity, stress, menopause — and the evolving relationship between women and the beauty industry.</p><p>Drawing from decades of experience in beauty — from her early year...

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  The Skincarma Pod | Ep. 76: Skin Under Stress: How Chronic Stress Affects Your Skin with Dr. Marianna Blyumin-Karasik

  May 10, 202645 minS0

  <p>We tend to think of skincare as something topical — ingredients, routines, products. But what if one of the biggest drivers of skin health isn’t what we put on our skin at all?</p><p>In this episode of the Skincarma Pod, Carmine sits down with board-certified dermatologist and founder of Stamina Cosmetics Dr. Marianna Blyumin-Karasik (Dr. MBK) to explore the growing concept of “stress skin” — and how chronic psychological stress may be reshaping the way our skin functions, heals, and ages.</p><p>Drawing on her clinical experience, Dr. MBK explains how stress signals travel from the brain to the ski...

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  The Skincarma Pod | Ep. 75: Skin Without Damage: Dr. Ben Johnson on the Retinol Myth, Dermal Repair & the Future of Regenerative Skincare

  May 3, 202652 minS0

  <p>We’ve been taught that skin needs damage to regenerate — that the path to better skin runs through controlled injury. But what if that entire premise is flawed?</p><p>In this episode of The Skincarma Pod, Carmine sits down with physician, formulator, and founder of Osmosis Beauty Dr. Ben Johnson to challenge one of the most foundational assumptions in skincare: that inflammation and injury are necessary to stimulate repair.</p><p>Drawing on decades of clinical experience and formulation work, Dr. Johnson makes the case for a radically different model — one centered on dermal repair, cellular signaling, and system...

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