Spending an hour with beauty directors Jennifer Goldstein and Jessica Matlin (of Marie Claire and Harper’s Bazaar, respectively) is almost like being on their podcast, Fat Mascara. Their banter is quick-witted, full of debate, candor, and introspection — both with each other and their guests — and iHeartRadio concurred, nominating the show in the Fashion and Beauty category for its 2020 Podcast Awards.
We have Matlin’s boyfriend (now husband and expectant father) to thank for this. When she and chemist Geoffrey Genesky (who works in product development in skin care) began dating in 2013, his avid interest in podcasts sparked her own. She listened to Marc Maron’s WTF and Bret Easton Ellis’s on Podcast One on a regular basis, when a light bulb went off.
“I thought, Marc’s talking to comedians and actors; Bret’s…
