Episode Details

She left Vietnam on a fishing boat with nothing. Twelve years later, she was drowning in shame over skin she couldn't fix. Today, Michelle Doan runs Emani, a clean beauty brand used in Hollywood and loved by women worldwide.

In this episode of Skin Talks, Michelle sits down with Beate and Natascha to share the raw story behind the products: severe cystic acne, painful facials, a single mom starting a company mid-divorce, and the mindset shift that changed everything. This is a conversation about skin, but really it's about confidence, resilience, and starting over.

We get into clean beauty (and what "clean" actually means), the science of non-comedogenic makeup, the skin microbiome, menopause and aging skin, and why self-acceptance is the one thing that doesn't come in a bottle.

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Michelle Doan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-doan-emani/

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00:00 Intro

01:55 Escaping Vietnam

04:09 Canadian roots & learning resilience

06:30 15 to 27: living in shame

09:27 The aesthetician who changed everything

13:02 Shopping with a comedone list

17:27 What Emani actually stands for

19:29 What "clean beauty" really means

25:11 Building the foundation line

33:00 The 3 P's of skincare

42:40 Menopause & aging skin

47:38 Sleep, microbiome & the collagen serum

55:09 Rapid-fire questions