Emerging Brands Podcast · 2026-06-15 · 32 min
The clean beauty category is fiercely competitive, but Elina Wang, Founder and CEO of ESW Beauty, has navigated the noise by creating a brand that bridges food-derived ingredients with clinical performance. Inspired by her personal healing journey, Elina launched the brand with a signature sensorial touch, scaling it into the #1 natural mask brand in the United States. Today, their clean formulations, like the best-selling Pink Dream Raw Juice Face Mask, line the shelves of over 19,000 stores nationwide including Whole Foods Market, Target, Walgreens, and Sprouts. In this episode, Elina is joined by Amy Kapolnek, Founder of the fwrd group and Fractional CMO of ESW Beauty, to break down the mechanics behind this explosive retail growth. Drawing on Amy's two decades of brand-building experience for powerhouses like Gucci Beauty and Olay, they discuss how to build a highly functional founder-executive partnership, manage an omni-channel retail footprint, and launch new product categories like their recent Infused Water Facial Mists.
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