With honest conversations, hard truths, and a little laughter, Splice’s Beyond Beauty Podcast is giving salon and spa professionals across Nigeria a voice and a platform.
If you run a beauty business, chances are you’ve mastered the art of doing everything. You’re the stylist, the receptionist, the customer service rep, the accountant, and sometimes, on the really tough days, the therapist too.
But who’s listening to you?People outside the industry don’t always see the hustle. Beauty looks easy, after all, it’s everywhere. But as a beauty entrepreneur, you know the truth: client retention is hard, staff turnover is constant, and expansion can feel like a gamble.
But who gets you?Until now, there’s been very little space where salon and spa owners could hear their challenges, growth stories, fears, and ideas, reflected back at them. That’s exactly what the Beyond Beauty Podcast, a new podcast powered by Splice, is here to change.
Hosted by Layo Ogunbanwo, founder of Splice and renowned global product strategist, Beyond Beauty is your new go-to space for real conversations about what it takes to build and sustain success in the Nigerian beauty industry.
The beauty industry is booming, but nobody is talking to the people behind it, Layo says. We wanted to create something honest and empowering. Something for the people who are holding the industry up.
Real conversations with real business ownersFrom the jump, the Beyond Beauty Podcast cuts through the noise.In each episode, Layo sits with salon founders, stylists, and spa managers to unpack what it takes to grow a beauty business in Nigeria. And the stories are as raw as they are rich, with guests getting real about burnout, bad hires, scaling pains, pricing mistakes, and the hustle of building something from scratch, especially in a country like Nigeria.
So far, guests have included:Koyin Vera-Cruz, founder of Tresses and Onyekachi Iroha, founder of Beauty Atelier, on the often-overlooked struggles of running a beauty business.
Psalmuel Josephs, founder of 25Pskyn, on scaling from a one-person operation to managing a team, in an industry where it’s hard to hold on to staff.
Cynthia Ugo, founder of Beautish NG and certified permanent makeup artist, on what it takes to deal with no-shows.And a growing list of experienced, sharp, and candid voices opening up about everything in the beauty and wellness business.
Beyond the voices, it’s the intention that sets the Beyond Beauty Podcast apart. This is a podcast created with beauty professionals, for beauty professionals. It’s part therapy, part industry hangout, part business school, and part industry town hall.Guests laugh, reflect, and go deep on topics that truly matter, like how to handle no-shows, raise prices without losing clients, build loyalty, and avoid burnout. Each episode feels like sitting in on a chat with your smart, more experienced industry friends.Building infrastructure for the industry
Beyond Beauty Podcast is part of a bigger mission.Splice, the startup behind the podcast, is building an all-in-one beauty management app specifically for African beauty and wellness businesses. From booking to payments, reminders to reports, Splice helps salon and spa owners simplify daily operations and focus on what they do best: making people feel good.
The podcast is an extension of that support, media as infrastructure. A platform that makes beauty professionals feel seen, heard, and supported.
This podcast is the kind of thing I wish existed when I was helping a friend manage her salon, Layo says. There’s so much knowledge in the industry, but it’s been locked away in private conversations. We’re trying to unlock it, one episode at a time.
Join the conversation, listen to the Beyond Beauty Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all your favourite platforms. New episodes drop weekly. Whether you’re a salon founder, spa manager, nail tech, or someone dreaming of opening a beauty business someday, this is the podcast you didn’t know you needed, until now.
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