Five More Minutes with Dara Levitan and Carly Rivlin
A beauty podcast hosted by Dara Levitan and Carly Rivlin. Every Thursday, join these best friends and beauty experts while they get into beauty obsessions, dating, friendship, and life advice: real conversation without limits. Girlhood is a spectrum and they're talking about all of it on the Five More Minutes podcast.
Episodes
Skincare expert Sean Garrette on beauty psychosis, looking hot saves lives & no dating app summer
Skincare expert Sean Garrette is our first ever guest on the pod. a licensed esthetician with credits at dior, fenty, and rhode — and yes, dior named a rosebush after him. iconic.
This week: Dara's Summer House debrief, Sean's hot take on fire island gays, and Carly declares its a no dating app summer as she jets off to Rhode's Road Island getaway (chic). On beauty: Sean weighs in on beauty psy
Off Campus on Prime, Painted by Esther's transition blush trend changed the game & wedding makeup musts
Booktok & makeup lovers clock in. Carly Rivlin does her big one, giving her rundown on the Off Campus on Prime tv show vs. book analysis. Dara Levitan spits wisdom about intellectual property in the beauty space, the discourse on Painted by Esther's transition blush trend and yes, we are screaming about Marc Jacob's Beauty's comeback from the rooftops! also: ride or die wedding day makeup essentia
falling back in love with makeup, the text message writers room & flip flops in nyc
Dara Levitan and Carly Rivlin are just girls in the modern age. on this episode of your favorite comfort podcast these best friends claim that behind every great text is the brain power of three over-caffeinated, underfed women... and AI could never. also: we talk about aging!!! and loving makeup more because of it. also: flip flops in nyc are completely fine and it is propaganda from big sneake
Dara’s accidental pregnancy announcement, irish exits & men in pilates
Dara Levitan’s mother's day post with KJ sent the internet into a spiral, but she stands ten toes down on being a corny lover girl.
also: Carly Rivlin created the three tier system for irish exits (its actually rude to say goodbye to the bride & groom), the talc-free movement has claimed the MAC lip liners and we are in mourning, and carly was subjected to 50 minutes of pilates in front of an m
Our makeup guide: must have brushes, makeup by mario lip tutorial & the no mascara trend
Consider this your makeup bible. Dara Levitan breaks down makeup brushes worth owning (makeup by mario F4 is holy grail) & techniques that even beauty beginners can follow. her mantra: slow down, less product, zoom out. plus, the makeup by mario lip lift tutorial so you stop overlining your lips into ronald mcdonald territory.
Carly Rivlin is into the no mascara trend, appointmentmaxxing (don't
Our skincare guide: AM and PM breakdown, pimple patches in public & overhyped ingredients
Consider this your skincare bible. Beauty experts Dara Levitan and Carly Rivlin are finally diving into skincare: Dara's AM and PM skincare routine, the ingredients that are overhyped (though blanket statements are overrated) and the best skincare & beauty products for summer vacation. Over 50 products, no gatekeeping, let's go. To keep your skin looking juicy you must supply the juice and the gi
Carly’s dirty 30 part II! Hot takes, boys, & cake to the face
part two of carly's dirty 30 birthday extravaganza!! we're ditching the regular format and playing our version of a drinking game. lychee martinis, rapid fire questions, zero filter. boys, dating, beauty, friendships, red flags, hot takes. everything.
the biggest lie told on a first date. the one text you'd give anything to unsend. whether men and women were ever supposed to live together. what m
Carly's dirty 30 birthday part 1
Carly's celebrating her dirty 30 birthday and we're yapping and glamming our way through it! this is part 1. part 2 gets way more unhinged because the lychee martinis actually kick in.
this week: the 20s vs 30s debrief. Dara Levitan and Carly Rivlin speak on what stays, what goes, and what we're absolutely not taking into the next decade. yes we do believe in our saturn return, yes your 30s are
the getting ready crash out & friendship codependency
the getting ready crash out is not a character flaw. it's the most important step in getting ready.
this week: men in the delivery room can stay but find a corner and face the wall. the gang + boyfriends got second place at trivia, but we aren't bitter. dara finally gives the people what they want: her full curly hair routine and every product she uses. she said two products. she lied. it's six.
Vacation money, the ugly theory & our holy grail beauty products
Zero hours of sleep, damp hair, zero makeup. the whole unfiltered concept we sold you? like a dollar and a dream the girls deliver.
Dara and Carly are back from Miami with hot takes on why money stops being real on vacation, why you only run into your crush when you look like the undead, and why men are their own worst enemy. Plus heel dysmorphia, tall fishing on instagram, and the three holy gra
opening up about our mental health
Dara Levitan and Carly Rivlin are opening up about their mental health. From feeling way too perceived to Dara talking about trichotillomania for the first time. We're getting into the vindication of the teenage girl & why showing up on the bad days is somehow the most radical thing you can do.
Also: invisible ink is our love language and we will die on that hill, and Dara breaks down how to act
"Being like other girls" & trend cycles
Dara Levitan was ahead of the poncho trend in middle school and nobody listened. Written apologies accepted.
In episode 5, Dara and Carly Rivlin talk about trend cycles (social media kills the moment & why nostalgia reigns), why being like other girls is the whole point, and hunks in beauty campaigns (Rob from Love Island, we see you). Plus a follower hotline question on spending money smartly:
Self confidence, bold glam & why men disappear when you're on vacation
Raging until the sun comes up is back on the schedule and the girls are locked in. Dara coins "vacation theory": the phenomenon where men go completely missing the second you leave town and yes, someone threw up under the K-bridge because of a rat. Carly and Dara also get into self-confidence and body image, how to embrace embarrassment, butterflies after a first date, bold glam, and a review of R
2000s heartthrobs, friendship breakups & swearing off mean girls
Carly shares the three pillars of the 2000s heartthrob before Dara and Carly lock in to vulnerable topics surrounding dealing with mean girls and navigating adult friendships, including ghosting. Honorable mention to Hillstone (iykyk), male self care, and lash lifts as the beauty tip of the week. Our honest opinion: being weird builds character.
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Flirting, escaping first dates, and the CBK effect
We're "victims" of capitalism (we're being cheeky, guys!) but at least we know how to flirt. Carly and Dara tackle the art of flirting, the CBK effect, shade matching, makeup wipes, and escaping first dates gone wrong. Shout out to Smallville mogville and pre-order shopping blue balls.
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Timestamps
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Five More Minutes with Dara Levitan and Carly Rivlin | EP 1
From farting in front of men, to the pale girl makeup trend, to staying friends with an ex-situationship, Dara and Carly jump right in to beauty and life advice for the first ever episode of the pod.
Follow and Subscribe to Five More Minutes Podcast for weekly episodes, every Thursday.
Timestamps
00:00 Welcome to Five More Minutes
00:25 What's setting you up? What's setting you off?
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TRAILER: Welcome to Five More Minutes
Welcome to Dara Levitan and Carly Rivlin's weekly beauty, friendship, and life advice podcast. Yapping and glamming every Thursday, join these best friends and beauty experts before they rush out the door: the makeup goes on, the filter comes off, and the real conversations happen. See you in five.
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