[podcast] Sexual Wellness and Tantalizing Connections to Beauty

Nov 13th, 2020
Rachel Grabenhofer with Jamie Leventhal, founder and CEO, clio/plusOne
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In this exclusive video interview, Jamie Leventhal, founder and CEO of the sexual wellness brand clio/plusOne, describes arousing results from a new clinical study connecting masturbation with skin health benefits.

Along with Rachel Grabenhofer, managing editor of Cosmetics & Toiletries, Leventhal discusses the drivers for the study, parameters measured and titillating results. Future plans for new products and studies are teased out of him as well.

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