Ep.36 / Amy Peterson, Founder Lenox & Sixteenth
Skincare Became Her Savior
Amy Peterson is a celebrity aesthetician known as "the Skincare Savant," founder of Lennox & 16th — a line of luxury, clinical-grade skincare — and owner of two namesake aesthetic practices in Miami and North Miami.
In this episode, Natasha talks with Amy about how a life-altering accident at 18 (hit by an impaired driver as a pedestrian, followed by a long physical and emotional recovery) became the foundation for her career in regenerative skincare and her empathy for clients. They dig into 20 years inside plastics, derm, and laser training — what actually works among the noise of injectables and devices — how Amy built Lennox & 16th around a tight, results-first product philosophy, and what makes a good brand. It closes with a quickfire round: desert-island products, best and worst career advice, and who Amy is professionally jealous of.
Key Themes
A traumatic accident at 18. Amy was struck by an impaired driver as a pedestrian, leaving her with 59 inches of scarring, a shattered pelvis, and a long physical and psychological recovery. She traces her empathy for clients and her drive in the industry directly back to that experience.
Twenty years inside the industry. From clinical training for device companies to working in plastics and derm, Amy has watched the aesthetics market evolve — and reveals that most of the marketing noise around new devices boils down to just "12 or 13 base technologies."
Why Lennox & 16th exists. The line started when Amy tried to bottle the in-office results she saw from treatments like Clear + Brilliant into an at-home product — built as a tight three-step system rather than an endless routine.
A strict product bar. Amy won't launch anything that isn't clinically and personally tested for months, and won't launch a product unless it's demonstrably better than what already exists on the market.
What makes a good brand. Community, culture, delivering results, doing right by the customer, and a willingness to iterate.
Resilience and family. Amy credits her mother and a family of "strong, resilient" women for her mindset, and treats hardship as fuel rather than something to shield her kids or mentees from.
Quickfire round. Desert-island product (the Preservationist), best career advice ("build a good name — one day it becomes your currency"), the beauty trend she wants gone (over-lined lips), and who she's professionally jealous of (her husband, a vascular neurosurgeon and medical-device founder).
Amy was professionally jealous of her husband, not for his career itself, but for one specific trait: his ability to fully compartmentalize. Amy pointed out that he's a vascular neurosurgeon who deals with genuinely life-or-death stakes all day — "this is not someone feels like they have more of a sunburn... there's serious risks on the table sometimes" — and yet he comes home and is completely present with her and their kids, like none of that intensity followed him through the door. She framed it as him making "the most out of every moment" with the time he has, which she admires and, by her own admission, envies a little since she doesn't find that kind of switch-off as easy herself.
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