Lisa Grain on Confidence, Style, and Launching a Beauty Empire in Her Sixties

The House Magazine

March 10, 2025

Lisa Grain has always understood the power of beauty—not just in the way it looks, but in the way it makes you feel. A former orthodontist turned beauty entrepreneur, she is the visionary behind French Barrelettes, a luxury reinvention of the classic wet-set hair rollers. But this isn’t just about hairstyling; it’s about honoring a time-honored ritual, one she first fell in love with as a child in her mother’s makeshift Sunday night salon.
For Grain, beauty has never been about chasing trends—it’s about confidence, tradition, and a little bit of glamour. With French Barrelettes, she’s bringing back the lost art of effortless, heat-free hair styling, blending old-world elegance with modern innovation. At a time when the beauty industry is obsessed with high-tech skincare, she’s setting her sights on hair, proving that luxury and function can—and should—coexist.
Now in her sixties, Grain is rewriting the narrative on reinvention, proving that passion has no expiration date. Her viral int...

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