Maks Chmerkovskiy and wife Peta Murgatroyd, of "Dancing With the Stars" fame, are branching out into skincare.

<div class="block">Maks Chmerkovskiy, of &quot;Dancing With the Stars&quot; fame, talks about his new skincare line. He and his wife, DWTS pro Peta Murgatroyd, started Maks &amp; Peta, which offers vegan and cruelty-free products.</div>

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"Dancing With the Stars" Alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy on New Skincare Line With Wife Peta Murgatroyd

For 17 seasons. Our first guest amazed us with his ballroom dance moves on, dancing with the song. You just try to dance like that. All right. Well, now he's taking time away from the dance floor really to focus on his family. He also has this new skin care marketplace. So we wanna welcome to the show Maxim Shakos. Thanks so much for being with us. So I guess we gotta start with this skin care. What inspired you to decide to, you know, take this route right now. OK? I mean, Peter and I always on the look out for the next thing and you know, it seems like we're maturing as someone in the public eye just like, you know, everyone else in our, in our world. And um you know, we feel like number one, we always have responsibility to answer questions. Hey, what do you use? Hey, what makes you, you know, be able to do that thing that you do. So we share a lot of things professionally. Hey, this is what I use for my foot cream. This is how I, you know, stay, stay en en energized through my job. And so on and so forth. So, you know, we've been asked a lot of questions over the years. Uh, we've always wanted to, you know, put out best foot forward in offering advice and saying, hey, this is what I'm using, this is what's on my shelf. And, uh, Ma Max and Peter dot Shop is that place the skincare line came out as the first offering of products and, uh, we're very proud of these four products. Uh I think that, that the public is gonna really, you know, really like the quality, really like how it's made and really like that, it does the exact what it's supposed to do. Um And like I said, we have, uh we, we started the marketplace with initial pro products and they range from um uh face and, and, and uh hands and foot lotion, for example, right where in the middle of the winter, my hands are crank cracked and, you know, painful and, and it's just, it's not a sale pitch, it's the reality of today's life, right? So, you know, the product that we are offering is something that I found to work for me. You know, PETA loves the, the, the foot, the foot spray, you know, again, this is something that people ask us, how do you stay up on the feet all days? And, you know, for, for long periods of time, I'm not the guy on the heels, but I have a wife but I but I have a wife who, of, you know, who, uh, who I'm like, well, what do you do? And so it turns out there's a food spray that's, uh, that, that she really loves and that's been around. And so, you know, we packaged it, we made it ours and, and we're offering it as well. Now, I know Peta is obviously very busy this season. She is dancing with, you know, Barry Williams from the Brady Bunch. How is that going? Is it exciting? Yeah, I mean, this is, this is the Brady Bunch guy. Um You know, it's so funny. II I it was way before my time but uh you know, but she grew up watching this from, from Australia. Um I know of it, of the Brady Bunch, obviously an iconic uh iconic, you know TV series, but he's such a nice man. I just, I just wanna say huge thank you to Barry and, and, and whoever raised him, we always hope that, you know, you get a chance, you have a chance to, you know, obviously compete because we're, you know, we're that we're athletes with competitors, but we also like fingers crossed hoping for like a really nice guy, you know, because, you know, or a girl because it's just, it's someone you spend 24 7 with. It's literally, it's right now, 612 in the, in the morning, she's out the door, she's literally getting her coffee. She's out the door. I, I'm not making this up. You've got two. You've got two sons. Yeah. Yeah. So, uh, Papa daddy is experiencing, you know, mommy's off to work and Papa has to wake up for school and do the school stuff. And who do you think, you know, is doing that? This guy, this guy, daddy's on day and I know your brother just had a baby too. He's, your brother just had a baby too. Are you giving him some family advice? What are you telling him? Oh, no, I'm not. No. At this point, this is now this is now shared information. You know, there's a table and we throw things at the table, right? And so you can you get to use it, right? So this is kind of like the the shared pot of information, you know, it turns out that there's this thing that, you know, they use as a play pen. That's like, oh my God, that's actually a great idea, babe. And so Peter is like, yeah, we should definitely, this is a great idea, you know. So, you know, it's no longer like, hey, Val and Jenna, here's what you have to do. First of all, Jenna has, you know, 9000 siblings that have 400 babies of their own. So, you know, she's getting the advice that's like, you know, fail proof because they've already tried it so many times. I'm, I'm in it still with Peter is like this is the second time, first time parents, you know. You know, because we have six years in, in between our babies. You know, I look at us as a big sort of like val and max family with kids and wives and stuff and to look at a bunch of babies and, uh, you know, I just can't help but like, really be grateful and thankful for everything around us. Sure. And I know, you know, obviously health and wellness is so much a part of your life. What do you do now as you're trying to, you know, juggle all the things and being a busy dad. I mean, I'm staying sexy that I don't lie about that right now. Listen though, I'm getting twisted some of this product, Peter hates it. She's like, oh, you're such an idiot. Um, but no, I try, I tried my best. Uh, first of all, you know, first of all, I've always been about, you know, the talk, the talk and walk the walk. Right. So, you know, here I am, I'm 43. I just finished, uh, uh, an incredible run of residency that val and I had put up with a new project. We say after hours we ran that show for six, for, uh, six shows a week for the last three months, you know, and, um, the significant part of it isn't just about this new stage production that I didn't see coming in my forties, you know, it's also the fact that I am still actively doing it in this, in this age. Um, my friends are not, you know, just put it that way and, uh, you know, the, the, the time of high stage, uh, performance is, you know, few and far in between. And for me, you know, I'm trying to stay up and, and, and show as an example of like, look, you have a certain lifestyle, you pursue certain things. Uh, you, you know, I've never been into things that, that lower my athletic ability. I just don't know how to say it, drugs and alcohol and all these things. You know, I do everything in moderation. I've lived in a very moderate life when it comes to these things. So I get to enjoy myself. But I also, I'm very aware of what my body requires to stay at, you know, at its maximum, um sort of athletic ability and I'm excited about that. I'm excited about, you know, proving people that age is that moment, just a number. And so it's about how you prepare, how you stay consistent. You're also helping people in Ukraine with this effort. Right. Correct. You know, the about a year and a half ago, uh in a, in a thick of it. And, you know, instead of trying to understand how else to help and what else to do, you know, we've asked people to donate, we wanted to help on our own initiatives. We have and, you know, we have our companies, we have our other sides of, of the businesses. So we've, you know, sort of like plug that into the, you know, donation kind of uh chain. Um This is the same thing, this is, you know, portion of the proceeds, everything that, you know, that I do and then Peter decided as well, you know, uh because she supports the cause to, to be a part of it as well. So everything that we do as a family, you know, abortion is always going to be carried across towards uh uh whatever Ukraine and, and the refugees need. Thank you so much. It was so lovely meeting you. Thanks. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. I was literally waving Peter goodbye at the door. We say hi. She opened one eye like trying to find the exit. Uh But no, thank you guys so much for having me, Max and Peter dot Shaw for all the things that we just tirelessly answering for the last 20 years. And uh I appreciate you having me for sure. Thank you so much. It was so lovely meeting you.