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This week’s GlowJob News Roundup is covering the beauty industry stories everyone’s talking about — from founder controversy to billion-dollar brand strategy.

We break down Peter Thomas Roth appearing in newly released Epstein files and what reputational risk really means for founder-led skincare brands in today’s consumer economy. When the founder is the brand, can you separate personal scandal from brand trust?

We also unpack the...

Welcome (or welcome back) to GlowJob — the only podcast to make you hotter and smarter.

After celebrating our one-year anniversary, we realized so many new listeners have joined the GlowJob fam… so this episode is a full reintroduction.

We’re Julia and Sasa— a skincare marketing executive and a Private Wealth Advisor — who met in esthetician school in Los Angeles and turned our beauty-obsessed text thread into one of the fastest-gr...

This week on GlowJob’s Beauty News Roundup, we break down the biggest stories in beauty, business, and pop culture — from founder controversies and celebrity politics to Sephora’s top-selling products and major retail launches.

We discuss the backlash surrounding Huda Kattan and founder activism, Nicki Minaj’s public support of Trump’s new financial program, and the growing question: how political should beauty founders and brands ...

Is being an influencer still worth it in 2026... or has the golden era officially ended?

This week on GlowJob, we break down the creator economy from day one to now: from early beauty bloggers and YouTube legends like Michelle Phan, to Instagram’s glam era, to TikTok virality, and today’s rise of UGC creators and AI-powered commerce.

The industry is now worth hundreds of billions globally, with brands spending $40B+ a year in the U...

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This week on GlowJob’s News Roundup, we break down the biggest beauty, business, and pop culture headlines shaking the industry.

Ulta’s Beauty World event sells out in minutes — but fans are furious after thousands of influencer tickets cut the line. Meanwhile, Sephora partners with Olive Young to bring K-Beauty mainstream, e.l.f. enters fragrance with H&M, and legacy brands li...

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In this episode of GlowJob, we unpack why 2016 is suddenly everywhere again — and why millennials can’t stop romanticizing it.

Searches for “2016 aesthetic” are up 450% on TikTok, but this isn’t just a trend cycle. Psychologists say nostalgia is a coping mechanism for anxiety — and in an era of burnout, algorithms, AI, and constan...

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This week on GlowJob’s News Roundup, we break down the biggest stories shaking beauty, business, and culture right now.

France officially bans PFAS “forever chemicals” in cosmetics, forcing global beauty brands to reformulate products. Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni avoids jail after the viral Christmas cake charity scandal. S...

In this episode of GlowJob, we sit down with Ryan Roth, Director of Media at Peter Thomas Roth, to unpack the inside scoop of a family-run legacy beauty brand and how his 102-year-old grandmother accidentally became one of TikTok’s biggest icons.

Ryan shares how Peter Thomas Roth landed in the very first Sephora, his real-talk thoughts on being a “nepo baby”, and that time Gossip Girl filmed an episode in his family home. 

And yes—...

In this week’s GlowJob News Roundup, Julia & Sasa unpack beauty’s biggest shakeups: Pat McGrath’s asset fire sale, why Rare Beauty going to Ulta signals a major shift in Sephora’s power, and Estée Lauder putting Too Faced, Dr. Jart+ and Smashbox up for sale.

They also break down Olaplex’s 36% stock surge amid Henkel acquisition rumors, what Saks Fifth Avenue’s Chapter 11 filing really means for beauty brands, Topicals’ newest c...

In this episode of GlowJob, Julia & Sasa break down the most infamous beauty product flops of the last decade — from Tower 28’s mineral SPF disaster and Kylie Skin’s walnut scrub backlash to Jaclyn Hill’s contaminated lipstick launch and Kim Kardashian’s failed $600 skincare line.

We unpack exactly why these launches failed, how poor formulation, lack of testing, celebrity misalignment, and rushed inclusivity destroyed consumer...

Chemical burns, billion-dollar beauty stocks, eyelid surgery trends, and the GLP-1 takeover — it’s time for another weekly News Roundup! 

This week on GlowJob, Julia & Sasa break down the lawsuit against Sonya Dakar for allegedly burning a client during a chemical peel, Ulta’s stock hitting an all-time high, Saks missing a $100M debt payment, and why the blepharoplasty is suddenly everywhere.

We also share details on Sephora’s ...

2026 is officially the year you get hotter and smarter — and this episode is your full execution plan.

In the first ChitChat episode of the year, Julia & Sasa introduce the GlowJob Hotter & Smarter Guide: a system built around discipline, beauty ROI, money habits, career leverage, dating strategy, and real accountability.

We cover:

• The GlowJob Method to set goals that are specific, measurab...

Welcome back to Season 2! In our first News Roundup of the year, GlowJob breaks down the latest beauty power moves. Starbucks hires a former e.l.f. exec to lead fashion & beauty activations, signaling a serious push into beauty culture. Sol de Janeiro expands its lawsuit against MCO Beauty, accusing the $400M dupe empire of copying packaging, scents, and even paying influencers to promote knockoffs.

Julia & Sasa analyze Ana...

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In the final episode of GlowJob Season 1, Julia & Sasa break down the biggest beauty stories of 2025 — from billion dollar deals to brand closures, the resurgence of skinny culture, and the trends that defined the year.

The besties also share their favorite skincare, makeup, fragrance, hair, and body products, and spill never-before-heard stories including a trademark flex with...

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In the final GlowJob News Roundup of Season 1, Julia & Sasa dive into the biggest beauty, business, and pop-culture stories shaping the week.

First, they break down Netflix’s $72 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers — including why Paramount stormed in with a $100B hostile bid (hello unwanted love triangle drama) and what this merger means for HBO, Harry Potter, CNN, Discover...

The fragrance boom isn’t just hype — it’s the most explosive beauty category of 2025. GlowJob's Julia & Sasa break down why perfume has become identity, status, and self-expression rolled into one. From Gen Z’s scent wardrobes and blind-buy culture to the rise of unisex perfumes and collectible bottles, this episode unpacks the emotional and economic forces fueling the billion-dollar fragrance wave.

The besties also walk throug...

This week’s GlowJob News Roundup hits everything blowing up in beauty and culture. Julia & Sasa break down the Armani Luminous Silk reformulation panic, the macro forces behind why the average age of first-time homebuyers is now 40, the ultra-exclusive Le Bal (the debutante for nepo-babies), and the Williams Sonoma vs. Quince dupes lawsuit that could change “affordable luxury” marketing.

Plus, Olive Young is officially landing ...

Beauty writer Arabelle Sicardi joins GlowJob for a brutally honest deep dive into their new book, The House of Beauty, exploring the power structures behind beauty. From NYC vs. LA beauty culture, to the explosive truth behind Coco Chanel’s anti-Semitic legacy and the Wertheimer takeover — nothing is off limits. Arabelle breaks down the politics of makeup, the ethics of beauty journalism, fragrance subcultures, immigrant labor, and...

This week’s News Roundup is unhinged in the best way. Julia and Sasa break down Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez taking over the 2026 Met Gala, Sol de Janeiro’s Gen Alpha–bait “6/7” drop, and TikTok’s Danish Deception — a Bachelor alum’s $300K scam saga that feels straight out of Tinder Swindler.

They also get into Perelel Health’s $27M raise, Oddity Tech’s massive growth (METHODI, Il Makiage, & Spoiled Child), the latest Austra...