Sara Spruch-Feiner is a lifelong New Yorker and writer. She is a Senior Reporter at Glossy, where she spearheads Glossy Pop, a vertical about the intersection of beauty, fashion, and culture. She also writes the Glossy Pop Newsletter, which goes out on Fridays. She has contributed to publications including New York Magazine, The Zoe Report, Byrdie, Women’s Health, Coveteur, Shape—and many more. She is a graduate of Kenyon College where she earned her B.A. in English Literature (with a double minor in Women’s Studies and Art History) and a 2009 recipient of the New York Women in Communications, Inc. scholarship. She is equally passionate about women’s rights, really great serums, television, and the power of writing about them all.
Sara Spruch-Feiner is a lifelong New Yorker and writer. She is a Senior Reporter at Glossy, where she spearheads Glossy Pop, a vertical about the intersection of beauty, fashion, and culture. She also writes the Glossy Pop Newsletter, which goes out on Fridays. She has contributed to publications including New York Magazine, The Zoe Report, Byrdie, Women’s Health, Coveteur, Shape—and many more. She is a graduate of Kenyon College where she earned her B.A. in English Literature (with a double minor in Women’s Studies and Art History) and a 2009 recipient of the New York Women in Communications, Inc. scholarship. She is equally passionate about women’s rights, really great serums, television, and the power of writing about them all.
Purely Elizabeth is borrowing from beauty’s launch playbook to target Gen Z Beauty-driven food collaborations have since become a staple — and now, it seems, food brands are ready to adopt beauty’s marketing playbook, in return.
Glossy Pop Newsletter: Sarah Creal and Erica Taylor team on a truly ageless eyeliner Since its debut, the Sarah Creal brand has focused on creating makeup for women over 40, a consumer often overlooked by the industry. Now, its namesake founder is zeroing in on the eyeliner category.
Seoul-born Borntostandout aims to be ‘the craziest’ fragrance brand in Sephora Jun Lim, founder of Borntostandout, which launched out of Seoul in 2022, has no aspirations of becoming Sephora’s best-selling fragrance brand. Instead, "I want to be the craziest brand in Sephora," he told Glossy. The brand will hit Sephora’s virtual shelves on February 24 and enter brick-and-mortar doors on March...
Glossy Pop Newsletter: Why are so many skin care brands hitting the slopes? With brands hosting influencer trips at picturesque ski chalets and partaking in multi-year resort partnerships across Aspen and Jackson Hole, ski destinations have emerged as a new experiential marketing frontier. They offer brands an opportunity to showcase product performance in cold temperatures and harsh conditions, while also generating visually compelling...
With new launch, Hailey Bieber’s makeup artist aims to dominate foundation sales at Sephora Celebrity makeup artist Mary Phillips’ makeup brand, m.ph by Mary Phillips, launched its first foundation on Thursday — with ambitions to become Sephora's No. 1 in the category, according to newly appointed CEO Hannah Beals.
Glossy Beauty Podcast: Why creators are building systems — not chasing virality — on TikTok Shop In this episode of the Glossy Beauty Podcast, Glossy reporter Zofia Zwieglinska unpacks her recent story exploring what’s currently driving sales on TikTok Shop — from replicable video formats to product bundles to AI — and how those shifts are redefining influencer marketing.
Rare Beauty breaks Ulta Beauty’s record for launch-day sales On February 1, Rare Beauty entered all 1,500-plus Ulta Beauty stores nationwide and debuted on the retailer’s website, marking the brand’s first U.S. retail expansion since its launch at Sephora in September 2020. On launch day, it broke Ulta Beauty’s existing sales records, delivering the largest brand debut in the...
Glossy Pop Newsletter: As TikTok embraces ‘Chinese Baddie’ culture, TCM brands see a breakthrough moment On TikTok, everyone is suddenly Chinese. It is a rare trend that is overwhelmingly positive. Across race and cultural backgrounds, users have been logging onto the app to document themselves boiling apples to drink in hot water, buying house slippers to avoid walking barefoot at home and ditching cold foods...
Glossy Pop Newsletter: How will the 2016 trend impact the makeup looks of 2026? Since 2016, makeup has skewed increasingly lighter and more natural. Today, we describe the dominating aesthetic as "no-makeup makeup" or "clean girl." It's had a long reign.