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.
Glossy Pop Newsletter: The flat lay is back In 2016, Allure ran a story with the headline "Flat lay your collection: The makeup trend blowing up on Reddit." The early days of the trend, according to the piece, saw Redditors and Instagrammers cataloging their full makeup collections. The photo trend fueled dedicated discussions on Reddit where people, according...
Taylor Frankel on 10 years of Nudestix On this week's episode of The Glossy Beauty Podcast, Taylor Frankel discusses Nudestix's points of difference, the unique ways it works with influencers and celebrities, and the strategies it's using to grow its skin-care business.
Maria Dueñas Jacobs on Super Smalls’s expansion to kids’ beauty According to Maria Dueñas Jacobs, former accessories director at Elle and now founder of Super Smalls, which started as a jewelry brand for kids, kids' beauty is a vehicle for "pretend play." On its website, Super Smalls is marketed as "things to unleash the imagination, ignite a sense of wonder...
Glossy Pop Newsletter: Grace Coddington is Merit’s newest face — why older women are the key to the brand’s success "When we've shown more mature faces, the younger demographic expresses a lot of excitement and, frankly, relief. Our community in their 40s and above feel represented, and our customers in their teens and 20s look up to these women."
Alo collaborates with podcaster and relationship coach Jillian Turecki for Mental Health Awareness Month Alo's partnership-heavy marketing strategy has included collaborations and campaigns with mega-celebrities, including Jisoo, Saweetie, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Kendall Jenner. But its latest partner may be less familiar. With a kickoff timed to Mental Health Awareness Month, in May, the athleisure brand has partnered with Jillian Turecki, a relationship coach and...
Katie Sturino on Megababe’s big summer Katie Sturino, the creator, body-acceptance advocate and founder of Megababe is going to have a big summer. For starters, on May 9, Sturino appeared on "Making the Shift: A New Way to Think About Weight," a Weight Watchers special hosted by Oprah.
Glossy Pop Newsletter: With Saks Social Club, Saks leans into influencer relationships On Thursday, Saks celebrated the new cohort of celebrities, creators and other tastemakers joining the Saks Social Club, its official members-only club of brand ambassadors originally launched in 2020.
Prequel Skin’s Dr. Sam Ellis: ‘There’s space for a dermatologist-founded brand that’s more approachable and not prestige’ On this week’s episode of the Glossy Beauty Podcast, Dr. Ellis discusses how she came to create content as a dermatologist, why that's proven valuable, why she partnered with Ben Bennett's The Center and how her brand is inspired by favorite French pharmacy products.
Podcaster Khalyla Kuhn launches Ebb Ocean Club, reef-safe hair care Khalyla Khun was going through a breakup with Lee when she found herself retreating to the ocean. "It was very healing," she said. But she noted the downside: It left her hair tangled and unmanageable. And, after looking for products that were reef-safe and would also nourish her skin, hair...