Gloss Angeles

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Co-hosts and longtime beauty journalists Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan give their perspective on all things makeup, skincare, and wellness at the intersection of pop culture and entertainment. Experts in the field and friends IRL, they pull back the curtain on trends, treatments and popular products — all the things you're likely searching or watching on TikTok. (They'd know — they've spent 10 years creating and optimizing editorial content for mainstream digital beauty publishers.) Tuesday episodes reveal the most notable beauty headlines with informed takes while Friday episodes feature guests from experts in the industry to celebrity spokespeople, including Hailey Bieber, Halsey, Selena Gomez; Dr. Jason Diamond, Danessa Myricks, Mario Dedivanovic, The Lipstick Lesbians and more.


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Recent Episodes
  • How Women and Men Determine Attractiveness Based on Lip Size
    Apr 22, 2025 – 15:55
  • The Secret Sauce Behind Ultra Violette’s Best-Selling Sunscreens
    Apr 18, 2025 – 40:51
  • Inside MAC’s Most Controversial Product Relaunch, Plus a BIG Announcement!
    Apr 15, 2025 – 39:26
  • Becoming the Artist and the Muse with Violette_FR's Violette Serrat
    Apr 11, 2025 – 43:32
  • EmRata's Venus Retrograde Haircut, Plus Topicals Makes a Huge Move
    Apr 8, 2025 – 24:16
  • Secrets From Hollywood's Hairstylist Mark Townsend (Part II!)
    Apr 4, 2025 – 41:06
  • Amazon's Fight Against Counterfeit Beauty Products, Thirteen Lune's Lawsuit and More Headlines
    Apr 1, 2025 – 25:07
  • Dr. Nancy Samolitis Breaks Down Types of Lasers, Growth Factors and Answers More of Your Questions
    Mar 28, 2025 – 58:53
  • SUPER WOYF: What We're Wearing and What YOU'RE Loving!
    Mar 27, 2025 – 1:02:32
  • Will They Survive? Ranking the Health of Celebrity Beauty Brands
    Mar 21, 2025 – 51:41
  • Which Brands Have Clout with Gen Z According to a 22-Year-Old
    Mar 19, 2025 – 56:54
  • Mary-Kate & Ashley's Hair Secrets Plus Hollywood Tricks Revealed with Mark Townsend
    Mar 14, 2025 – 55:35
  • The Long Storied History of Lashify's Drama
    Mar 11, 2025 – 29:46
  • The Importance of Strategic Skin Exfoliation With Dr. Mina Amin
    Mar 7, 2025 – 37:37
  • How to Pick Your Best Hair Color and The Truth About Warm Tones with Hollywood's Haircolorist Matt Rez
    Mar 3, 2025 – 47:09
  • All the Details on K18's New Hair Volume Innovation
    Feb 25, 2025 – 25:28
  • The Lipstick Lesbians Talk Shade Matching, Talc and Tariffs, Plus More Behind-the-Scenes in Beauty
    Feb 21, 2025 – 1:08:59
  • MAC Listened: Old Favorites Are Back
    Feb 19, 2025 – 39:52
  • Why Sought-After Esthetician Joomee Song Doesn’t Recommend Retinol and More of Her Skin Secrets
    Feb 14, 2025 – 41:21
  • Rhode Against the World, Olive Young Comes to LA, and RIP P50?
    Feb 11, 2025 – 29:18
  • How Tariffs Will Affect Your Beauty Routine, Why BeautyStat is 80% Off, and More of Your Questions, Answered!
    Feb 7, 2025 – 51:08
  • How You Could End Up With a Gel Nail Allergy (With Fariha Ali @Nailjob)
    Feb 4, 2025 – 54:36
  • Even Sustainability Has Downsides (With Amika's CEO Chelsea Riggs)
    Jan 31, 2025 – 38:18
  • Product Recalls, Concerning Beauty Device Claims, and January 2025 New Launches
    Jan 28, 2025 – 36:46
  • Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is No Stranger to Being First
    Jan 24, 2025 – 38:26
  • Tarte's Gone Wild. (Again!) Plus: An Exclusive K-Beauty Moisturizer and The Perfect Lip Liner
    Jan 21, 2025 – 43:32
  • Chris Appleton Shares All His Celebrity Hair Secrets
    Jan 18, 2025 – 46:21
  • In a World Focused on Pro-Aging, Why is "Old" a Trigger Word?
    Jan 14, 2025 – 41:43
  • Tower 28's Amy Liu on Caring for Sensitive Skin (Rewind Episode)
    Jan 11, 2025 – 49:36
  • Is This Celeb Brand Officially Dead? Plus: What Beauty Predictions We Got Right in 2024 and a New Bond Repair Product That Glosses the Hair
    Jan 7, 2025 – 51:02
  • The Products, Trends and Headlines That Ruled 2024
    Dec 21, 2024 – 32:00
  • Patrick Ta Beauty, Hair Color Litigation Chaos and More TikTok Drama
    Dec 18, 2024 – 42:19
  • The Chanel Cometes Collective is Transforming the Future of Chanel Beauty
    Dec 13, 2024 – 52:06
  • The Most Chic and Unique Beauty Gifts of 2024
    Dec 10, 2024 – 48:34
  • Mitchell Halliday Sold $1M in One Day on TikTok With Innovative, Inclusive Products
    Dec 6, 2024 – 40:53
  • Black Friday and Cyber Week 2024: What to Buy and What to Skip
    Nov 27, 2024 – 43:45
  • Jenn Tran Talks Dancing With the Stars Tea, Her Favorite Beauty Products and More!
    Nov 21, 2024 – 32:44
  • How Life Has Changed for Susan Yara After that Major e.l.f. Acquisition
    Nov 13, 2024 – 52:28
  • Lili Reinhart Introduces a New(ish) Skincare Ingredient, Mevalonic Acid, From Her Brand Personal Day
    Nov 8, 2024 – 28:50
  • GLAMOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR with the Unapolgetically Honest Amanda McCants
    Oct 31, 2024 – 55:42
  • From Scars to Success: Basma Hameed on Beauty, Inclusivity, and Color Theory
    Oct 24, 2024 – 40:52
  • Reviewing Allure’s Best of Beauty List. Plus: Are Beauty Brands Really Greenwashing Worse Than Fashion? Our Thoughts
    Oct 16, 2024 – 37:42
  • The “Pretty Person” Problem, Extending Our Healthspan, & An Olsen Twins-Inspired Missed-Continued
    Oct 10, 2024 – 36:00
  • Do Collagen Supplements Really Do Anything? Plus More Listener Questions, Answered
    Oct 4, 2024 – 32:54
  • These Beauty Headlines Will Spook You
    Oct 1, 2024 – 34:21
  • Pati Dubroff on Working with Margot Robbie and Cindy Crawford, and What She’d Never Do as a Makeup Artist
    Sep 27, 2024 – 42:39
  • What is Tarte’s Strategy, Exactly?
    Sep 24, 2024 – 37:32
  • Is the TirTir Cushion Compact Worth It? Plus Other Viral Amazon Beauty Products
    Sep 20, 2024 – 34:32
  • Rose Siard of Rose and Ben Shares How She Can Make Any Product Work For You and Why She Swatches Eyeshadow on Her Face
    Sep 18, 2024 – 40:42
  • How Caliray Keeps the Original "Essence" of Urban Decay Alive with Founder Wende Zomnir
    Sep 13, 2024 – 33:07
Recent Reviews
  • blockbusterFan
    One of the simple highlights
    This podcast is consistently amazing. I love the balance between friendly chatting and news/reviews/interviews. They are constantly finding ways to create really interesting and fun content and it brightens up every Tuesday and Friday! I think this, Smell Ya Later, and Fat Mascara are hands down the best beauty podcasts and they all have in common that the cohosts seem like they genuinely are friends and work together well. They have ads, but unlike other podcasts their ads don’t take up like 5 minutes straight and even their ad reads are so natural that sometimes I don’t realize for a few seconds (though it is always clear after a moment which feels really ethical, they just make it seamless which is also a rarity).
  • biancapodcast
    Favorite beauty podcast
    Gloss Angeles has been my favorite beauty podcast for well over a year at this point. Kirbie and Sara consistently produce the most informative, entertaining and current beauty content. So thankful for Gloss Angeles!
  • blueberry stains on my shirt
    In the know!
    I learn something new each week. The mix of content is perfect.
  • OpinionatedLady3
    LOVE THIS POD
    I've been a big fan of Kirby on Instagram for a long time. LOVE LOVE this podcast so much! Everytime I listen to an episode I find myself researching products they are talking about and buying a lot of them! LOL. Bravos ladies! I will say that their audio quality during Covid has been a little off. Kirby's mic is extremely hot in some episodes and it hurts my ears a bit. LOVE YOU KIRBY, but I gotta keep it real. They need to hire a professional editor. It also sometimes takes them 20+ mins to get to the main topic of the podcast. I love the chatter, but I also want to get to the meat and potatoes as well. <3 xoxox
  • JackieH
    Tuesday’s are my new favourite day
    I am a beauty & skincare junkie and every time I listen to Gloss Angeles it truly feels like a conversation with my best friends! Kirbie & Sarah are so honest and real about the products they review and I so appreciate it! They have so much knowledge to share and they deliver it in such an approachable manner. I most look forward to “What’s On Your Face” - it’s always fun hearing what products are current favourites. Love love love these ladies & Gloss Angeles!
  • e grace h
    The Best Beauty Podcast
    I so look forward to Tuesday’s and my commute to work. The content covered varies and I love that! I thought I was beauty guru and I just learned so much. The girls are funny, smart, and my new bffs. @emilyhansler
  • JakersField11
    A Beauty Must!
    I loved watching Kirbie Johnson on Pop Sugar and YouTube in Kirbie Tries and now I just love listening to her and Sarah Tan talk for (a very short) hour a week about all things beauty. They are knowledgable, real, accessible to their followers on social media and just all around great girls! If you love beauty or have not a clue about beauty and are wondering, you should listen to this podcast, its cute, fun, and a nice listen on your morning commute! -@dizzylizzyland
  • Sony macaroni
    So proud to be a glangelino
    I’ve been following Kirbie for a long time, and now thru her I’ve heard from Sara and they’re both amazing and I’m so glad they’ve become a team for this podcast! They’re fun & easy to listen to, neither of them have annoying/obnoxious voices or ticks/habits like sniffing/throat clearing lol & they give the BEST info and advice. They talk about all kinds of topics in the beauty industry. From high end products, to affordable make up and skincare, Beauty treatments, hair care, etc and I seriously can’t get enough. I love listening and I’m excited about the new episodes that come out each week. If you have any interest in the beauty industry, you will LOVE this podcast. I’m obsessed. -@sojo.xo
  • jamsandwich1
    Great podcast for beauty
    Really like this podcast so far, the Daniel Martin interview was great and I like their product recommendations, especially bc they’re not paid recommendations.
  • jojokoo
    ❤️❤️❤️
    As a beauty junkie, I love this podcast to hear about all the insider tips and recs!!
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