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SHOP EVERYTHING MENTIONED HERE. A telenovela lipstick, a streamer-founded body care brand and a 30-year-old seaweed skincare brand walk into a conference. This month’s Monthly’s is in partnership with Beauty Connect, LA’s premier beauty industry conference. Sasa and Julia go through their favorite brands showing at Beauty Connect. They cover the retail strategies behind them (Target, Costco, Asian...

Julia’s officially waddling into maternity leave, and she’s spilling everything nobody tells you about pregnancy beauty. Pregnancy rhinitis, growing feet, pregnancy brain, and her 7-step “glazed donut” belly routine for stretch marks. Sasa and Julia also get into the nanny debate, why Korean and Chinese confinement focuses on recovery in the first 40 days, and how US parental leave compares to Nor...

Fat Mascara’s Jessica Matlin takes us back to 2016, when beauty was niche, loud, and made for Instagram. The former Cosmo and Teen Vogue beauty editor breaks down how beauty became pop culture and what it takes to spot the next big brand. Julia and Sasa sit down with Jess to talk about her years at Cosmopolitan and Teen Vogue, how Instagram flipped the power from editors to everyone, and building...

Can you really train your scalp to be less oily? Is GLP-1 hair loss real? Dermatologist Dr. Joyce Park (@teawithmd) sets the record straight. Sasa sits down with board-certified dermatologist Dr. Joyce Park, who was making derm content before TikTok existed. She shares her unlikely path from eye surgery to journalism to dermatology, why brands started partnering with derms during COVID, and why ha...

Shop everything in the episode HERE! Hero Cosmetics co-founder Ju Rhyu and board-certified dermatologist Dr. Aimee Paik join Julia and Sasa to announce the official launch of Vize, a $24 daily face sunscreen built for all year, not just beach season. The Vize co-founders explain SPF stacking and why almost everyone under-applies. They explain why powder sunscreen barely works, what the FDA's absor...

Shop everything mentioned in our ShopMy here! This month's lineup is stacked: "zombie cell" skincare that's actually backed by science, an innovative scalp conditioner (yep you heard that right), and the fragrance house that designed a scent around Britney and Justin's double-denim moment. Julia and Sasa break down Dr. For Hair, Shaz & Kicks, Dae, Healing Bird, Versed, Peach & Lily, Icon S...

Two women, four "geriatric" pregnancies, back-to-back losses — and the fix that finally worked wasn't about her eggs. It was about him. This week on GlowJob Podcast, Vita and Roni, co-founders of WeNatal, break down the 72-day sperm turnaround, why 50% of miscarriages trace back to male fertility, and the "trimester zero" protocol that got them both pregnant naturally in their 40s. Plus: the unreg...

Is Trader Joe's secretly the biggest dupe manufacturer in beauty? We put their lip mask, sunscreen, marula oil, and bum bum cream dupes head-to-head with the originals — plus we hit Ulta with an insider to find the best drugstore dupes for Rhode, Tarte, and Patrick Ta. (Replay of a fan-favorite while Sasa's in Asia!) New Episodes every Thursday! Follow us @glowjobpodcast  -------- Follow GlowJob™...

Sarelly CEO & co-founder Remi Martini gives us a first-look exclusive: the Mexican beauty brand is launching nationwide at Target — 600+ doors, 30+ products, zero exclusivity strings attached. Julia and Sasa get into the cow lash mascara origin story (named after the nickname abuelas use), the Sephora/Supergoop fallout, co-founder Anna Sarelly's YouTube-to-founder arc, and how humor and cultur...

We put 11 products through one test: hotter or smarter? Plus the wild story of how NYX almost named a lip gloss "Glowjob" (true story, cease-and-desist and all). Julia and Sasa run through their August favorites — Tarte's CC Serum and Snatch Stick, One Size's new Bronze Veil spray, Alo Wellness new Hypochlorous Clarity Mist, Benefit's Benetint Pocket Pal, a full Deciem/Estée Lauder empire breakdow...

We swapped seats this time — GlowJob Podcast’s Julia and Sasa are the ones being interviewed! Earlier this year, Josie Santi had us on The Everygirl Podcast to talk beauty industry secrets, and we're sharing the full conversation here. We get into what "dermatologist tested" actually means (spoiler: not much), why Estée Lauder invented the word "anti-aging," the pink tax, and the marketing scams w...

Actress, model, and Homeroom podcast co-host Steffie Baik brings an actual bag of makeup and we go through every product — including her travel-size "Frankenstein" palette that has to be seen to be believed. We talk bleached brows as a signature, why orange blush is criminally underrated on Asian skin, and the SPF-40-means-it's-made-for-America theory. Plus Julia, Sasa, and Steffie talk beauty sho...

Julia and Sasa break down what's actually worth your money — skincare, facials, lasers, manicures, mattresses, groceries — and what's just good marketing. This is your permission slip to spend AND your intervention to stop wasting cash. They cover the two rules for when skincare spending goes wrong, why they'll never recommend an expensive cleanser, the professional treatments worth the splurge (c...

Julia & Sasa are back with another GlowJob’s Monthly’s – our best beauty finds for the month of July! From a luxury mood-boosting body oil to a $20 K-beauty SPF that actually works (haruharu wonder). Plus: the viral hair oil BTS's Jimin sold out in seconds, and the dental floss we can't shut up about. This month we cover Brunel body oil, Dr. Lancer's dark spot serum, IS Clinical mineral SPF, H...

Chief Tanning Officer of Bondi Sands — yes, that's a real C-suite title — and he's here to fix every self-tan mistake you're making. Colt Paulsen joins Sasa solo (Julia's out sick!) to break down why self-tanner streaks, goes orange, or fades fast — and it's never the product's fault. From DHA resistance to his coined "double develop technique," the correct order of exfoliation steps, and why he's...

Poopmaxxing is the internet's newest wellness obsession — and it's actually backed by science. Julia and Sasa break down fiber maxxing vs. poopmaxxing, the squatty potty science, why 97% of men aren't hitting their fiber goals, and the GLP-1 side effect nobody talks about. Plus: rapid-fire poop hacks that actually work (and the celery juice myth that doesn't). Poopmaxxing ShopMy Link  New Episodes...

Julia and Sasa confess every wellness fad they fell for — juice cleanses, skinny teas, vegan dating lies, and bulletproof coffee. It gets messy (literally). From $80-a-day juice cleanses to laxative "skinny teas" to lying about being vegan on dates, this is the wellness audit nobody asked for but everybody needs. Plus: a college roommate's master cleanse gone very wrong, keto's dirty little secret...

Patrick Ta got accused of copying Painted by Esther's signature blush technique — and the receipts are wild. Julia and Sasa break down the transition blush scandal, the trademark drama, and why this keeps happening to Black creators in beauty. Then, Leaked Labs' first product launch backfired hard (RIP Amplify Flexi Powder). Then, we have Biotech Beauty founder Alanna Tran join to talk clinical te...

Our GlowJob June favorites are here — and this month it's all about daytime essentials and nighttime restoration. From a peptide lip SPF that doesn't feel medicinal to a Japanese overnight hair system built around cellular repair, we're covering the skincare, makeup, hair care, tools, and wellness drinks that got us through the heat. This month: OneSkin biotech lip SPF Biotech Beauty microbiome-fr...

Olive Young just opened its first U.S. store — and it's nothing like Sephora or Ulta. GlowJob's Julia & Sasa break down the Pasadena flagship, the four-block opening day line, and what's actually on the shelves (spoiler: it's not all K-beauty). Then we sit down with Sarah Chung Park, CEO of Landing International — the woman behind 225+ K-beauty brand launches in the U.S. — to talk about Olive...

GAP, Coach, and Marc Jacobs Beauty all flatlined — and now they're back and thriving. This week we break down what a real brand comeback actually takes. This week we're breaking down three of the biggest brand comebacks happening right now — how gap went from worst rebrand ever to the met gala, why coach intentionally shrank itself to survive, and the marc jacobs beauty relaunch that sold out in d...

Your hair is aging — and most people don't notice until it's too late. Jay (trichologist + hairstylist) and Alison, co-founders of Arey Hair, break down the science behind gray hair, thinning, and what's speeding up your hair's aging. → Why people are going gray earlier than ever → How stress & cortisol physically change your hair → Eastern medicine ingredients with real clinical backing → The...

GlowJob Monthly’s is officially here! Every month, Julia and Sasa bring you everything they actually tested and lived in — no press releases, no paid reviews. Just real thoughts.   FULL LIST OF PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON OUR SHOPMY This month's lineup: 🌿 Wellness — Wizard Wellness: the allergy brand built like a prestige skincare line. Vanilla mint nasal spray, a botanical inhaler stick, and oral stri...

This week on GlowJob, Sasa and Julia break down the long-awaited Devil Wears Prada sequel with the deep dive it deserves. They set the scene by unpacking the seismic cultural shifts of the past 20 years — the collapse of print media, the rise of fast fashion, how TikTok killed seasonality, and why Miranda Priestly's kind of power simply doesn't exist anymore. The cerulean sweater speech made sense...

A bachelorette party on a private Boeing 737. Sixteen influencers. A villa in St. Barts. And a beauty brand with under 3,000 Instagram followers footing the bill. When Swan Beauty's lavish influencer trip hit TikTok, the internet erupted, convinced this was VC money being recklessly burned. But they were wrong. In this episode of GlowJob, Julia & Sasa pull back the curtain on Swan Beauty, the...