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.
In August 2023, Glossy was the first to report that Rhode was closing in on selling its first million tubes of its Peptide Lip Treatment, the skin care-enhanced lip balm for which Hailey Bieber's brand has become best known. At $16, that meant the single SKU had already earned the...
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From January 16-18, Benefit Cosmetics flew 10 influencers to its headquarters in San Francisco, putting them up at The Fairmont Hotel. But these weren't traditional influencers. These were influencers who focus on TikTok Shop.
Prada Beauty made its European debut in August. On January 15, it hit Sephora.com and Nordstrom.com. And on February 9, the brand feted its U.S. debut with a party held in Brooklyn's Williamsburg. It was attended by the brand's "U.S. Partner," Sofia Richie Grainge, as well as Maude and Iris...
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