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This week’s GlowJob News Roundup covers the biggest shifts in the beauty industry — from collapsing legacy brands to luxury expansion and AI disrupting relationships.
Drunk Elephant is facing a 65% sales decline under Shiseido after the Sephora kids controversy damaged its brand perception. The once-viral skincare brand has wiped its Instagram and is attempting a reset — but can Drunk Elephant recover?
Glossier has laid off one-third of its workforce, raising serious questions about whether the DTC beauty model is over. Is Sephora now essential for survival?
We also break down:
- Cardi B launching Grow Good Beauty and the surge of celebrity haircare brands
- Hermès officially entering the luxury skincare market
- Estee Lauder suing Walmart over counterfeit beauty products
- Ron Lauder being named 900+ times in newly released Epstein files
- Casey Wasserman stepping back amid Epstein-related fallout
- The rise of AI dating cafés in New York City
- OpenAI controversy over adding romantic AI companion features to ChatGPT
- Sol de Janeiro’s Ulta-exclusive fragrance launch and Gen Z strategy
From celebrity beauty brands to luxury skincare expansion, from counterfeit marketplaces to AI girlfriend apps, this episode explores how beauty, business, and technology are colliding in 2026.
Beauty is business. Business is power. And power always leaves a paper trail.
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The only podcast to make you hotter AND smarter. GlowJob™ goes beyond the headlines to unpack the business and culture driving the world’s most influential industry… beauty. Hosted by best friends Julia Bellary and Sasa Li, GlowJob dishes on the conversations you actually want to hear — and the ones everyone else is too afraid to start. From celebrity drama to billion-dollar beauty deals, join us as we break down how skincare, makeup, and wellness collide with society, culture, and business. New episodes every MONDAY and THURSDAY
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- 0:00“Old Person Smell” (Nonenal) & The Science of Aging Odor
- 3:48Drunk Elephant Sales Down 65%: Instagram Wipe & Brand Reset
- 7:45Glossier Lays Off 50 Employees: Is DTC Beauty Over?
- 10:34Sol de Janeiro Jelly Fragrance Sticks (Ulta Exclusive)
- 11:53Sol de Janeiro Launches Beauty Summer School for High Schoolers
- 14:13NYC AI Dating Café: Eva AI & Custom Chatbot Relationships
- 16:25Loneliness, AI Companions & Subscription-Based Romance
- 17:08OpenAI Controversy: Romantic ChatGPT Features & Internal Ethics Clash
- 20:16Cardi B Launches Grow Good Beauty (Celebrity Haircare Boom)
- 23:27Bob Beauté Enters U.S. via Violet Grey
- 26:56Estee Lauder Sues Walmart Over Counterfeit Products
- 31:16Hermès Enters Luxury Skincare
- 33:28Casey Wasserman, Epstein Files & Agency Fallout
- 35:21Ron Lauder Named 900+ Times in Epstein Files