Inside MAC’s Most Controversial Product Relaunch, Plus a BIG Announcement!
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.6 • 776 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
We’ve got a double feature for you this week! First up, we’re joined by Teny Kureghian, Global Head of Product Development at MAC Cosmetics, to break down the highly anticipated — and hotly debated — relaunch of the iconic Studio Fix Powder + Foundation. Teny gives us the inside scoop on why the formula was changed after three decades, how the brand approached talc removal, and what went into the revamped packaging and expanded shade range.
Then, we celebrate some very exciting news: Gloss Angeles won People’s Most Beautiful Readers' Choice Award for Favorite Beauty Podcast! Thank you for voting for us! We’re joined by Andrea Lavinthal, Executive Director of Special Projects at People, to dish on this year’s Most Beautiful issue. She takes us behind the scenes of how the categories came together, how nominees were selected, and also teases what we can expect from this year’s cover star, which will be revealed exclusively on People's new app. The full Readers' choice poll results are available on people.com and the PEOPLE app now!
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| 0:00.0 | G.M. |
| 0:02.0 | Los Angeles. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi Kirby. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, Sarah. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to Los Angeles. |
| 0:10.0 | All right, Glam's. |
| 0:15.0 | It's a big episode today. |
| 0:18.0 | We are going to have two guests, but first we're kicking off with some big news, some major news. |
| 0:24.7 | Sarah, did you hear the Mac news? |
| 0:27.2 | Oh, I heard. |
| 0:28.1 | I heard and I saw and I am so excited to talk about it because people have some thoughts and questions. |
| 0:36.6 | Questions, opinions. Mac has gone viral yet again. |
| 0:41.8 | They not only have debuted a reformulated product, but a repackaged, beloved product. We have a full |
| 0:51.3 | makeover. And everyone's like, yeah, how does it compare to the original? |
| 0:55.3 | So if you haven't heard, Mac Studio Fixed Powder Plus Foundation, got a reformulation and a |
| 1:02.1 | facelift, essentially. The packaging looks brand new. And I think it looks really sleek. |
| 1:08.5 | I do too. And it looks really sleek. And it's refillable. There's like lots of reasons for its really sleek. I do too. And it's refillable. |
| 1:11.5 | There's like lots of reasons for its new look. |
| 1:14.6 | I think it looks really cute. |
| 1:16.5 | So we were like, we need to go straight to the source. |
| 1:20.2 | We have questions. |
| 1:21.7 | Why make something over when so many people love it? |
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