It’s Our #DamnGood Haul of Fame Update! Fave New Finds That Stand the Test of Time (and What Products We’re Saying Goodbye To) Plus: Are Only Fans Stars the Newest Beauty Influencers?

Breaking Beauty Podcast

Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins

Jilldunn, Arts, Beautyeditors, Style541811, Beautyexpert, Beauty, Carlenehiggins, Fashion, Society & Culture, Magazineeditors, Fashion & Beauty

4.7 • 954 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We’re back with another #DamnGood update! This time we’re saluting more products that are so top-shelf worthy that they’re earning a spot in our Breaking Beauty Haul of Fame.

You’ll hear about:

Which new expert-led brands are living up to the hype, according to us (and don’t miss updates on Carlene’s upcoming beauty brand! Subscribe to her Substack for more)
The beloved products we had to bid adieu to - and it’s not for the reason you might think
Jill’s pick for *the* most innovative makeup product that she’s seen in YEARS
The dark-spot busting serum that’s constantly sold out at Sephora
Not one but *two* budget-friendly Maybelline products Carlene
has in constant rotation
The low-key “ugly” moisturizer that Jill’s emptied three times
Stay tuned as we dissect the Urban Decay Setting spray drama! Read more about it here
Why “Only Fans” stars like Ari Kytsya are shaking up the beauty influencer game
For even more Haul of Fame updates, shop any time via our website
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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:08.2	Welcome to Breaking Beauty, the podcast, all about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty.
0:14.1	We're your host, Jill Dunn and Carleen Higgins.
0:24.4	Hey, everyone, welcome back to Breaking Beauty Podcast. The podcast about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty.
0:29.2	I'm Carleen Higgins.
0:30.0	I'm here with Jill Dunn.
0:31.1	Hi, Jill.
0:31.7	Hey, Carlene.
0:32.8	And hey, pod fam.
0:34.3	So it's been a minute since we've done one of our hashtag damn good episodes. The last
0:38.1	one we did was a doozy. It was our Amazon Prime episode, which we pulled together in about four
0:43.9	days. People seem to like it. I think there were a lot of good deals. And it was like a mega
0:48.6	sale this year. It was four days long. Everyone shopped till they drop till their fingers dropped and we're
0:55.8	doing another shopping episode today and jill i i guess i'll be embarrassed on our behalf because
1:02.7	we haven't kept up with our hall of fame and i feel like our listeners love our hall of fame
1:09.0	you know we are beauty editors by trade. Beauty editors
1:12.5	turn beauty podcasters. We always say we've swatched it all. We've seen it all. Our Hall of
1:18.0	fame is kind of like a roundup of what we do every month with our damn goods where we really,
1:22.4	we try like a bazillion products. We tell you only about what we think is hashtag damn good. And our Hall of Fame is
1:29.0	like what's risen to the top even from that list. So the stuff that we just have kept on our top
1:34.8	shelf ever since we talked about them, they're kind of in permanent rotation. That's what Hall of Fame is.
1:40.7	But you can always Google Breaking Beauty Podcast Hall of Fame and it takes you to our vertical on our website. It's always there. And we have painstakingly divided these into category.
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