Plastic Surgery Mom Guilt & What Pat McGrath’s Bankruptcy Might Mean
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.6 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we honor the life and legacy of Shirley Raines, founder of Beauty 2 the Streetz, whose work reframed beauty as a tool for dignity, connection, and care for unhoused communities in Los Angeles. We also discuss Sara’s Harper’s Bazaar essay, “I Want a New Face, But My Kids Have My Old One,” unpacking the complex guilt millennial moms face as cosmetic treatments become more normalized while raising children who share the features they sometimes want to change. Plus, we break down the news of Pat McGrath Labs filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and what it could mean for the future of the iconic brand — before putting Kirbie to the test with a quiz on Sephora.com’s top 10 products of 2025.
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| 0:00.0 | G-M, Los Angeles. |
| 0:05.6 | Hi, Kirby. |
| 0:07.1 | Hi, Sarah. |
| 0:08.5 | Welcome to Los Angeles. |
| 0:14.8 | Sarah has a new column with Harper's Bazaar, which we're very proud of her for. |
| 0:19.2 | Thank you. |
| 0:19.8 | With the amazing Jenna Rosenstein as |
| 0:21.8 | her editor. Yes. She wrote a story that I've seen so many people share. And this is a topic that |
| 0:28.0 | Sarah and I talk a lot about because obviously plastic surgery, huge here in Los Angeles, |
| 0:34.7 | the mecca, if you will, of all kinds of plastics. We know the best |
| 0:40.0 | of the best. We know the worst of the worst. We've seen it all. Yes. And we often talk to each other |
| 0:47.3 | about, okay, what would we get done? If money was no issue, what would we get done? We know exactly what we're getting done, by the way. |
| 0:56.4 | Yes. |
| 0:57.0 | If something happened to Sarah and she couldn't speak, |
| 0:59.8 | but then she somehow got a pass to get whatever she wanted done to her face, |
| 1:03.7 | I would be like, sit down. |
| 1:05.8 | And let me explain to you very carefully. |
| 1:08.3 | But again, it's a nuanced conversation. |
| 1:13.6 | Totally. Because we think a lot about, for me, it's my mom. Yeah. My mom's like, you're the most beautiful thing on the planet. |
| 1:20.6 | Yeah. Why would you ever want to change how you look? Right. Like, like, you're my greatest work. |
| 1:25.4 | Why change it? Yes. And your face connects you to your mom and her parents and so on and so forth, right? Yes. This is your ancestry right here. And so many people say that they are reminded of my grandmother when they look at me or reminded of my mother when they look at me. Right. Right. For you, you now have two children. Yes. |
| 1:45.0 | Who look just like you. Sorry, Matt. They're so freaking cute. My jeans are very strong. |
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