SEPHORiA: How It Paid Off (And What Didn't)
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.6 • 771 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
We’re recapping our SEPHORiA weekend in LA—from a VIP dinner the night before with our favorite founders and Sephora execs to getting first access at the press preview before doors opened to the public. Of course, we have thoughts: from the (very good) VIP swag bags to the not-so-happy chatter around general admission sample-size gifting.
We also break down exactly what we wore to the event, including Rare Beauty’s new True To Myself Natural Matte Longwear Foundation—a self-priming, self-setting formula we’ve been testing for months alongside the Glams through our partnership with Gloss Angeles Confidential. Plus, hear directly from Selena Gomez on why she wanted to create this formula (and why she even wore it to her wedding).
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| 0:00.0 | G-M, Los Angeles. |
| 0:05.5 | Hi, Kirby. |
| 0:07.2 | Hi, Sarah. |
| 0:08.4 | Welcome to Los Angeles. |
| 0:14.5 | Okay, let's address a major moment. |
| 0:18.7 | Sarah has cut her hair after years of me personally begging her. Yes, you have been |
| 0:25.1 | wanting me to cut my hair recently. The last time I got a bob, I got extensions. So I'm hoping |
| 0:30.3 | that's not the case this time. I do like it. I say Bob, but it's a mid-linked cut. It's a lob. |
| 0:35.3 | It's like a between a bob and a lob. |
| 0:55.5 | Well, anything longer than this would be just long hair. So I think this is a lob. A lob. Okay. She looks fab. Thanks guys. Next era, Sarah. Yes. It's a learning curve. I love it. It looks fabulous, darling. I'm leaning into it. Thank you very much. Thank you to Catherine and Kelly. |
| 0:56.4 | Kelly Zang. |
| 0:55.5 | You're the best. looks fabulous, darling. I'm leaning into it. Thank you very much. Thank you to Catherine and Kelly. |
| 1:02.2 | Kelly Zang. You're the best. So we went to Sephora. Major. I hadn't been in a very long time. |
| 1:08.6 | Neither had Sarah. Same. There was a lot of fun that was had. People were just, I mean, it was at Mother Wolf, which if you haven't been in L.A., delicious, beautiful setting. |
| 1:13.6 | They rented out the entire restaurant, which I had never heard of. |
| 1:16.6 | It was crazy. |
| 1:17.3 | But it was so many founders in one room, Mary Phillips, Mario, Jen Atkin, Sophie Pavett, |
| 1:24.6 | Shawnee Darden, Jackie Ina. |
| 1:27.1 | Yep. |
| 1:27.7 | Yep. Yep. |
| 1:28.0 | It was a great room. |
| 1:29.2 | Huge room full of fabulous people and the Sephora team. |
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