Spencer Hedges on Choosing to Get a Facelift, Fatherhood, and Mental Health
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.6 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
This week, we’re joined by Spencer Hedges — aka Painted by Spencer — the self-taught Cuban-American makeup artist turned global beauty creator known for his incredible before-and-afters and beautiful, cinematic content. Spencer shares how he went from moving to LA at 16 to building a multi-platform empire. We talk about high-production content in a lo-fi era, the influence of his Cuban heritage, and what he’s learned from teaching masterclasses around the world. Spencer also opens up about becoming a father through IVF, getting candid about his mental health, and yes… a recent “refresh.” Plus, we end with rapid-fire takes on makeup musts and misses.
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| 0:00.0 | Glam, Los Angeles. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi Kirby. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi Sarah. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to Los Angeles. |
| 0:15.0 | Spencer Hedges, better known as Painted by Spencer, is a self-taught Cuban-American makeup artist renowned for his signature |
| 0:21.3 | before and after transformations. Since launching his YouTube channel in 2020, Spencer has amassed |
| 0:26.6 | over 86 million views and 900,000 plus subscribers while leading sold-out masterclasses across Dubai, |
| 0:34.5 | Paris, London, and beyond. He's known for his elevated production value and focus on authentic artistry. |
| 0:40.7 | He continues to redefine what it means to be a creator and has evolved from a makeup artist |
| 0:45.0 | to one of the most successful beauty creators. |
| 0:48.4 | Welcome to Los Angeles, Spencer Hedges. |
| 0:51.3 | Oh my gosh. |
| 0:52.4 | Thank you so much. |
| 0:53.6 | Gosh, what an intro. I have a lot to live up to you now. I mean, it's all you. You did it all, babe. We are so excited that you're here because Sarah and I have been following you for a while. Spencer, you could name a thousand products right now that you love, but what's currently on your face? What are you loving? Oh gosh. You don't even give a guy a chance to warm up here. Okay, we're going to dive right in. Should we start with skincare? Well, let me tell you, I love a lot of serum. So I don't think there's a particular one that deserves like the honorable mention for the top five. But in terms of skincare, I love a good exfoliator. And I'm loving the dermilogica. It's like the daily microvolient or microvolent. Yes. I love it because you can use it every day. It's not going to strip your skin. All right. So there we go for skincare. Foundation, you know, I'm going through a phase right now where I'm not using liquids or creams. I'm using a powder. One size came out with this. It's like a pressed powder. Their bouclease-sil powder. So I just use that and then I melted in with their, you can use any setting spray, I suppose. But I like their powder melt because it has glycerin in it. And that really helps melt the powders in. So there we have three. Let's just call it two, right? Because the powder and the sprays |
| 2:01.7 | a duo. Let's throw in a tool, Shasado. You can never go wrong with their lash curler. My lashes |
| 2:08.2 | fall so flat. So I need a good lash curler. And then on the topic of lashes, I've used up until |
| 2:15.0 | a few months ago a lash serum because my lashes are so short, but I gave that up. |
| 2:20.5 | So now I'm into lashes like clusters. |
| 2:23.7 | I've never been good at applying them. |
| 2:25.6 | I could do it all day every day on someone else, but on myself, I'm awful. |
| 2:29.1 | But I found this, it's from velour lashes or velour beauty. They have these clusters, but they go |
| 2:35.7 | underneath the lash. Super easy to put on. I pop on a three or four of them and they look so natural. |
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