The 7 Biggest Beauty Moments of 2025
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.6 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
There were so many buzzy moments this year, but we whittled it down to seven, with help from you, our Glams. From rhode’s $1.2B acquisition to the rise of expert-led brands and makeup artists, this year proved the industry is changing fast. We get into the K-beauty boom, why kids and teens are shaping the future of beauty, and how MAHA-adjacent misinformation influenced everything from sunscreen discourse to beef tallow skincare. We also pour one out for the brand shutdowns that shocked us this year. Tune in for the highs, the lows, and what it all means for 2026.
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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. |
| 0:14.0 | Glams. |
| 0:16.0 | We made it. |
| 0:17.0 | We made it to the end of the year. |
| 0:20.0 | Almost. Who knows? They's still like, what, 15 days left of the month? |
| 0:26.6 | Listen, I was telling myself this last night when I was going to sleep. I said, Kirby, you stress about so many things in the future. |
| 0:34.9 | What makes you think you're getting to that future? I know. |
| 0:37.9 | There's no guarantee. It's no guarantee. I'm like thinking years ahead, I could die going home today. |
| 0:43.9 | No, that's how I feel when people send me invites like for events that are like months in advance. |
| 0:49.1 | And I'm like, I might not be here. That's what, no, that's what, I mean, I don't think that way. I'm like, |
| 0:55.6 | I just think the audacity of you to send a three month in advance, unless it's your literal wedding. Right, right, right. Right. Okay. That's like my P.O. like, I'm not committing until a month out. No, I can, yeah, it's like when people email us to be like, hey, is there anything on the schedule for April? No. No. And also I'm not committing to anything in April. Because what if something better comes |
| 1:14.4 | along? I. No. |
| 1:11.4 | And also I'm not committing to anything in April. Because what if something better comes |
| 1:14.4 | along? I'm so sorry. Yeah. What if I get invited to an in sync world tour that pops up? |
| 1:20.1 | Truly. Truly. Send a month out. So much can happen. Send a month out. Four weeks max, call it a day. |
| 1:29.5 | Please. But yeah, you never know. |
| 1:38.6 | You never know. But this is the last news episode. Yeah. Not new, but news episode of 2025. |
| 1:45.2 | I cannot believe we made it to this point. Every year we say that, though. So we're clearly trucking along. I guess, but this year in particular is like, to quote what, like something from two years ago, dumpster fire every year. |
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