The Brands, Ideas and Products set to Dominate in 2026. Plus: Buffy is Back! Sarah Michelle Gellar On Vamp Nails, Skincare Slays and More 90s Nostalgia
Breaking Beauty Podcast
Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins
4.7 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Happy New Year, podfam! In this week’s “State of the Union” episode, we dissect the beauty trends, ideas and brands we predict will dominate in the year ahead. Then, with news of a Buffy The Vampire reboot, stay tuned for a catch up with Sarah Michelle Gellar about 90s nostalgia, budget skincare and how she stays kick-butt ready.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- Pajamas? Picture frames? Evening bags? Why beauty brands are all-in on stylish extras in 2026 – and where the expansion trend may come out thin.
- Meet “Patsumers” – the powerful group of beauty influencers said to dictate skincare purchases next
- How K-Beauty “ear seeding” spa treatments are making a DIY face-snatching debut in North America
- Olympic-sized moves: why beauty-meets-sports is finally hitting the mainstream.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar’s 2.0! The original Vampire Slayer talks to us about her latest role as an Olay ambassador, fave fragrances borrowed from her daughter, best (and worst!) 90s beauty moments and… is there a Buffy reboot in the works?!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:08.1 | Welcome to Breaking Beauty, the podcast, all about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty. |
| 0:14.0 | We're your host, Jill Dunn and Carleen Higgins. |
| 0:30.1 | Welcome back to Breaking Beauty Podcast, the very first episode in 2026. I'm Carleen Higgins. This is Jill Dunn. |
| 0:40.6 | Hey, everyone. And happy New Year. Happy 2026. And it's our official ninth year podcasting. So congratulations to us. I can't believe we made it this far. I know. Even through the seven year itch. We are married girl. We are pretty much. |
| 0:46.3 | Podwives for lives. Yeah. Lives upon lives. But, you know, even after nine years, there's still |
| 0:51.4 | so much to talk about. We always, always say that. And of course, |
| 0:55.5 | if it's your first time tuning in, we are two longtime beauty editors turned beauty podcasters, |
| 1:00.0 | chatting about the breakthrough people products and moments every single Wednesday. And, you know, |
| 1:05.6 | we did a year in review at the end of 2025. I guess that was a couple of weeks ago. Go back and listen, |
| 1:10.7 | if you haven't. |
| 1:11.9 | But, you know, we like to get her crystal ball out, you know, looking ahead to the year. And that's |
| 1:17.3 | what we're going to do today. And it's really about the trends, ideas, products that are going to |
| 1:22.3 | dominate in 2026. Yes. So, Jill, I feel like we have so much to talk about. Oh, my gosh. But in addition to us doing some |
| 1:32.9 | forecasting, we have a very special, like a mini-sode, a mini segment with the celebrity. |
| 1:40.7 | Yeah. We have a celebrity interview that's going to be toward the end of this episode. |
| 1:44.8 | So you've got to stay tuned to the end. |
| 1:46.8 | Jill, you did this one solo. |
| 1:48.2 | I did. |
| 1:48.7 | I did. |
| 1:49.1 | I missed you. |
| 1:49.7 | So we are chatting with Sarah Michelle Geller, everybody. |
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