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News Roundup: $400M in Dupes and $225M Founder Bailouts
28 minutes Posted Jan 5, 2026 at 2:00 pm.
Welcome back to Season 2 + holiday recap
Starbucks hires beauty exec: are they entering the beauty industry?
Coffee x beauty collabs: Dunkin, Tarte, Laneige & the Starbucks tumbler economy
Sol de Janeiro expands lawsuit against MCO Beauty over dupes
Inside MCO Beauty’s $400M dupe empire & influencer strategy
Anastasia Beverly Hills founder injects $225M to regain control
L’Oréal explores acquisition of Armani Beauty
Starface hires investment bank: sale or acquisition?
HBO’s Heated Rivalry goes viral & why women are obsessed
Mad Men renaissance: why everyone is rewatching it in 2026
Movies that could never get made today (White Chicks, Tropic Thunder)
White Chicks Halloween 2026 & Sasa’s Wayans Brothers story
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Welcome back to Season 2! In our first News Roundup of the year, GlowJob breaks down the latest beauty power moves. Starbucks hires a former e.l.f. exec to lead fashion & beauty activations, signaling a serious push into beauty culture. Sol de Janeiro expands its lawsuit against MCO Beauty, accusing the $400M dupe empire of copying packaging, scents, and even paying influencers to promote knockoffs.
Julia & Sasa analyze Anastasia Beverly Hills’ massive founder bailout — with Anastasia putting in over $225M of her own money to regain control from TPG — and why it could reshape how founders think about private equity. L’Oréal eyes a potential acquisition of Armani Beauty following Giorgio Armani’s passing, and Gen Z acne brand Starface hires an investment bank to explore strategic options ahead of a possible 2027 exit.
The episode closes with culture chaos: the viral HBO hit Heated Rivalry, why women secretly love gay romance, and the unexpected Mad Men renaissance taking over 2026.
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GlowJob™ goes beyond the headlines to unpack the business and culture driving the world’s most influential industry… beauty. Hosted by best friends Julia Bellary and Sasa Li, GlowJob dishes on the conversations you actually want to hear — and the ones everyone else is too afraid to start. From celebrity drama to billion-dollar beauty deals, join us as we break down how skincare, makeup, and wellness collide with society, culture, and business. 
 
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