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Nov 2018
51m 15s

Live Episode! Glossier: Emily Weiss

Guy Raz | Wondery
About this episode
In 2010, while working as a fashion assistant at Vogue, Emily Weiss started a beauty blog called Into The Gloss. She quickly attracted a following of devoted readers hooked on the blog's intimate snapshots of style makers' beauty routines. Within a few years, Emily realized her readers were hungry for a new beauty brand, one that listened to them directly, a ... Show More
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