Zitat des Tages von Emily Weiss:
When your lips get dry, is there anything more frantic?
I think reality television has made the fashion industry and the beauty industry, any industry - frankly, just life - it has made life seem much different than it really is.
Freedom and confidence are two different things, in my book. Confidence is overrated - it can be faked, whereas freedom is fearlessness.
The single guiding principle that I try to follow, assuming blindly that the rest will fall into place, is to operate squarely in the present. I think it's one of the most difficult things for anyone to do.
In beauty, there's this idea of this perfect picture, and I think, 'How about being present in the now, and a little messy?'
It's very important to me to have a female venture capitalist.
Over the years of running Into The Gloss, I began to see a gap in the way beauty companies were creating products and marketing them to women. There wasn't one brand that really spoke to girls like me, who created products for real life. So we set out to create that brand with Glossier.
In my humble opinion, having tons of products and furniture and magazines and clothes is not luxurious - living minimally is.
I am crazy for good branding and really admire companies that get it right.
Where Halloween is concerned, I peaked in 2007.
I eat out alone a lot.
Everyone says to hydrate on the plane, but I don't.
Augmenting your appearance so drastically that it elicits a reaction from literally every acquaintance you greet is a sea change.
One of the big things I've learned over the years and I'm excited that Glossier perpetuates is that wherever you're at, in terms of your scope of knowledge around beauty, is totally okay. And not just okay, but actually really valuable.
I like books that explore identity and youth culture or rites of passage.
Throughout your teens and twenties, it's pretty easy to live in a suspended reality - one where you never get old or need to spend much time thinking about 401Ks, mammograms, or renewing your license. You don't need me to tell you: that ends.
A huge number of women are shopping for beauty products based on recommendations from friends, and we really look to be that friend.
You don't need most beauty products. They're an emotional purchase. That's why the conversations are really important. What choice do you have but to ask your customer what they want?
I don't even need to know - if you have something to prove to your old boss or your dad or your third grade teacher or yourself, it doesn't matter. You need that hustle and that fire, and I don't care where it comes from.
That power of the individual person - just the girl - is infinite.
Toronto girls are super interested in skincare, which is actually kind of unique. Because in New York, the girls seem to be mostly interested in makeup.
Products are a way to connect with - or disconnect from - who you are.
Ultimately, we're making and selling a consumer good that needs to work and that needs to make customers happy.
I would rather be 'oily' than 'dry' on pretty much any part of my body.
When Glossier launched in the U.S. back in 2014, it felt small - but in a good way. We were able to introduce ourselves locally, start a community, and build something special together.
I'm surrounded by women whose style I admire. It's natural to be inspired. I'm not a horrible copycat, or if I am, then I admit it and make a joke about it.
French pharmacies probably feel like CVS to French people, but to me, they feel like a real-life version of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.'
I've never been one for color theory or color wheels or undertone rules or anything like that. I don't know if my red lipstick 'should' be more blue or more orange.
I always thought 'Into The Gloss' would be successful, but I didn't really know what my definition of success was.
I'm on Instagram more than any other social platform.
Instagram has a faster chance of reaching me than CNN, and if I really want to know what's going on, I refresh my Twitter feed.
I must admit that self-tanner is one beauty arena I've been hesitant to explore, let alone fully embrace.
In our product development cycle, we ask and listen to our customer about what she wants.
If you look dull, the easiest thing to do is wash your face with water, and immediately you look refreshed.
We incorporate a lot of natural ingredients into our Glossier products, like sweet almond oil, which is great at getting moisture deep into the skin.
Glossier - our content, our products - it's for all for you; it's ours.