Australia- and New Zealand-based Glossier aficionados will no longer have to make the pilgrimage to the the big apple or enlist dubious delivery rerouting services to get their hands on the brand’s millennial pink products. That’s right — Glossier is now available in Australia and New Zealand through Mecca, with the cult-favourite brand in bricks-and-mortar stores across both countries.
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The brand started out with a tight quartet of products that toed the line between skincare and makeup—Priming Moisturiser, Balm Dotcom, Soothing Face Mist, and Perfecting Skin Tint—but ten years on, Glossier now has an expansive list of SKUs spanning makeup, skincare, bodycare, and fragrance. With its savvy marketing tapping into the zeitgeist of the time (not to mention its blush colour palette that had the ability to activate magpie-like hoarding tendencies in millennials), Glossier is a brand whose reputation precedes it. Although it can be tempting to purchase every item in the brand’s extensive product lineup in the hopes of finding your favourites—or as a fallback, use them as interior decor—it’s not a particularly smart strategy, both for your wallet and for your skin barrier. With that in mind, we’ve done the heavy lifting for you, with our editors and writers testing out the brand’s key skincare, makeup, and fragrance offerings to find the Glossier products that actually live up to the hype.
Herewith, the best Glossier products to add to card — and, some you can skip.
1. Glossier Boy Brow
Price: $37AUD
“I hate brow gels. I love Boy Brow. If you’re not a fan of that crusty, crackly feeling some brow gels give you, you’ll like Boy Brow; it’s flexible and doesn’t have that stiff quality and works without leaving a white residue behind.” — Arabella Johnson, beauty editor
“Apparently this was inspired by the flexible formula of moustache pomade, and it shows. Like Arabella, I hate the crusty feeling of some eyebrow gels and usually just smoothen my eyebrows into place using my fingers. However, Boy Brow adds definition to brows (and keeps them facing the right direction) without hardening them, meaning you can still raise your eyebrows when someone says something out of pocket. A must, in my book.” — Tanisha Angel, editor
AR Verdict: worth the hype
2. Glossier Priming Moisturiser Lightweight
Price: $37AUD
“Anything that helps me streamline my makeup routine is a win. The Glossier Priming Moisturiser is my favourite face cream during the warmer months; it has just the right amount of hydration and dewiness without making me look greasy and lets me skip primer. It’s probably a little too light for winter, but Glossier has a rich version too.” — Arabella Johnson, beauty editor
AR Verdict: worth the hype
3. Glossier Milky Jelly Cleanser
Price: $37AUD
“A friend brought this back from the States for me a few years ago and I’ve loved it since. While I’ve since had to replace it in my skincare routine since it was too hard to source during lockdowns, I’m glad to be able to get my hands on it again. The Milky Jelly Cleanser lives up to its name texture-wise, with a creamy bouncy consistency that makes it satisfying to use.” — Arabella Johnson, beauty editor
“I think this one is a little too gentle for me. I like the consistency and the fact that it doesn’t irritate my skin, but I found that even with two washes, it doesn’t remove all traces of makeup. That said, it works well as a second cleanse in a double cleansing routine (after using an oil or balm cleanser to remove sunscreen and makeup).” — Tanisha Angel, editor
AR Verdict: only as a second cleanser
4. Glossier Cloud Paint
Price: $37AUD
“I don’t like applying makeup with brushes (mostly because I loathe having to wash them!), so I love Cloud Paint. It doesn’t feel like you’re wearing anything and it’s easy to blend using your fingers. I like the shades ‘Beam’ and ‘Haze’ which look good on darker skin tones.” — Tanisha Angel, editor
“I’ve been using Cloud Paint forever and even though there are numerous cream and liquid blushes now on the market, it’s still one of the best. I usually use either ‘Storm’ or ‘Puff’, which incidentally also look good mixed together.” — Arabella Johnson, beauty editor
AR Verdict: worth the hype
5. Glossier The Solution
Price: $50AUD
“I love a liquid exfoliant and this one is one of the best. Glossier The Solution contains a mix of AHA, BHA, and PHA which even out skin tone and texture, lighten dark spots, and reduce breakouts without irritating the skin barrier.” — Arabella Johnson, beauty editor
“While I’ve used Glossier’s makeup for several years now, this is the first Glossier skincare product I’ve tried. The watery consistency of the formula absorbs quickly and makes it easy to layer other serums over and I loved how bright my skin looked after a couple of months of using this.” — Esmé Duggan, journalist
AR Verdict: worth the hype
6. Glossier Futuredew
Price: $50AUD
“Glossier was the pioneer of the whole “clean girl/glazed donut” aesthetic long before the TikTok girlies arrived on the scene, and Futuredew is perhaps the best encapsulation of this. In addition to squalane and a blend of plant oils, it has light-reflecting pigments that give skin a soft glow — I love using it to sheer out my full-coverage foundations or using it under skin tints.” — Arabella Johnson, beauty editor
“I love Futuredew for no-makeup days. During summer it’s pretty much all I wear (over sunscreen, of course.” — Esmé Duggan, journalist
“As someone with oily skin, I appreciate that this doesn’t make me break out. Even though Futuredew is touted as an oil/serum hybrid, I find it closer to a dewy primer as it has a light tackiness that helps foundation stick better. I like using it as a base under full-coverage foundation. The directions say to use two pumps but I find one is more than enough.” — Tanisha Angel, editor
AR Verdict: worth the hype
7. Glossier Balm Dotcom
Price: $27AUD
“It’s…fine? Maybe I was expecting too much here, but it’s literally just a lip balm. Which, to be fair, is what it says it is, however given the hype it’s gotten over the years I thought it’d be more…special. I tried the Balm Dotcom in Strawberry (this is the popular OG version, by the way) which has a soft pink tint. It’s quite thick and I found it didn’t stay on that long or moisturise my lips very well. For $27AUD, there are better lip balms you can buy.” — Tanisha Angel, editor
AR Verdict: skip it
8. Glossier After Baume
Price: $53AUD
“My girlfriend got me onto this a couple of years ago and I’ve been using it every winter since. It’s super thick so I usually only use it at night or during the day while skiing as it’s thick enough to withstand the chill.” — Henry Blake, journalist
“This is one of the richest moisturisers I’ve used and a little goes a long way. I like using it over retinol to prevent any redness or flakiness.” — John Deckard, publisher
AR Verdict: worth the hype
9. Glossier Ultralip
Price: $37AUD
“A balmy lipstick or a pigmented lip balm? We’ll let you be the judge, but the Glossier Ultralip is the best of both worlds, offering a rich pop of colour in a hydrating and glossy (but not sticky) formula. I like the shade ‘Cachet’ which is the perfect warm brown for autumn and winter” — Esmé Duggan, journalist
AR Verdict: worth the hype
10. Glossier Stretch Balm Concealer
Price: $37AUD
“It’s a decent product if you’re looking for light coverage, but it doesn’t really cover up breakouts or redness. It’s not too bad at lightening dark circles under the eyes, however it’s definitely not for anyone looking for full coverage.” — Tanisha Angel, editor
AR Verdict: skip it
11. Glossier You (EDP and solid)
Price: $186AUD (100mL EDP); $58AUD (solid)
“Ah, I hate to say it, but this is just not the same You I used to know and love. You’ve changed. It smells more woody than soft and musky and has less of that ‘warmth’ than the original.” — Arabella Johnson, beauty editor
“I hadn’t tried the original Glossier You, so went in without expectations. I usually love iris scents and while I got some ambiguous white florals, a slight sweetness from the ambroxan, and woods on the first spray, I found the scent disappeared without a trace almost immediately.” — Esmé Duggan, journalist
“I tried the solid version of Glossier You and, well, it’ll last forever. Mostly because it’s so solid it’s almost impossible to get out of the container, but also because I literally can’t smell it. I hardly know what I’m reviewing here because even when sticking my nose directly into the ‘fragrance’ I can’t smell a thing, so I’ll just review the case it comes in instead: it’s super cute and fun to flip open and closed when bored.” — Tanisha Angel, editor
AR Verdict: skip it
Words by Arabella Johnson
