Phone Eats First

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UNCENSORED
SELF-EXPRESSION

IN A DIGITAL SPACE OBSESSED WITH PERFECTION, GLOSS® EXISTS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE REAL, THE RAW, AND THE CHAOTIC — WHATEVER EXPRESSION MEANS TO YOU. ISN’T ABOUT CHASING TRENDS OR FITTING A MOLD. IT’S ABOUT CREATING YOUR OWN.

WE BELIEVE EVERY GIRL DESERVES TO SHOW UP ONLINE AS HER FULL SELF — LOUD, SOFT, WEIRD, STUNNING, STRANGE, UNFILTERED, UNDONE. BECAUSE THE COOLEST THING YOU CAN BE IS FULLY, UNAPOLOGETICALLY YOURSELF.

Phone Eats First

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PHONE EATS FIRST

LIKE IT WAS EVER A BAD THING. AS IF GIRLS CARING ABOUT THE LIGHTING, THE PLATE, THE OUTFIT WAS SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT. THE TRUTH IS WE’VE ALWAYS MADE THE WORLD PRETTIER, ONE VISUAL DIARY AT A TIME. THAT FLEETING MOMENT? IT’S NOW A MEMORY, SAVED FOREVER IN EVERY GIRL’S CAMERA ROLL.

SO YEAH, PHONE EATS FIRST. AND WITH GLOSS®, THOSE PHOTOS DON’T JUST LIVE — THEY FEEL. SOFT, CINEMATIC, A LITTLE NOSTALGIC. JUST LIKE YOU’LL REMEMBER IT.

The Era Engine

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THE ERA ENGINE™

WITH 40+ CAREFULLY CURATED PRESETS & FILM STOCKS, GLOSS® HELPS BRING OUT YOUR AESTHETIC. MADE FOR CREATORS & DESIGNED TO HELP TELL YOUR STORY. IN YOUR GLOW-UP ERA? TRY THE CHROME PRESET. FEELING EDGY? TRY THE MARS PRESET. WE’VE GOT YOU NO MATTER YOUR MOOD TODAY. GLOSS® IS YOUR ERA ENGINE.

Gloss World

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GLOSS WORLD

WE'RE MORE THAN AN APP — WE'RE A COMMUNITY OF CREATORS, ARTISTS, AND AESTHETIC OBSESSIVES WHO FIND BEAUTY IN EVERYTHING. THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO ROMANTICIZE GROCERY STORE RUNS, FIND THE PERFECT LIGHTING AT GOLDEN HOUR, AND MAKE ART OUT OF THE EVERYDAY. GLOSS® IS WHERE WE COME TOGETHER — ONLINE AND IRL — WITH COMMUNITY DROPS, GROUP CHATS, AND OUR ANNUAL FESTIVAL PARTY DURING COACHELLA WEEKEND.

THE FOUNDERS

GLOSS STUDIO® STARTED AS A SMALL COLLECTION OF PHOTO PRESETS INSPIRED BY LOS ANGELES CREATED BY @ASHLEVI. SINCE IT’S CREATION IN 2019, IT’S EXPLODED INTO A MASSIVE CREATIVE COMMUNITY WITH A NICHE, CULT FOLLOWING. ASH HAS A BACKGROUND IN GRAPHIC DESIGN, WEB DESIGN & MARKETING. SHE SAW A SPACE FOR HER UNIQUE STYLE AND CREATED GLOSS®. WHAT WAS ONCE A PLACE ONLY FOR PRESETS IS NOW AN ICONIC CREATIVE STUDIO IN APP FORM — WITH A FULL SUITE OF PROFESSIONAL EDITING TOOLS & more.

THE CREATOR

Ash is a designer, entrepreneur and girl mom from california. she taught herself how to code on myspace AND EVENTUALLY BECAME A WEB & GRAPHIC DESIGNER. BORN TO CODE CUTE GLITTERY CURSORS — FORCED TO CREATE BORING CORPORATE LOGOS, SHE QUIT HER JOB TO CHASE HER DREAMS IN LOS ANGELES. she’s constantly creating, designing spaces & inventing her own world. gloss® is an extension of her.

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THE ENGINEER

Zachary is a software engineer and maker from Dallas, Texas. He has many passions spanning many mediums including design, photography, and music. His love for computers and the internet started in the early 2000s MySpace and Tumblr era. He got his first MacBook in 2009 and has been making stuff ever since. Zachary joined GLOSS® as a technical co-founder and collaborates on everything from coding to design to coming up with product features.

THEIR SHARED OBSESSION OF NICHE INTERNET NOSTALGIA & pixel—perfect design sparked the idea for the app — an antidote to sterile editing apps. WITH $0 AND A DREAM they built gloss studio, a creative playground for digital romantics.