Deconstructing Beauty and Wellness Trends with Jessica Defino

Today, journalist, author, and beauty industry visionary, Jessica Defino joins us to deconstruct the underbelly of beauty and wellness and what we can do as individuals and communities, to interrogate our relationship with these industries to create a more magical and collectively empowered future.

[0:02:00] Intro to today's guest, Jessica Defino, a journalist who deconstructs unrealistic beauty and wellness standards and trends [0:06:00] Jessica describes her journey into beauty journalism and what brought her there [0:13:00] How to work in the beauty and wellness industries but not be of it [0:14:00] What Jessica believes the beauty industry is founded on [0:17:00] The difference between personal vs. collective empowerment in the beauty industry [0:25:00] The similarities between anti-aging and anti-living [0:35:00] The difference between adornment and concealment in the beauty industry [0:37:00] Why does putting on makeup make us feel human? [0:42:00] Why Jessica began self-publishing and how it's felt to transition to working for herself

Jessica’s book will be out by May 2022. Follow Jessica on IG @JessicaDefino_, or sign up for her newsletter at https://jessicadefino.substack.com/

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