A Writer's Passion. On this podcast we're talking to publishing + media + professional, Bee Shapiro, longtime beauty columnist for the New York Times, author, and fragrance brand founder. Beauty Expert? An understatement! Bee’s been testing and trying products, and tracking the evolution of beauty for over 10 years. An under-represented category in beauty, she founded clean and sustainable fragrance line Ellis Brooklyn 5 years ago when she was looking for a safer option for luxury scents while pregnant with her daughter Ellis and living in… Brooklyn. Bee studied and practiced law and was a blogger in a former life. We discuss her path to columnist, author, and perfume-maker, the obstacles she's encountered as an entrepreneur, her views on fragrance, her favorites from her line, the great story behind its logo, her book Skin Deep--a fascinating compilation of her greatest columns over the years, her own beauty style, her writing process, sources of inspiration, and tastemaker picks that you can shop here:1. Skin Deep: Women on Skin Care, Makeup, and Looking Their Best by Bee Shapiro https://rstyle.me/+dgRPy3Nb_OEsrASGylhaUw2. Myth Eau de Parfum by Ellis Brooklyn https://rstyle.me/+k3HOznxOlRI9AkiZcVbhFA3. Myth Excellent Body Milk by Ellis Brooklyn https://rstyle.me/+qoPvseOxB56mmPHD-Ju1Xg4. Salt Eau de Parfum by Ellis Brooklyn https://rstyle.me/+33dobkWkbzE-7Di72b2STw5. Sweet Eau de Parfum by Ellis Brooklyn https://rstyle.me/+hLzFY0dAzMCpBGhTvnM7ag6. West Eau de Parfum by Ellis Brooklyn https://rstyle.me/+kukFX-FCPXewxtja9T5H4w7. Superego Scented Candle by Ellis Brooklyn https://rstyle.me/+KIfRQwme7_myeOwEHp5d1w8. Verb Scented Candle by Ellis Brooklyn https://rstyle.me/+eyD3LUHKOhzdjdqqojIH_g9. Love's Baby Soft Cologne Mist by Dana https://rstyle.me/+5n84Rv2S-X7pAWvXM3LXfw10. Classique Eau de Toilette Spray by Jean Paul Gaultier https://rstyle.me/+VzfnTMkZiHc5jAgWFB0bSw11. Sunflowers Eau De Toilette Spray Naturel by Elizabeth Arden https://rstyle.me/+SXeqldD7ZDE9coqcwAQkXA12. Lipsticks by Nars https://rstyle.me/+HUEG8DD83tnLNQmr5jhPQg13. Brow Perfector by Nars https://rstyle.me/+gqePb_26IWUOlhY8w9AAsg14. Clean Berry Lip Mask by Primera https://rstyle.me/+Ny0Jf8YY02I331UqjbrcNw15. Expressionist Mascara by W3ll People https://rstyle.me/+gqePb_26IWUOlhY8w9AAsg16. Vanity Case Set by Cuyana x Daniel Martin https://rstyle.me/+weu22iNPDsONoAsbhvEUxQ17. Weightless Volumizing Shampoo by Philip B. https://rstyle.me/+Ld9TZb4xd6UPj3rv7Z2dfw18. Moisture & Control Deep Treatment Masque by Oribe https://rstyle.me/+AUP9GnrprTC-FfX8HG_NZw19. Mask No. 3 La Couleur by David Mallett https://rstyle.me/+JNm-0LwQNBg4P6uNdmwuMg20. E. E. Cummings: Complete Poems, 1904-1962 https://rstyle.me/+kcjYb0Rq1nO1J9NxxREBIA21. Takeshi Kovacs Novels by Richard K. Morgan https://rstyle.me/+kwpCmQys1Y5IbYylbIL9Sw

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