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How Beauty Plans to Crack Substack

From founders to brands, beauty’s A-list is embracing Substack as a medium for long-form storytelling. Veterans of the platform say that businesses have to invest in their editorial strategies, or need not apply.
Selena Gomez at the Rare Mental Health Summit taking a photo og herself in front of an audience
Selena Gomez' Rare Beauty is one of a few brands adopting the Substack platform to forge a deeper, more personal connection with its audience. (STEFANIE KEENAN)

One morning in July, a group of fashion and beauty publicists gathered on Zoom for a masterclass on how to get their clients featured on the newsletter-based social media platform Substack.

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The Substack-ification of Beauty

Fashion newsletters have won loyal followings, but beauty authors are still finding their footing between commentary and shopping links.

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Parizaad Khan Sethi

Parizaad Khan is a contributing writer at The Business of Fashion. Khan is a freelance beauty and lifestyle editor based in New York.

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