Years of health and beauty writing experience:

10

Education:

BA in Music Business/Songwriting from Berklee College of Music; Certificate in Marketing Strategy from Harvard Extension School

Jessica DeFino

Contributing Writer

Jessica DeFino is a freelance beauty journalist based in Los Angeles. She writes about skincare and safety issues for the RealSelf News Blog. 

Her interviews, essays, investigations, and exposés related to the beauty and wellness industries have also appeared in outlets like the New York Times, Vogue, The Cut, Fashionista.com, Cosmopolitan, The Zoe Report, Marie Claire, Business Insider, the Kardashian/Jenner Official Apps, Self, and Harper’s Bazaar.

Jessica DeFino

Contributing Writer

Jessica DeFino is a freelance beauty journalist based in Los Angeles. She writes about skincare and safety issues for the RealSelf News Blog. 

Her interviews, essays, investigations, and exposés related to the beauty and wellness industries have also appeared in outlets like the New York Times, Vogue, The Cut, Fashionista.com, Cosmopolitan, The Zoe Report, Marie Claire, Business Insider, the Kardashian/Jenner Official Apps, Self, and Harper’s Bazaar.

Years of health and beauty writing experience:

10

Education:

BA in Music Business/Songwriting from Berklee College of Music; Certificate in Marketing Strategy from Harvard Extension School