Sali Hughes
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Sali Hughes (born 21 February 1975) is a Welsh journalist, writer and broadcaster. She is The Guardian{{’}}s resident beauty columnist.
Early life and education
Hughes was born on 21 February{{cite tweet|title=Just celebrated my birthday by showing my kids The Man With Two Brains for the first time. #AnointyNointy|date=21 February 2020|accessdate=6 October 2020|user=salihughes|number=1230904918237679618}} 1975{{cite news|url=https://www.dumbofeather.com/conversations/sali-hughes-pretty-honest/|title=Sali Hughes is pretty honest|date=1 May 2015|accessdate=6 October 2020|work=Dumbo Feather|last=Liberman|first=Berry}} and grew up in Blackwood, Caerphilly. Her father worked in politics for the Labour Party and her mother worked for a local education authority.{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/beauty/makeup/beauty-and-the-blog-make-up-guru-sali-hughes-on-why-you-can-be-feminine-and-feminist-9812904.html|work=Evening Standard|title=Beauty and the blog: make-up guru Sali Hughes on why you can be feminine and feminist|date=23 October 2014|accessdate=6 October 2020|last=Butter|first=Susannah}} She has three brothers,{{cite web|url=http://standardissuemagazine.com/health/biscuit-met-sali-2/|title=When Biscuit Met Sali|accessdate=6 October 2020|date=17 October 2014|last=Evans|first=Pippa|work=Standard Issue}} and attended Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni, a comprehensive school.{{cite tweet|title=On the much tweeted about subject of upbringing / success and perceived privilege, but on a cheerier note: Who is the most famous or successful person who went to your school? My answer is Aaron Ramsey, who my husband tells me is a massive, massive deal.|number=1107629717530857474|date=18 March 2019|accessdate=6 October 2020|user=salihughes}} She initially worked as an assistant to make-up artist Lynne Easton for two years while looking for work experience at magazines. This included working on photo shoots with George Michael and Pet Shop Boys, and television commercials.{{cite news|url=https://makeupmag.com/pretty-iconic-the-book-for-make-up-nerds/|work=Make-Up Artist|date=29 August 2018|accessdate=6 October 2020|last=Darling|first=Annika|title='Pretty Iconic': The Book for Make-up Nerds}}
Career
=Journalism=
Hughes's first job in journalism was as a staff writer for the men's lifestyle magazine Loaded in the mid-1990s.{{cite news|url=https://www.redonline.co.uk/red-women/red-chat/a509566/sali-hughes-live-red-chat/|title=Sali Hughes Red Chat|work=Red|date=30 January 2012|accessdate=6 October 2020|last=Gilchrist|first=Hannah}} She then wrote features and opinion columns for various publications as a freelancer including Grazia,{{cite news|url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/beauty-hair/hair/nine-truths-every-20-something-needs-know-beauty/|work=Grazia|last=Hughes|first=Sali|date=2 October 2014|title=Nine Truths Every 20-Something Needs To Know About Beauty}} Elle, The Guardian, Glamour, Stylist, Shortlist, and Cosmopolitan.{{cite web|url=https://wih.web.ox.ac.uk/people/sali-hughes|publisher=Women in the Humanities|title=Sali Hughes|accessdate=6 October 2020}} Since January 2011, she has been The Guardian{{’}}s resident beauty columnist, featuring weekly in its Saturday magazine and online video tutorials.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/series/sali-hughes-beauty?page=28|work=The Guardian|title=Sali Hughes on beauty|accessdate=6 October 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sali-hughes|work=The Guardian|accessdate=6 October 2020|title=Sali Hughes}} She also appears weekly on BBC Radio 5 Live. Hughes presented an edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme File on 4 in October 2020 about her experiences as a victim of abusive comments from internet trolls.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54421632|title=Sali Hughes: I met the woman who trolled me online|date=6 October 2020|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=6 October 2020}}
=Writer=
Hughes' first book, Pretty Honest was released on 25 September 2014. It was a beauty handbook and was published by the 4th Estate division of HarperCollins.{{cite web|url=https://www.4thestate.co.uk/2014/09/if-its-on-my-face-its-because-sali-recommended-it-caitlin-moran-pretty-honest-is-out-today/|publisher=4th Estate|date=25 September 2014|accessdate=7 October 2020|title='If it's on my face, it's because Sali recommended it.' Caitlin Moran. Pretty Honest is out today.}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/sep/13/sali-hughes-beauty-adventures-in-skin-trade|work=The Guardian|last=Hughes|first=Sali|date=13 September 2014|accessdate=7 October 2020|title=Sali Hughes: the essential guide to staying ahead of the beauty game }} Two years later she released her second book Pretty Iconic which was about influential beauty products.{{cite web|url=https://www.4thestate.co.uk/2016/08/cover-reveal-pretty-iconic-by-sali-hughes/|title=Cover Reveal: Pretty Iconic by Sali Hughes|publisher=4th Estate|date=25 August 2016|accessdate=7 October 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionstudiesjournal.org/reviews-2/2017/9/3/5eyw15mw4bnia2o9dzpt52q168glj2|title=Book Review: Pretty Iconic|publisher=The Fashion Studies Journal|last=Maldonado|first=Veronica|date=17 September 2017|accessdate=7 October 2020}} In 2019, Hughes' third book Our Rainbow Queen by Penguin was released. It was about the fashion trends of Elizabeth II.{{cite news|url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/sali-hughes-our-rainbow-queen|work=Glamour|title=Our rainbow queen! Why Queen Elizabeth II is the undisputed British style icon|last=Hughes|first=Sali|date=21 April 2020|accessdate=7 October 2020}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2019/11/our-rainbow-queen-sali-hughes-interview|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=5 November 2019|accessdate=7 October 2020|last=Vanderhoof|first=Erin|title=Can We Tell What the Queen Is Thinking Through Her Outfits?}} Her fourth book, Everything is Washable and Other Life Lessons, published by Harper Collins UK, was released in September 2022.{{Cite web |title=Everything is Washable and Other Life Lessons |url=https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/everything-is-washable-and-other-life-lessons-sali-hughes |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=HarperCollins Publishers UK |language=en}}
Personal life
Hughes married comedy writer Daniel Maier in October 2017.{{cite tweet|title=Marriage achievement: Complete.|accessdate=6 October 2020|date=8 October 2017|user=danielmaier|number=916941918973583360}} They live in Brighton with her two sons from a previous marriage.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/dec/21/christmas-without-children-post-divorce|work=The Guardian|title=My first Christmas… without my children|last=Hughes|first=Sali|date=21 December 2012|accessdate=6 October 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/28/sali-hughes-beauty-sons-parenting|work=The Guardian|title=Call that a job? Beauty writer Sali Hughes and sons Marvin, 6, and Arthur, 3|last=Hughes|first=Sali|date=28 May 2011|accessdate=6 October 2020}} In 2018, she co-founded Beauty Banks, a charity that provides those living in poverty with basic daily hygiene essentials and personal care items.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/oct/06/beauty-banks-help-people-too-poor-to-buy-toothpaste-tampons-sali-hughes|title=Sali Hughes on Beauty Banks: 'A schoolchild thanked us for shower gel'|last=Hughes|first=Sali|date=6 October 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=20 September 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.4thestate.co.uk/author/sali-hughes 4th Estate Publishers]
- [http://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/hughes-sali RCW Literary Agency]
- [https://www.beautybanks.org.uk Beauty Banks]
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Category:The Guardian journalists
Category:People from Blackwood, Caerphilly
Category:Welsh women journalists