Marisa Petrarca

Summary

Marisa Petrarca is a New York City-based style and beauty editor at Us Weekly. Previously, she worked at makeup.com and skincare.com, where she reviewed products, profiled industry leaders and stayed on top of beauty news and trends. Her passions include swatching lipsticks, seeing what celebrities are up to on the ‘gram and face misting like her life depends on it.

Work or writing background leading to expertise

Marisa began her career at L’Oréal‘s makeup.com and skincare.com, based out of POPSUGAR, where she combined her creative writing skills with her SEO expertise to help grow the brand’s audiences and capture consumers. Other places her work has appeared include POPSUGAR, StyleCaster, Domino Magazine, Guest of a Guest and more.

Education

Marisa graduated from Wagner College in 2017 with a degree in English.

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