Jamie Allison Sanders

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Jamie Allison Sanders is a commerce writer for People. She's been obsessed with fashion and beauty basically since birth, loves finding a great deal, and can always be found testing the latest skincare product.

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Bylines include People, InStyle, Shape, Well+Good, StyleCaster, Insider, U.S. News 360 Reviews, Saatva's Sleep Enlightened Blog, Reader's Digest, Shop Today, The Kitchn.
Graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in French.
Had her own blog, The Beauty of Life, since 2007.
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Jamie is an LA-based copywriter and blogger with 20+ years experience in fashion, beauty and lifestyle. After 12 years in New York City and a brief stint in Pittsburgh, she (finally) relocated to Los Angeles in 2015. Jamie has created, shaped and written copy for some of the world's leading companies, including Bloomingdale's, Bergdorf Goodman, Drybar, Fabletics, American Eagle Outfitters, Ralph Lauren, Sugarfina, Aerie, Tatcha, Dermalogica, Murad, K-Swiss, Unique Vintage, JustFab and Splendid. On the commerce side, she's written for InStyle, People, Shape, Well+Good, StyleCaster, Insider, The Kitchn, U.S. News 360 Reviews, Best Products, Shop Today, Reader's Digest and Saatva's Sleep Enlightened Blog.

In January 2007, she started her own blog, The Beauty of Life. As she looked around her bedroom one fateful night, her eyes alighted on the Illume Violet Rose Candle ... and, just like that, the blog was born. But she really has a lifelong passion for fashion and beauty. Playing the Youngest Royal Child in The King and I at 4 years old (complete with a full face of pancake makeup and loads of black eyeliner) was just the beginning. Over the years, she's cultivated her obsessions of bold nail polish, candles, Bonne Bell Lip Smackers, Minnie ears and strappy heeled sandals. And yes, she still has her two Caboodles from 1991!

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Favorite Purchase:

I have purchased The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 Hydrating Serum more times than I can count — since the big bottle was only $6 (it's now $16 and still a staple). I use it twice daily, have recommended it to literally everyone I know, and consider it the holy grail of hyaluronic acid serums. If it's ever discontinued, I may cry.

Jamie graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor of arts in journalism and a minor in French. While there, she was the Arts Editor of the award-winning Indiana Daily Student newspaper, as well as a campus tour guide and four-year member of the worldwide-acclaimed Singing Hoosiers choir.

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