Arabelle Sicardi is a writer and consultant who focuses on beauty as an art form, an act of care, and a tool of political possibility.

They pen a beauty newsletter and have written for places like ALLURE, ELLE, SSENSE, Teen Vogue, The Cut, Google, and VOGUE Business. So far, they've written two books: Queer Heroes, a children's book on queer folks throughout history, and The House of Beauty, a non-fiction book on the beauty industry, released in Fall 2025.

They run a scent-centered creative collective called Perfumed Pages and a non-profit arts project called the Museum of Nails Foundation.

In this episode, Arabelle discusses beauty standards in the current world environment, the potential and hope for community and world building through beauty activism, their new book, and so much more. 

For more about Arabelle visit:

https://arabellesicardi.xyz/

Instagram: @arabellesicardi @themuseumofnails