ON BEAUTY, TRAVEL, AND THE ART OF PAYING ATTENTION.
from the artist behind margaret snider & co
Taste, it turns out, is not something you arrive with. It’s something you build. Slowly, deliberately, through the places you go, the things you make, the beauty you pay close attention to, and the version of yourself you keep refining along the way.
Consider this your filter for the things actually worth your attention.
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AN ACQUIRED TASTE IS WRITTEN BY MARGARET SNIDER
I grew up painting. I worked in film. I eventually found my way to hair and makeup and something clicked immediately. Not because it was the obvious next step, but because it asked for everything I already knew how to do: read a room, trust my eye, listen closely, and create something that felt entirely like the person in front of me.
Today I lead Margaret Snider & Co, a destination hair and makeup studio for people who approach their wedding weekend the way they approach everything else in their lives, with intention, with taste, and with the confidence to make it entirely their own.
This is the rest of it. The beauty worth knowing about, the places I’m eating and wandering through, the creative references shaping my work, the inner life that makes all of it possible. Written when something is worth saying. Sent when it’s ready.
You can also find me on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and margaretsniderco.com.
