Marissa DeSantis is a contributing commerce beauty writer for Bustle Digital Group, creating shoppable content for Bustle, Elite Daily, and The Zoe Report. Additionally, she is a freelance writer covering a range of topics including beauty, wellness, fashion, entertainment, and dance. Marissa's bylines have appeared digitally and in print for publications such as Teen Vogue, InStyle, Allure, and Dance Magazine. She has a bachelor's degree in communications and journalism from Rider University, where she got her editorial start interning in the beauty closet at Lucky Magazine. When she isn't sat at the computer writing, Marissa can be found planning for her next trip, eating her way through every pasta dish in NYC (and everywhere else, tbh), or adding to the beauty products and records that have essentially taken over her apartment.
You can follow Marissa on Twitter and Instagram @marissdesantis and learn more about her work on her LinkedIn.
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