Charlotte Talks To: Town & Country Magazine Beauty Director, Jamie Rosen
by DAWN KISSI
BEAUTY DIRECTOR, TOWN & COUNTRY MAGAZINE
Jamie Rosen currently serves as the Beauty Director for one of America’s most storied titles: Town & Country Magazine. She has held this position since 2010 and her sharp editorial eye and reporting is evident on the beauty pages of this classic Hearst publication. For the past five years, she has overseen all beauty, health and wellness content in the magazine, online, and across Town & Country’s multiple social channels. Under her editorial direction, the magazine has been nominated for several Fragrance Foundation Awards and won the 2015 Award for Editorial Excellence for Feature. Prior to joining Town & Country, Jamie was Beauty Editor and Fine Jewelry and Watches Editor at W Magazine.
Jamie and our correspondent go back close to a decade, when they were office mates at Fairchild Publications. And back then, “she was pretty much flawless, and super nice, too.” Charlotte’s Book was thrilled to meet her this summer at New York City’s famed Hearst Tower and get a glimpse into how a beauty editor pulls it all together. In our interview below, she dishes on her must-have skincare item (it’s French, of course), and how her routine has evolved over the years towards more skincare and wellness than makeup.
ON THE MORNING ROUTINE:
My husband and I have the no-fail alarm clock of two little boys to get us up every morning! Much time is spent making smoothies and pancakes, listening to our favorite Pandora station of the moment, and, on a clear day, going out for iced coffee together.
ON DAILY BEAUTY ROUTINE:
Biologique Recherche P50. I am pretty religious about this one, which is a beauty editor favorite, and probably the product I talk about the most because it’s the one thing I never change in my routine. It’s a lactic acid toner that keeps your skin clear and gently exfoliates. The facialists I love (Melanie Simon, Nicole Paxson, Terri Lawton, the list goes on…) are devoted to it. And one of them talked to me about how grateful she was to have it in her life. It feels like an extreme thing to say about a bottle of liquid, but a good beauty product should do that—make you feel good, give you a little extra boost.
ON A TYPICAL DAY:
I know that our readers take beauty and health seriously, and are up on everything, so I always want to present the most relevant and forward-looking content to them month after month, as well as on the web at townandcountrymag.com. I spend most of my days ping-ponging to and from the office, though I try to schedule it so that I’m out in the beginning or the end of the day. I’ll usually start the morning at a launch event, at breakfast with a representative from a beauty brand, a writer, or a dermatologist. Then it’s back to the Hearst Tower to check on current pages, edit stories, write, meet with our art and photo departments, and brainstorm with the wonderful Meg Storm, who works with me in the Beauty Department, as well as the amazing editors at Town & Country. The magazine is at a really exciting time in its history—we are celebrating our 170th birthday next year! I am grateful to be a part of this exceptionally talented team. And yes, somewhere in there, usually in the evenings, I am testing as many products as I possibly can.
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