Melanie Macleod

Melanie is HELLO!'s Beauty & Lifestyle Deputy Editor and looks after our HELLO! Happiness content, which is designed to help our readers live a happier, more optimistic life.

She started interviewing happiness experts in 2022 and since then have chatted daily with neuroscientists, therapists, life coaches and positivity pros, so knows what I'm talking about when it comes to feeling optimistic – sometimes sh even surprise myself with how upbeat I am now, a shock seeing as she grew up as the ultimate emo.

When Melanie is not working on HELLO! Happiness, she runs HELLO!'s Beauty Collective. She has 10 years of experience writing about beauty, so feels well-placed to help people find the best skincare and haircare, as well as help readers know which trends to avoid. She have a keen interest in aesthetic treatments too, and put together our online aesthetics guide.

On top of that, Melanie looks after our Second Act and Out Loud content, created to reassure readers that life is only just getting started when we hit 40 – the best years are yet to come.

You'll also find content from her on health and fitness topics, from round-ups of royal skiing mishaps to deep dive into health issues.

Melanie enjoy's Taylor Swift-themed spin classes, coffees in really small cups, long coastal walks and being squashed at gigs.  She is also partial to the cinema, EastEnders and a Provence rosé.

Her career highlights include covering the King's coronation (once in a lifetime!), chatting to Jordan North from Radio 1 on the red carpet - and being the first journalist to speculate that Taylor Swift and Matty Healy were dating.

Find Melanie on Instagram @melanieemacleod