Ally Hirschlag

Lives In

Hoboken, NJ

Education

Northwestern University
Columbia University

Expertise

Health
Skincare
Sustainability
Beauty
Fashion

Ally is a senior beauty editor at Byrdie with ample experience covering beauty and fashion in digital media. She works with the Research and Testing team to pick beauty products for testing, then reviews the tested insights and assigns writers to incorporate them into roundups and reviews. Ally is also a member of the Byrdie Testing Collective, and regularly tests makeup, haircare, and skincare products.

As a thick-haired person, she's tested hundreds of hair serums, oils, sprays, and creams (especially ones that define curls and reduce frizz). She prefers a no-makeup makeup look so she's always trying products that aim to highlight natural beauty. Ally is also an environmentalist and loves bringing cruelty-free, sustainable beauty into the foreground.

Highlights

Ally is a senior beauty editor on the commerce team at Dotdash Meredith. She edits content on beauty, health, fitness, and fashion for Byrdie. She's been with the team since 2023, and DDM since 2022.
She is an avid product tester, focusing on skincare, hair, and makeup testing for the Byrdie team.
An award-winning journalist with over nine years of experience, her work has appeared in National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Weather.com, BBC Future, Audubon, Shondaland, and Smithsonian Magazine, among other publications.

Experience

Ally is a senior beauty editor for the transactional team at Dotdash Meredith. She has nine years of experience writing about beauty, fitness, science, lifestyle, and general and mental health. Aside from editing, she regularly tests various beauty products for the Byrdie team. She has considerable experience testing skincare products such as moisturizers and serums, and hair products such as hair oils and curling irons. She's also the daughter of an oral surgeon and can give you a long list of teeth and gum cleaning products you should be using.

Outside of DDM, her published work has appeared in National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Guardian, BBC Future, Scientific American, Scishow, Cosmopolitan, The Weather Channel, Elle, Audubon, Mic, and HuffPost, among other publications. She loves writing solutions-focused articles on relationship wellness, health, climate science, and innovations in sustainability. Her work at The Weather Channel won several awards including a CMA Award for Best Series of Articles, an IAC Award for Best Environmental Online Campaign, and a Marcom Award for Best Blog.