About BeautifulNow
WHAT IS BEAUTIFULNOW?
BeautifulNow is a place where you can discover, create, and share the most beautiful things happening in the world today in:
- Arts/Design
- Food/Drink
- Travel
- Impact
- Wellness
- Nature/Science
Beauty can be hard to find. In a world increasingly filled with negative news, mediocrity, and noise, it’s hard to get to the good stuff. It’s hard to know where to look. It’s hard to sift through overwhelming amounts of information. It’s hard to find the time. That’s why our editorial team, guest contributors, and the BN community work together to create and curate the most exceptional and cutting edge beautiful stories, images & ideas for you!
Learn more about the BN Story here!
THE BEAUTIFULNOW EXPERIENCE
BN Daily Fix
The BN Daily Fix delivers a quick shot of beauty to elevate every day. We explore new themes every week, featuring the latest most beautiful discoveries, creations, and ideas. With fascinating, cutting edge stories and gorgeous images, you can connect with something beautiful every day
BN NEWS
BN News, delivers curated-for-beauty news stories from around the world. If you are tired of hearing only bad news, sad news, frustrating news and fake news, BN News will remind you that there’s always good, inspiring, and beautiful news happening too.
BN Photo Contests
BN Photo Contests are all about the most beautiful images! We feature a new contest with a new theme every week. BN Contests are free to enter. BN Community members vote for the winner each week. Anyone can enter and vote -- just log in or sign up! You can win great prizes!
See BeautifulNow Photo Contest Rules.
Community Shares
Upload your original images, creations, and ideas to share your beauty with the BN Community!
See BeautifulNow Community Shares Rules.
BN Lists
BN Lists are curated compilations of the most beautiful things we find in the world right now. You can find the most beautiful travel destinations, books, films, photos, artworks, designs, fine crafts, recipes, treats, flowers, artisan shops, and more!
About BNGives
BNGives supports not-for-profit initiatives that make the world more beautiful. BNGives is funded by a portion of BN profits, community contributions, and sponsors. We plan to expand this effort and establish a BeautifulNow Foundation as part of our commitment to support people who are making a beautiful difference. Look for more on this in the months ahead.
Join BN and start making life more beautiful – now.
WHO WE ARE
We are artists, designers, writers, photographers, scientists, athletes, choreographers, chefs, farmers, dancers, musicians, inventors, composers, filmmakers, architects, explorers, artisans, gardeners, activists, philanthropists, thought leaders, and healers.
We are collectors, fans, connoisseurs, patrons, admirers, enthusiasts, and supporters.
We are all passionate about beauty.
THE TEAM:
Shira White
Shira White is the founder of BeautifulNow. Shira is an award-winning creative director, writer, artist, and designer. Shira developed Gorgeous Green, an innovative high-end green design showcase house. She is the author of popular business best-seller New Ideas about New Ideas (Perseus), based on consulting practices developed by the SPWI Group, one of the first and leading consultancies on new product development and innovation management, founded by Shira in 1989.
Jay Sanders
Jay Sanders, developer at BeautifulNow, has immense technical expertise, and has built our website. He also helps to make sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes, from our servers to our client-facing site. He helped with connecting our app to the site, and has been an integral part of the team. He is also a talented musician, with the E.Normus Trio, Acoustic Syndicate, and The Invisible III. He uses Bass, Guitar, 8-String N/S Stick & Effects.
OUR VALUES
We appreciate diversity, authenticity, creativity, innovation, and curiosity. We see beauty in simplicity and complexity, in essence and extravagance, in delicacy and boldness, in refinement and roughness, in depths and heights, in backyards and galaxies, through microscopes and telescopes, inside and outside, up and down, in familiarity and oddity, in purity and mix, in generosity and scarcity, in purpose and impact, and just because.
Our opinions aren’t for sale. No one can buy a way into our hearts. Sponsored content is clearly labeled – easy to select or avoid.
WE KEEP IT REAL. YOU SHOULD TOO.
Let beautiful intentions be your guide: be nice, credit your sources, report stuff that’s mean or offensive, and tell us how we can be more BeautifulNow.
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