Hi!

Thanks so much for subscribing to Fresh Paint! I’m Megan, a former beauty editor and current editorial director of a newsletter startup. As an obsessive Substack reader and disillusioned Instagram user, I felt a strong pull to do some long-form personal writing here.

Fresh paint is a weekly newsletter in the spirit of nail polish, the color you brush from cuticle to fingertip, enjoy for a week or two until it chips, and then wipe it off and start again. It’s fun, a tiny mood boost, not too precious. I started Fresh paint as a weekly note to friends and family, and that’s how I’ll always approach it because it keeps me honest, which is really the only kind of writing I want to read.

What you can expect:

• Mini essays from the perspective of a 30-year-old living in NYC

• Interviews with people I love (artists, designers, creators)

• Advice I wish I’d learned earlier

• Moodboards & trends

• Important news across the internet

• And lots of recommendations sprinkled along the way

I hope you find something you love here.

x Megan

P.S. If you want to get in touch, email me at meg@megdecker.co :)