In the ultimate quest for inner beauty and outer glow, Marie Claire
asks our favorite trailblazers to share intel on finding balance in their busy lives. Read it all here, in Beauty Inside & Out.
Spark joy. Who could have predicted that the phrase would become synonymous with cleaning out your sock drawer? Or that a tidying expert could gain international celebrity, become a
Time’s 100 Most Influential People list, and earn an Emmy nomination for a show about…decluttering closets? (And cutlery drawers. And overstuffed medicine cabinets.) Certainly not Marie Kondo, the 36-year-old mother of two and unassuming force behind all the enthusiastic organizing. A native of Tokyo, who now calls Los Angeles home, Kondo takes great care to stay connected to her surroundings: Recharging in nature has always sparked joy for me. I carve out time to practice Shinrin-yoku (the Japanese custom of forest bathing), or to visit onsens whenever I return to Japan, she says. And I prioritize da