Best Lifestyle Blogs and Magazines Worth Following

GQ is a men's fashion and culture magazine published by Condé Nast in New York. It started in 1931 as Apparel Arts, a trade journal for clothing retailers. The name Gentlemen's Quarterly came in 1957, and GQ followed in 1967.

The site spans fashion, grooming, fitness, food, and entertainment. You will find style advice, celebrity cover profiles, and product picks. Its Men of the Year issue has run since 1996. It honors leaders in film, music, sports, and style.

Celebrity style and red carpet looks sit at the heart of InStyle. The women's fashion magazine launched in 1994 as a spin-off of People. It ended its print edition in 2022 and has published online only since then.

Coverage includes beauty, hair, trend reports, and shopping guides. In 2018, InStyle became the first major fashion magazine to ban fur from its pages.

Refinery29 is a digital media brand for young women. It writes about fashion, beauty, wellness, work, and money. News and pop culture stories round out the mix, with a focus on diverse voices.

Its best-known series is Money Diaries. Readers log a week of spending, along with their salary and city. Other regulars include weekly horoscopes, the R29 Book Club, and shopping picks.

Brett McKay founded The Art of Manliness in 2008. The site publishes practical, no-fluff guides on character, style, and self-improvement. Topics include:

• Skills like car care, survival, and homeownership
• Fitness, nutrition, and health
• Dating, marriage, fatherhood, and etiquette

The Art of Manliness podcast has passed 1,100 episodes. Weekly link roundups and gift guides fill in the rest.

A Beautiful Mess is a DIY and recipe blog. Sisters Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman run it. It mixes crafts, home decor, and cooking in one place.

The recipe archive features cocktails, party shots, sauces, and easy dinners. Craft guides teach macrame, candle making, and resin art. Plant care posts explain how to keep monstera, snake plants, and fiddle leaf figs healthy. The sisters also wrote the Weekday Weekend cookbook and host a podcast.

Joanna Goddard has run Cup of Jo since 2007. Her daily site for women touches on style, food, design, travel, relationships, and motherhood.

Popular series include Week of Outfits, house tours, and Motherhood Around the World. The comment section is a big draw. Readers trade tips under almost every post.

Camille Styles is a lifestyle site led by its namesake founder, who is based in Malibu. It focuses on food, design, wellness, entertaining, and style.

Expect seasonal recipes, dinner party menus, and home tours, including Camille's own Casa Zuma house. Nutritionists and dermatologists weigh in on health and skincare posts.

Since 2002, Better Living has shared tips on food, travel, wellness, and home life. Travel posts focus on the East Coast, especially Maryland's Eastern Shore and Pennsylvania. Hotel reviews, gluten-free recipes, and long-term product tests round out the site.

Unfinished Man is an independent men's lifestyle publication. Chad Barnsdale and Faisal Afridi founded it in 2010. It covers style, grooming, dating, cars, watches, and gear.

The name reflects its view that every man is a work in progress. Men's Journal, BuzzFeed, and Boing Boing have featured its work.

Primer Magazine has helped men dress well on a budget since 2008. Career tips, money basics, and fitness plans sit alongside the style content.

The Getup series builds outfits for everyday occasions. The Intentional Apartment column helps you furnish your home with good design.

The Skinny Confidential is a beauty and wellness brand from Lauryn Bosstick. The blog posts skincare guides, workouts, recipes, and candid business advice. Lauryn co-hosts The Him and Her Show podcast with her husband, Michael. Her product line includes ice rollers and mouth tape.

Kate Arends created Wit & Delight around one idea: designing a life well-lived. Her posts mix interiors, personal style, wellness, and parenting. W&D home products are sold at Target, and Kate offers one-on-one design consultations.