5 Microns with Leigh Campbell: Journalist, Podcaster & Advocate

October 2024

October 2024

5 Microns

with Leigh Campbell

Who is Leigh Campbell

I’m a 42 year old woman who is unashamed of her love of instant coffee, hates sorting clean washing with a passion and likes cats and dogs equally (it can be done). I’m also a wife, an Aries and a mother

You are Executive Editor at Mamamia, podcaster & business owner.. Tell us about your media career and how you ended up where you are today?

I got my start in media purely by chance. I was helping out in the CLEO fashion cupboard and happened to be in the right place at the right time. SHOP Til You Drop had just launched, so Paula Joye offered me a job.

From SHOP I moved to Cosmopolitan to head up the beauty role and stayed there for eight years. After 12 years total in print media I jumped to digital to lead the lifestyle team at The Huffington Post.

After that I moved to Mamamia, where I've been for the past six years, firstly full time and now part time as an Executive Editor. I host a beauty podcast, You Beauty, and a fashion podcast, Nothing To Wear.

I’m also the co-founder of Brillo Beauty, a premium Australian bodycare brand catering to pregnancy, postpartum and
beyond.

What’s been the most inspiring time in your working career?

Right now for sure. I love the variety in my career. Podcasts have fundamentally changed the way women consume content - speaking and listening comes so naturally to us, and we can consume audio content while doing other things.

I also love that as a co-owner of Brillo Beauty, I can flex my creative muscles and execute crazy ideas (if my business partner agrees!).

What’s your go-to-look for a working day?

I don't really have one. I dress depending on my mood and who I want to ‘be’ that day, mostly. But I guess my fall back is jeans and a tee.

If you could give one piece of fashion advice, what would it be?

You don't need another chambray shirt.

And any beauty tips?

Plenty! That’s why the You Beauty podcast was born, because my boss observed people stopping by my desk or grabbing me in the work kitchen to ask me for beauty advice. So, we turned it into a podcast, and now it's so popular there’s a new episode every weekday. All my best advice and tips are shared there.