BustleBeauty / Culture
TikTok Thinks Your Celebrity Twin Holds The Secret To Better Makeup
A look at the beauty trend sending people searching for their celebrity lookalike — and what it says about how we learn makeup online.
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Portfolio
Selected stories
Reporting, conversations and stories by Laili. Headlines and summaries appear here — every piece links out to the original publication.
Elite DailyLifestyle / Culture / Reporting
I Spent July 4 At House Of GOAL, NYC's Largest Soccer Culture Festival
On-the-ground reporting from New York's largest soccer culture festival, where fandom, fashion and music met on a holiday weekend.
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Elite DailyRelationships / Celebrity Interview
Paige DeSorbo 'Would Rather Die' Than Be In A 'Situationship'
An interview with Paige DeSorbo on dating labels, boundaries and the modern relationship vocabulary her audience lives by.
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Elite DailyEntertainment / Culture / On-location reporting
A Look Inside Gracie Abrams' Daughter From Hell Pop-Up
On-location reporting from inside the Gracie Abrams pop-up, and how fan spaces have become their own kind of cultural event.
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Scary Mommy
Scary MommyLifestyle / Family
Selected reporting and features for Scary Mommy
Lifestyle and family writing produced during Laili's editorial work across BDG's portfolio of brands.
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EntertainmentNow
EntertainmentNowEntertainment / Pop Culture
Entertainment, reality television and pop culture coverage
Ongoing coverage of entertainment news, reality television and celebrity culture as an entertainment writer.
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The Quadrangle
The QuadrangleCampus Reporting / News
Campus reporting, features and editorial leadership
News reporting and features for Manhattan University's student newspaper, where Laili rose from staff writer to Features Editor to Editor-in-Chief.
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