About L’amour et la Musique

L’amour et la Musique stems from originally filling out Facebook’s “Religious Views” section with “love and beats” many years ago. Love, because it’s the reason for everything, and beats, because Mercedes has been consumed with and influenced by deep house music for over a decade. After a trip to Europe around 2010 and a burgeoning fascination with all things French, l’amour et la musique (the closest translation to love and beats) became a new social media moniker.

About Mercedes

Mercedes is a beauty and natural health enthusiast turned content creator. An ex-academic, Mercedes stumbled into the world of beauty blogging and youtubing during graduate school circa 2010. In 2014, after several years of on-and-off blogging, Mercedes published her first YouTube video. Since then, she has been consistently producing videos - and more recently a podcast - around eco-beauty and alternative health and lifestyle. A researcher at heart, Mercedes strives to always bring a discerning and honest perspective to her audience through long-form content rich with nuance, depth and detail. She is also a full-time mom to two beautiful children, and wife to fellow UChicago alum/classmate (they connected Modern Love-style many years after the fact). Mercedes and her family are currently based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.