We build the brands everyone else writes about.

Independent strategic communications for lifestyle brands.Beauty, wellness, fitness, home and hospitality.

Earned media.Expert validation.Founder positioning.The right story, in the right hands.

New York.Lifestyle is our world. Relationships are our business.

In good company.

Beauty · Wellness · Fitness · Lifestyle

Beauty

  • Glow Recipe
  • butter LONDON
  • Patchology
  • The Honey Pot Company
  • Kim Kimble
  • Mad Hippie
  • Indie Lee
  • Beauty Bakerie
  • HairMax
  • Farmaesthetics
  • reVive Light Therapy
  • COSRX
  • HaruHaru Wonder
  • Manic Panic
  • 3LAB
  • Yon-Ka Paris
  • Jan Marini Skin Research
  • Kat Burki
  • Intelligent Nutrients
  • Keranique
  • The Crème Shop
  • Lalicious
  • Ulric de Varens
  • Zerona
  • ThermiTight

Wellness

  • Aura Cacia
  • Biofreeze (Performance Health)
  • Violife
  • Cocofloss
  • Evian

Fitness

  • Life Time
  • 2XU
  • Bogner
  • K-Swiss
  • US Ski Team
  • Blanc Noir
  • FitDesk

Lifestyle

  • House Beautiful
  • Inner Gardens
  • Blackman Cruz
  • Vespa
  • ATTITUDE
  • Noodle & Boo

Good brands.
Great stories.

Noteworthy campaigns and the relationships behind them.

Showing work across all four divisions.

Kim Kimble haircare collection arranged on a tableBeauty

Kim Kimble

Retail launch

Best-selling SKUs in Walmart’s ethnic hair care category nationwide, repeat sellouts, and three beauty awards.

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Better Natured haircare productBeauty

Better Natured

Brand launch

A new name in clean haircare. A launch story built for an entirely changed world.

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butter LONDON Champagne Princess nail lacquerBeauty

butter LONDON

Partnerships & press

Where color, culture, and a perfectly timed partnership meet.

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Violife Slim Sonic toothbrush and traveler caseWellness

Violife

Broadcast coverage on TODAY, The View and The Wendy Williams Show.

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Mad Hippie skincare routine collectionBeauty

Mad Hippie

Earned media

A clean skincare story, told through lasting editorial relationships and expert voices.

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reVive Clinical light therapy device held beside a warm-toned bathroom counterSkincare

reVive Light Therapy

Earned media & awards

56 placements in a year and the Marie Claire Skin Award for Best Acne Device.

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Lifestyle.

Home, design, travel and hospitality.

The same editorial relationships that build beauty brands open doors in design and travel. We work with interior designers, design houses and hotels to tell stories that live in the home and on the road.

  • House Beautiful
  • Inner Gardens
  • Blackman Cruz
  • Vespa

Boutique
on purpose.

The strongest lifestyle brands earn more than attention. They earn trust.

Founded in 2013, The Woods & Co is deliberately independent and senior-led. Every account is run by someone experienced — no junior team, no handoff after the pitch.

Deep editorial relationships connect our beauty, wellness, fitness, home and hospitality work. What changes is the expert and the proof each brand brings.

Meet the people behind the work

Strategy, stories
and connections.

Strategy with a point of view.
Relationships with real depth.

Earned Media

Print, digital and broadcast. Seeding, founder positioning, expert commentary and awards. Coverage you earn, not buy.

Expert & Clinical Credibility

Advisory board access matched to your category. Third-party validation that gives editors an informed voice and your story a stronger foundation.

Influencer & Creator

Partnerships chosen for fit, not follower count. Artists, stylists, designers, trainers, athletes and physician creators.

Retail & Distribution Support

Coverage built to open buyer conversations. A communications strategy that considers where your brand goes next.

Events & Experiential

Editor events, launches and immersive brand experiences. Projects have included informal fashion shows and street-team-supported projections on New York City landmarks, including the Guggenheim and Empire State Building, with content extending the experience across traditional and social media.

Social Media

Community building through creative prompts, contests, giveaways and product seeding. Strategic channel planning that grows authentic engagement without buying followers.

Content Creation

Short-form video and brand storytelling developed with experienced videographers to drive conversation, educate and inform.

Influencer Management

Representation for creators living with passion and purpose, connecting their authentic stories with brands through relatable, impactful content.

An expert voice.
A stronger story.

Our medical advisory board brings perspective across skincare, hair, aesthetics, and wellness. The right expertise makes the story matter.

Dr. Isfahan Chambers-Harris

Dr. Debbie Palmer

Dr. Purvisha Patel

Dr. Angela Lamb

Dr. Yael Halaas

Dr. Jamé Heskett

A small flock.
A long way flown.

The people who pitch your brand are the people who shape its strategy. Deliberately small. Deeply involved.

Susan Woods, founder of The Woods & Co

Susan Woods

Founder

New York born and bred,
with a foot in Los Angeles.

Susan oversees strategy on every account. Before The Woods & Co, she co-founded Crier Communications, a bicoastal agency rooted in food and health that she grew into beauty and fitness.

Susan earned her degree in Art History and Journalism at New York University and was awarded membership in Kappa Tau Alpha, the national journalism honor society. She began her marketing career at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Victor Ortiz

Vice President

Media outreach, beauty, lifestyle and hospitality PR, social and influencer relationships.

Eunique Griffin

Account Director

Media outreach, seeding programs, awards and client reporting.

In their words.

At PATCHOLOGY we’ve been working with Susan and her team since our launch. The coverage they have secured in national beauty magazines, TV, blogs and social media has been instrumental in generating initial revenue and distribution at places like Bergdorf Goodman.

Chris Hobson Founder of Patchology

With the fast-paced changes that continue to occur in digital media, we have come to rely on The Woods & Co. to keep us on the cutting edge of productively driving our brands. Our retail partners demand both targeted impressions and insist that our outreach occurs across multiple platforms simultaneously. We trust the versatile Woods & Co team, who have proven to have the skill set to work closely with our team to professionally and efficiently generate the consistent digital media energy needed in today’s brand environment.

Dayne Sieling TOL, Inc. (Kim Kimble Hair)

Susan and The Woods & Co are consummate marketing pros and a pleasure to work with. Their pitches are always well written and on target. I have even used Susan in a segment for Good Morning America.

Kari Pricher National Broadcast Producer at Good Morning America and CNN

The Woods & Co has been rock star awesome in helping FitDesk reach a national audience through segments on The Today Show, Extra and Fox. They work hard to get the job done and are always accountable, available and professional. I had worked with PR firms in the past who were only willing to grab the low-hanging-fruit, not so with the The Woods & Co team who are creative and willing to think outside the box when it comes to reaching “hard to reach” objectives. We love working with them.

Ryan Moore COO at FitDesk

Woods & Co is the perfect public relations firm for our beauty company. They have done a great job at understanding what we need and how to make it happen. They have strong relationships with all of the important editors and are able to deliver our message to the people that matter.

Mia Kaminski CEO at Mia Beauty

We are all so pleased with the terrific results and solid effort The Woods & Co have provided for HairMax!

The HairMax Team

The Woods & Co has increased our brand awareness through outstanding PR, social media and influencer placements. The team's innovative approach resulted in increased sales and distribution opportunities. We've had several firms over the years, but The Woods & Co is the only organization whose passion and focus attained measurable results. Susan's involvement clearly demonstrated a commitment to our brand.

Steve Levin V.P. Global Sales, Erbaviva

The Woods & Co has been amazing! They have far exceeded our expectations and gained us placement in many of the most respected media outlets.

Sam Stewart Co-Founder, Mad Hippie

I love working with The Woods & Co, everyone’s super accommodating (even with super last minute requests) not to mention super friendly and knowledgeable about their product!

Vladimyr Pierre-Louis Celebrity Stylist

The Woods & Co have been a major partner in the growth and success of the launch of my brand. Their innovative, forward thinking approach to the crowded beauty PR market have allowed us to maximize every opportunity and develop relationships with key influencers from beauty editors to bloggers alike!

Sarah McNamara Founder & President at Sarah McNamara Beauty New York

We have been very impressed with the team from The Woods & Co since working with them over the last several quarters. What sets Susan and her team apart are a number of key elements. The team is highly competent with more relevant media and consumer interests related to the Social Media and Internet segments and have done a very good job of assisting JMSR’s connection through these channels. I find Susan to be extremely accessible, open minded and very creative in looking at exploring cost effective measures that can truly move the company’s brand forward. The Woods team have worked very well with developing enthusiastic supporters of our product line which can be utilized as key voices in our future PR efforts. We look forward to continued branding success with The Woods team being a key part of the nucleus towards that objective.

John Connors President at Jan Marini Skin Research, Inc.

One of my greatest pleasures as a beauty blogger has been the great fortune of working with The Woods & Co. Your team is such a joy to work with, and you probably aren’t told this nearly often enough. Everyone is personable, professional and a true joy to work with. All of you are great communicators, and maintain wonderful relationships with your bloggers in a truly exemplary fashion. Your business model really should be the industry standard because you are true visionaries.

Helen from Lola's Secret Beauty Blog Beauty Blogger at Lola’s Secret Beauty Blog

For the people
behind the brand.

Founders with a story to tell. Brand leaders building their next chapter. Physicians and experts bringing credible perspectives to beauty, wellness and fitness.

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