Sali Hughes is a Welsh journalist, writer and broadcaster. She is The Guardian's resident beauty columnist.

Hughes' first book, Pretty Honest was released on 25 September 2014. It was a beauty handbook and was published by the 4th Estate division of HarperCollins. Two years later she released her second book Pretty Iconic which was about influential beauty products. In 2019, Hughes' third book Our Rainbow Queen by Penguin was released. It was about the fashion trends of Elizabeth II. Her fourth book, Everything is Washable and Other Life Lessons, published by Harper Collins UK, was released in September 2022