Hey y’all! We’re excited to share a little bit about Paprika Southern today here on Jules Loves. Thanks to Jules for inviting us!

Paprika Southern is the quarterly publication for art and style in the South. We (Bevin Valentine Jalbert and Siobhan Egan) started Paprika Southern in 2013 as a monthly online magazine. After publishing 24 (!) online issues over the course of 2 years, in 2015 we successfully funded a Kickstarter campaign that allowed us to transition to print.

Now that we’re in print, we publish 4 seasonally-focused issues per year. We love to share the stories of entrepreneurs, makers and artists, particularly women, in the South. We also do lifestyle features that cover fashion, home, hostessing, food, weddings, beauty and more!

Photography: Siobhan Egan / Styling: Carol Jensky / H&MUA: Megan Mateo / Fashion Editorial, Paprika Southern Spring 2016

Photography: Siobhan Egan / Home of Brooke Thomas, accompanying article by Stephanie Tallevast / Paprika Southern Summer 2016

Photography: Siobhan Egan / Salon Wall: David Dempsy / Portrait of artist Elizabeth Winnel accompanying article by Bevin Valentine Jalbert / Paprika Southern Winter 2016

We first met Jules right around the end of our online run, when she did the hair and makeup for the fashion shoot in our final online issue. We then started collaborating regularly on a monthly beauty blog hosted on Paprika Southern, as well as fashion shoots and beauty editorials.

Photography: Siobhan Egan / Styling: Bevin Valentine Jalbert / H&MUA: Dollface by Jules using JMTM / From our first shoot with Jules! Paprika Southern online issue July 2015

Photography: Siobhan Egan / H&MUA: Dollface by Jules using JMTM / Beauty editorial, Paprika Southern Fall 2016

At Paprika Southern we are committed to providing stories that empower readers, and publishing positive images of women. We did an interview for our Winter 2015 issue with Jules where, when talking about the Jules – More Than Makeup line she said “My message is way too long for the back of the box.”

In thinking about this sentence, it makes us think of Paprika Southern in a different way. Our story unfolds and evolves with each new issue we publish. Because we (and by “we” I mean we as Paprika Southern, but also “we” as anyone who is a business-owner) need a tagline for branding and social media purposes– “Paprika Southern is the quarterly publication for art and style in the South,” “We tell stories about the South.” But in reality the story is more nuanced than a sound bite.

Photography: Siobhan Egan / Styling: Kim Daniels / Lifestyle Editorial Paprika Southern Summer 201

Photography: Lisa Blume Photography / Styling: Kelley Cannon Events / H&MUA: Maria Vaughan Wedding Editorial, Paprika Southern Fall 2015

We invite you to take part in our story. Come visit our website, follow us on social media (especially Instagram, which is our fave!) and become a Paprika Southern subscriber. Subscribers receive four issues per year that are packed with art, fashion, history, culture and more.

Join Us on December 8th!

If you’re local to Savannah, we invite you to join us for a holiday party celebrating the release of our newest issue, Thursday December 8, 5:30 -7:30 at El Rocko Lounge. Jules will be on-hand doing glitter eyeshadow and you can check out the magazine for yourself! Click here for more information.

In addition to upcoming issues of the magazine, we’ve got a few nifty things in the works for 2017–we hope you’ll join us on the journey!

Our newest issue, now available to order, visit PaprikaSouthern.com today and subscribe!