After graduating from Duke University, Pergament began her editorial career as beauty editor of Allure magazine. In 2005, she relocated to Italy, where she wrote regularly for The New York Times Travel section. As a journalist, she traveled throughout the Middle East, North Africa, South America, and Western Europe. She has written extensively for The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, GQ, Travel + Leisure, Cond Nast Traveler, Bon Appetit, and New York magazine. In 2009, she was hired as executive editor of Lucky magazine and, a few years later, became executive editor of Allure. At each, she oversaw all content and determined the voice and purview of the brand. In 2016, Pergament joined goop as editor in chief and relocated to Los Angeles. In 2020, Pergament left goop to start the C Word.

A veteran of the magazine industry, Larkworthy began her career at Glamour and Mademoiselle. When Fairchild Publications launched Jane magazine in 1997, founding editor Jane Pratt hired Larkworthy to be its beauty director. A few years later, she joined W as executive beauty director, in which role she oversaw all beauty content for the magazine and its website. In 2018, she joined The Cut, where, as beauty editor at large, she wrote a weekly column, The Beauty of It All. Larkworthy has also written for ELLE Decor, C Magazine, Cherry Bombe, In the Groove, and the travel website Fathom. A native New Yorker, Larkworthy now lives in the Berkshires with her husband and their standard poodle, Remy.