Outspoken Beauty

Happy International Lipstick Day Outspoken Beauties!
I have got the most brilliant and perfect guest for such an auspicious occasion!
Eileen G'Sell is poet, culture critic, university teacher and author of Lipstick, which joined Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series earlier this year. I love the description of this utterly brilliant book:
"From Revlon to Glossier, from Marilyn to Gaga, lipstick is as shape-shifting and unwieldy as femininity itself. Who wears lipstick today – as a matter of routine? And for those who do, is it out of obligation to a strict feminine standard, or some other reason entirely? Lipstick reconsiders the beauty world's most conspicuous – and contentious – tool of artifice. Tossing expired ideas about femininity like so many tubes of melting wax, Lipstick explores how self-adornment can be a source of play, pleasure, and transformation, as well as how lipstick can knock gender norms off balance."
My chat with Eileen got me so over-excited. She is so intelligent and has such brilliant views about beauty, self-expression, femininity and feminism.
This is the perfect episode for a day that celebrates something that can feel so powerful and meaningful.

Oh how I love this woman! Makeup artist, comedian and content creator extraordinaire Genevieve Turley is back. It's been a good few years since she was last on the podcast and it 's SO good to catch up with her.
Before I get into my chat with Gen I spend 10 minutes or so telling you in some depth about my experience with the Ziip Halo. This all came about when my most trusted aesthetician Pam Marshall recommended it to me. I've been obsessed ever since. This is a paid for section as Ziip were keen to support me but as ever it is totally unbiased and I hope you'll find it really informative. If you do decide that you would like to purchase one then follow this link and it will give you 10% off. If the link doesn't work then just head to ziipbeauty.co.uk and use the code OUTSPOKEN.
Back to Genevieve. We're talking about:
How her career has gone stratospheric
Her journey to becing a comedian
Her recent big show in the West End
Life and home changes
Lots of empowering insights about women
Beauty

And lots lots more.
You're going to love this one Outspoken Beauties xx

It's Wednesday and that means I'm talking you through some of my top products of the week.
This week I have:
A fabulous blusher/lip hybrid
A Balm that will melt your makeup away
My body oil picks
A great SPF for dry, sensitive skin
The serum I keep going back to
and more....

In this episode I'm joined by two icons of the beauty industry. Lesley Blair is CEO and Chair of BABTAC (British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology) and Candice Gardner is the Education Manager of Learning and Content at Dermalogica, where she develops and oversees educational content and training for skincare professionals across the UK.
Earlier this year I was incredibly inspired when I joined them at the Houses of Parliament for the launch of Sharp Standards, a UK-wide good practice guide and toolkit for micro-needling that is available to beauty practitioners across the UK. This industry shifting guide was authored by Candice on behalf of Dermalogica, in partnership with BABTAC.
During the episode we talk about:
The lack of legislation in the beauty industry and why they've been fighting for tighter laws in parliament for a long time
Why they realised that they had to take matters into their own hands
The questions we should all be asking when we have an aesthetic treatment
The risks of micro-needling and what we need to look out for
How to tell if a beauty practitioner has the right qualifications
Why Sharp Standards will help both beauty practitioners and customers to feel more confident
Why we should all be more aware of what can go wrong when we have beauty treatments

This is such a great listen. More than anything it helps empower us as consumers to know what we should asking and also helps beauty professionals to become fully confident in their business practice.

Beauty editor Perdita Nouril is back and this week she has got the most incredible recommendations for you including:
A gentle but hugely effective Korean acid peel
A natural deoderant that performs well even in a heatwave
An affordable face cream that is as good as the light version of Charlotte Tilbury's Magic Cream
Some amazing Korean makeup

You're going to adore this episode!!