Beauty IQ Uncensored

Summer is officially on Mel and Tegan's minds, and they're kicking things off by sharing their favourite scents of the season. From nostalgic summer smells to the slightly weird ones they can't get enough of, it's a very fragrant trip down memory lane.

Then, we're introducing a brand-new segment: Before Pay Day, After Pay Day! This week, we're talking skin-saving balms, from a clinician-loved option for sensitised and post-treatment skin to two budget-friendly alternatives that won't leave your bank account crying.

Next, Dr Imaan Joshi from Skin Essentials Clinic joins us to bust some of the biggest myths about cosmetic injectables. Does your body eventually get used to Botox? Does dermal filler really dissolve completely? And what else have we been getting wrong about injectables? Dr Joshi sets the record straight.

And finally, in Products We Didn't Know We Needed, Mel and Tegan have two very different discoveries: a beauty supplement drink that actually tastes delicious, and a luxe hair mask that'll leave your hair smelling so good, people might just stop you in the street.

Link for Dr Joshi: https://skinessentials.com.au/

Products mentioned:

• Moroccanoil Hydrating Shampoo and Hydrating Conditioner
• Feel Good Inc. Good Morning SPF 50
• Kilian Paris Good Girl Gone Bad Eau de Parfum
• Cosmedix Rescue Intense Hydrating Balm & Mask
• La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+
• Avène Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream
• The Beauty Chef Body Electric
• Kérastase Gloss Absolu Masque Crème Hydra-Glaze

Send us your tips, tricks, questions and feedback at @adorebeauty on IG.

Join the conversation in our Beauty IQ Facebook Group to discuss this episode, swap beauty tips, and submit your questions for future shows.

Credits:

• Hosts: Melissa Mason and Tegan MacDonald
• Producer: Melissa Mason

For more beauty insights and exclusive offers, visit adorebeauty.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Uncensored, Zara Larsson doesn’t use primer OR setting spray! Naturally, Tegan wants to put her makeup routine to the test. We’re talking her concealer technique, the viral powder she swears by and whether skipping those extra steps actually works.

Tegan also tried the DEKA RedTouch laser treatment and predicts it could be the next big thing in Australia. Watch this space!

And speaking of skin treatments, what happens after you’ve left the clinic? Tegan takes us through how to recover from treatments as quickly as possible, including what to do, what definitely not to do, and the products that can help calm things down so you look like Samantha post-peel in Sex and the City for as little time as possible.

And in PWDKWN, Mel has found a glowy base she reckons has beaten a certain brand’s hyped Highlight Milk, while Tegan is finally aboard the ColorWow train thanks to a product giving her some seriously good root volume.

Products mentioned:

• Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder
• Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge
• CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser
• COSMEDIX Rescue Intense Hydrating Balm & Mask
• La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+
• Société Rejuvenating Peptide Mask
• L'Oréal Paris Lumi Glotion
• ColorWow Raise The Root Thicken and Lift Spray

Send us your tips, tricks, questions and feedback at @adorebeauty on IG.

Join the conversation in our Beauty IQ Facebook Group to discuss this episode, swap beauty tips, and submit your questions for future shows.

Credits:

• Hosts: Melissa Mason and Tegan MacDonald
• Producer: Melissa Mason

For more beauty insights and exclusive offers, visit adorebeauty.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Expert, Sadaf puts Tegan to the test with a guessing game: what are the most popular cosmetic treatments around the world? From country to country, some of the answers might surprise you.

Then, it’s time for Win, Bin, Recycle, and this week silk and satin bonnets are under the BeautyIQ microscope. Who actually needs one? Do they really help with frizz and breakage? And are they worth adding to your bedtime routine? Tegan and Sadaf dive into it all.

Next, Tegan is bringing us everything we need to know about managing oily skin... without stripping away all those important natural oils in the process. Yes, it is possible to balance excess oil and keep the shine at bay without leaving your skin feeling tight and dry.

Finally, in Adore Anonymous, a listener wants to embrace air-drying her hair, but needs a holy grail product that will keep frizz under control without weighing down her strands. Tegan and Sadaf share their picks.

Products mentioned:

• Kitsch Satin Sleep Hair Bonnet
• The Ordinary Natural Moisturising Factors + Beta Glucan
• COSMEDIX Skin Thirst Moisturising Hyaluronic Acid Cream
• COSMEDIX Clarify Salicylic Acid Foaming Cleanser
• La Roche-Posay Effaclar Purifying Foaming Gel
• Medik8 Clarifying Foam
• Aspect Exfol L 15
• Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Face Primer
• Huda Beauty Easy Blur Silicone-Free Smoothing Primer
• MAKE UP FOR EVER Step 1 Primer Shine Control
• Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray
• OLAPLEX No.6 Bond Smoother
• Kérastase Gloss Absolu Anti-Frizz Glaze Milk
• R+Co High Dive Moisture + Shine Crème

Send us your tips, tricks, questions and feedback at @adorebeauty on IG.

Join the conversation in our Beauty IQ Facebook Group to discuss this episode, swap beauty tips, and submit your questions for future shows.

Credits:

• Hosts: Sadaf Razi and Tegan MacDonald
• Producer: Melissa Mason

For more beauty insights and exclusive offers, visit adorebeauty.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Uncensored, Mel has an important question for Tegan: back in her dating days, did she ever use a date’s roommate’s beauty products? The team discuss whether helping yourself to someone else’s expensive shampoo or moisturiser is fair game, or a serious violation of girl code.

Then, Mel has a dermaplaning hack for We Tried It, although Tegan is leaning more towards We Bin It, because she’d quite happily bin the entire at-home dermaplaning process. Mel, however, will not be tamed.

Next, Tegan is future-proofing our faces with a guide to skincare through the decades. What should we be prioritising in our 20s, 30s, 40s and beyond if we want to set our skin up for the future? She breaks down what matters at every age, and what you probably don’t need to stress about just yet.

Finally, it’s PWDKWN. Tegan has found a very '90s lip combo she can’t stop wearing, while Mel has a liquid exfoliator that manages to smooth skin without that uncomfortable tingly feeling, and hydrates at the same time.

Products mentioned:

• Manicare DermaSmooth Fuzz Remover
• La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+
• d'Alba White Truffle First Spray Serum
• Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Mousse – Pinky Brown Bombshell
• GIVENCHY Le Rouge Velvet Matte Lipstick – N06

Send us your tips, tricks, questions and feedback at @adorebeauty on IG.

Join the conversation in our Beauty IQ Facebook Group to discuss this episode, swap beauty tips, and submit your questions for future shows.

Credits:

• Hosts: Melissa Mason and Tegan MacDonald
• Producer: Melissa Mason

For more beauty insights and exclusive offers, visit adorebeauty.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Expert, Tegan has tried Rejuran for the first time, and she’s giving us the full rundown! What was the famous salmon sperm treatment actually like, how did her skin react and, most importantly, would she do it again?

Then, it’s time for Win, Bin, Recycle, and we’re tackling the divisive beauty etiquette question: should you turn up to the hairdresser with really dirty hair? Tegan and Sadaf weigh in.

And with the weather warming up and spring finally here, we’re talking all things sunscreen. Tegan answers your questions on how much you should be applying, when to apply it and where SPF fits into your routine.

Finally, we’re deep-diving into one listener question we know plenty of you have wondered about: is the sunscreen in your makeup actually enough?

Send us your tips, tricks, questions and feedback at @adorebeauty on IG.

Join the conversation in our Beauty IQ Facebook Group to discuss this episode, swap beauty tips, and submit your questions for future shows.

Credits:

• Hosts: Sadaf Razi and Tegan MacDonald
• Producer: Melissa Mason

For more beauty insights and exclusive offers, visit adorebeauty.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Uncensored, Mel has stumbled across an account dedicated to genius beauty products that don’t exist… but absolutely should. She shares some of the most jaw-dropping inventions with Tegan before the pair dream up a few fantasy beauty products of their own.

Then, Tegan takes us inside her recent visit to Shape House in Melbourne, where she tried one of their famous lymphatic drainage massages. Consider her officially converted. She breaks down exactly what the treatment involved and why she loved it so much.

Friend of the pod Yads Cauchi is back, this time wearing her clinical nutritionist hat, to talk all things ‘fibremaxxing’. The TikTok trend is giving our collective protein obsession a run for its money, and Yads is a big fan. She explains what getting enough fibre can do for your skin and body, plus shares some simple ways to sneak more of it into your everyday diet.

Finally, it’s a double PWDKWN! Tegan and Mel have both been putting the new Shark Beauty SpeedStyle Pro FLEX Hair Dryer System through its paces. And when they say speed style, they mean it.

Everything mentioned:

• Yads' website
• Shape House website

Send us your tips, tricks, questions and feedback at @adorebeauty on IG.

Join the conversation in our Beauty IQ Facebook Group to discuss this episode, swap beauty tips, and submit your questions for future shows.

Credits:

• Hosts: Melissa Mason and Tegan MacDonald
• Producer: Melissa Mason

For more beauty insights and exclusive offers, visit adorebeauty.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Expert, Tegan’s had a great haircut, and she’s officially on board with the matte makeup revolution happening right now. Meanwhile, Sadaf lets us have a nosy peek inside her Euro travel first-aid kit (not sexy, but fascinating) and shares the must-haves that made the cut.

Then, it’s time for Win, Bin, Recycle, and this week the team are rating tubing mascara. In a rare BeautyIQ moment, Tegan and Sadaf actually agree on where it belongs.

Next, Tegan gives us the lowdown on peptides in skincare. What exactly do they do? Who should be using them? And where do they fit into your skincare routine? She breaks down the different types of peptides, how to layer them and shares plenty of peptide-packed product recommendations.

Finally, in Adore Anonymous, listener Daphne has a sheet mask question: once you’ve peeled it off, are you supposed to rinse away all that leftover serum? The team settles the debate.

Products mentioned:

• Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Mousse – Pinky Brown Bombshell
• PCA Skin Hyaluronic Acid Lip Booster
• Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Mascara
• AB LAB by Adore Beauty Pep-Pro Grow Tubing Mascara
• PCA Skin Pro-Max Age Renewal
• Medik8 Liquid Peptides
• Dermalogica Phyto-Nature Firming Serum
• SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Matrixyl 10 Boosting Shot Ampoule
• Société Vitamin D Complex
• Biodance Pore Perfecting Collagen Peptide Serum
• The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Copper Peptides 1% Serum
• COSRX The 6 Peptide Skin Booster Serum

Send us your tips, tricks, questions and feedback at @adorebeauty on IG.

Join the conversation in our Beauty IQ Facebook Group to discuss this episode, swap beauty tips, and submit your questions for future shows.

Credits:

• Hosts: Sadaf Razi and Tegan MacDonald
• Producer: Melissa Mason

For more beauty insights and exclusive offers, visit adorebeauty.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Uncensored, is beauty entering its soft face era? Tegan and Mel have noticed a growing number of celebrities hitting the red carpet with barely-there makeup, and sometimes, no mascara at all. Is the full-glam era officially on the way out, and are we ready to embrace our natural lashes?

Mel has also discovered a new favourite TLC treatment after visiting NAP Head Spa in Sydney. Think scalp care, relaxation and a very serious dose of self-care. Has Mel finally found her ultimate beauty indulgence?

Then, friend of the podcast and dermal clinician Yads Cauchi is back to talk us through the concept of a moisturiser wardrobe. Because why should we have just one moisturiser? Yads explains why different skin needs, seasons, and situations call for different formulas, plus she shares the moisturisers she reaches for herself.

Mel has found her new overnight lip treatment, and it's one she wasn't expecting to love, and Tegan has a sheet mask that's her new go-to before a night out.

Products mentioned:

• Aspect Probiotic Mask
• La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+
• Avène Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream
• Bioderma Sensibio Collection
• Bioderma Hydrabio Collection
• Aspect Gentle Clean
• CeraVe Advanced Repair Balm
• Skinceuticals Ultra Facial Defence SPF50+
• Ole Henriksen Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment in Citrus Sunshine
• Laneige Cream Skin Milky Hydration Sheet Mask

Send us your tips, tricks, questions and feedback at @adorebeauty on IG.

Join the conversation in our Beauty IQ Facebook Group to discuss this episode, swap beauty tips, and submit your questions for future shows.

Credits:

• Hosts: Melissa Mason and Tegan MacDonald
• Producer: Melissa Mason

For more beauty insights and exclusive offers, visit adorebeauty.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Expert, Sadaf and Tegan are putting their beauty budgets to the test. They reveal the categories they’re happy to splurge on, where they prefer to save, plus all the products they’re loving right now.

Then, it’s time for Win, Bin or Recycle, and the team is divided over... voice notes. Are they a cute way to stay connected or just plain annoying?

Plus, Tegan makes the case for giving your ‘neck and dec’, aka neck and décolletage, a little more love. These often-forgotten areas get plenty of sun exposure and can show signs of premature ageing, so are we really giving them the skincare attention they deserve?

Products mentioned:

• Maybelline New York Surreal Extensions Mascara
• e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow Liquid Filter
• Estée Lauder Double Wear Foundation
• Dior Backstage Face & Body Foundation
• Medik8 Crystal Retinal
• Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze
• Maybelline New York Super Lock Brow Glue Gel
• La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+
• Viviology Ceramide Moisturiser
• SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore Moisturiser
• Huda Beauty Blush Filter
• Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask
• Davines Oi Shampoo
• Aspect Gentle Clean
• Maybelline Sky High Lash Sensational Mascara
• Givenchy Prisme Libre Glow Serum Foundation
• Cosmedix Define
• PCA Skin Hyaluronic Acid Lip Booster
• K18 Peptide Prep Detox Shampoo
• L'Oréal Professionnel Absolut Repair Molecular Mask
• PCA Body Therapy
• L’Occitane Almond Shower Oil
• PCA Skin Perfecting Neck & Décolleté
• BOOST LAB Edelweiss Neck Serum

Send us your tips, tricks, questions and feedback at @adorebeauty on IG.

Join the conversation in our Beauty IQ Facebook Group to discuss this episode, swap beauty tips, and submit your questions for future shows.

Credits:

• Hosts: Sadaf Razi and Tegan MacDonald
• Producer: Melissa Mason

For more beauty insights and exclusive offers, visit adorebeauty.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Uncensored, Mel’s got a dry lips hack from... 1911? Yep, you read that right. She’s unearthed an old-school beauty trick that might just be the answer to your chronically cracked lips.

Plus, Tegan and Mel are officially converts to exfoliating body lotions. And before you assume they’re only for tackling body acne, think again. These multitasking formulas can be absolute miracle workers for dry, rough skin.

Then, Dr Phoebe Jones from Beauty By Doctor is back, this time to demystify blephs, aka blepharoplasty. Is eyelid surgery really as scary as it sounds? What does the procedure involve, what kind of results can you expect, and just how much downtime is there?

For PWDKWN, Tegan has a laundry product that is about to blow your mind, particularly if you’re a messy cook. Meanwhile, Mel has returned to a foundation she initially wasn’t sold on, but has since become her go-to for weekend, no-makeup makeup.

And finally, Tegan has a skin treatment recommendation for Mel, who is 40 and has never had one before. Will she be convinced to finally give it a go?

Products mentioned:

• PCA Body Therapy Moisturiser
• CeraVe SA Smoothing Cream
• Alpha-H Retinol Reboot Exfoliating Body Treatment
• Some By Mi AHA PHA BHA Miracle Calming Lotion
• Make Up For Ever HD Skin Hydraglow Foundation

Send us your tips, tricks, questions and feedback at @adorebeauty on IG.

Join the conversation in our Beauty IQ Facebook Group to discuss this episode, swap beauty tips, and submit your questions for future shows.

Credits:

• Hosts: Melissa Mason and Tegan MacDonald
• Producer: Melissa Mason

For more beauty insights and exclusive offers, visit adorebeauty.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.