Beauty Island

The setting powder that's like magic for your makeup...

Hello and welcome to Beauty Island, the award-nominated beauty podcast that celebrates life and lipstick.

I'm your host, beauty journalist, Brittany Stewart.

Each episode, I sit down with a guest and ask them about the 8 beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. The ones they'd take to a desert island, or Beauty Island, that I am sending them off to.

Maybe it's the first beauty product they ever bought, the one that gives them their signature look, or the perfume that instantly sparks a memory of a special place or person.

Along the way we find out more about their life, career and the people and events that have shaped them into who they are today.

A reminder that this interview was recorded before Corona hit so it is a virus-free zone, which hopefully you'll enjoy!

Today my guest is Sandi Sieger, writer and founder of Onya Magazine. We talk about writing as therapy, waking up overnight with curly hair and learning to love it, finding the inspiration to be a little bit braver and the airbrush-like powder that will make your makeup look magical.

As always if you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate five stars and write a review. Thank you!

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Instagram: @brittanybeautybts @beautyislandpodcast

Email: [email protected]

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Read: Onya Magazine

Products:

Lip smackers

Jurlique Moisture Replenishing Day Cream

Jurlique Rosewater Mist

Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream

Poppy Lip Pots

Lipstick

Le Labo Santal 33

Hot Tresses Moisturising Rehabilitation Leave-In

NARS Orgasm Blush

Mecca Max Blush in Coral

Hourglass Ambient Ethereal Light Lighting Powder

Fluff Bronzer

The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser

Go-To Fancy Face Oil Cleanser

Skindinavia Make Up Primer Spray

KIND-LY natural deodorants

Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat

Music: Dexter Britain

What happens next after a 'life-changing' reality TV show?

Hello and welcome to Beauty Island, the award-nominated beauty podcast that celebrates life and lipstick.

I'm your host, beauty journalist, Brittany Stewart.

Each episode, I sit down with a guest and ask them about the 8 beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. The ones they'd take to a desert island, or Beauty Island, that I am sending them off too.

Maybe it's the first beauty product they ever bought, the one that gives them their signature look, or the perfume that instantly sparks a memory of a special place or person.

Along the way we find out more about their life, career and the people and events that have shaped them into who they are today.

A reminder that this interview was recorded before Corona hit so it is a virus-free zone, which hopefully you'll enjoy!

Today my guest is Sara Oteri, Masterchef Australia finalist, foodie and Executive Creative Director. If you're a fan of the show, you'll definitely remember her from the 2015 season where she ended up coming 5th - young, driven, talented, determined and with brilliant curly hair.

Obviously Beauty Island is a beauty-focussed podcast and I've had many beauty centred guests on the show, but I love how it can be a starting point for wider conversation, as well as an interest that is obviously not limited to people who actually work in beauty.

Sara talks about the career rut that led her to Masterchef, how her love of travel has shaped and changed her food preferences, and the un-smudgeable lipstick that will withstand eating, talking and multiple coffees that she wishes she knew about during filming.

One real standout from our conversation which Sara was so open about was the answer to 'what happens next'. For all the incredible opportunities and experiences that eventually came her way, she says the year immediately after Masterchef was one of the hardest of her life. It's, for want of a better phrase, an important reality check that I certainly identified with.

I also have to acknowledge the completely incidental but perfect timing; the latest season of the show started this week! If it's a favourite, I hope you'll enjoy hearing about Sara's story even more.

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Email: [email protected]

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Instagram: @sara.oteri

Products:

Lipstick

Glitter

Impulse deodorant

Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Longwear Lipstick

Napoleon Perdis China Doll Pot Eyeliner (from Masterchef days)

Maybelline New York Lash Stiletto Mascara

Issey Miyake For Women

Gucci Bloom

Salt water

Toni&Guy Sea Salt Texturising Spray

Beauty ASMR videos

Black Chicken Remedies Nocturnalist Night Serum

Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat

Music: Dexter Britain

From high-flying lawyer to (equally) high-flying 'funtrepreneur'...

Hello and welcome to Beauty Island, the award-nominated beauty podcast that celebrates life and lipstick.

I'm your host, beauty journalist, Brittany Stewart.

Each episode, I sit down with a guest and ask them about the 8 beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. The ones they'd take to a desert island, or Beauty Island, that I am sending them off too.

Maybe it's the first beauty product they ever bought, the one that gives them their signature look, or the perfume that instantly sparks a memory of a special place or person.

Along the way we find out more about their life, career and the people and events that have shaped them into who they are today.

My usual disclaimer in these strange and unprecedented times; this interview was recorded well before Corona became a common word in our vernacular, so I hope you a) are doing ok and b) enjoy it as a virus respite.

Today, my guest is Sarah Davidson, co-founder of Matcha Maiden and creator of Seize the Yay. Incredibly driven and articulate, Sarah has already had a number of careers. She doesn't do things by halves - and the results speak for themselves.

Sarah shared her journey from ballerina to lawyer to entrepreneur to so-called 'funtrepreneur' and the products that have marked her beauty journey along the way. We talked about being adopted and how that's helped shape her identity, how illness led to the discovery and foundation of mega successful Matcha Maiden, her sensible and reassuring advice about taking the leap into the unknown, and the best foundation for acne-prone skin she's been wearing for 15 years.

She's interviewed some incredibly successful and inspiring people on her brilliant podcast Seize The Yay, but I hope you'll find, like me, Sarah herself is equally as inspiring as as any of them. As we're forced to stay home and maybe reflect on our lives and career, I hope you'll find comfort or a spark in her story.

As always if you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate five stars and write a review. And if you're listening, share a screenshot on your Instagram story and tag me @BEAUTYISLANDPODCAST so I can see!

Now, over to Sarah. Enjoy.

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Shop Matcha Maiden

Listen to Seize The Yay

Products:

Wella hair gel

Body Shop Shea butter

Sportsgirl bronzing cream

Lucas Paw Paw Ointment

Stella McCartney - STELLA

Chance by Chanel

Youngblood Mineral Powder

MAC Creme de Nude lipstick

Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat

Music: Dexter Britain

Hello and welcome to Beauty Island, the award-nominated beauty podcast that celebrates life and lipstick.

I'm your host, beauty journalist, Brittany Stewart.

Each episode, I sit down with a guest and ask them about the 8 beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. The ones they'd take to a desert island, or Beauty Island, that I am sending them off too.

Maybe it's the first beauty product they ever bought, the one that gives them their signature look, or the perfume that instantly sparks a memory of a special place or person.

Along the way we find out more about their life, career and the people and events that have shaped them into who they are today.

My usual disclaimer in these strange and unprecedented times - this interview was recorded before Corona hit, so I hope you can enjoy it as an escape and adventure into something a little lighter.

Today, my guest is Paula Joye, journalist, content creator and founder of The Joye.com, and former editor of some of Australia's top magazines, working across Cleo, Madison, Mode and Shop Til You Drop.

She is brilliant, driven, and in a true reflection of her name, utterly joyful.

I caught up with Paula in Sydney to talk about working in the halcyon years of magazines after getting her start at Vogue, the musical champions that mark the chapters of her life, the shift of power from magazines to social media and the implications of that, particularly bringing up teenage daughters, and among other great recommendations, her go-to face potion for glowing skin and the best mascara for short lashes.

It will also challenge you to look at bumper stickers in a completely new way - you'll have to listen to the end to make full sense of that!

As always if you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate five stars and write a review. And if you're listening, share a screenshot on your Instagram story and tag me @BEAUTYISLANDPODCAST so I can see!

If you fancy chatting more beauty, you can find me on Instagram @beautyislandpodcast or my personal beauty account @brittanybeautybts, where I regularly share products I'm loving and talk about all aspects of beauty culture. Or sign up to my regular beauty newsletter, It's A Beauty! for thoughts and recommendations straight to your inbox.

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Follow host Brittany Stewart:

Instagram: @brittanybeautybts @beautyislandpodcast

Email: [email protected]

Subscribe to It's A Beauty! Newsletter for no BS beauty reviews, tips and tricks. (It's free!)

Follow Paula Joye:

Instagram: @paulajoye

Visit thejoye.com

Shop Priceline:

Products:

Ponds Cold Cream

Bourjois Eye Liner in Electric Blue

Black Eyeliner

Hairspray

Joy by Jean Patou: https://bit.ly/343RlmP

Chanel No.5: ...

Does budget and more expensive makeup get made in the same factory?....

Hello and welcome to Beauty Island, the award-nominated beauty podcast that celebrates life and lipstick.

I'm your host, beauty journalist, Brittany Stewart.

Each episode, I sit down with a guest and ask them about the 8 beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. The ones they'd take to a desert island, or Beauty Island, that I am sending them off too.

Maybe it's the first beauty product they ever bought, the one that gives them their signature look, or the perfume that instantly sparks a memory of a special place or person.

Along the way we find out more about their life, career and the people and events that have shaped them into who they are today.

Thank you for the feedback on last week's address of Coronavirus. Obviously even in the space of a week, things have changed dramatically. Again, while done remotely over the phone as my partner works in hospital so I've been implementing social distancing for a little while, this interview was conducted before things escalated, and as I'm trying to do with most of my episodes, does not talk about the virus. Instead, I hope it can be a brief respite for the overload but essential updates of information.

Today, my guest is Sarah Laidlaw, award-winning hair and makeup artist and Hair and Makeup Director of Priceline.

And I really do mean award-winning; Sarah has won Australia's prestigious Session Stylist of the Year title no less than five times. She's had work published in top local and international magazines, worked with some of the best photographers, celebrities and has experience on everything from TV shows to editorial to music videos to runways. It's been a glittering 29 years with no end in sight.

It was also a complete joy to talk to someone who is so obviously passionate about what she does - you'll hear it in her voice.

We talked about her inherited love for chapstick, working with celebrities, why an eyelash applicator is a complete game changer and, my favourite, she busts a popular myth about the price tag on makeup products. As Priceline celebrates its Festival of You, running until March 26, we also had a really interesting conversation about visibility of women over 40 in media and beauty advertising, and she shared an Instagram account celebrating women over 50 you need to follow. It's certainly brightening my feed.

As always if you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate five stars and write a review. And if you're listening, share a screenshot on your Instagram story and tag me @BEAUTYISLANDPODCAST so I can see!

If you fancy chatting more beauty, you can find me on Instagram @beautyislandpodcast or my personal beauty account @brittanybeautybts, where I regularly share products I'm loving and talk about all aspects of beauty culture. Or sign up to my regular beauty newsletter, It's A Beauty! for thoughts and recommendations straight to your inbox.

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Instagram: @brittanybeautybts @beautyislandpodcast

Email: [email protected]

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The more-than-moisturiser so good Lisa has her husband and half his friends on it too...

Hello and welcome to Beauty Island, the award-nominated beauty podcast that celebrates life and lipstick.

Before I get into today's episode; a quick check-in. Obviously, we are in a very pivotal and strange period at the moment, with the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic. It's a scary time. There's a lot of uncertainty except for one thing; it has the potential to have a knock on effect on everything and that's in addition to the primary concern of health. In Australia, we're lucky to be at a stage where we have some control or opportunity to affect what happens next. I've been toying with how to approach and talk about beauty in times like this. And this is what I've come up with. I'm aware of perspective - beauty falls way, way down the list of importance when your health, your family and friends and your livelihood is threatened. But I also know that in times like this, it can also be helpful to have moments and opportunities of escape, however briefly. Beauty Island will continue for the rest of the season, hopefully to entertain or give you a little breather from reality. The majority of the season's interviews were done before what's currently happening, so you (probably) won't hear mention of it in the episodes. Please stay safe, informed (but not overloaded) and look out for loved ones, friends, and if you can, strangers and those who are more vulnerable too. I'll be doing the same and thinking of everybody - hopefully this will be a time that will inspire community not division.

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I'm your host, beauty journalist, Brittany Stewart.

Each episode, I sit down with a guest and ask them about the 8 beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. The ones they'd take to a desert island, or Beauty Island, that I am sending them off too.

Maybe it's the first beauty product they ever bought, the one that gives them their signature look, or the perfume that instantly sparks a memory of a special place or person.

Along the way we find out more about their life, career and the people and events that have shaped them into who they are today.

Today, my guest is Lisa De Sanctis, aka SeeWantShop, Australian travel, fashion and lifestyle influencer.

What started as a hobby blog when she was living in London, has since turned into a full time job for the former women's health physio, with now almost 300,000 followers eager to see and her take on what to wear, what to do and where to shop.

We talked the struggle to not define your worth by your follower count when your business does, positive body image on Instagram, the effects of being reposted by Khloe Kardashian and the affordable lip/eye/cheek multipurpose product she loves for travelling.

Thank you for everyone who entered the competition last week - I'll be getting in contact with the winner this week!

As always if you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate five stars and write a review. And if you're listening, share a screenshot on your Instagram story and tag me @BEAUTYISLANDPODCAST so I can see! And if you need some more beauty escape, sign up to my beauty newsletter It's A Beauty! Or find me on Instagram, @brittanybeautybts.

Now, over to Lisa. Enjoy.

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The creamy eyeliner so good Nicole's been using it for 25 years...

Hello and welcome to Beauty Island, the award-nominated beauty podcast that celebrates life and lipstick.

I'm your host, beauty journalist, Brittany Stewart.

Each episode, I sit down with a guest and ask them about the 8 beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. The ones they'd take to a desert island, or Beauty Island, that I am sending them off too.

Maybe it's the first beauty product they ever bought, the one that gives them their signature look, or the perfume that instantly sparks a memory of a special place or person.

Along the way we find out more about their life, career and the people and events that have shaped them into who they are today.

Today, my guest is Nicole Eckels , Co-founder of Glasshouse Fragrances. Vivacious, driven and with the most infectious laugh, over the last 15 years, Nicole has built a multi-million dollar business from an idea that came to her whilst perusing the shelves of David Jones and establishing candles into a beauty category of its own.

We talked the early smells that defined her childhood growing up in New York, the early entrepreneurial spirit that had her selling cookies and candy out of her locker, what she learnt about beauty in her first career working in a department store beauty counter, and the eyeliner so good she's been using it for 25 years.

Win! I was lucky to be gifted some of the latest Glasshouse goodies and I have two gorgeous Glasshouse fragrance perfumes to give away! All you have to do is sign up to my beauty newsletter It's A Beauty! and you will automatically go in the running to win. (T&Cs in link) https://mailchi.mp/73b041e89f8e/beautyisland

Already subscribed? Don't worry - there's also a way for you to get in on the action too.

Simply take a screenshot of this episode, share it to your Instagram story and tag BOTH my accounts - @beautyislandpodcast and @brittanybeautybts - and you'll also be in the running to win. I'll randomly select two winners. Australia only. Competition closes 11:59pm AEST Monday 16th March.

As always if you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate five stars and write a review.

Now, over to Nicole. Enjoy.

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Shop Glasshouse Fragrances

Products:

Estee Lauder Beautiful: http://bit.ly/2TMrYRV

Lancome mascara

MAC Studio Fix Foundation

MAC Raizin

Dermalogica Microexfoliant Scrub: http://bit.ly/331v60v

Fendi perfume

Tom Ford Brow Sculptor Eyebrow Pencil:

The life-changing fitness advice that will change the way you approach working out...

Hello and welcome to Beauty Island, the award-nominated beauty podcast that celebrates life and lipstick.

I'm your host, beauty journalist, Brittany Stewart.

Each episode, I sit down with a guest and ask them about the 8 beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. The ones they'd take to a desert island, or Beauty Island, that I am sending them off too.

Maybe it's the beauty product that defined their teens, the one they grew up watching their mum or grandma use, or the perfume that instantly sparks a memory of a special place or person.

Along the way we find out more about their life, career and the people and events that have shaped them into who they are today.

Today, my guest is Laura Henshaw, Co-founder of Keep It Cleaner. Keep It Cleaner, or KIC as it's affectionately referred to, is one of Australia's leading health and fitness programs aimed at women. The former model, law student and influencer founded it as an e-book with fellow model and best friend Steph Claire Smith, and in five years has grown it to a multifaceted business, including healthy treats you can find in the supermarket, that focusses on not just exercise or food, but health as a whole.

You'll find no mention of diet or weight loss - a definitive decision made by the pair's own experience in the modelling industry where appearance and worth being dangerously linked.

If you're one of Laura's quarter of a million followers on Instagram alone, no doubt you'll no doubt have an idea of a passionate, bubbly, beautiful and success person. From this interview, I can confirm it's entirely accurate. Positive, honest, kind and generous, Laura welcomed me into her Melbourne home with open arms to explore her relationship with beauty, health, relationships and a hobby that turned into a lucrative business.

We talked about her struggle to separate her value from her looks in the early years of modelling, dealing with the trolling that comes with having a public profile, finding the motivation to put your health first, the go-to sheet mask she swears by for moments of self-care, and her secret Dj-ing past.

She was candid, honest and full of valuable advice and insights that we could all be reminded of.

As always if you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate five stars and write a review. And if you're listening, share a screenshot on your Instagram story and tag me @BEAUTYISLANDPODCAST so I can see!

Now, over to Laura. Enjoy.

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Email: [email protected]

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Follow Laura Henshaw:

Instagram: @laurahenshaw

Keep It Cleaner: @keepitcleaner

Products:

Clinique Chubby Stick: http://bit.ly/2uDrXXI

Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse Foundation: <...

A museum dedicated to makeup is opening soon.. what's involved and why, given makeup's 10,000 year history, is it only happening now?

Hello and welcome to Beauty Island, the award-nominated beauty podcast that celebrates life and lipstick.

I'm your host, beauty journalist, Brittany Stewart. The premise of Beauty Island is simple - Each episode, I sit down with a guest and ask them about the 8 beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. The ones they'd take to a desert island, or Beauty Island, that I am sending them off too.

Maybe it's the beauty product that defined their teens, the one they grew up watching their mum or grandma use, or the perfume that instantly sparks a memory of a special place or person.

Along the way we find out more about their life, career and the people and events that have shaped them into who they are today.

But, after all that, today is something a little bit different.

In this episode, you will hear my interview with co-founder of the world's first makeup museum, opening up in New York in May, Doreen Bloch.

I was originally going to drop this as a bonus episode but the conversation ended up so interesting and really went to the heart of what Beauty Island is about that I wanted to instead release this as a main episode. So please excuse the slightly different format.

A note - thank you for all your feedback last season on phone versus in person interviews. Hopefully you'll notice most of this season has and will be in person but as Doreen is in the US and I am in Melbourne and I really wanted to talk to her about this venture, this is a rare exception.

I won't give too much away, but in my chat with Doreen we talked about how on earth a museum dedicated to the history of makeup has not existed before, where on earth you start given makeup's 10,000 year history, some of the amazing pieces and cultural history she's discovered along the way - like why a lipstick is called a lipstick bullet, that blew my mind - and of course, when you can visit yourself.

The Founder of Poshly Cosmetics Founder & Beauty Expert, Doreen is someone who knows the makeup space intimately, working in the industry, providing consumer insights to some of the biggest beauty brands. So she was the perfect person, as she put it, to beauty nerd out together.

If you enjoy this or any episode of Beauty Island, I have a little favour to ask. If you aren't, please subscribe, rate five stars and if you're listening on Apple Podcasts, write a little review about why you enjoy the podcast. It takes just a few seconds and means the world to me. Or you can recommend to a friend! Or a casual acquaintance! Or a total stranger standing beside you on the bus. And you can take a screenshot, share it on your Instagram story and tag me @beautyislandpodcast so I can see where you're listening.

Now, over to Doreen. Enjoy.

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Learn more about The Makeup Museum

@makeupmuseumofficial

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Visit the website

Hello and welcome to Beauty Island, the award-nominated beauty podcast that celebrates life and lipstick.

I'm your host, beauty journalist, Brittany Stewart. And this is season four!

Each episode, I sit down with a guest and ask them about the 8 beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. The ones they'd take to a desert island, or Beauty Island, that I am sending them off too.

Maybe it's the beauty product that defined their teens, the one they grew up watching their mum or grandma use, or the perfume that instantly sparks a memory of a special place or person.

Along the way we find out more about their life, career and the people and events that have shaped them into who they are today.

Today, my guest is Sarah Humphries, founder and director of Sydney-based boutique communications agency and PR firm Sarah Humphries Agency.

She looks after some of the biggest beauty brands, including Lanolips, The Beauty Chef, Australis, Aceology, St Tropez, and the Jojoba Company.

We talked about moving to London from Canberra at 21 and hustling to get her dream job, behind the scenes of the PR industry, how to know when the scariest decision is the right one, and the absolutely foolproof fake tan she swears by as a mum of two.

She is brilliant, inspiring and so generous.

As always if you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate five stars and write a review. And if you're listening, share a screenshot on your Instagram story and tag me @BEAUTYISLANDPODCAST so I can see!

And if you enjoy this podcast, might I recommend my chat with Sarah's former boss and now client, Lanolips founder Kirsten Carriol. Just scroll through the feed or find the link in the shownotes.

Now, over to Sarah. Enjoy.

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Follow host Brittany Stewart:

Instagram: @brittanybeautybts @beautyislandpodcast

Email: [email protected]

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Visit the website beautyislandpodcast.com

Follow Sarah Humphries:

Instagram: @sarahhumphriesagency

Products:

Australis foundation and makeup palette

Estee Lauder and Lancome pink lipstick

Mukti Toning Mist in Rose

St.Tropez Purity Tan

RMS bronzer

Lanolips Lip Ointment in Rhubarb

Keratin hair treatment

Lano 101 Fruities

The Beauty Chef GLOW Inner Beauty Powder

MAC eyeshadows

Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair

Shisedio Liquid liner

Tommy Hillfiger 'GIRL'

Issey Miyake L'eau d'issey

SkinCeuticals CE Ferulic

Medic8 Retinol

Margaet Dabbs foot file

Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat

Music: Dexter Britain