Beauty Island

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

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

Maybe it's the product that reminds them of their mum, the beauty product that defined their teens 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 editor and founder of beauty website Beauticate Sigourney Cantelo. We talk about the most difficult celebrities she's interviewed, how being made unexpectedly redundant led her to becoming Beauty and Health Director of Vogue, what it's like to leave the dream job to launch your own, and why lash extensions are a beauty shortcut you won't regret. Plus, so much more.

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to the podcast if you're not already, rate five stars and if you have a spare 30 seconds, write a review! It means the world when I read your lovely comments about why you love listening to Beauty Island and helps other people find the podcast.

Now, over to Sigourney. Enjoy.

Follow Sigourney:

Instagram: @sigourneycantelo @beauticate

Visit Beauticate

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!): http://bit.ly/2OE05XB

Please note - all beauty products mentioned in this episode are honest recommendations, with no sponsored or advertised mentions.

Products Sigourney spoke about:

MAC Viva Glam Lipstick

MADAME KORNER K LOTION

THE BODY SHOP BODY BUTTER - Coconut.

NARCISO RODRIGUEZ PERFUME

SUBTLE ENERGIES FACIAL OIL BLEND

LANOLIPS

CHANEL LIPGLOSS

IT COSMETICS CC CREAM

Five Favs (bonus)

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation

Chanel Les Beiges Foundation

Revlon ColourStay Foundation

Dior Backstage Collection

MooGoo Shampoo

Oribe Dry Texturising Spray

Schwarzkopf Hair Styling Powder

Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat

Music: Dexter Britain

Ever wondered what influencers really earn?

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

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

Maybe it's the product that reminds them of their mum, the beauty product that defined their teens 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 Genevieve Day, founder of influencer management agency, Day Management. After a successful career in PR, Genevieve was just 24 when she spotted a gap in the market and went out on her own to launch her own business. Now, Day Management reps some of Australia's top influencer talent, and is the first in Australia to launch a podcast arm.

Genevieve is one of the most go-getting and driven people I've ever met. And if you're interested or curious about influencer culture, she is upfront and honest in her answers to all the questions you've secretly wondered but haven't wanted to ask.

I went to Day Management's offices in Melbourne to chat to Gen about how much influencers can really earn, how the landscape has changed since she launched Day Management and what the future may look like, and the $19 black eyeliner that will give you flawless wings.

She also shares a really beautiful and poignant personal story that reminds us why beauty is about so much more than just products.

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to the podcast if you're not already, rate five stars and if you have a spare 30 seconds, write a review! It means the world when I read your lovely comments about why you love listening to Beauty Island and helps other people find the podcast.

Now, over to Gen. Enjoy.

Follow Gen:

Instagram: @genevieve_day

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!): http://bit.ly/2OE05XB

Please note - all beauty products mentioned in this episode are honest recommendations, with no sponsored or advertised mentions.

Products Gen spoke about:

Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation

J'adore Dior

Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum

Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair PowerFoil Mask

3ina Black Eyeliner

Thin Lizzy bronzer and Le Tan fake tanner

Biore nose strips

Maybelline Mascara

Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat

Music: Dexter Britain

How important is vulnerability in business?

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

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

Maybe it's the product that reminds them of their mum, the beauty product that defined their teens 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 Megan Larsen, founder of skincare brand Sodashi. An Australian skincare brand that pioneered premium and organic skincare well before natural skincare became a 'trend', you'll now find Sodashi is in some of the most exclusive spas all over the world.

So how did it go from mixing product in Megan's kitchen to the Four Seasons in Paris? Listen on to find out more... Plus, the power of transcendental meditation and the important lessons from her book Startups and Self-care that every entrepreneur needs to hear.

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to the podcast if you're not already, rate five stars and if you have a spare 30 seconds, write a review. This really helps others find the podcast (and allows me to keep making it!)

Now, over to Megan. Enjoy.

Follow Megan:

@megankaylarsen @sodashiskincare

Buy Megan's book Startups and Self-Care: http://bit.ly/2JeYOYE

Shop Sodashi: http://bit.ly/2LCqrNo

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!): http://bit.ly/2OE05XB

Please note - all beauty products mentioned in this episode are honest recommendations, with no sponsored or advertised mentions.

Products Megan spoke about:

Maybelline mascara

Ponds Cold Cream

Shiseido moisturiser

Aveda Smooth Infusion Style Prep Smoother

Fidji by Guy Laroche

Maison Godget

Sodashi's Samadara Ultimate-Age Defying Face Crème

Lypo-spheric Vitamin C

Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat

Music: Dexter Britain

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

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

Maybe it's the product that reminds them of their mum, the beauty product that defined their teens 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 Nine Network News presenter, journalist Jo Hall. Now if you're in Victoria, you may recognise her from the Nine Local News bulletins at 6pm each weeknight. And she's been a familiar fixture in Australia's living rooms at Nine for four decades this year, since starting as a cadet with the network in 1979.

It's been - and continues to be - an incredible and enduring career, and Hall was actually also the first woman to win the prestigious Thorn Award, a national award for journalism in 1990 for her report on the siege at Hawthorn Kindergarten.

I went into the Nine studios (which is exciting, even for a working journo!) to chat to Jo about her 40 years of journalism and how the attitude towards women on TV has changed, why her hairstyle is part of her contract, raising her four children as a single mum, and the surprising drugstore dupe she's found to replace her signature designer perfume after it was discontinued, plus so much more.

Jo was so interesting, inspiring and open to talk to.

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to the podcast if you're not already, rate five stars and if you have a spare 30 seconds, write a review! It means the world when I read your lovely comments about why you love listening to Beauty Island and helps other people find the podcast.

Now, over to Jo. Enjoy.

Follow Jo:

Instagram: @johall9

Jo Hall in her Effie Kats suit:

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!): http://bit.ly/2OE05XB

Please note - all beauty products mentioned in this episode are honest recommendations, with no sponsored or advertised mentions.

Products Jo spoke about:

Oil of Ulay

Lancome Mascara

Joico K-Pack Intense Treatment: http://bit.ly/2GYwd7v

Dermalogica Ultra Calming Cleanser: http://bit.ly/2GQxvAi

Go-To Skincare Exfoliating Swipies: http://bit.ly/2VFvUXn

Go-To Face Hero: http://bit.ly/2PINR1U

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation:

How much do you really know about sunsafety and melanoma?

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

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

Maybe it's the product that reminds them of their mum, the beauty product that defined their teens 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 beauty expert and co-founder of the #CallTimeOnMelanoma initiative, Lisa Patulny. Now a freelance beauty editor, content creator and consultant, Lisa was the Beauty Editor at Shop Til You Drop, Famous magazine and Byrdie, and went on to become Senior editor, Byrdie and My Domaine Australia at Allure Media. (And in a nice tie to last week's Five Favs, counts Amy Starr as a mentor!)

We talk about what a career in beauty is really like, bouncing back from being made redundant, sunscreen and sunsafety misconceptions she's busting as part of #CallTimeOnMelanoma and how that incredible initiative came about, the secrets behind her perfect beachy waves, and the cheap exfoliating trick anyone with dry lips needs to know. Lisa is smart, passionate and on a side note, has probably the most glowy skin I've ever seen in real life.

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate and review!

Follow Lisa:

Instagram: @lisapatulny @calltimeonmelanoma

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!): http://bit.ly/2OE05XB

Please note - all beauty products mentioned in this episode are honest recommendations, with no sponsored or advertised mentions.

Products Lisa spoke about:

Nutrimetics Clay Mask

Lancome Juicy Tubes

Batiste Dry Shampoo: http://bit.ly/2vcKqXJ

Oribe Texturising Spray: http://bit.ly/2rMy7Qx

Volumising Dust

Byredo Rose Of No Man's Land: http://bit.ly/2DlEhgj

Le Labo The Noir: http://bit.ly/2vcz2LD

Sarah and Sebastian Olympia: http://bit.ly/2vkGLal

Glowy Base

Ultraceuticals Sunscreen: http://bit.ly/2XpUhpa

Dermalogica Age Smart: http://bit.ly/2UqzG2d

Neutrogena Sunscreens: http://bit.ly/2W23nbK

Ultraceuticals Even Skintone Serum: <...

Imagine meeting your husband in a glamorous, smokey Parisian nightclub...

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

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

Maybe it's the product that reminds them of their mum, the beauty product that defined their teens 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 Author and Former Editor of Vogue Australia, Kirstie Clements. Working her way from the front desk to the top job, Kirstie spent 13 years as the editor of Australia's premiere high fashion magazine. Then one day, out of the blue, she was fired. Her book The Vogue Factor, which she was approached to write the very next day, tells of her incredible story from rebel in The Shire to Beauty Editor in Paris to one of Sydney's most influential magazine editors... And what happened after that.

Like anyone who was once a budding fashion journalist, I have long admired Kirstie and thumbed The Vogue Factor, the first of five books she has written, countless times. So it was truly an honour to have the chance to chat with her about discovering the Sydney punk scene at 16, how beauty can be warpaint, community building and even meditive in life's chaotic moments, her blurred cameo in Zoolander and how she's feeling about returning to magazines full-time six years after leaving Vogue, this time as Features Director at Harper's Bazaar, another former home for her.

One note - this interview was conducted over the phone so the quality of the audio is not as good as when we're both in the same room. That is always my aim in arranging interviews, but given I'm in Melbourne, work full-time in a job unrelated to this podcast and many of my guests are a) in Sydney and b) very busy people who are very kind to give up their time to do this podcast is sometimes a little difficult.

I do use my leave to go up to Sydney every few months to do these interviews but I recently had someone a leave a review commenting on the audio of these over the phone episodes so just wanted to acknowledge that and explain a little bit about why that sometimes happens. But as always I appreciate that feedback, and will definitely be ensuring more, and hopefully soon, all episodes are done in person.

Speaking of reviews, If you do enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate and write a review. But enough of me, over to my chat with the fabulous Kirstie Clements. Enjoy.

Follow Kirstie:

Instagram: @kirstie_clements

Read The Vogue Factor

Follow host Brittany Stewart:

Instagram: @brittanybeautybts @beautyislandpodcast

Email: [email protected]

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Hello and welcome to Beauty Island!

As I mentioned in Tuesday's episode, to mark the halfway point of season two, instead of a normal beauty island episode, this week we have two bonus Five Favs from two of my guests so far. Jules Sebastian was earlier this week and today, is former ELLE Beauty Director Amy Starr.

As you might know by now - or maybe you don't! - my name is Brittany Stewart and I'm the voice inside your ears aka the host of Beauty Island. In each main episode, I ask a special guest about the eight beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for them. But, in Five Favs, the focus is on the beauty products in their makeup bags they're loving right now.

Amy Starr is the former Beauty and Lifestyle Director of ELLE Australia. Her main episode dropped a few weeks ago, so just scroll down a little on your feed if you haven't listened to that already. In Five Faves, she talks about nearly-always-sold-out foundation alternative she loves, and why you should never apply a serum to a dry face. This was one piece of beauty advice that blew my mind. As someone with over a decade of experience at Australia's top magazines, I couldn't not ask about where she thinks there's still a future for print magazines.

If you enjoy the podcast, you can subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode. And if you really like it, please consider rating five stars and writing a review about why you love Beauty Island. It helps other people find the podcast and therefore allows me to keep making it!

Enjoy.

Follow Amy:

Instagram: @amystarr

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!): http://bit.ly/2OE05XB

Please note - all beauty products mentioned in this episode are honest recommendations, with no sponsored or advertised mentions.

IT Cosmetics CC Cream: http://bit.ly/ITcosmetics

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk: http://bit.ly/2KPvCt3

Chanel Foundation Brush: http://bit.ly/2KPwAWd

Omnilux treatment at Jocelyn Petroni: http://bit.ly/2KKMJvJ

Oribe Dry Texturing Spray: http://bit.ly/2rMy7Qx

Paloma Garcia (hairdresser): http://bit.ly/2Iz0GLJ

Shu Uemera Eyelash curler: http://bit.ly/2vcHzOM

Chlorophyll

Beauty Chef boosters: http://bit.ly/2PkWm3c

Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat

Music: Dexter Britain

We're mixing things up a little this week to mark the official halfway mark of Beauty Island Season Two.

This week I'll be dropping two Five Favs bonus episodes with two of the most popular guests from this season so far. First up? Jules Sebastian - stylist and TV presenter.

If you haven't listened to her full episode from last week, I highly recommend it! In that, she shared the eight beauty products that have a special memory or meaning for her. In Five Favs, we take a closer look at some of the products she loves for everyday - and it's a lot more low maintenance than you might expect!

She also shares her piece of wisdom - the reality of fitting exercise into your busy lifestyle (no - she doesn't jump out of bed eager to go the gym every morning!)

Follow Jules:

Instagram: @julessebastian

Watch Tea With Jules:

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!): http://bit.ly/2OE05XB

Products Jules spoke about:

MAC Studio Fix Foundation: http://bit.ly/2Zb55cu

Kevyn Aucoin Eyebrow Pencil: http://bit.ly/2qtsrda

Collagen Eye Patches (Jules didn't mention a specific but these are a great budget options! http://bit.ly/2UYVbvk)

Oribe Dry Texturising Spray: http://bit.ly/2rMy7Qx

Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat

Music: Dexter Britain

What's it like to meet your soulmate at 14 years old? Jules Sebastian shares...

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

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

Maybe it's the product that reminds them of their mum, the beauty product that defined their teens 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 stylist and TV presenter, Jules Sebastian. If the name sounds familiar, yes, she is wife of that well known Aussie singer Guy Sebastian, but if that's all you know about her then you are in for a real treat with this episode.

Jules is a TV presenter, stylist, has combined the two with two makeover shows MTV's Style Me and Channel 7's Bringing Sexy Back, host of her own fantastic YouTube interview series Tea With Jules and is also a philanthropist with The Sebastian Foundation which she set up with her husband. She shares some of the incredible work they're doing for families, and particularly victims of domestic violence (*content warning*).

We talk about the moment she discovered that doing all the creative things she loved could be her career and working incredibly hard to make it happen, the imposter syndrome she still feels to this day, the perfume that always gets her compliments from strangers and what it's like meeting your soulmate at 14 years old. How she talks about her relationship with Guy, well, I think we both got a bit teary!

She's also so genuine, kind and downright lovely. Enjoy.

Love Beauty Island? Please subscribe, rate and review! (Oh, and tell a friend!)

Follow Jules:

Instagram: @julessebastian

Watch Tea With Jules:

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!): http://bit.ly/2OE05XB

Please note - all beauty products mentioned in this episode are honest recommendations, with no sponsored or advertised mentions.

Products Jules spoke about:

Nivea

Eyelash Curler

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara: http://bit.ly/2Nehfds

Portrait of a Lady - Frederic Malle: http://bit.ly/2TIgcXF

Cosmedix Elite x-cell + brightening serum: http://bit.ly/2D5pmH2

Oribe Dry Texturising Spray: http://bit.ly/2rMy7Qx

Kevin Murphy Hair Resort Spray: http://bit.ly/2G0O4ZI

Mac LipGlas...

We're a finalist for 'Best new Podcaster' at the Australian Podcast Awards. (Woo!)

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

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

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 Founder of Bondi-based natural fragrance house Recreation Beauty and former Cosmo and Cleo editor, Nedahl Stelio.

We talk about her obsession with glitter working as a beauty editor at Girlfriend magazine, the surprising rules (or lack of) that exist when it comes to disclosing fragrance ingredients, how her struggle to get pregnant led her to natural beauty and the $19.95 drugstore mascara she loves. Plus, because it's so natural beauty focussed, this episode includes her Five Faves - some of the makeup in her bag she's loving at the minute.

Love Beauty Island? Please subscribe, rate and review! (Oh, and tell a friend!)

Follow Nedahl:

Shop Recreation Beauty: http://bit.ly/2U5M24u

Instagram:

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!): http://bit.ly/2OE05XB

Please note - all beauty products mentioned in this episode are honest recommendations, with no sponsored or advertised mentions.

Products Nedahl spoke about:

Clarins Beauty Flash Balm: http://bit.ly/2En4bBR

Nars Tahitian Body Oil (Body Glow): http://bit.ly/2U73Qfy

MAC Lipglass: http://bit.ly/2FIwbyZ

Glitter

Lancome Mascara: http://bit.ly/2COYBGP

Nail Polish

MAC Green Eyeliner

Recreation Body Oil: http://bit.ly/2FTwasb

Five Faves

Inika Mineral Makeup: http://bit.ly/2HQYZbU

Maybelline Falsies Mascara: http://bit.ly/2ODr86W

Aveda Shampure: http://bit.ly/2V5NNva

Zkin Natural Face Exfoliator: http://bit.ly/2UpSkvb

Lanolips 101 Ointment: http://bit.ly/2BBXzfL

The Case Against Fragrance by Kate Grenville: http://bit.ly/2I4CAXU

Sun-Kissed Eau De Parfum: http://bit.ly/2WC5Wkv

Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat

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