Outspoken Beauty

In this episode fragrance journalist and expert extraordinaire and my great friend and co-host of The On The Scent podcast, Suzy Nightingale joins me for a festive chat.
From the outfit, lipstick and fragrance that Suzy will wear on Christmas Day to the ex-boyfriend who ruined her wreath making to the mistletoe hat that failed me, this chat is full of laughter and our shared passion for beauty and scent. Oh and we also have a slightly naughty chat about The Princess of Wales.....I really really hope she doesn't listen to this podcast!
Anyway....we hope this episode brings a smile to your face.

The Outspoken Beauty Awards 2022 are here.
Listen to today's podcast and you'll hear my top beauty products of the year all of which I think are absolutely incredible.
Here are the amazing brands that I mention:
Daniel Sandler
Monika Blunder
Nudestix
Blink Brow Bar London
Benefit
Clarins
Chantecaille
Chanel
Rose Inc
Lottie London
Lancome
Scuplted by Aimee
Lisa Eldridge
Bare Minerals
Dr Sam Bunting
Pam Marshall
Typology
Jones Road
Nars
Laura Mercier
IT Cosmetics
Giorgio Armani
Esse
Trish McEvoy
Eyeco

The gorgeous Bryony Blake is back and we're talking about escaping boobs, defrosting pets, brilliant board games and the best show Bryony's ever seen.
After that we've got lots of gift ideas for you including an utterly random but brilliant vegetable related one from Bryony and an affordable fragrant gift that keeps on giving xx

In this episode I interview Nathalie Issa, the star of the Netflix film The Swimmers.
Nathalie plays the part of Yusra Mardini who is training to be an Olympian swimmer in Syria when she has to flee the coutry with her sister and cousin. What follows (in this true story) is their journey as refugees which includes swimming a sinking boat of fellow refugees to safety in the sea.
The film is exceptional in the way that it humanises refugees and Nathalie's performance is breathtaking.
During the episode we chat about how Nathalie had to face one of her biggest fears to take on the role, filming with her sister, how she conveyed Yusra so authentically and we chat about Nathalie's own story which involves leaving Lebanon for a life in France.
Later we chat about Nathalie's views on beauty and what it means to her.
I adored getting to know Nathalie. She is so incredibly honest and authentic and I think you'll her find her story and views on beauty fascinating.

This week's Minipod is quite an eclectic one. I have a great film recommendation for you, talk about Hannah Martin's incredible makeup brush set that she's launched with Ciate and I have a brilliant solution for keeping BO at bay. There's also a few great gift ideas and I tell you why I Marks and Spencer very nearly gave me the shock of my life.

In this episode of My Beauty Habits I'm speaking to Grammy award winning singer Kelli-Leigh.
Kelli tells us about the ups and downs of her career as a session singer, what it was like being a backing singer for Adele and why she has now started her own independent label. We also chat about her Christmas release "Unwrap My Heart" and why it would be her absolute dream to get a Christmas number one.
Later we chat through Kelli's beauty habits from her favourite makeup, to her ultimate beauty hack to her perfect bath and why Beauty Pie really works for her.
This is a lovely episode and I'm rooting for Kelli-Leigh and her Christmas Single (which you'll hear a bit of at the end of the episode).
If you fancy supporting Kelli-Leigh make sure you give Unwrap My Heart a download on Spotify or Apple xx

In this episode I chat to the amazing Kelly Crump. Kelly was diagnosed with incurable cancer but has made it her mission not only to raise awareness but also to have fun.
Her attitude to life is incredibly inspiring and as you'll hear, she makes the decision each day to make the best of everything that she can.
Whilst cancer is sometimes a really hard topic to discuss, I think it is an important one and it's amazing to hear how Kelly is dealing with it.

I think that this might be one of my favourite ever episodes with Bryony Blake. We had such fun recording it with much snorting with laughter.
During our chat we cover embarrassing moments both singing and being sung at, when everyone at the party can dance except you, Christmas promises, cinema visits gone wrong and why Bryony gets a whole load of song lyrics wrong.
We also do a great beauty edit this week and cover affordable (and amazing) makeup, supersonic hairdryers, the ultimate skincare product and the most amazing spa experience.
Enjoy xx

It's time for your weekly beauty news update with LC.
This week we're talking beauty innovation at Dyson, amazing pro-ageing messaging from Julia Fox, the future of showers and loads more. (We also discuss why I ate way too much of a pudding that I was meant to be sharing with Laura and why she finds raisins extremely offensive.
I love this girl and her news updates are brilliant.