The Emma Guns Show

Joining me in this episode are Bare Minerals International Make-Up Artist Sarah-Jane Froom (@SJ_BareUK) and International Education Director & Brand Ambassador Lee Etheridge (@Lee_BareUK) 

Fans of the brand may know them from their unmissable QVC shows where they demo and showcase the wide range of skincare and colour cosmetics from the mineral-based beauty brand. 

Their knowledge is endless so the chance to sit down with them to talk all things skin care and to get SJ's views on the current crop of make-up trends was such a treat. 

Why should you listen to this episode? 

Lee tells us how to shut out the noise of negativity, how her illustrious career in beauty brought her to her dream job at Bare Minerals and explains their latest launch, the Skinsorials Skincare line.

SJ shares the story of how and where her career as a make-up started, her incredible experiences working at fashion week and the importance of having a dialogue with the Bare Minerals customer. 

As a working duo who travel the world together they share their secrets for staying gorgeous on long-haul flights, how they prepare for QVC show at 5-star hotel Limewood, why Lee brings the snacks and SJ takes care of their coffee orders and why they love - and I mean LOVE - the lure of a motorway drive-thru...

References from the show:

Bare Minerals products:

Bare Minerals Marvellous Moxie Lipgloss in REBEL, £16.

Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream, £26

Five-star relaxation:

Limewood Hotel & Spa

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If you're into skincare then there's a good chance that you're a fan of Alpha H/@alphaHQ - if you're new to Alpha H then this podcast with Michelle Doherty and Tom Ogden from the brand will explain exactly why it has a global audience that is evangelical about how good it makes their skin look and feel. 

I sat down with Michelle and Tom on the eve of the brand's 21st birthday party and it was a great opportunity to reflect on where the brand started, how they constantly but not unnecessarily innovate, and what lies ahead for one of the beauty world's most exciting brands.

Alpha H transformed Michelle's skin over 20 years ago and after years of suffering with cystic acne and feeling there wasn't a solution available she found it in Alpha H. It's now a solution she's made available to millions of women around the world.

The chemistry between Tom and Michelle is incredible and they are a perfect tag-team - as they say in the chat 'they've never even had a cross word' and having spent time in their company in the green room at QVC I can attest to the fact that they are two of the most fun, wise and supportive people I've come across in the beauty world.

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Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!

Ems xx

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Joining me in this episode is A-list facialist Abigail James who fills me in on how what started as a passion has turned into a high-profile career in the beauty business.

Abigail James is a trusted name in the beauty world and has created facial protocols that you may very well have been on the receiving end of, as well as consulting for brands and retreats. 

As we find out in this podcast her thirst for knowledge of her trade is insatiable and she is a sponge for information on how to keep getting better at what she does - even though she is widely known as one of the best. And she also answers a listener's skincare query that we received via Twitter.

Useful links to stay up-to-date with Abigail are:

Twitter @abigail_james

Instagram @abigailjames1 

LIz Earle Boutique Chelsea - Abigail's Treatments

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Roja Dove - perfumer, fragrance historian and public speaker. He is also responsible for some of the most decadent fun I have had in my career as a beauty journalist. Now one does decadence quite like him...

He is the creator of some of the world's most incredible scents, the curator of what is arguably a fragrance heaven in the Haute Parfumerie in Harrods, and hosted this podcast in his beautiful boutique in London's Burlington Arcade. To my mind, he is also one of the best story tellers you'll ever come across. 

Here Roja told me the story of how he found his 'path' with fragrance, details his incredible career and had me mesmerised with tales of how he creates and designs scents. 

Follow Roja on Twitter @rojadove and instagram @rojadove

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In this episode we meet Margaret Dabbs, the inspiring entrepreneur who turned, in her own words, a knack for diagnosing and treating foot issues into a global beauty business.

I met Margaret at QVC in the summer of 2015, on the panel of the Lunchtime Show, and it was chatting to her in our dressing rooms that made me realise how we should tend to and care for our feet in the same way we do our face and bodies. It seems so obvious when she spells it out...

Margaret pioneered the 'medical pedicure' - a treatment that deals with any foot issue, and has you walking out of her clinic with not only a spring in your step, but a glossy pedi to boot. It was the treatment that would take feet from functional to beautiful.

During our chat we talk about creating a business from a 'knack', her instincts, tending to the feet of the rich and famous and she tells me how running is her meditation.

For more information on Margaret, her products and to book an appointment, click on these links: Margaret Dabbs & QVC.

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In the second part of my chat with James Read we talk about launching his global tanning brand James Read Tan, his favourite beauty buys, what we can expect next from this creative force.

Apologies in advance but we also sing - and we get the words and the melody wrong...

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James can be found on social media: Twitter: James Read Tan Facebook James Read Tan and via his website James Read Tan

You can get in touch with me via my website Emma Gunavardhana, where you can also sign up for the show's newsletter or on social media; Twitter @EmmaG_Beauty and Instagram where I'm@emmaguns

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Talk about a double-whammy! My chat with tanning guru James Read was so much fun I'm bringing it to you in a special two-part edition of the show. Full disclosure; James is my dear pal, but as much I adore him on a personal level he is also hugely inspiring. 

This is the boy from Kent who turned himself into a global beauty brand via the tanning booths of London department stores. He's the go-to 'tan man' for stars including Ellie Goulding and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

Here we chat about instagram, how he created his eponymous tanning collection, his inspirations and how he went from cheeky school boy to global entrepreneur. 

(Note: James references the movie The September issue, but the Anna Wintour quote he's talking about is one he read in 2000 and then saw again in the movie years later when it came out.)

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James can be found on social media: Twitter: James Read Tan Facebook James Read Tan and via his website James Read Tan

You can get in touch with me via my website Emma Gunavardhana, where you can also sign up for the show's newsletter or on social media; Twitter @EmmaG_Beauty and Instagram where I'm@emmaguns

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This is what The Beauty Podcast with Emma G is all about - two people sitting down, sharing information and having an absolute giggle along the way. 

In this episode I meet with SkinFix CEO Amy Regan during the UK launch of the range to talk beauty, being the boss and the importance of mentors. 

It was my first time getting to chat to Amy, but I have a feeling it won't be the last.

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Links from this episode include:

For more information and to buy SkinFix - click here.

My friend Hannah's fertility blog featuring, among many other things, our awkwardness with the 'V' word and a real time account of her quest to fall pregnant via IVF.

Both Amy and Gabrielle Shaw referenced the book Brainfluence as a must-read.

Want to know more about Mercury in Retrograde? This article on The Huffington Post gives the low-down on what not to do during the 3-week phenomenon.

You can get in touch with me via my website Emma Gunavardhana, where you can also sign up for the show's newsletter or on social media; Twitter @EmmaG_Beauty and Instagram where I'm @emmaguns

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Joining me in this episode is Eugene Souleiman, the trend-setting hair stylist responsible for the looks at major fashion shows including Yohji Yamamoto, DKNY, Chloe and Pucci, whose work is frequently featured in Vogue, W, i-D Magazine, Dazed & Confused and Harper's Bazaar. To say he is accomplished is an understatement...

Eugene joined me for a chat during a busy day at the Wella Institute in Central London where, among other things, he was launching the new Oil Reflections range (launching in July) to press in his role as Creative Ambassador. I stole an hour with him over a sushi lunch and before a dash to Nike Town to pick up some new runners. We had a giggle, we geeked out over comic books and I want to live in his head - although truthfully I think it'd blow my mind...

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Links from this episode include:

Instagram - Eugene Souleiman

Wella Creative Ambassador

Eugene Souleiman Portfolio 

You can get in touch with me via my website Emma Gunavardhana, where you can also sign up for the show's newsletter or on social media; Twitter @EmmaG_Beauty and Instagram where I'm @emmaguns

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