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Liv Purvis

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Jul 13, 2021

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In this episode, I’m joined by blogger, author, and founder of the Insecure Girls Club, Liv Purvis, to talk about how she came to find success online, on the joys and pitfalls of that job, how her experiences lead her to found the Insecure Girls Club, and how she finds balance.
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Journalist Madeleine Spencer is joined by a guest to reflect on the challenges and triumphs they've faced throughout their lives, and to touch on the beauty memories and rituals - if any - that have played a role or had resonance.

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Holly Willoughby: Holly Willoughby turned up to record her Beauty Full Lives interview with a piece of paper in her hand on which she’d written a list of products she wanted to mention. ‘That’s the sign of a busy lady,’ Holly explained.  And busy she is: betw... by Beauty Full Lives
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Davina McCall: Davina McCall is a woman divided when it comes to beauty. On the one hand, she’s been influenced by her mother, a woman who would ‘ walk into a room and magnetise everybody - she was always looking amazing, always made up, always moisturised.’ And then... by Beauty Full Lives
30 min listen
Millie Mackintosh: Millie Mackintosh's first foray into beauty was with a sparkly lilac toy nail polish - and the experience was a disappointment of epic proportions. Enter a granny with a stash of Chanel polishes, who gave Millie a pillar box red ... by Beauty Full Lives
38 min listen
Trish McEvoy: When Trish McEvoy founded Trish McEvoy beauty back in 1975, how women used make-up and what might be missing from their bags was at the forefront of her mind. She started with brushes, after which she continued to add to the range, but always with th... by Beauty Full Lives
24 min listen
Bryony Gordon: Journalist and author Bryony Gordon has made it her mission to help remove the stigma surrounding talking about mental illness, and to promote having a positive body image.  Both are the result of Bryony's struggles, and in this episode s... by Beauty Full Lives
48 min listen
On Our Relationship with Food: Eve Kalinik: Eve Kalinik is a Nutritional Therapist and the author of Be Good To Your Gut. In this expert slot episode, Eve talks about how a relationship with food can be improved through simple measures - and explains how the gut and mind communicate. Beauty ... by Beauty Full Lives
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On Food And Anxiety: Rosemary Ferguson: Erstwhile model turned nutritional therapist, and Tuesday's main episode guest, Rosemary Ferguson returns for an expert episode. In it, she explores the interplay between anxiety and food, as well as suggesting some foods to steer clear of, and th... by Beauty Full Lives
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Esther Coren: Esther Coren didn't grow up thinking her currency would be her looks. She describes herself as having a 'round face, lots and lots of very pronounced freckles, and very, very red hair. I wasn't chubby, but I wasn't one of the pretty... by Beauty Full Lives
77 min listen
Freya Ridings: Singer-songwriter Freya Ridings has has a huge year. Her haunting single Lost Without You went platinum, and she recently performed it on the Late Late Show with James Corden, as well as on the BBC Sports Personality... by Beauty Full Lives
39 min listen
Sam & Nic Chapman: Siblings Sam and Nic Chapman started their career working as make-up artists before uploading videos to YouTube showing how to achieve different make-up looks. Within two years, Pixiwoo had amassed 30,000 subscribers. From there, they launched Real Tec... by Beauty Full Lives
48 min listen
Dolly Alderton: Dolly Alderton was, by her own admission, not terribly comfortable with her looks as a teen. Yearning for adulthood, when she expected she’d find a life to suit the grown up aesthetic she’d come to love, she suffered taunts at school and was roundly ig... by Beauty Full Lives
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The Christmas Special with Esther Coren & Rebecca Reid: MANY of you asked for more Rebecca Reid and Esther Coren, so this week I invited them on the show for a natter about Christmases past and their more intriguing Christmas memories and traditions.  Crucial topics covered include our top Christ... by Beauty Full Lives
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Sinéad Burke: Irish writer, academic, and activist Sinéad Burke had a rather unlikely introduction to beauty as a child: her father worked as an actor and therefore had a huge make-up kit, from which he'd pull gems like Max Factor's Pan Stick before offeri... by Beauty Full Lives
49 min listen
Zoe Sugg: Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella, is an internet sensation, racking up over a billion YouTube views, with 12 million subscribers, and a further 10 million on Instagram and 13 million on twitter. Her fans are famously loyal - and they recognise Zoe whereve... by Beauty Full Lives
43 min listen
Rosemary Ferguson: Rosemary Ferguson's career started in the rather inauspicious setting of McDonald's on Oxford Street, where she was spotted by Corinne Day (yep, the very same Corinne Day who took those famous early photos of Kate Moss, so clearly sh... by Beauty Full Lives
38 min listen
Rebecca Reid: It is almost impossible for Rebecca Reid to talk about anything without being completely compelling and extremely candid. Ask her about going from a Catholic boarding school to a polyamorous relationship in the space of a year, and she'll... by Beauty Full Lives
78 min listen
Madeleine Spencer: Twelve guests have now shared the stories of their lives and how beauty products, memories, and practises have had an impact on them, and now we're nearing the end of season one, I thought it about time I shared mine. Last week's guest, the... by Beauty Full Lives
76 min listen
Natalie Lee: With thanks to this week’s sponsor, Batiste. Blogger Natalie Lee was incentivised to discuss things that really mattered to her after she returned to blogging following a break to raise her children. Since then, Natalie's efforts - particularly ... by Beauty Full Lives
59 min listen
On Back Pain: Ben Lombard: I started seeing physiotherapist Ben Lombard towards the end of last year. After enjoying what I now realise was the extremely good fortune of having a comfortable back throughout my life, I pulled a muscle in my neck over the summe... by Beauty Full Lives
12 min listen
Ateh Jewel: Ateh Jewel found beauty to be a source of comfort in a turbulent childhood, enjoying scent and glitter and then graduating to a love of colour and glamour. But there was a fly in the ointment: as a woman of colour, Ateh was constantly being ... by Beauty Full Lives
58 min listen
Tina Earnshaw: Tina Earnshaw is a make-up veteran, having either designed the make-up or worked on principal actors on - wait for it - Titanic, Emma, Mama Mia, Shakespeare In Love, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Hamlet, and many, many others. She's... by Beauty Full Lives
46 min listen
Kylie Minogue: The word legendary is bandied around a lot, but I think it's safe to say that Kylie Minogue absolutely warrants legendary status. And Glastonbury clearly agrees: at this year's festival, she'll be headlining the 'l... by Beauty Full Lives
20 min listen
Daisy Buchanan: Fans of Daisy Buchanan's writing will know that her work walks the delicate line between frank and funny, insightful and warm. She brings that trademark heart-wrenching and hilarious touch to her musings in this episode on the re... by Beauty Full Lives
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Meg Mathews: When Meg Mathews found herself unable to leave her house due to anxiety, she had no idea that the root cause might be the menopause. Once she realised that the anxiety-related agoraphobia she was suffering from was one of the... by Beauty Full Lives
48 min listen
On Acne: Pam Marshall: When I decided to add an extra slot to the podcast to offer up wisdom from some of the experts I am fortunate enough to work with in my capacity as beauty journalist, I immediately thought of Clinical Aesthetician Pam Marshall. Pam ... by Beauty Full Lives
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Daniel Sandler: Daniel Sandler's appreciation of the transformative power of beauty began early in his life through watching his hairdresser dad and his interior designer mum at work.  But rather than following in either of their footsteps, he i... by Beauty Full Lives
41 min listen
On Enhancing Your Smile: Dr Uchenna Okoye: As a cosmetic dentist and Clinical Director of London Smiling, Dr Uchenna Okoye has overhauled hundreds of smiles - mine included.  What struck me as remarkable about Uchenna's work is not only that she... by Beauty Full Lives
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Poorna Bell: Award-winning journalist and author Poorna Bell's family features heavily in her new book, In Search of Silence, in which she muses on and explores the new landscape of her life following her husband Rob's death by suicide. ... by Beauty Full Lives
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On Vedic Meditation: Jillian Lavender: Jillian Lavender's work came to my attention around five years ago after a few friends learned Vedic meditation at the London branch of the Meditation Centre she co-founded. After the course, they were more focussed, calmer, happier - and all from... by Beauty Full Lives
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Pam Marshall Answers Your Skincare Questions: After the acne episode with Clinical Aesthetician Pam Marshall went live, skincare questions flew my way, so I thought the best recourse would be to invite Pam back as a guest on the show to offer her wisdom. We cove... by Beauty Full Lives
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Inside The Beauty Industry: In this episode, I'm joined by beauty editors George Driver and Perdita Nouril, and PR Holly Hope Harper to discuss their career paths, how the beauty industry works (along with some of the pitfalls and perks), how bloggers and journalist's j... by Beauty Full Lives
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