Beauty IQ Uncensored

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... On this list of things we don't recommend: Ear candling Ear wax accumulation is one of the most common otologic conditions seen in primary care; removing ear wax is the most common ears, nose, and throat procedure carried out in the community. No...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... It's our 1st birthday! Yep, one whole year of BIQ Uncensored. To celebrate, you and a friend could win this epic prize pack which contains heaps of our fave products, including Milky Foot and ALDI Panty Liners. Enter here: https://www.instagram.c...

Tick another one off the bucket list, ladies and gentlemen. Nikki Wolff, who you might know better as @nikki_makeup , is a UK-based makeup artist with 1.5m followers on Instagram, and clients that include Kim Kardashian, Elsa Hosk, Hailey Bieber, Shay Mitchell, Jessie J and Yara Shahidi just to name a few. She's also Dior's celebrity makeup artist, and a columnist for Glamour. Her Sunday Tutorials...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Are sheet masks for your vagina a bit ridiculous? We test drove these new vagina sheet masks so you didn't have to...and the verdict is, well, it's not really necessary - and the Shameless girls agreed. Also, if gynaecologists don't recommend it,...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... After receiving a desperate DM from a listener, we're sharing all the ways you can manage maskne, which tbh, we never thought would be a thing but here we are. Shout out to all the frontline workers looking after the community. Here's our article...

GUYSSSS, if you're as obsessed with Tik Tok and skincare as Jo is, likelihood is you've stumbled across the hilarious, educational and savage account of @whatsonvisface. Today we're joined by Vi herself, all the way from Massachusetts, who just happens to be followed by congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. We chat to Vi about her journey with skincare, the importance of SPF if you plan on rever...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Hannah & Jo's morning skincare for the day: Hannah used Skinceuticals Phloretin CF, Aspect Extreme B17, Aspect Hydrating Serum, Beaute Pacifique Oil Free Moisturiser (and an unnamed oil!) Jo used Bioderma micellar, Alpha-H Vitamin C, Societe...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Firstly, here's the Vagisil/Scomo Tik Tok that made our week: https://vm.tiktok.com/JjYRup8/ Why do you poop more on your period? Resident GP Dr Lucinda not only joins us to chat about why you might have more frequent bowel movements when you're...

Welcome to another BONUS episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored. This week's bonus guest is Martha Kalifatidis (@marthaa__k) who you might remember from Married At First Sight, or you might just follow her on Instagram for her beauty content. One of our favourite interviews yet, we chat to Martha about managing online trolls, what the process has been like of going from dark brown to blonde, why she love...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Toenail fungus update: The update none of you asked for - Hannah's finally got on top of her toenail fungus so we're here to share how she did it, and to give a not to subtle plug to unofficial show sponsor, Chemist Warehouse (that's a joke, they...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Do at-home IPL devices even work? Well, Hannah kindly roadtested one for us to give us all the details - and in short, yeah it kinda does work! Just make sure you follow all Hannah's safety instructions, including NOT going over tattoos with the...

Barely even a teenager when she was signed to a top modelling agency, Samantha Harris was jetting around Australia and the world appearing on runways and magazine covers before even finishing school. We chat to Sam about what it was like growing up as a well-known model in Tweed Heads, being the second Indigenous model to appear on the cover of Vogue, how she deals with online trolls, and of cours...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Firstly, if you haven't stalked Jo's Wish segment on Instagram you should - here's the link to the highlight: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17843841206118346/ Cold sores. Ever had one? We asked our new resident GP @todaywithdrlucia...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Milia..aka one of our most requested topics. We did touch on this topic in our last episode of 2019, but we figured since we've had SO many questions about it, that we'd cover it in a whole segment. The moral of the story is, don't try to extract...

No biggie, but we've been following Hung Vanggo on Instagram for YEARS, and now we get to pick his brain about his favourite celebrity looks he's done on Selena Gomez, Rosie Hunting-Whitely, Ellen Pompeo and Kate Bosworth. Hung shares the secret behind a flawless red lip in photos, exactly how he takes such good Instagram pics, and tells us how to create long-lasting event makeup so it doesn't sli...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Get your skin checked! Our founder Kate joins us to chat about her recent skin check that resulted in a suspected skin cancer being cut out of the middle of her face - luckily, it came back clear, but this is a reminder to be vigilant about havin...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Ear Infections Did you know there's such a thing as airplane ear? Neither did we! Jo and Hannah share their worst travel ear infection stories. Hannah continues to manifest her dream of moving to Thailand and Jo shares an awkward travel story inv...

MAJOR BUCKET LIST MOMENT! UK-based skincare expert/the Oprah of skincare, Caroline Hirons joins us to chat about why face wipes should only be for fannies, flights and festivals, her favourite skincare ingredients, the products she'd take to a deserted island (shock horror, she doesn't choose SPF!), and the things her daughter Ava steals from her beauty stash. Caroline's new book, Skin Care: The U...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Before we get to that - here's the TikTok of the bellybutton piercing hole being cleaned: https://vm.tiktok.com/JJUHBwm/ Blisters. We all get 'em, and we're sure you've all got a blister horror story you can tell. We discovered Hannah has the tou...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... What's the weirdest thing you've ever found in your bellybutton? Clearly our wider team at Adore Beauty weren't that keen to share their stories, but we discovered all the sh*t in Hannah's childhood memory box, what our belly buttons collect, and...

Add another one to the list! We're slowly but surely assembling JLo's entire glam team to find out all of her secrets. This time, we're chatting to her MANicurist, Tom Bachik. Tom tells us his very interesting (and unexpected) story of how he started out in the industry and made his mark working with some of Hollywood's biggest celebrities including JLo and Kim Kardashian. Tom shares what it was l...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... How to properly pop a pimple...or not. A pimple on its own is enough to scar the skin, so squeezing can potentially enlarge the wound an increase the chance of scarring. BUUUUT if you can't help yourself, we're sharing our best tips and asked thi...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... Let's talk about texture... Airbrushed skin isn't realistic, so we chat about all the realisations we've come to in the age of Instagram, and why skin texture is totally normal and acceptable. But hey, if filters are your thing, you do you! Some...

You asked, we listened! Natural and organic skincare is something we get asked about all the time, so we thought we'd ask someone with a lot of experience in this area - Miranda Kerr. Founder of KORA Organics, world-famous Aussie model and mum to 3 boys. We chat to Miranda about her range, the must-have products in her routine to treat her pigmentation, the items her husband steals from her bathro...

We're back for another episode of Beauty IQ Uncensored, brought to you by Adore Beauty.  What’s on this episode? We’re glad you asked... What is endometriosis? Not our usual silly cringey convo, today Dr Raelia Lew joins us to discuss endometriosis. A common female condition that affects 1 in 10 women. We chat about the condition, what causes it and how it can be treated, because...