Grazia Beauty Life Lessons

Model, cocktail-maker, and mum Portia Freeman has worked with the likes of photographer Steven Meisel and designer Charlotte Olympia. Her wedding at hotspot hotel The Pig on the Beach in Dorset was picture-perfect, from the flowers and food to her dress and beauty look.

From persuading Craig David to do a set at her evening do, to individually placing 800 Swarovski crystal on her finger and toe nails, Lisa Potter Dixon knows a thing or two about making a wedding a special event. She is an editorial and celebrity make-up artist with over 15 years’ experience, and author of 3 best-selling books on make-up advice.

Stylist and writer Monikh Dale is the first of our Grazia wedding beauty specials. She is a London-based fashion expert with a passion for high tech results-driven skincare. Her lockdown wedding was more intimate than she had originally planned, with 30 guests and a bespoke Bon Bride slip dress to accommodate her baby bump. She says it was an amazing day.

Singer-songwriter and former X-Factor finalist, Fleur gets up early for her breakfast show on Hits Radio. She reveals what wakes her up in the morning, the secret to tangle-free hair and explains why her sister Keisha is her go-to makeup guru. Save 20% online* at laroche-posay.co.uk. Apply code at checkout. *valid from 00:01 on 22.07.21 until 23:59 on 31.07.21. Valid online at www.laroche-posay.co...

After shooting campaigns with Kate Moss and working with Little Mix at The X-Factor, Jules launched his own self-tanning range, Isle of Paradise. An advocate of body inclusivity, he shares advice on feeling good, smelling great and how to perfect a streak-free self-tan.

Host of The Official Chart and Radio 1’s Life Hacks, Vick left her award-winning breakfast show with Roman Kemp, to try new things. Before joining the Paralympics presenting team in Tokyo, she tells us about revamping her nail art, upping her brow game and how she learnt to love her curls.

One of the world's most celebrated make-up artists, Diane Kendal has created some of the most iconic editorial, campaign and backstage looks – from Marc Jacobs to Max Mara. Most recently, she is creative lead on Zara’s recently released first full make-up range. Mentioned in this episode: Drunk Elephant, Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops Dr Barbara Sturm, Glow Drops Aveda, Chakra 2 Balancing Bo...

A broadcaster, entrepreneur, and self-confessed “beauty fanatic and interior obsessive”, you’ll know Laura Jackson from T4’s Freshly Squeezed or Take Me Out: The Gossip. She’s also an Instagram favourite and a mum of two. She shares fond memories of teenage beauty mishaps, and counts a big night in on the sofa her ultimate form of self-care.

She counts Anna Kendrick, Rosie Huntington Whitley, Kerry Washington and many others among her clients, and over 600 thousand people follow her Instagram for fun practical beauty and skincare tutorials. Katie Jane Hughes tells Joely she is also planning her own new product range. Can you help her come up with a name for it? She’s known for her fresh, healthy and glowing skin tutorials British born...

Her book Don't Touch My Hair brought Emma Dabiri worldwide acclaim in 2019 - and her latest work What White People Can Do Next is out now. Emma is also a broadcaster and social history academic with both SOAS and Goldsmiths University.  She is campaigning to make hair discrimination illegal under the UK Equalities Act.

TV personality, entrepreneur, and founder of the Trinny London cosmetics range, Trinny Woodall tells Joely why she decided to dedicate her working life to creating innovative beauty products. Her advice also includes going easy on the fake tan.

After starting out as an air hostess, Lorna Luxe - real name Lorna Andrews - has 1.3 million Instagram followers, and is loved for her style, travel, and beauty content. She is also an entrepreneur and clothing designer. Her tips include coping with hair-thinning through androgenic alopecia. Products mentioned this episode include: Huda Beauty, Power Bullet Lipstick Code 8, Radiate Beauty Balm Cha...

Val Garland is L'Oreal Paris’ Global Make-up Director, and a judge on BBC Three's make-up artist talent show Glow Up. She started her career in Australia, working with Kylie, Cate Blanchett, and a 15-year-old Nicole Kidman. In the 90s, she moved to London, and has worked with everyone from John Galliano to Erdem, Vivienne Westwood and the late Alexander McQueen. Products mentioned this episode inc...

A pioneering fashion blogger who launched her Bag Snob brand as long ago as 2005, Tina Craig is transforming the skincare market with her tech-driven, high performance brand UBeauty. She joins Joely from her home in Texas, and her tips include not plucking your eyebrows, and never washing your face with hot water.

Alongside modelling for huge brands like Agent Provocateur and Pat McGrath, Charli Howard is an activist, author, podcast host, and brand founder. She tells Joely about launching and growing her own beauty brand Squish, and how she handled problem acne when she was younger. Products mentioned in this episode include:  Beauty Pie Moisturiser Super Healthy Skin Daily Moisture Lotion John Frieda Hydr...

After switching from life as a Paris banker, Freddie Harrel became a fashion blogger and started her 'SHE Unleashed' online workshop series, to help women gain confidence and feel better. She's also launched her own afro hair-extension brand RadSwan. Products mentioned this episode include: The Afro Hair & Skin Co. Flourish Totally Nourishing Hair Butter Nars Soft Matte Complete Concealer in Amand...

Professional make-up artist and YouTube star Jamie Genevieve is famous for her signature look; a smoky eye and a perfectly applied lip. She says the best thing about make-up is that it washes off, so experiment and have fun! She is beyond excited about her new beauty brand Vieve, and she tells Joely what went into her own wedding day beauty planning. Full list of products mentioned by Jamie in thi...

Guilty Feminist podcast host, screenwriter and comedian Deborah Frances-White tells Joely how online dancing has saved her lockdown, and how a bikini wax proved once and for all that she is more British than Australian.

Blogger Candice Brathwaite hosts the fashion segment on ITV's 'Lorraine', and is the Sunday Times bestselling author of parenting book 'I Am Not Your Baby Mother'. With 70 lipsticks in her make up drawer, she describes her approach to beauty as 'extra-extra'. She's a fabulous first guest for our brand new series of Grazia Beauty Life Lessons, with Joely Walker.

Beauty tricks and wellness tips from some of Grazia's favourite guests.