The Emma Guns Show

Ampika Pickston is probably best known as part of the cast of The Real Housewives of Cheshire on ITVBe , where she navigates the glitzy world of fast cars, designer handbags and footballers' wives...  When I found out she was launching her own range of haircare, Ampika Lox , I jumped at the chance to invite her on the show because, as a fan of Bravo TV 's most successful franchise, I hadn't failed...

I've written about my thoughts on Steven Bartlett's life-ruining alcohol consumption here and my Superdrug column can be found here . Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lee Pycroft ( @leepycroft ) is a celebrity makeup artist, brand ambassador and business owner. She has been responsible for beautifying some of the world's most famous A-list talent for the red carpet, has made natural-born-supermodels look even more heavenly in front of the camera and is frequently quoted in the press for her incredible makeup skills and brand insight. Lee invited me round for a...

Have you seen it? Did we need to see it? Miranda Priestly is back but should she have told the town car to 'Go!' instead of making a soft return? Also in this episode, details of my beauty column in Superdrug. Read my beauty column here: https://www.superdrug.com/emma-guns-may Ad info: Paid partnership with Superdrug. Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience...

In this episode I’m joined by the fabulous Terri White, editor of Empire magazine and fellow beauty enthusiastic.  One of my reasons for inviting Terri onto the show - other than her utter coolness - was because she wrote a feature for Red Magazine last year where she talked about her love of eyeliner. As a fellow wearer of the feline flick I know that those black lines are often less about emphas...

If you want an honest answer about pretty much anything to do with beauty then speak to Nadine Baggott . She has an encyclopaedic beauty knowledge and I've never asked her a questions she hasn't known the answer to. You'll see what I mean when you listen to the show... We cover a lot of ground in this episode, but Nadine references a BRILLIANT article which you can read in full here --> Generation...

Joining me in this episode is Abi Cleeve the MD of Ultrasun UK. On the topic of sun care she is, quite simply, an oracle and if you've ever felt bamboozled by the meaning of UVA or UVB, wondered what on earth 'broad spectrum' means and whether SPF 20 means you can spend 20 minutes in the sun or not, then this is a show you need to tune in to. Oh, and if you worry about those high factor formulas o...

Helen Thorn is a Sunday Times Best-Selling author and comedian who joins me on the show to talk about her new book How to Face Big Change and Come Back Stronger . It's a brilliant and gentle guide, with the help of 50 incredible women, to navigating the crappy things that happy in life without letting you have any less of a good time. I've always found Helen to be kind, warm and generous and this...

This isn’t goodbye, but it is the end of a chapter. In this episode, I’m sharing why I’m pressing pause on new episodes (although there will be some surprise mid-week pop-ups) and taking a step back to rethink the podcast and what I want it to become. I’ll be revisiting and republishing past conversations while I figure out what comes next. Please do follow me on Instagram and subscribe to my Subs...

This weekend was all about the Manosphere after I watched Louis Theroux's documentary Inside the Manosphere and read Jack Burke's piece in The Times on Looksmaxxing. Both of these phenomena focus on male-dominated online spaces that veer to the far right with extreme misogynistic and anti-feminist sentiments. They are two pieces of media that really made me think and I've unpicked, in part, why in...

If you subscribe to my Substack (I love you!) then you would have seen my column about how wellness messaging on products has, in my opinion, gone too far. We are all entitled to create a spa-like experience in our own home but it's my belief that brands latching the benefits of their products onto you taking a moment to yourself is really quite disingenuous. In this episode, I explain why it got...

A little white ago I stepped away from conversations about hormones, perimenopause and menopause on this podcast. Not because women’s health stopped being important, for from it! It was because the conversation became louder, more crowded and, for many women, more confusing than helpful. Conflicting advice, competing experts and endless rules have left many of us wondering what actually matters, a...

The question I think I'm asked most when it comes to beauty these days is, 'should I be taking collagen?' It sells a good story, doesn't it? Take this daily supplement and all that collagen and youthfulness we're told starts to deteriorate after we hit 30, will be topped up and wrinkles, jowls and sagging will have a much harder time showing up on your skin. It's all great but where's the proof? J...

Sometimes you just have to be honest with yourself and, when it comes to my latest efforts regarding my diet and training, I have to accept the fact that a seven week plateau is probably a sign that I've found myself doing 'just enough' instead of 'what's required to make change'. That doesn't mean I'm defeated, far from it. I'd rather be realistic and adjust now than keep going for another six we...

I'm still persevering with this new nutrition and training plan but I'm not going to lie, it's not easy. Not to sound like a brat, but without any feedback (read: scale results) it's difficult to believe it's working so, six weeks in, I'm still leaning heavily into hope. I hope this works, I hope the effort will lead to reward and I hope that I am working smarter, not stupider. There's no escaping...

In the previous episode, I talked about how my new approach to diet and exercise - working smarter, not harder - had been a challenge because things got worse before they got better. Many listeners wrote to me asking me to delve a little deeper into this uncomfortable phases so, in this episode, I'm talking about the 'messy middle'. Forget about the metrics, this 'messy middle' was more about the...

Right, we're in the hardest part of any change-making - the bit where it gets worse before it, hopefully, gets better. Changing my diet and fitness regime at the same time has meant learning lots of new lessons, perhaps more importantly, unlearning a lot of what I thought be true, and holding on tightly while the turbulence of change has me desperately wanting to 'eject'. What I keep coming back t...

Do you immediately assume that doing less equates to being lazy? More than that, do you feel that if you aren't constantly 'on' that the world will assume you aren't a motivated, successful, go-getter? Over the last few weeks, I've been a guinea-pig in my own 'what's the worst that can happen if I do less?' experiment and the results, so far, have been surprising. Not least because, truth be told,...

Have you been sold a lie? What if doing more is actually a fast track to achieving less? You know how it goes, you find more time in your schedule, you've become competent at a certain amount of work and so your instinct is to fill the time gap, add more to your workload and generally max yourself out. I'm not wrong, am I? Women especially have been targeted by a culture of success meaning a side-...

It's not that I've been going wrong, as such, but after eight months of effort towards body recomposition, I've had to acknowledge that something wasn't working. I'm not mad or upset because, ultimately, I've maintained my 50lb weight loss. However, if you've set your sights on a goal and after months of effort, you are no closer, it's only sensible to take a look at your output and see what you c...

It's natural to get to the end of the year and assess and appraise the 12 months that have just passed. As someone who has, for a few years now, found the 'new year, new you' and the whole resolutions/manifesting/visualisation/vision board culture borderline offensive AND ONLY TARGETED AT WOMEN, I haven't indulged too much in the idea that I need to make huge changes. However, 2025 has involved a...

Here's some twinkly goodness in the shape of my Top 10 Feel Good Habits interviews. In this episode, Evy Pompouras. This episode was originally published in May 2021. Evy Poumpouras is a speaker, mentor and former Secret Service agent who joins me on the podcast to share her feel-good habits, the strategies she uses and recommends to make sure every day is a good day. In this episode, @evypou...

Here's some twinkly goodness in the shape of my Top 10 Feel Good Habits interviews. In this episode, Lily Pebbles. This episode was originally published in August 2020. Lily Pebbles is a content creator who joins me to share her feel-good habits and how she stops a bad day from becoming a bad week. Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Co...

Here's some twinkly goodness in the shape of my Top 10 Feel Good Habits interviews. In this episode, Hannah Ferrier. This episode was originally published in August 2021. Hannah Ferrier is a businesswoman and star of Below Deck Me who joins me to share her feel-good habits, the strategies she uses and recommends to make sure every day is a good day. In this episode, @hannahferrier234 explains...

Here's some twinkly goodness in the shape of my Top 10 Feel Good Habits interviews. In this episode, Alex Light. This episode was originally published in Nov 2020. Alex Light returns to the podcast to share her feel-good habits, the strategies she uses and recommends to make sure every day is a good day. During our conversation @alexlight_ldn reveals: •The importance of good sleep on how she...