The Emma Guns Show

Elizabeth Hurley joins me on this special episode of the podcast to talk about The Estee Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign 25th Anniversary and her role as the Ambassador. We discuss: The importance of checking your breasts regularly. The significant strides the campaign has made in its 1/4 century. How she approaches her role as an Ambassador. Happiness and how to find it. Life in the spot...

In this episode of the podcast I'm joined by Michael Acton-Smith, Co-Founder of Calm and Alex Will, Creator of Sleep Mist.  Calm is the app designed to help reduce anxiety, improve quality of sleep and, ultimately, feel happier and in a recent survey of 200,000 iPhone users it topped the chart to be named the World's happiest app.    In this episode we talk about: Anxiety Insomnia Addiction to dev...

listen on itunes I Heart Forever on Kindle, £3.99. Lindsey Kelk ( @lindseykelk ) joins me on this episode of the podcast to talk about her I Heart... series, her podcast Full Coverage and her 'creative process'. We holed ourselves away in the Bobbi Brown Pro store in Soho to chat about how this Doncaster born-and-bred girl found herself living in LA, how she got her first book published and how th...

Listen on iTunes listen on acast Caggie Dunlop( @caggiesworld ) joins me in this episode to talk about her creativity, starting her podcast Girl's Guide to the Galaxy  and life after a reality show. You may recognise Caggie from Made in Chelsea, but as she reveals in this episode, she always had 'one foot out of the door' and I ask her about not being seduced my the lure of step-and-repeats, showb...

Listen on itunes listen on acast Emma Blackery @emmablackery is an award-winning singer-songwriter and author whose YouTube Channel, Emma Blackery , has nearly 1.5 million subscribers. In this episode we talk about her new book Feel Good 101 (available on Amazon and from Waterstones ) and how she wrote it as the handbook for life that she wished she'd had in her teens.  We cover the tricky to...

listen on iTunes Listen on acast Sarah Creal is the Lead, Global Partnership Initiatives for Estee Lauder companies and was in London for the launch of the second Victoria Beckham x Estee Lauder collection, which she helped create and I stole her for an hour to record this episode of the show. In this episode Sarah tells me how to she went from the Clinique counter at Bergdorf Goodman to one of th...

listen on itunes listen on acast This episode of the show was recorded live at the Birchbox x Oliver Bonas Co-Working space in London on September 7th. Hannah and Sophie Pycroft from Spectrum Collections joined me to talk about their brand of makeup brushes and accessories that has taken social media by storm. The business was an idea born by the pool on holiday, but it hasn't been plain sailing a...

One of the shows that has been most requested by listeners is all things hormones so I asked Sohère Roked , a GP and Bio-identical and Integrative Medical Specialist, if she would talk to me and shed a little light on what is a pretty complicated subject. Sohère talks about the frustrating experiences she had with female patients who would come in saying they didn't 'feel right' but whose blood te...

In this episode it's over to you... Based on the emails and messages I've been getting about guests that you've felt particularly inspired by I've compiled the pieces from shows that you've told me you've enjoyed the most. The edit includes the author Jen Sincero , Pixiwoo's Sam and Nic , author and journalist Sali Hughes , RuPaul's Drag Race judge Michelle Visage and singer/songwriter Leona Lewis...

Claire Coleman ( @featuresjourno / @featuresjourno ) is a writer who, if you listen to the show regularly, will have heard referenced as a 'forensic beauty journalist' who loves nothing more than getting her teeth stuck into a clinical trial.  As people who write about beauty we sit in the space between brands and the consumer offering an objective point of view about what a brand is up to in orde...

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subscribe On this episode of the show I'm joined by Paula Begoun of Paula's Choice  ( @paulaschoiceuk ) to talk about her skincare range, why she worries about all the misinformation about beauty out here on the internet and the two major changes we could all make to our beauty regimes for our best skin. Paula is a published author (here's her author page on Amazon.co.uk ), was dubbed 'The Co...

Subscribe Dr Howard Murad is the man behind the skincare brand Murad known for its high performance, no-nonsense, problem-solving skincare. During a visit to London the LA-based dermatologist and I met to speak about the new and unexpected factors affecting the way in which we age. He has been dubbed 'The Father of Internal Skincare' and his knowledge is vast, but in this conversation with ta...

Ree Lodge ( @reallyree ) and her website www.reallyree.com are the 'breaking news' of beauty. If it's launching, it's on her site, which is about to undergo a massive redesign, and being first, thorough and correct is of paramount importance to Ree. In this episode Ree talks to me about the early days of Really Ree, of joining twitter on a whim, writing blog posts, but also what life had looked li...

Jen Sincero ( @jensincero ) is success coach and #1 NY Bestseller Author who joins me on the podcast to breakdown the barriers that can prevent us from living our best lives - and making money. Her books You Are a Badass (How to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life) and You Are a Badass at Making Money  have spent over a year in the New York Times Bestseller list and inspi...

Jo Elvin ( @joelvinglamour ) is the Editor-in-Chief of Glamour Magazine and she joins me in this episode to talk about everything from what it really means to be a feminist, the realities of going after your dreams, the media landscape, the culture of celebrity and much much more. links from this episode... Jo has also appeared as a guest on Jules and Sarah  and Admit One with Antonia O'Brien . On...

Michelle Visage ( @michellevisage ) joins me on a brand new episode of the show to talk about her collaboration with Illamasqua and the ' Visage Lash ', the beauty products she adores and why she's very specific about what she puts on her skin. If you listen to Michelle's podcast What's the Tee with RuPaul and Michelle Visage  - and why wouldn't you? - you'll know that Michelle has autoimmune dise...

Anxiety affects nearly a quarter of the population and as it's a topic that has come up more than once during podcasts with my guests I felt it was time to dig a little deeper into the topic. While it's completely normal to experience anxiety you may not be aware that you have it. Instead you may feel as though you're just highly stressed, a bit hormonal or just going through a rough patch. I've s...

Sam Chapman ( @pixiwoos ) and Nic Haste Chapman ( @nixiepixi1 ) have over two million subscribers on their YouTube channel Pixiwoo , created the game-changing makeup brush range Real Techniques and between them have been instrumental in changing how women all over the world do their makeup - forever. They join me on the podcast to tell me how they went from makeup artists to global superstars, how...

Jules von Hep ( @julesvonhep ) is one of the beauty world's best known tanners, is the co-host of the brilliant podcast The Jules and Sarah Show   and also has a must-see YouTube channel. In this episode of the podcast we talk about his role as Global Tanning Director of Tan Luxe ,  how he's become the go-to tanner for A-listers and celebrities and why he set himself a goal of making people feel b...

Sam Baker ( @SamBaker / @theothersambaker ) is Co-Founder and CEO of The Pool . She has edited magazines, written books and four years ago felt there could be a way to give women what they were used to finding in the pages of glossy titles on the more convenient platform of their phones and tablets - enter The Pool .  In this chat with one of the media's most accomplished editors we talk about the...

Carmen Carrera ( @carmen_carrera / @carmen_carrera ) joins me on this episode of the show and we cover a lot of ground. From her blossoming acting career, her Showgirl show, her tireless work as an activist within the LGBTQ community as well as how she navigated her own transition.  I first came to know of Carmen when she appeared in series three of RuPaul's Drag Race , but a lot has changed since...

Leona Lewis ( @leonalewis / @leonalewis ) joins me on the podcast to talk about her role as an Ambassador for the MTV Staying Alive Foundation  and its partnership with Kiehl's . We also discuss happiness, pursuing your passions and overcoming the hurdles we all inevitably face in life. She also explains how pushing herself beyond her comfort zone is the key to personal growth and finding happines...

Anna Whitehouse is Mother Pukka ( @motherpukka / @motherpukka ) and she joins me on the show to talk about her website   www.motherpukka.co.uk ,  being an influencer and why she's a 'foghorn for flexible working' (her words). In our conversation we talk about her early journalistic career, being a mum and what it was that prompted her to start Mother Pukka and why the campaign for flexible working...

You've been sending in emails, DMs and tweets so it seemed timely to answer all your questions in one go in a special 'Ask Me Anything' episode. 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.