The Outspoken Review - Spritzing the Rabbit, Cerebral Fragrances and The Cooling Shower Gel of Dreams

I am sitting here writing up this week's Outspoken Review in my knickers. I'm sweating in places that I didn't know could sweat and I'm frequently spritzing the poor, over-heated rabbit with water.Anyway, heat aside, I have some lovely products to tell you about this week including a brilliant SPF, the best tinted lip balm (that I've been using as a highlighter too), minty freshness from Neom, some mind-blowing fragrances and two simple but impressive recipes.Enjoy fellow Outspoken Beauties xx

In this episode I'm chatting to cosmetic scientist and The Good Housekeeping Institute's Innovation Tester Juliet Heaton.Juliet is in charge of rigorously testing products against their claims in the Institute's lab to make sure that they actually deliver on their claims.During the episode we have a really interesting chat about how clever marketing can lead us to believe things about our beauty products that simply aren't true and why some of the social media personalities who recommend things to us may be aligned with brands or at a basic level, recommend products that work for their skin but that are useless for us.Juliet's job is to use tech that can really prove (or mis-prove) product claims and tell us about the brands and products that stand out and will deliver on their promises.We also chat about the inaugural GHI Believe In Beauty Awards, the winners of which which have now been announced. We'll chat about some of the winners and whzt makes the products stand out.This is such a great episode and in a world of too much information and choice, it will help you find the beauty products that really work.

In this week's Outspoken Review I have some real treats in store... the most beautiful, glowy SPF and another game-changer that has been 6 years in the making.I'll also tell you all about the absolutely beautiful new Acqua di Parma discovery kit , my fabulous sound bath experience, why I'm not really enjoying the "clean girl aesthetic" at the moment and lots more.

Scientist, dietician and author Dr Emily Leeming is back for another incredible episode about our gut health and this time we're chatting about fibre. Whilst on paper fibre sounds pretty boring, Emily is here to prove that it is quite the opposite. There is so much research showing just how vital it is for our health and wellbeing and Emily is here to tell us about all the latest scientific findings and how we can apply them easily to our own diets.Emily is never about taking food away but about adding bits here and there that add up to make a big difference. She'll tell you more about this during the episode.Emily also talks about her new book Fibre Power which is a must read. It's full of easy tips, tricks and recipes and I recommend it wholeheartedly.What a brilliant and important episode this is!

In this week's Outspoken Review I'm talking about:My experience of the new Lisa Eldridge cheek and lip balmA shampoo and conditioner that are making my hair look amazing and healthA new moisturising face mist that I can't get enough ofThe power of Baobaband lots more

I am so excited to finally be able to publish this episode with the utterly brilliant GP and media health spokesperson Dr Anisha Patel.Anisha had always been a GP who specialised in women's health and then in 2018 she was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer and it made her even more certain that she wanted to make a difference. Since then she has made it her absolute mission to help us navigate our health by delivering factually correct information, tackling misinformation and raising awareness of a broad range of issues including women’s health, menopause, cancer, mental health and well-being to people of all backgrounds.Like me, Dr Anisha is also an ambassador for the life-changing charity The Eve Appeal. Every May is "Get Lippy month" where they work extra hard to raise awareness of the five types of gynaecological cancers, raise as much money as possible for the vital research they contribute to (and their support for women) AND this month they're pushing against medical misinformation online.In this episode, Anisha and I are talking about her own journey and then move on to talking through the five types of cancer and all the things we women should be looking out for. We go on to talk about how to navigate misinformation and to advocate for ourselves with our drs.Thank you SO much to The Eve Appeal for all that they do and for making this episode possible. If you would like to Get Lippy and get vital information check out the Eve Appeal website here.

In this week's Outspoken Review I'll be chatting about:Josh Fletcher's incredible new bookWhat the amazing aesthetician Pam Marshall thinks of the Zip HaloThe new MAC liquid eyeshadowsLaura Geller makeupA phenomenal foot cream for members of the Foot Improvement Society.

Yay! It's Bryony Blake time and she has got loads of makeup wisdom to share with us.We're also talking about:My strange experience with a psychicMen's dressing gownsInfluencer eventsand the crazy world of AIEnjoy Outspoken Beauties :0)

Beauty editor Perdita Nouril returns and this week we're talking about Cult Beauty's decision to pull their ads from GB News, how AI is already causing issues in the beauty marketing space and we're also hearing about Perdi's big interview with a Spice Girl!

In this week's edition of The Outspoken Review I'm telling you about:My Charlotte Tilbury makeover and the products I choseA great spray for helping with back and arm spotsA beautiful lip liner that doesn't budgeA phenomenal pedicure that gets rid of dead skin more effectively than any others I've tried.Enjoy!