Outspoken Beauty

My guest in this episode is beauty royalty. I'm really excited to welcome author, speaker, co-founder of Green & Blacks Chocolate, On The Scent Media AND The Beauty Bible, Josephine Fairley.
In this episode, Jo and I are delving into her brand new book, The Beauty Bible, Iconic Edition.
Jo and Sarah Stacey launched The Beauty Bible in 1996. The idea was to get women to independently trial products and give their honest opinions (much like the Outspoken Beauty Trialling Panel). The results were then shared via their first book The Beauty Bible and later on their website beautybible.com. Now, 30 years later, they've published their final book which features products that have stood the test of time, lots of tips and hints and interviews with some of the industry's greats. It's a book that every beauty lover will adore!
During the episode we chat about Jo's career, her Beauty Bible journey and how the beauty industry has changed over the years. We also delve into the book.
There is nothing about beauty that Jo doesn't know about. She's a true doyenne of the industry.

Beauty editor Perdita Nouril is back and we're chatting about some of the amazing and incredibly inspiring beauty launches we've been to plus why we all need to rediscover Dr Haushka!

In this week's Outspoken Review I'm telling you about:
The most stunning liquid eye-shadow from MAC and why it beats all the others I've tried
A GP's tip for living longer and helping just about every aspect of our health
Autumn fashion
Why I've fallen back in love with Laura Mercier
and lots more....
The third letter in the big beauty competition will be revealed on Sunday xx

Bryony Blake is back for our fortnightly catch up and we've got lots to discuss including September resets and Bryony's amazing experience at the Practical Magic Premiere. We're got some lovely makeup recommendations too.
If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning £1000 worth of makeup goodies make sure you listen out for this episode's letter. Once you have all four, work out the word and leave a comment on @outspokenbeautynicola or DM me. The winner will be picked at random and announced on 30th September 2026.

In this week's Outspoken Review I'm giving you the first of four letters that you'll need to collect in order to be in with a chance of winning £1000 worth of beauty goodies. This is all in celebration of 8 years of the podcast!!*
I'll also be talking about the new Trinny London Fearless Skin Drops and a beautiful illuminating base from the brand Votary. Plus I'll be telling you why The Body Shop are doing some incredible things at the moment and why notepads are so important to me!
Download wherever you get your podcasts.
*Competition t's and c's:
Listen to this and the next three episodes of Outspoken Beauty to collect four letters that make up a word linked to the podcast
Either DM me the word or leave a comment under a post about the competition over on my Insta @outspokenbeautynicola
Tag a friend who you'd like to share the prize with and make sure they're following me
The winner will be picked at random on 30th September 2026.