For episode 11 of series 2 I’m so excited to announce that I’m joined by a dear friend of mine, make-up artist extraordinaire Lucia Pieroni. I interviewed Lucia a couple of weeks before the UK's COVID 19 outbreak in her North West London home and this episode is being released during the UK pandemic lockdown. Lucia and I have shared flats and apartments together and also holidayed together as good friends and as toe dipping yogis. I felt very honoured that she agreed to do the podcast with me as she’s a very private person and rarely gives interviews. We chatted about her youth, and frequenting the famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s as a child, her rise to the top of the fashion industry to become one of the World's leading make-up artists, her recent new edition Teddy the cat, plus her new position as a beauty director that she’s about to embark upon...... oh and just about everything else in between………

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S2 - Ep 11 Guest: Lucia Pieroni Make-up artist & Beauty Director.

I’m joined by the wonderful make-up artist & young entrepreneur Zoë Taylor in this episode. Born and raised in London, Zoë went from studying art & design at college to doing a course on beauty therapy which is where her love of make-up really began. After leaving beauty therapy school she eventually went on to assisting one of the biggest make-up artists in the world before going it alone, and has since forged a career as one of the leading make-up artists in the UK & internationally. She is a mother of 2 children, plus she has now gone on to be an ambassador for Chanel Make-up as well as starting her own lip care brand Tinker Taylor Beauty in 2019. All at the young age of 39.

S2 - Ep 10 Guest: Zoë Taylor. Make-up artist, Mother, Founder of Tinker Taylor Beauty

My guests in this episode are the fabulous Erin O'Connor and Jade Parfitt who both began modelling just after the Kate Moss grunge furore in the early 90's. Like Kate their careers went stratospheric, being shot by the best photographers for the biggest magazines, ad campaigns and walking the runways for the biggest fashion houses in the world. Unlike Kate though, these 2 women were both over 6 feet tall and defined another new era of models, whose looks were so individual that they could never be mistaken for anybody else. In this their virgin podcast interview, they talk to me about how their modelling careers began, their defining moments, motherhood, charity work and working again as models in a new diverse era.....

S2 Ep 9 Guests: Erin O'Connor & Jade Parfitt, 90's Supermodels, Mothers & Philanthropists

Entrepreneur Kathryn Danzey began training in beauty back in 1973 so with over 40 years of experience she has channelled all her expansive knowledge into her multi award winning, family run company Rejuvenated UK and the 3 books she has written. They were the 1st company to come up with idea of a potent collagen drink for general health and well being. In this interview she tells me about her childhood, her training, how Rejuvenated started and where they’re going next, plus how her wealth of knowledge helped her figure out what our bodies need internally in terms of ingredients. She also discusses all the ingredients in Rejuvenated products explaining why we need them. I also somehow got around to discussing my momentary singing career with her.

S2 - Ep 8 Guest: Kathryn Danzey, Founder/MD of Rejuvenated UK, author, mother and entrepreneur.

This episode forms the 3rd and final part of a special trilogy featuring the New York born Francesca Sorrenti. Francesca and I are also joined by our dear friend Karl Plewka, Stylist and editor of Beuaty Papers magazine who I invited to join me to co-host the interview. This special trilogy of interviews, Karl and I have chose to call "The Godmother" Like Mario Puzo’s fictional Sicilian-American family of the The Godfather series, the Sorrentis are to fashion what the Corleones were to organised crime. Part 2 ended with Francesca about to explain why she put her camera down for the last time. We pick up on her story from that point, which was not long after her son Davide passed away. Francesca takes us through to the current day with this final part So sit down, put your feet up and get super comfortable, for this 3rd and final part of Francesca’s epic story.

S2 EP 7 PT 3 OF 3 Guest Francesca Sorrenti from stylist to photography to fashion mother.

This episode forms the 2nd part of a special trilogy of interviews featuring the amazing New York born, stylist turned photographer, mother and curator, Francesca Sorrenti. Francesca and I are also joined on this trilogy by our dear friend Karl Plewka, Stylist and Editor of Beauty Papers magazine who I invited to join me to co-host the interview. This special Trilogy of interviews, Karl and I have chosen to call 'The Godmother' Like Mario Puzo’s fictional Sicilian-American family of the The Godfather series, the Sorrentis are to fashion what the Corleones were to organised crime. We left part one with Francesca being asked if she wanted to go and work for Fiorucci…….. This episode continues her story with the answer to that question and a whole lot more So sit down again, get even more comfortable, and enjoy part 2

S2 - EP 7 PT 2 of 3. Guest: Francesca Sorrenti from stylist to photographer to fashion mother.

This episode forms the 1st part of a special trilogy featuring the escapades of the amazing Francesca Sorrenti. Francesca and I are also joined on this trilogy by our dear friend Karl Plewka, stylist and editor of Beauty Papers magazine who I invited to join me to do the interview. This special Trilogy of interviews I have chosen to call The Godmother. Like Mario Puzo’s fictional Sicilian-American family of the The Godfather series, the Sorrentis are to fashion what the Corleones were to organised crime. It all began with a girl from Brooklyn called Francesca whose epic story commences in the vibrant music scene of Manhattan in the late sixties. Fran, as she is know to her friends, later gave birth to Mario, now a legendary fashion photographer, Vanina, a stylist & photographic artist and the late Davide, a searingly brilliant young photographer whose untimely death in Feb 1997 has led Fran to campaign for the protection and treatment of young people in the fashion industry. Now a recent documentary, book and exhibition of Davide’s work have received critical acclaim and as the Sorrenti dynasty reaches it’s 3rd generation, as Mario’s photographer daughter Gray’s star begins to ascend, now seems like the perfect time to hear Fran’s story from the beginning. And it is a blockbuster of The Godfather proportions. So sit down, get comfortable, and enjoy part 1

S2 - EP 7 PART 1. Guest: Francesca Sorrenti from stylist to photographer to fashion mother.

My guest in this episode is the lovely and amazing Dr. Michael Brady. Michael is a very important Doctor within the UK's NHS and husband to celebrity hairstylist Mathew Soobroy. In April 2019 Michael was appointed as the first ever National Advisor for LGBTQ+ Health with the aim being to reduce health inequalities for LGBTQ+ communities and improve their experience of health and social care. After studying Medicine in Nottingham and moving around the UK with the NHS, he ended up at the Kings College Hospital in Brixton, South London, as a HIV and sexual health consultant. Michael eventually became clinical lead for Sexual Health services at Kings College Hospital and also a trustee of the Terrence Higgins Trust (the largest HIV and sexual health charity in Europe) where in 2007 he was appointed as their first Medical Director. I met Michael in my home in London to chat about his life, HIV and why he took on his newly created role for the UK.

S2 - EP 6 Guest: Dr. Michael Brady, The UK's 1st National Advisor for LGBTQ+ Health

I met Zoe in her south London studio where we chatted about her growing up in the south of England, starting out as a hairdresser turned entrepreneur manicurist and co-founder of Nail Rocks, suffering from depression, and recovering from that through learning to up-cycle furniture and unexpectedly turning it into a new business which lead to her also becoming a TV presenter too.

S2 - Ep 5 Guest: Zoe Pocock former manicurist to Luxecycler, Founder of Muck N Brass & TV presenter

In this episode my guest is Danny Gray founder of War Paint for Men. Danny grew up just outside of London and began to suffer from body dysmorphic disorder in his early teenage years. On leaving school he went from creating his own bouncing castle hire company to becoming a travelling salesman, until his mental health issues manifested and began to get in the way. After taking time to try and deal with them he decided to start a men’s make-up line, based on the fact, from a teenager he wore make-up himself to cover up teenage spots. In this interview Danny talks about his early personal struggles, how he deals with them and how he’s gone on to create one of the newest, fastest growing, influential brands the beauty industry has seen in a while, plus he shares his experience about appearing on the BBC TV’s Dragons Den. Check out War Paint for Men on the website https://warpaintformen.com

S2 - EP 4 Guest: Danny Gray founder of War Paint for Men, Contestant on Dragon's Den

My guests on this episode are the amazing, make-up artists and Youtube sensations, sisters Sam Chapman and Nicola Chapman Haste, aka Pixiwoo. Born in Essex and growing up in Norwich, Sam and Nic grew up with domestic violence in their childhood home. Overcoming these troubled early years with amazing support from their mother they both followed the same m-up route, studying at college, then going on to work for MAC Cosmetics and Estee Lauder. In 2008, during the latter stages of pregnancy, Sam posted her first Youtube tutorial video. Its popularity led her to invite her sister to join in on future videos, and so Pixiwoo was born. They’ve gone on to be become known as the most influential family in Britain, as quoted by the Times Newspaper magazine when they appeared on the cover in Jan 2019. Sam and Nic came to meet me in my London home to chat about their childhood, their early careers, what corners they’ve been forced to turn due to health issues and talk about what they’re planning to do next.

S2 - EP 3 Guest: Sam & Nic Chapman AKA Pixiwoo Make Up Artists/Youtube stars.

In this episode I'm joined by the courageous and unbelievably inspiring 19 year old Ben West. Ben lost his 15 year old brother Sam in Jan 2018 after Sam tragically took his own life, on what was a normal Sunday evening at their family home. Following this terribly sad incident, Ben decided to channel his grief into saving others the same pain he and his family have suffered, through campaigning for mandatory training in mental health first aid, for all educators of the UK’s young people, With the help of friends he organised a walk to raise awareness and funds for the foundation set up in Sam's name, plus he created a campaign and petition on change.org calling for this mandatory training. Aiming for 15,000 signatures the campaign to date is now just shy of 300,000 signatures and has since been presented to the UK’s prime minister, surrounded by huge amounts of press. The work Ben and his friends have done has lead to Ben being nominated and winning many awards this year for his phenomenal work. Ben talks to me about what happened, his charity work, the awards, and how the campaign is about to spread much further afield. To support Bens campaign go to www.benwest.org.uk and to sign the petition go to www.change.org/p/saveourstudents To donate to the Sam West Foundation go to www.samwestfoundation.org and you can follow Ben on Instagram. His account is @Iambenwest

S2 - Ep 2 Guest: Ben West, Multi Award winning 19yr Old Mental Health Campaigner

My guest on this episode is Serena Rees MBE. Serena grew up in Central London working various jobs, and in 1994, tired of seeing women dressed in drab undergarments - came up with the idea to start a lingerie store in partnership with her then husband Joe Corré, son of Vivienne Westwood. That store was Agent Provocateur. The first shop was on Broadwick Street in Soho London. Agent Provocateur grew into a brand spanning into 13 different countries with over 30 stores. Following Serena & Joe’s divorce the company was sold in 2007. Since then Serena started Cocomaya, a bakery and chocolatier with several branches in London, which eventually closed, and in May 2017 she founded Les Girls Les Boys, a men’s, women’s and unisex underwear meets street wear label. I met Serena in her London home to chat about her recent new venture. Check out Les Girls Les Boys on their website: https://lesgirlslesboys.com//

S2 - EP 1 Guest: Serena Rees MBE Founder of Agent Provocateur & Les Girls Les Boys

My guest on this episode is Karl Plewka, legendary fashion stylist, consultant, and the current editor of Beauty Papers Magazine in the UK. He regularly collaborated with our dear friend, iconic photographer Corinne Day on numerous shoots from Vogue magazine through to iD. On August 28th 2019, exactly 9 years to the day of the passing of Corinne, we were sat in my flat having a conversation. reminiscing about meeting, knowing, collaborating and working with Corinne, raising a little toast to her and talking about her legacy that will continue forever. We decided that our conversation would make for a good podcast episode. Corinne has a website where you can view her work www.corinneday.co.uk plus you can see her images and regular new posts on the Corinne Day Instagram account @corinnedayofficial

Ep - Special "In Bed With Neil Moodie" with guest Karl Plewka talking about Corinne Day

My guest on this episode is Bay Garnett who was born in Bath, is a stylist, author, editor, wife and mother of 2 She studied art history and modern history at the University of Exeter gaining her first work experience in Venice and New York In the 90’s Bay co-launched the New York version of underground, anti-fashion magazine Cheap Date, which began in London The magazine was completely based around Thrift store clothing ( or second hand clothing as it was then known in the UK) . She went on to became a contributor to British Vogue in the 2000’s and has consulted on many big fashion brands bringing to them, her unique fashion sense. Her thrift store style has won her the unofficial title of The Queen of Thrift, and currently she is contributing fashion editor to the UK weekly, and award winning supplement ES Magazine. Bay also currently styles the Oxfam fashion show, which is the UK charity whose commitment is to fighting poverty.

S1 - Ep 10 “In Bed With Neil Moodie” with guest Bay Garnett

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