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RUBY MOON BRAS: INNOVATIVE, ETHICAL AND COMFORTABLE EVERYDAY BRA Up with women, fish and boobs! Jo Godden witnessed first hand the dire cost of our fashion in far off climes: cast off dye dumped into the water supply, young women practically slaves to the manufacture of lingerie. RubyMoon makes ethical designer swim & active wear…

Miss Hope Springs  Josephine goes behind the sequins and the grease paint (read: Flora!) to meet the real, live, back-from-Vegas Miss Hope Springs! See Miss Hope Springs at her monthly show at  Crazy Coqs  https://www.brasseriezedel.com/crazy-coqs Follow https://twitter.com/followmisshope @followmisshope  FB https://www.facebook.com/misshopesprings/ LOVED THIS? Go to www.radiogorgeous for even MORE….

    Nicki Bannerman chats to Carol Smillie about perfect pants!  https://www.diarydoll.com https://twitter.com/diarydoll/ @DiaryDoll

Fashion on the Ration JULIE SUMMERS Author of the Week PART ONE  In part one of this two part interview, Julie Summers covers what the middle-aged woman was wearing. Was it mutton dressed as lamb, or just mutton? Fashion on the Ration has just come out in paperback do buy it! Listen to Part 2…

  Athena Network – Meet the Women who LOVE IT! Independent business owners Lizzie Nichol, Narmeen and Joanne Bonnett talk to Josephine about how the Athena Network has supported and helped them grow their businesses as well as a little known fact about marriage licenses.   Contact Narmeen for a spare set of hands for…

A Simple Meditation Practice with Karen Ruimy In this programme former financier turned spiritual author Karen Ruimy remembers her childhood in Casablanca and Paris. Exploring the importance of being in touch with our inner child in order to reach our full potential she ends with a meditation that enables us to do just that!  …

    GORGEOUS HEALTH & WELLBEING Sue Moxley Beauty, Singing Celebrity & THE MENOPAUSE with Nicki Bannerman Self made Essex woman, Sue Moxley tells Nicki Bannerman that while she is not adverse to the touch of botox here and fillers there, when it comes to menopause, she recommends the all natural personalised bioidentical hormone therapy. Her…

SANDRA COOKE MAKE UP  Sandra Cooke tells us about her life as an international make up artist. She tells Nicky Kidner ideas for a capsule make up collection and her  typical  day with the models and photographers which she claims is not glamorous.  www.saintlukeartists.com/ http://www.sandracooke.net https://www.instagram.com/sandracooke/

Gaylia Kristensen was all set to retire when polypeptide and protein technology got her so excited she set about creating a results focused all natural product range for face and hands. It was picked up by the Mandarin Oriental Spa Prague and it has spread from there. Celebrity facialist and founder of on-line distributor Kloodos, Julie Cichocki,…

Gary Cockerill takes us around FENWICKS beauty hall and tells us about SIMPLY GLAMOROUS his make up book. Gary described being in the beauty hall in Fenwicks of Bond Street “Like being in Charlie & The Chocolate Factory” He could have devoured everything! He was so excited about the products Gary gives us beauty tips…

Gary Cockerill Makeup Tips & SIMPLY GLAMOROUS Man Week on Radio Gorgeous. “There’s a little Glenn Close in there…God, if Gary’s mum can do that and look amazing then so could I,” says Gary about his 74 year old mum’s make over featured in his book. His everyday life includes doing hair and make-up for…

Gary Cockerill From Coal Dust to Stardust Gary Cockerill talks about his life before and after his success as a top makeup artist. He tells us about working in a coal mine in Doncaster to earn the money to come to London. And being the first gay married couple on the front of OK Magazine…

 STYLE FOREVER Alyson Walsh   The elegant and effervescent Alyson Walsh has long been a fashionista but started wondering what happens after 40? How do we stay stylish? She started a blog: That’s Not My Age, The Grownup Guide to Great Style; highlighting the supposedly invisible middle age and beyond women of considerable style. The blog decided to…

Beautiful Bras Post Surgery – WOMANZONE. Beautiful Bras Post Surgery – WOMANZONE Embrace your breasts! If we paid as much attention to our breasts and health as we do to facebook, we’d catch cancer sooner! Marita Louis has dedicated the last 30 years of her life to fitting prosthesis’, bras and made-to-measure swimwear for women after breast surgery. A cancer diagnosis and breast surgery can be devastating but Marita encourages us to check and check and check! and stay positive. Embrace your breasts! If we paid as much attention to our breasts and health as we do to facebook, we’d catch cancer sooner! Marita Louis has dedicated the last 30 years of her life to fitting prosthesis’, bras and made-to-measure swimwear for women after breast surgery. A cancer diagnosis and breast surgery can be devastating but Marita encourages us to check and check and check! and stay positive. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so #wearitpink on October 23.

The A to Zen of Yoga by Sarah Tucker Wellbeing: Sara Tucker, our intrepid travel journalist, is also an experienced yogi. She has written the A to Zen of Yoga, a practical guide for the inflexible and non-spiritual to the bendy mystics among us. The book is organised around the different postures and what they can do…

Can you be a VEGAN and have muscles? Meet Maria Franzen Personal Trainer  Maria Franzen was married and a size 18. One day when her daughter was small her husband left her. This kick started Maria into completely changing her life, her diet, her image and her regime. She specialises in body sculpting and took…

Emma Woolf Letting Go – How to Heal Your Hurt, Love Your Body and Transform Your Life. Emma Woolf writer and presenter of Supersize V Superskinny talks to Josephine about Letting Go which is one of the hardest things she has ever done. Letting Go How to Heal Your Hurt, Love Your Body and Transform Your…

Carol Collins Image Consultants.  Carol is interviewed here by our gorgeous new reporter Nicki Bannerman. Carol tells us about her long spanning career as a fashion PR for Harrods and more. http://www.carolcollinsimage.com/ @ccimage Love our PODCASTS? Keep up to date by SIGNING UP to our mail out… www.radiogorgeous.com

 Face Matters – Sally Curson  After 20 years in the beauty business, Sally Curson wanted a skin product that actually did what it said on the tin so she founded Face Matters. She uses all natural products and a high concentration of essential oils – for both for their aroma and effectiveness – blended with mineral silicon for…

Heirloom Jewelers Ruth Donaldson believes that we should be wearing beautiful, affordable jewellery today that will be the heirlooms of tomorrow. She teaches Donna and Josephine how to spot a diamond and introduces her unique jewellery service. http://www.heirloomlondon.co.uk/ @HeirloomLondon Do you love HEALTH AND BEAUTY? So do we. Keep up to date HERE… www.radiogorgeous.com