The Emma Guns Show

Alison Young (@aliyoungbeauty) joins me to talk about her incredible career in beauty. She has over thirty years experience, is QVC's longest serving presenter and has sold an estimated £500m of beauty products - it's quite the career, and in this intimate chat we discuss where and how it all started, why she was the original beauty blogger and the huge changes she's seen in the beauty landscape since she started over three decades ago.I also quiz Alison about the 'snake oils' she's seen come and go, how her personal approach to skincare, in particular, has changed over the years and the products she thinks actually work.We also talk about her new channel and website where she's funnelling all her expertise into helpful tutorials, all of which can be found at Alison Young Beauty.To join the closed Facebook group mentioned in the show click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.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.

After the success of habit number 6 and intermittent fasting, I'm going to embark on another eating pattern that promises similar health benefits. While weight loss may be one side effect of the ketogenic diet, there's also a lot of evidence to suggest other physical and mental benefits such as improved clarity and increased physical endurance.I'm a card-carrying yo-yoer, I succeed at restricted calorie intake and intense exercise that eventually becomes unsustainable and am keen to find a way of eating that gives me long-term health benefits and helps me look the way I feel happy with without being an all-or-nothing approach.Here's the link to the ketone strips I'll be using during this #26habits >> Just Fitter Ketone Test Strips.If you want to join the conversation head over to the Facebook Group here >> The Emma Guns Show on Facebook.To view the #26habits back catalogue visit The Pool.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.

Clemmie Hooper (@mother_of_daughters) joins me to talk about her new book How to Grow A Baby Journal, the follow up to her best-selling How to Grow a Baby* (*and push it out).In this episode we talk about the blog, Gas & Air, that started it all, how she always knew she was going to be a midwife and what it's really like to go viral. To join the Facebook group for this podcast click here >> The Emma Guns Show: Forum. 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.

Have I successfully limited my phone use? In this update episode I update you as to whether setting rules around how and when I use my phone has reduced the amount of time I spend on my phone every day. I was clocking up six hours or more a day and in this show I tell you whether I've managed to bring that down to something that's less horrifying that a quarter of the entire day...To get in touch with the show email me on thebeautypodcast@gmail.com, follow me on instagram and twitter where I'm @emmaguns or join the Facebook group for the podcast here >> Facebook Forum.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.

Phones are wonderful, aren't they? What used to be about making calls is now much more about having the internet, and therefore the entire world, within arms reach. I love my phone, but possibly a little too much. In fact, I'm pretty sure I'm addicted and with research and statistics showing that this sort of addiction can affect your physical and mental health, it's time to put some limits in place so I don't fall foul of the luxury of having everything at my fingertips.It was Sali Hughes feature on The Pool - Smartphone Addiction made me anxious, restless and muddled - that left me with no doubt I had an issue with how much I was using my phone, whether that was to actually do something or just to while away the time.So, for my seventh #26habits I'm going to be putting limits on when I use my phone, will be changing a little-known setting to make it much less desirable, turning off a very specific function (clue: it's the one apps and sites always ask you turn on) and putting some physical distance between me and my device.If you want to email me simply drop me a line to thebeautypodcast@gmail.com, to follow me on social media I'm @emmaguns and to join the Facebook forum for the podcast simply click this link >> The Emma Guns Show Forum.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.

In a slightly different format from usual I'm handing over the show to my dear friend Jules von Hep. Jules was a guest on the show in 2017 and his outlook was a big hit with listeners, in the main because Jules' default setting is 'happy'. But being this happy is something Jules has worked hard at and in this talk he reveals his journey to contentment and how you can join him.Jules (@julesvonhep) has recently launched his own tanning range Isle of Paradise which you can follow on instagram at @theisleofparadise and has not one, but two podcasts with Sarah Powell (@thissarahpowell) - Jules and Sarah The Podcast and Wobble.If you want to get in touch with me, you can email me at thebeautypodcast@gmail.com or if you want to join the closed Facebook forum click here >> The Emma Guns Show - The Forum or follow me on social where I'm @emmaguns.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.

Having gone from eating roughly three meals a day, whenever I please, with a snack thrown in here and there, how has changing my eating pattern and adopting the 16:8 rule of intermittent fasting been going? That's what I reveal in this update episode of the podcast with insight on hunger pangs, how it has affected my gym sessions, the quality of my sleep and more.To join in the conversation over in the Facebook Forum click here >> The Emma Guns Show Forum or if you want to send me an email please send it to thebeautypodcast@gmail.comDon't forget I've teamed up with The Pool where you can find all episodes of #26habits and right back to the beginning of 2018. 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.

I'm so thrilled to welcome broadcaster and presenter Sarah Powell (@thissarahpowell) onto the show to talk about everything from body confidence and managing anxiety to love and friendships. We also discuss her two podcasts The Jules and Sarah Podcast and Wobble. Both are co-hosted with Jules von Hep (@julesvonhep) and are a must if you want a little more happiness and positivity in your life. If you want to get in touch with the show email me thebeautypodcast@gmail.comHey! 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.

You know the expression 'like a kid in a candy store'? Is that how many of us are eating these days? Over-stimulated, over-stretched and leaning on food not only for sustenance, but relief and comfort wherever and whenever we want...As a card-carrying emotional eater I've found that the only times in my life I've ever had any control over my weight is when I'm eating within a strict structure and that 'structure' usually means a rigid regime of counting points, macros, weighing my food, measuring every ingredient to the micro mg, cutting out entire food groups, blending my meals into some sort of 'shake' that could be better described as sludge and more - all of which is unsustainable in the long-term. I've been reading more and more about intermittent fasting (IF) and the benefits are seemingly endless and require little more effort than setting yourself an 'eating window' and sticking to it. Traditional eating habits include a breakfast, lunch and dinner with snacks inbetween and you could time these meals at 8am, 1pm and 8pm or thereabouts. With IF the eating window is 12pm to 8pm.Tune in to find out how I'm going to ease my way into IF from otherwise random eating habits and what the real benefits might be to making this slight change to my eating patterns. 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.

Sali Hughes (@salihughes) and Jo Jones (@joljones) join me on this episode to talk about their initiative Beauty Banks (@beautybanks), a non-profit organisation committed to eradicating hygiene poverty in Britain for good. We discuss the reality of people in Britain today making a choice between food and hygiene, how Sali's trip to a homeless shelter in Cardiff while recording a documentary for the BBC highlighted the issue of hygiene poverty, what homelessness really means in the UK today and much more, including how you can get involved with Beauty Banks...All of the links of where to send donations, how you can get involved and to find the Beauty Banks wish list are in Sali's piece for The Pool here >> People living in poverty need toiletries and beauty products. Here's how to help.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.