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Beauty Fix with Naomi Shimada

Model and author Naomi Shimada meets the people from the world of fashion and beauty who know how to get their beauty fix, while showing that beauty is anything but fixed.

Sounds,33 episodes

Episodes

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Ageless Fashion with Zandra Rhodes
Model Naomi Shimada speaks to one of her personal fashion icons.
30 Apr 2021,27 mins
Nail Transphobia with Charlie Craggs
Model Naomi Shimada talks manicures, myths and dream salons with the nail art activist.
23 Apr 2021,40 mins,
Carefree body hair with Deba Hekmat
Naomi Shimada meets fellow model Deba Hekmat, who's stopped caring about body hair.
16 Apr 2021,21 mins
Unfiltered Beauty with Kadeeja Khan
Model Naomi Shimada talks to the beauty blogger about dropping the filter.
09 Apr 2021,22 mins
Bald is Beautiful with Emmy Combs
Model Naomi Shimada chats with the TikTok sensation and special effects make-up artist.
02 Apr 2021,22 mins
Inclusive Make-up with The Plastic Boy
Model Naomi Shimada speaks to a pioneering blogger about beauty without boundaries.
26 Mar 2021,27 mins
Fashion for Everybody with Sinéad Burke
Model Naomi Shimada meets the former teacher schooling the fashion industry on disability
19 Mar 2021,30 mins
Sustainable Beauty with Dr. Richard Blackburn
Model Naomi Shimada asks if it's possible to go green in our beauty routines.
12 Mar 2021,30 mins
Celebrating Skin Tone with Tan France
Naomi Shimada asks why the beauty industry is still throwing shade on darker skin tones.
05 Mar 2021,40 mins
Embracing Natural Hair with Ebonee Davis
Naomi Shimada speaks to a fellow model and activist about embracing her natural Afro hair
26 Feb 2021,31 mins,
What makes you feel beautiful?
Get your beauty fix but know that beauty is anything but fixed.
19 Feb 2021,3 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Fashionable Face Masks with Smruti Sriram
Model Charli Howard meets a woman on a mission to make masks sustainable and stylish.
14 Aug 2020,32 mins,
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Sustainable Trainers with Veja
Model Charli Howard meets one brand working towards a step change in sneakers.
07 Aug 2020,30 mins,
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Buy Now Pay Later with Eve Obasuyi
Model Charli Howard learns how to get the get-up we want, without getting into debt.
31 Jul 2020,27 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Sustainable Costume with Sinéad Kidao
Model Charli Howard meets the designer taking costume change to a whole new level.
24 Jul 2020,30 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Activewear with Grace Beverley
Model Charli Howard asks how what we wear to work out is working out for the planet.
17 Jul 2020,26 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Adaptive Fashion with Jillian Mercado
Model Charli Howard meets the activist remodelling fashion for people with disabilities.
10 Jul 2020,33 mins,
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Vegan Fashion with Evanna Lynch
Model Charli Howard gets her head around the vogue for vegan fashion.
03 Jul 2020,33 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Gender Fluid Fashion with Kyle De'Volle
Model Charli Howard finds out why gender fluidity is always in fashion for one stylist.
26 Jun 2020,34 mins,
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Sustainable Fashion with Amy Powney
Model Charli Howard learns how high fashion is setting trends for sustainability.
19 Jun 2020,33 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Body Positive and Planet Positive with Daisy Lowe
Charli Howard meets a fellow ‘curve’ model turned Extinction Rebellion campaigner.
12 Jun 2020,29 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Get your fashion fix while fixing the world
Looking good, doing good and feeling good.
05 Jun 2020,2 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Fashion Boycott with Laura Krarup Frandsen and Rachel Clowes
Charli Howard considers whether to boycott - or not to boycott - the fashion industry.
22 Nov 2019,37 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Low Pay in High Fashion with @FashionAssistants and Giulia Mensitieri
Model and activist Charli Howard learns about the highs and lows of luxury fashion.
15 Nov 2019,33 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Microplastics with Cyrill Gutsch and Dr Mark Browne
Charli Howard learns about microplastics and active wear made of recycled ocean plastic.
08 Nov 2019,40 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Garment Worker Rights with Kalpona Akter and Good On You
Charli Howard hears first-hand about life in a garment factory in Bangladesh.
01 Nov 2019,46 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Ethical Denim with Molly Hopwood and Tansy Hoskins
Charli Howard looks on the bright side - and dark side - of denim, for people and planet.
25 Oct 2019,54 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Models and #MeToo with Kristina Romanova
Charli Howard meets a model on a mission to end abuse in fashion after #MeToo.
18 Oct 2019,30 mins,
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Vintage Fashion with @internetgirl
On a mission to mend fashion, model Charli Howard embraces thrift not throwaway.
11 Oct 2019,33 mins
Fashion Fix with Charli Howard
Fashion Fix: Modest Fashion with Mariah Idrissi
Model and activist Charli Howard meets the model who made modest fashion mainstream.
04 Oct 2019,29 mins