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0:20This is Stylish, the podcast for all things fashion, lifestyle, brand and beauty. My name is Madison Sullivan Thorpe. I am joined, as always, by my co-hosts, Joanna Fleming and Annika Joshi-Smith. Hello, everybody. We can't lie. We've tried to do this intro about five times. We're having some tech issues today. So if we get the sillies, it's because of that. If I ever have to intro this podcast in the next seven days, I'm going to scream. Yeah. How are we, ladies, anyway? We're good. Look, we do want to say a little note to our Victorians. We just are really feeling heavy at the moment. There are some horrendous bushfires throughout the state of Victoria where we record from.

0:59And our hearts are really with everyone at the moment. Just absolutely devastating for those across different states, you know, probably seeing the news, but just wanted to send our love. Absolutely. But on a lighter note, we are going to do our weekly podcast as we usually do. And look, I don't want to call us fortune tellers, but I think you'd be within your rights to though, Madison. Do you know what? Thank you, Joanna. I love that we've gone with full names too. As predicted on the Stylish podcast, as predicted on the Stylish podcast, Road Beauty is launching in Australia and New Zealand coinciding with Mrs Hayley Beaver's trip to Sydney for Vogue's Forces of Fashion.

1:44February 12th, we will be able to get our little mitts on the products that we have long been US freight forwarding, getting friends who are visiting the States to get for us, pre-shipping to the UK when we're on vacay. It's time, ladies. How are we feeling? Well, our audience were very invested in this. I know we were getting a lot of DMs from our audience being like, can't wait for you guys to talk about this. So everyone's so keen about this announcement. And before it actually launched, I saw a few TikToks that had preemptively seen that there was a landing page. The girls are serving, aren't they?

2:17Yeah. I must admit, I did feel a little bit sorry for whoever was in like the SEO team who probably was just trying to do the right thing from the back end. Look, give the flowers where they're due. Kudos to Mecca here. I know we sat on this podcast when Glossier launched, I believe it was in July July 2024 and said, look, does this feel a bit laid? It feels like we should have maybe done this three years ago. I'll give the props to Mecca. This is very timely. I mean, the UK launched mere months ago. It's a big get as well for a brand that is in Sephora to then be launching with Mecca in Australia.

2:50It's big. It's huge. I am just so pumped because every time I go to the US, I will literally go to Sephora and do my absolute best to get the most coveted products. they're always sold out like it's so impossible to get your hands on these products that I'm just so so so excited I'm so excited for Aussie girls to get it too because there's so much hype and excitement around it and we always are sort of I feel like we're always the last little country to get it but not in this case I was so obsessed with trying road that when I went over to the states with my girlfriend Beck we actually pre-ordered everything we wanted to be shipped to the hotel so that we knew that we had eight nights there and that it would at least get there but we were like Christmas morning when it got there.

3:31We were like ripping parcels upon, like trying lip shapers and lip peptides. But we thought like in the world of just mass consumerism, we would just tell you like our one favourite road product. Yeah. Jo hasn't tried it yet, so I'm excited for her to try it when it does land. But Annika and I are like we've gone and spent all the money, so now we're going to help you save from like the splurge when it arrives. Annika, what's your go-to? Absolutely hands down the glazing milk. It is the most beautiful, lightweight, dewy toner that can be worn kind of just as a base and really set your makeup. All just worn as is.

4:05All mixed in with your foundations, which is something that I love to do, even with like a creamy bronzer. And it has the most skin-like finish. Like I am so obsessed with this product. And it's making me want to try the glazing mist, which I haven't yet tried. But that will be next added to cut. I've got that. It's very good. Okay, what's yours? I don't know why I whispered that. I've got it. Like cheeky little secret. it. Okay. So look, I really debated whether it was going to be the blush or the peptide lip shaper, but ultimately I've gone with the lip shaper because you know, I'm kind of in my lip liner era and you did kind of steal that from me as your beauty swap for the year.

4:41So I had to say that I was also in my eyeliner era. Two things can be true in the wise words of Rhiannon Joyce, but twist and lunge are two of my favorite shades. I actually kind of use these like a lippy. Like I I do one just on the outside, which is a little bit more bronzy and one that's a little bit more peachy rosy on the inside. Okay. And I'm just, I love them. Okay, I'll be adding Lister Cart and I'll be trying this as well. I want to buy the lip treatment because I want to compare it to my$100 lip balm and see if I can replace that. Do you know what, Jo? I actually think that you and everyone else, I think that'll be the first product that gets added to Cart.

5:14I think it'll be a hot tie for top sellers to be that and the glazing milk. Agree. I think the Glazy Milk will be sold out in minutes. Yeah. But also now that I don't need to get that from the US, when are you going to New York, Mads? April. Can I get you to get a stock of Lemmy Sleep, please? Yes. You can no longer get it in Australia. April's addicted to it. We need it. Do you know what? I'll take a second suitcase and bring back some Lemmy for you. Yeah, thank you. Appreciate that. And you know what? If you guys actually want to have like a hot take on an honest review on all of the products, Emily Algard, the beauty editor over at Rush, She just did a full download on all of her favourite products and she really gave like quite honest coveted reviews.

5:51So definitely check it out. I think Claire Bridget also did something on her YouTube as well. Nice. Yeah. Love it. Go off Aussie beauty YouTube-y TikTok-y Instagram-y girlies. I'm like whatever. I just, yeah, I'm excited. Girlies love road. Yeah, I am girly. Girlies me. Girlies me. We told you we had the sillies. All right. Today we are sharing our stylish resolutions for 2026, whether hobbies are the new luxury and whether those vibration plates that you're all seeing all over your social media actually work. But what do we want to swap in first this week, Annika? I'm looking at you. I love that you're looking at me because we played musical chairs last week and I got rotated out of my number one spot.

6:32So I'm very happy to be back here. Let us know how you feel. Hello. Hello. Welcome back. This is my channel. Anyway, at 31 weeks pregnant, your girl over here is waddling. She is in her Adam Sandler era. And trust me, this is a thing. Today I look like Jasmine or Aladdin. She's wearing heels. She's in it. Because the feet are so swollen and I've been told that your feet actually expand in pregnancy and they don't go back to normal, this is an issue. So my tabbies will be up for grabs so mad. We were talking about this off mic. What size are you? 38. I'm at 39. We'll make it work. Make it work.

7:02Make it work. Stretch. I'll take them. Give them a stretch. so I'm at that point now where I really okay because we've been on holidays I haven't really cared about what I look like like anything goes comfort is key but we're back in the office we're back to work I work in fashion for god's sake so I've got to look good trying my bloody best and I've been referencing so many pregnancy specific like influences and talent and creators that I'm now thinking about postpartum me she's not far away and I'm thinking about the cool girls who I follow already, who I look to for inspiration, your regular girlies who are just fucking cool, and I've got three for you.

7:39So, Cassie James. Do we all know Cassie? Yeah, I love Cassie. She's a stunning human being, like just beautiful inside and out. She's got fucking great taste. Oh, impeccable. But she is literally the definition of chic. She does co-words so well. She'll do like a T-shirt and denim and just knows how to pair options really, really like beautifully. I will say she does have a... expensive taste that's the word cast you know you know if you're listening but she has good expensive taste but she also talks to you about replicating your wardrobe how to shop within your own wardrobe yeah so she's actually quite big on tiktok um but her instagram is always very inspirational so that's my first take chanel zabragas now she is the buying manager over at camilla and mark she is undeniably cool she's polished she's always got like impeccable styling everything is very much like a layered approach but also when she pairs back her separates she just looks cool she's a working mom I love that about her but everything also about her is just very effortless and polished so definitely check her out and then last but not least is my beautiful best friend Julia Lomas Wilson now I know I'm shouting out my bestie but she is honestly to me undeniably the coolest human in the world I look to her constantly for inspiration she is one of those people that I think if ever I want to make a purchase I will go to her for like the tick of approval.

9:01She's your tribal council. She is my tribal council one and only yeah but she is just one of those people that is always again so put together effortless she's got two little girls she makes things look so good even if she's operating on like minimal sleep but these are the people I love real people doing cool things. Love those what I will say as well is that Cassie is recently engaged. So I'm anticipating we'll get some like wedding planning TikTok soon. And I anticipate that to be one of the chicest weddings I ever see. No pressure cast, of course, but you know, looking forward to seeing it.

9:33Jo, what have you thought? I bought a pair of thongs after seeing a lot of Instagram ads for this particular brand. And I just bought them on an impulse because they looked really, really comfortable. They're the Twoobs BFF thongs. Guess what shade I got? Brown. Yes, correct. And they also come in eight different colors if you're not into the brown. I wouldn't say these are cheap thongs. They are$119 for the standard ones. You can get a platform version of these as well. They've got arch support. They're 100 % waterproof. They're very lightweight. You know how some thongs, like fashion-y thongs, can be really heavy?

10:11It's like dragging a brick around on your foot. Yeah, that's true. And then you get the blisters. Yes. These I put on and I immediately went for a dog walk to see if they would give me blisters, not a blister inside. And I walked like three Ks. I love that you took them for a walk. Yeah. Yeah. Cause I, you know, I'm a blister person. That's how I got you on the blister patches. So I would normally get a blister doing that, but they did not blister. I think they're made from some recyclable materials as well. I think recycled lycra is the material. It's like a neoprene kind of feel on the strap.

10:40Um, but yeah, incredibly comfortable, very lightweight. I wouldn't say the most affordable price point, but you know, if you can work it into your budget, I feel like they're a great shirt. And also I sent a video to my group of girlfriends being like, I got these songs, they're so comfortable. And my other friend, Deanna, who I've spoken about on this podcast before, was like, oh, my God, I bought them too. How good are they? Oh, my God. So two people influencing you on them. I can confirm as a third person, I also own a pair. Oh. They are so comfortable. Okay. I actually had to go to the Osteo on Friday, back issues, don't ask.

11:11And she watched me waddle in them and she was like, I'm very proud of you wearing those shoes because those shoes have great support. Oh. So there you go. Worth the$100 and whatever dollars. Yeah. I feel like the last few weeks I've been left out of the swaps because you two, like, got this crossover. We're bonding. Anyway, I guess I'll have to go and buy my$119 thongs. You had me at the platform. Yeah. And they come in black as well for you. Yep, perfectly. She likes to be tall and she likes to wear black. Call me Morticia Adams. If anyone was wondering what my swap was. I would love to know.

11:43I'm waiting. Annoyingly, it is one of those products, much like Road, that it is in the US, but Amazon and I believe iHerb sell them and they are the Lumify eye drops. These cannot be replicated. I have tried many eye drops in Australia. I use eye drops for dorky reasons, like I wake up with dry eyes, and for vanity reasons. I also was very inspired by this when Troye Sivan said that the one product he would always take is eye drops. So then I was like, well, follow Troye Sivan to hell, so okay. I'm like, you'll just get them started. So I love these eye drops. They make your eyes look crazy white.

12:23I had a really early morning call this morning. I didn't have them in and I thought, I look shithouse without my eye drops. So that's mine, Lumify Eye Drops. All right, well, next we're diving into our stylish resolutions of the year, but that will be right after a word from today's sponsor. Summer is all about the accessories. I'm talking statement sunglasses, chic sandals, and, most importantly, a salty or spicy margarita in hand. If you know, you know. They're the unofficial drink of summer and what we'll be sipping on for the foreseeable future, whether we're lounging by the pool or enjoying a very long lunch with friends.

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13:391800 Tequila elevates your summer cocktail game. Try the world's most awarded tequila and discover the unexpected this summer. Available at all good bottle shops. Remember to drink responsibly. Thank you so much to 1800 Tequila for making this episode of Stylish possible. Obviously, New Year's resolutions are a huge thing in January. And we've spoken before about other ways to set intentions for your year. We've chosen our word of the year before. We've done that on previous episodes. But we thought for one of our first episodes back, why not share one of our resolutions that is, you know, I guess achievable.

14:17The brief was pretty simple. It can be big or small and it can be fashion, beauty, lifestyle, any of those categories that Mads usually intros with. And we've also asked you guys over on Instagram for your 2026 resolutions. And there were some really common themes that came through in these. And I think It highlighted to us that these were not the kind of things like I want to run 10Ks. There were some, I don't know how you would categorize this common theme that came across. So some of them were around improving money mindset, building wealth, being more intentional with their purchases. I'd say that's all kind of financial related, maybe being a little bit more financially literate, I suppose, rather than being like, I want to run 10Ks or I want to get into crocheting.

15:05It all felt quite intentional, would be the word, that it was quite slow and, you know, thought through rather than it being like, you know, a singular goal. It was like, this is, you know, what I'm putting out for the year and what I'm hoping to achieve rather than I will save X amount of dollars. It's like, you know, a little less pressure on ourselves, which I liked. some of the other resolutions that came through were protecting your time by slowing down, reducing screen time, spending more time on hobbies, which we're actually going to talk about in a little bit more detail next. They were some of the most common responses.

15:37So let's kick us off with our resolutions. Who wants to go first with their resolutions? I know that none of us, I don't think any of us are really New Year's resolutions people. No, I used to be. I used to sit down and write like probably like 25 things that I was going to do. I'm going to dry body brush every day. I'm going to use body moisturizer morning, noon and night. I'm already stressed. It was like really dot pointy and I used to do spreadsheets. It was really crazy. Anyway, I used to be the perfect like party planner, like project manager, just like. That is my literal worst. But like if I needed a girl for the job, like I'm looking at you.

16:15Yeah. Yeah. I think I would give Monica from Friends. Yes. Yeah. And I love that. That's what you need in these days. But anyway, sorry, carry on. But in my mind, they used to be motivation. And then I started to see them more as punishment, which is personally where word of the year came in for me. And I was at an event earlier in the week and someone said to me, what's your intention for the year? And I said, kind of what I did last year, but bigger and better. So like, it's more just that mindset for me and then a word that I like to anchor in. I've also started bringing in a secondary word because why not be greedy?

16:43It's my own life. I can do what I want. I have two. Classic me. It's like when you ask me to do one, so I'm not bringing two. One is that I want to take my health more seriously. So as I've mentioned, did a lot of IVF in my 20s. By nature, I spent a lot of time in specialist office and with doctors and in hospitals, and I didn't love that. And so sometimes going to my GP for things gives me a little bit of anxiety because there is kind of always that conversation we need to have as well. but I turned 30 last year and I have had some really sort of you know stories around me of girlfriends you know having skin cancers cut out or having you know scares and I think I was like okay this is a bit of a wake-up call for me not to take my health for granted and just those kind of things of like you know being a little bit more mindful with the exercise that I do going and getting regular blood tests just to check that everything's okay like what is my B12 doing what what are my iron levels?

17:40You know, if my period's irregular, like going and checking it and not just being dismissive of it because, you know, I would never miss like a facial appointment I'd booked, but I'm very quick to cancel a doctor's appointment. Have you seen those EverLab scans? I want to do one of them. I'm actually going to do one of those to kick off. Should we go and do that together? Yes. Can I come? Yes. I don't know if you can be pregnant. We might need to wait until you're not pregnant. Oh, okay. Wait till March, gals. So there's like these full body diagnosis that you can go and get. And I really want to toe that line and preface this for audience listeners who might be thinking of doing the same by saying don't let that fear monger you because I think a lot of the time people go to that and then start to panic about certain things.

18:18And, you know, much like anything, you lift the hood up on a car that a mechanic will probably tell you there's 20 things you can do. There's probably three that will make sure the car's still running great. Do you know what I mean? Sorry if anyone's a mechanic and listening to tell you. They're probably like, that's not it. My lucky, lucky last though, just if I can, is to spend time with elderly people in your life. I took my 83-year-old great aunt for dinner the other night. We had a three and a half hour dinner together. I will genuinely cry. The wisdom, love and like the way that my cup was filled.

18:50And I guess just like I left going this time is not forever with her. And she is my grandma's sister and I lost my grandma 10 years ago and we were incredibly close. I'd tell mum she was my equal favourite with mum. Can't have favourites. But just recording them when they're telling you funny stories, taking photos with them, like it's just, it's pure joy. And I know life's busy. I know it's probably more fun in the front of your mind to go and get a wine with your girlfriends. But let me tell you, the Chinese restaurant did not know what to hit it when we walked in because we had the time of our life.

19:26I love that so much. That's beautiful. I would give anything to have like a little chat with my grandma or again, either of my grandmas. Like it's just something that you can never, you take it for granted when you have them here. And then when they're gone, it's like I'll do anything to even hear their voice or their little chuckle and their like sneaky little remarks. Like literally anytime something good happens in my life, I still think that I would love to call my grandma. Do you want to come to the country club with Popsie? I would love to come to the country club with Popsie. A whole stylish Shvetschek.

19:54Oh my God, I'm on my way. You're so invited. She'd be so keen. She doesn't know either of you guys because she doesn't understand podcasts or social media. She doesn't even know who I was. See, the Golden Globes have it as a category now, so get on board, girl. It's never too late. She doesn't really know what's going on there. But yeah, she was very shocked at my hands when people knew who she was. She was like, all these people came up to me and they knew who I was. I was like, yeah, that's because I post you on my Instagram. All my friends know who you are. It's because you're a phenomenon.

20:21I adore her. Jo, what's your intention for the year? Mine is largely around decluttering and kind of clearing my space because that really helps my mindset a lot. I'm so sorry. You're laughing. I was literally going to say, remember in the title where we said it had to be something associated with like our podcast, like brand, lifestyle, fashion, beauty. And I knew somehow Jo was going to come in with a clearing back. Like it had to happen. I was like, surely maybe she'll give us something different. She's right back in there. I can't. Wow. She is who she is. Yep. I am who I am. Strong personal brand.

20:56So I really need to clear this mess out of my space so that I can function. Do you guys ever get into this mindset where your house is a mess and you don't focus on anything else until it's sorted? Yeah. It creates a lot of stress in my brain and I can't function. My study starts to get full of rubbish from deliveries and things like that. I just can't function. Anyway, wardrobe is a place of concern at the moment because it's so disorganized and there's just so much in there that I'm not wearing. And I feel like I'm massively wasting all of these clothes because I'm wearing the same shit all the time.

21:33And just because it happens to be at the top of my washing pile, I'm grabbing for it because it's the last thing I put in my drawer. And so I'm just re-wearing the same stuff over and over, which there's nothing wrong with that. Of course, I want to get bang for buck out of my clothes, but there's also a lot of things sitting in there that I never touch and I forget that I have. And then I look back on things and I'm like, oh, I forgot I had that dress. So I need to get better at wearing more of my wardrobe. Even if I'm just going to be at home talking to clients via Zoom, I should probably start wearing more of my things rather than just throwing a T-shirt and some tracksuit pants on.

22:04Yes. Yeah. So I want to get better at prioritizing the things in my wardrobe and also clearing out things that are no longer serving me and giving them a new home by, you know, donating them or selling them. Yeah, nice. That's a bit of a focus for this year is to stay on top of that because I think a lot of us do that in January and then we just let it get out of hand throughout the year. Yes, 1 ,000%. Do you know what? This kind of ties into my goal for the year as well, but I am focusing on refining my style and becoming more intentional with my dressing. And I think working in the industry, like I'm so exposed to fashion trends and you can quite easily get swept up in trends and wanting to be looking like you're wearing the latest, like a new trend that's out.

22:42that's not what I'm about as I'm getting older I think I now have such an appreciation for like a really well-cut blazer beautiful sharp and sophisticated tailoring textural fabrics and interesting designs over prints and I think now that I'm kind of refining and mapping out my style blueprint so to speak I want to really lean into the things that make me feel good the things I like think I look good in and the things that make me feel confident so two brands come to mind I'm a brand loyalist as we all know once I kind of find a brand I love I will just shop that brand but Harris Tapper and St Agnew are my go-tos like they can do no wrong in my eyes Beard Park even I'm leaning on a lot at the moment I just feel like the designs the cuts really flattering brands that are made by women for women yeah that's what I'm about so I've kind of gone through a bit of a phase at the moment I too want to be more intentional with my purchases I'm shopping my own wardrobe.

23:38I'm looking what I've got, what I love, my hero pieces and any kind of areas of opportunity that I can layer in, but they have to be intentional. I love that. I love that so much. I also love anything synagony. So I'm so with you. They're just amazing, aren't they? The total workhorses of my wardrobe. Yeah, workhorses. But we do love a show pony every now and then. We do. All right. Next, we're going to get into hobbies and why they're the new luxury. But that will be right after a word from today's sponsor. January is tennis season here in Australia but even if you're not the sporty type you can still celebrate thanks to Michael Hill discover their stunning range of diamond tennis bracelets crafted in yellow and white gold with your choice of mind or lab grown diamonds and for those of you who love the game their chic tennis inspired pendants are the perfect addition to your favourite necklace or bracelet treat yourself to a piece of sophisticated history with Michael Hill's tennis range perfect for courtside viewing or not thanks so much to Michael Hill for making this episode of Stylish possible Okay, our next headline is, are hobbies the new luxury?

24:42As we just spoke about, a lot of our listeners said that their intention for the new year was to make time for new hobbies or to hone in on their current hobbies. But I don't know about you guys. I feel like I'm seeing this all over socials at the moment. Have you guys seen this on your feeds as well? I have, yeah. I have. So in a recent article for The Guardian late last year, writer Tara Russell summed up why younger generations are so drawn to hobbies. From book clubs to crochet, drawing to pottery, Gen Z is building a new social life from old materials. Against the backdrop of a youth mental health crisis, these slow hobbies are more than quaint diversions.