Overhyped Ingredients & Underrated Areas: Beauty Reality Check
You Beauty23 Mar 2025

Overhyped Ingredients & Underrated Areas: Beauty Reality Check

Looking for ways to support and nourish the delicate skin around your mouth? Leigh and Kelly share their expert advice on strengthening this often-overlooked area with product recommendations from budget-friendly options to professional treatments.

Plus, the beauty gurus get refreshingly honest about ingredients they think are totally overhyped! From topical collagen to beef tallow (yes, really), find out which trendy ingredients might not be delivering on their promises.

And don't miss Kelly's shocking nail fungus confession and Leigh's self-tanner mishap in this week's host hacks segment!

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Disclaimer: On sale until 08/04/2025. While stocks last.

Always read the label and follow the directions for use. Sunscreens are only one part of sun protection. Avoid prolonged high-risk sun exposure. Reapply frequently.

Pure Q10: absorbed deep within the skin*

LINKS TO EVERYTHING MENTIONED:

Cetaphil Healthy Renew RangeCetaphil Healthy Renew Facial Serum 30g $59.99

Hada Labo Anti-Aging Deep Wrinkle Corrector Eye & Mouth Area Cream 15mL $34.95

MooGoo Amplified Anti-Ageing Peptide Active Serum with Argireline® 25ml $39.50
TBH Reboud Serum $49.95

Innoxa Anti-Wrinkle + Firming Facial Serum $24.95

Neostrata Restore Fragrance Free Facial Cleanser 200mL $47

Trinny London TipToe In $68

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NIVEA Q10 is 40% off in Chemist Warehouse from the 13.3.25 to the 26.3.25

Disclaimer: On sale until 26.03.25. While stocks last.

Always read the label and follow the directions for use. Sunscreens are only one part of sun protection. Avoid prolonged high-risk sun exposure. Reapply frequently.

Pure Q10: absorbed deep within the skin*

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Kelly McCarren & Leigh Campbell

Producer: Cassie Merritt

Audio Producer: Tegan Sadler

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

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18 Apr 202224min

Can You Ever Really Get Rid Of Stretch Marks?

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17 Apr 202211min

'Shine In A Tube' The Magic Gloss Treatment That Will Save Your Hair

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Watch our weekly You Beauty video series here What's the most expensive face mask you've ever used? Maybe it was $70? $120? ... or even 200?! Today Kelly recommends a spendy face mask that never fails to give her skin a pick me up. Plus she shares a savey service that allows you to trial designer beauty products for just the price of postage. Plus Leigh shares the hair shots that she swears are "shine in a tube". THE END BITS You can find out more about our Veri Peri Summit online at www.veriperi.com All the wonderful products mentioned in today's episode can be found below! SPENDY Leigh: The Sensitive Type Cloud Tonic Hydrating Glow Serum, $68 Kelly: Dr Roebuck's The Goldie Vitamin C Glow Drops, $79 SAVEY: Leigh: Pantene Nutrient Blends Glossing Rescue Shots, $17.99 Kelly: Beauty Affairs EMPTY Kelly: Mine Tan Body Skin Olive Self Tan, $24.99 SHOP MY STASH Leigh: Sisley Black Rose Cream Mask, $200 Kelly: Mecca Max Single Shadow in Space Jam, $8 CREDITS Host: Kelly McCarren & Leigh Campbell Producer: Mikayla Floriano Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou GET IN TOUCH: Got a beauty question you want answered? Email us at youbeauty@mamamia.com.au or call the podphone on 02 8999 9386. Join our You Beauty Facebook Group here. Want this and other podcasts delivered straight to your inbox? Subscribe to our podcast newsletter. You Beauty is a podcast by Mamamia. Listen to more Mamamia podcasts here. Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Apr 202215min

The Beauty Buys You Can Only Get In Europe

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Watch our weekly You Beauty video series here Are you having a euro summer? or are you a youbie living overseas? On today's episode Kelly walks us through the treatments, stores and products you can only get in Europe. She dishes out the products you need to stock up on and the top rated experiences for any beauty lover. THE END BITS These are the products mentioned in today episode! Medical Beauty Research Enzyme Cleansing Booster Borghese Fango Active Purifying Mud Mask Marvis Toothpaste BIAFINE EMULSION Multipurpose Healing Cream for Burns Cicabiafine Intense Hand Cream Biologique Recherche Lotion Homeoplasmine Cream Rilastil Stretch Mark Cream A313 Pommade Treatments to check out! Emma Hardie if you're in London Luxury facial at The Dorchester Brands to look for throughout Europe: Nuxe Embryolisse Korres Cowshed Dr. Hauschka CREDITS Host: Kelly McCarren Producer: Mikayla Floriano Audio Producer: Leah Porges GET IN TOUCH: Got a beauty question you want answered? Email us at youbeauty@mamamia.com.au or call the podphone on 02 8999 9386. Join our You Beauty Facebook Group here. Want this and other podcasts delivered straight to your inbox? Subscribe to our podcast newsletter. Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Apr 202221min

This TikTok Hack Will De Frizz Your Hair For Less Than 20 Cents

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Watch our weekly You Beauty video series here This week in beauty land... It's been a big month of new mascara releases! Leigh and Erin talk through their fave new picks. Plus Mecca have launched a new Resort Store in a beach location, but how is it different from their regular stores? And Erin tries the aluminium foil hack that will get rid of your flyaways and de frizz your hair! THE END BITS You can find out more about our Veri Peri Summit online at www.veriperi.com These are the mascara's we mentioned in today's episode: Max Factor False Lash Effect XXL Mascara, $27.95 Milk Makeup Rise Lifting And Lengthening Mascara, $43 Benefit Cosmetics Bad Gal Bang Waterproof Mascara, $44 Sephora Big By Definition Mascara, $24 CREDITS Hosts: Leigh Campbell & Erin Docherty Producer: Mikayla Floriano Audio Production: Madeleine Joannou GET IN TOUCH: Got a beauty question you want answered? Email us at youbeauty@mamamia.com.au or call the podphone on 02 8999 9386. Join our You Beauty Facebook Group here. Want this and other podcasts delivered straight to your inbox? Subscribe to our podcast newsletter. You Beauty is a podcast by Mamamia. Listen to more Mamamia podcasts here. Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 Apr 202211min

What It’s Really Like To Get Extensions

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11 Apr 202221min

Our Guide For Getting Good At Glam

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10 Apr 202211min

This Savey Wand Will Level Up Your Contour

This Savey Wand Will Level Up Your Contour

Watch our weekly You Beauty video series here Have you been searching for perfect creme contour high and low but haven't quite found anything with that 'wow' factor? Well this week Leigh has a savey option for you that she's emptied not once, but twice. Plus got her hands on two very new products that she can't stop recommending. And Kelly has found a 3 in 1 hair spritz that'll brighten the saddest strands. THE END BITS All the wonderful products mentioned in today's episode can be found below! SPENDY Leigh: Rationale The Enriched Creme SPF 15, $190 Kelly: Kopari Ultra Restore Body Butter, $55 SAVEY: Leigh: Alpha H Generation Glow Daily Resurfacing Essence, $99.95 Kelly: John Frieda Vibrant Shine Spray, $17.99 EMPTY Kelly: Colab Dry Shampoo Original, $8.99 SHOP MY STASH Leigh: LUK Beautifood Skin Nourish HYdrate and Glow, $39 & McoBeauty Instant Contour Beauty Wand, $28 Kelly: Carmex Lip Balm Squeeze Tube, $5 CREDITS Host: Kelly McCarren & Leigh Campbell Producer: Mikayla Floriano Audio Producer: Leah Porges GET IN TOUCH: Got a beauty question you want answered? Email us at youbeauty@mamamia.com.au or call the podphone on 02 8999 9386. Join our You Beauty Facebook Group here. Want this and other podcasts delivered straight to your inbox? Subscribe to our podcast newsletter. You Beauty is a podcast by Mamamia. Listen to more Mamamia podcasts here. Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Apr 202213min

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