Mamamia Out Loud21 Dec 2025

Our Reccos That Made 2025 — Part 1

What's worth your time, your attention and your money this year according to Mamamia Out Loud?

So glad you asked.

Well... Sinners. Blusher. Chalamet. Bed Hair. Eyeliner, and a 40-year-old book. These are just some of the recommendations Amelia Lester, Emily Vernem, Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright are pulling out from the very long list of reccos they made in 2025 for the first half of their comprehensive list. Feel free to give feedback. It's a gift, you know.

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Movie & TV Recommendations

Holly recommends A Real Pain and Sinners

Jessie recommends Titan: The Oceangate Submersible Disaster

Amelia recommends A Complete Unknown and Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Em recommends Sinners too and Superman

Book Recommendations

Holly recommends One Hundred Years of Betty by Debra Oswald

Jessie recommends The Elements by John Boyne

Amelia recommends Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld

Em recommends How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

Beauty Recommendations

Holly recommends Ellis Faas Skin Veil Foundation

Jessie recommends Kevin Murphy Bedroom Hair and the Baies Room Spray

Amelia recommends the Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid eyeliner

Em recommends the Sephora Collection New Cream Lip Stain in Naughty Burgundy

Best Hacks & Random Reccos

Holly recommends Virginia Trioli’s green beans and RecipeTin Eats mango pancakes

Jessie recommends using Depop or Facebook Marketplace.

Amelia recommends getting the newspaper delivered.

Em recommends a cleanser hack where she sits in front of the TV massaging her oil cleanser in for 20 minutes.

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