Is this beauty controversy on your feed, too?
6/23/202646 min
Today, we’re discussing whether we should be landing jobs via social media, and we’re unpacking the Patrick Ta transitional blush saga. But first, we’re swapping in our favourite things from the past week.
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Your hosts today were Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe (@maddisonsullivanthorpe), Naima Fatema (@lil_bangla), and Joanna Fleming (@joannafleming)
And here’s a link to the reccos we made throughout:
Naima’s swap: Comfort Top Sheer Knee High 3 Pair from Ambra
Mads’ swap: Voicemails for Isabelle on Netflix
Jo’s swap: Brow Harmony Flexible Lifting Gel from Rare Beauty
Sources mentioned throughout: @thenimimehta World Cup Reel, ‘Patrick Ta Gets Real: The Transition Blush Controversy, Accountability & His Beauty Business’ from Aspire with Emma Grede, ‘Unpacking the Patrick Ta Transition-Blush Drama’ from The Cut, @paintedbyesther’s transitional blush response TikTok, and @patrickta’s acknowledgement TikTok
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsNaima Fatema· Host0:00
[footsteps] [upbeat music] Shameless Media.
Joanna Fleming· Host0:05
This episode of Stylish is sponsored by Oura, the world's smallest smart ring for sleep, cycle tracking, activity, and woman's health. [gentle music] Dua Lipa's wedding.
Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe· Host0:18
Dua Lipa's wedding. [laughs] Oh, just Dua Lipa.
Joanna Fleming· Host0:21
Have to start there. [laughs] I know that you usually speak first, but I'm just gonna cut in and go straight to the wedding.
Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe· Host0:27
I- Let's discuss ... I don't think usually anything. My name was in our run sheet since the dawn of time. [laughs] It was Maddie to intro Stylish, and then when names disappeared in the run sheet, it was s- everyone still looked at me to- [laughs] ... intro it.
Joanna Fleming· Host0:38
And now we're here.
Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe· Host0:40
We're here. What do we all think?
Naima Fatema· Host0:41
I jumped out of bed on Sunday 'cause I was like, "This needs to go on social right now." I was actually devastated. I was like, "Oh, this went up at 10:00," and I went to sleep at, like, 9:30- How dare you ... on a Saturday night. I know.
Joanna Fleming· Host0:54
How dare you think- I know ... not be awake- Yeah ... at all times.
Naima Fatema· Host0:57
To be h- honest, I am glad I, like, wasn't out and about, like, at a bar being like, "Yes. Perfect timing for this."
Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe· Host1:04
[laughs] [laughs] Dua Lipa's wedding.
Naima Fatema· Host1:05
Yeah, yeah. [laughs] [laughs] The first photo, magical.
Joanna Fleming· Host1:10
Yeah.
Naima Fatema· Host1:11
Magical.
Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe· Host1:12
I love them- Yeah ... in a way that is not healthy.
Joanna Fleming· Host1:16
Mm.
Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe· Host1:16
And I know we're gonna talk about the wedding dress, but I think let's talk about just them as well.
Naima Fatema· Host1:21
Yeah.
Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe· Host1:22
Because how they met, for those who don't know, their story is, and I say their story, I believe them- Yeah ... was that they were sitting at a cafe,