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Jiawa Liu is @BeigeRenegade on Instagram and her feed is fantastic. She creates clever, stylish, eye-catching cinemagraphs and short-form videos with a humorous kick. Jiawa was born in China and attended primary school in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. She studied law in Perth and practised as a lawyer in Canberra. She now lives in Paris, to Jiawa it’s the most beautiful city on earth. In this episode Jiawa talks about creating her handle @beigerenegade, her issues around the word “influencer”, her addiction to mobile game Simpsons Tapped Out and what she hunts for in thrift stores. Find Jiawa on Instagram

Megan Morton has written four books on styling: It's Beautiful Here, Things I Love, I Love My Room and Home Love. She has The School, The Studio and The Excursions. The question is, can a woman have too many businesses? Megan says no and envisions her multi-pronged enterprises like a sushi train where she picks up different roles and tasks. In this episode Megan talks about growing up on a banana farm in southeast Queensland, juggling careers, writing letters by hand and where she stores her children’s teeth. Find Megan Morton on Instagram

When I interviewed Melissa Leong it was before the MasterChef announcement. Back then, I was excited about her upcoming Netflix fame. There was so much to chat about with Melissa aka @fooderti on Instagram. The zig-zag of her career, two years living in Tasmania on a self-imposed sabbatical, writing cookbooks and hosting and judging on The Chefs’ Line on SBS and now, Netflix.In this episode Melissa talks about the role of food in her Singaporean-Australian upbringing. We chat about the role of SBS in Australia, diversity and representation on the small screen. I also shamelessly crush on Melissa’s style.

Yolanda Edwards was the creative director at Conde Nast Traveler for five years. She now has her own magazine, Yolo Journal - the most wonderful, dream-like travel periodical. The launch issue of the magazine was solely fixed on Italy.In this episode Yolanda talks about her life and career. Her life changing experience living on a Greek Island, her wanderlust and her entree to the world of magazines (it was a shop assistant in Agnes B who told she looked like the kind of person who should work in magazines) and her experience with Instagram. She also shares a Helmut Newton anecdote.Yolanda is a woman of many Instagram accounts. Find her @YolandaEdwards, her house in France @maisonmedoc and of course, @yolo.journal.

Brooklyn-based Laura Tucker has written over 20 books - two of which were New York Times bestsellers - Standing Tall with Vivian Stringer and A Mother’s Reckoning with Sue Klebold. But in this interview we chat about All The Greys on Greene Street - Laura’s YA fiction debut. The book takes place in New York City in 1981 and our 12-year-old hero Olympia is struggling with a mother who won’t get out of bed, a father who has gone missing and there’s an art mystery afoot. Laura talks about that particular moment in SoHo history, kids roaming the city and the writer’s life Laura has created for herself. Find Laura on Instagram and buy her book from your fave indie bookseller.

Jennie Hogg of Lois Avery returns to Head Ovary Heels! Jennie and I were chatting recently and we thought a follow up podcast would be a trip as Jennie's life and business has evolved so much since she started Lois Avery nearly three years ago. In this interview Jennie talks about getting to know her customers, breaking the rules of marketing and how the really great business deals have come to her. Her luxe, made-in-Italy cashmere scarves are stocked at London’s Fortnum and Mason and in Tokyo at the Isetan department store. Definitely follow Jennie on Instagram for her travels in Italy and her love for all things Italian.

New Zealander Anna Saunders has just launched Primer - a smart, chic women’s lifestyle website. She founded the site with Felicity Robinson. The pair used to work side-by-side at marie claire magazine in Sydney.In this episode, Anna talks about her love for magazines, working in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and what she hopes to build with Primer. Such a good name for a women’s lifestyle site, right?Follow Anna Saunders on Twitter and Instagram.

Actress Shuang Hu appears in two of the best, Australian tv shows of late: The Family Law and Ronny Chieng: International Student. Shuang - or Shu as her friends call her - is from China, raised in Brisbane and now living in Los Angeles. She talks about auditioning, memories of snow and what she’s reading. Oh, and the family Law is like her real family now.Follow Shu on Instagram @ShuHu_

Photographer Luisa Brimble is a true original and delight in this episode. She talks about starting photography, looking for context in everything that she shoots and being her own agent.You must, must, must follow Luisa on Instagram.

Melbourne-based writer Louisa Deasey was contacted by a French family, via Facebook, whose grandmother in her last days called out for Louisa's father. It sets Louisa off on a path of discovery - reconnecting her with the father she hardly knew - and the story of A Letter From Paris unfolds.In this interview, Louisa talks ghosts, time travel, family and money. Oh and astrologer Mystic Medusa also gets a mention.Follow Louisa on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

My shield-maiden co-workers were addicted to to the History Channel tv series Vikings. I overheard the intense conversations and peeped their Rollo screensavers and decided to jump into the series over Christmas. To use an old Viking word, I became enthralled.I loved the character of Aslaug, Ragnor Lothbrok’s second wife, played by Alyssa Sutherland. I loved how much she loved her sons. It felt very modern to me.I had interviewed Alyssa 17 years earlier for Black+White magazine. I sent an email to her agent and was able to set up a time with her across the Pacific. I loved chatting with Alyssa - she was funny, smart and brazen. “No one should listen to me for beauty advice,” she told me.Alyssa is great on Instagram and you should follow her! She has two accounts @therealalyssas and @thelightaroundme. Follow them both!✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today.Sign up to the Head Ovary Heels newsletter, sent every second Wednesday night, from Brisbane, AustraliaTinyletter.com/HeadOvaryHeels

I first met Sigourney over email when I would write beauty stories for her at Vogue Australia. I’ve always admired Sigourney as an editor and writer (she has a lovely turn of phrase).Four years ago, Sigourney left Vogue to work full-time on her website Beauticate. In this episode she talks about her evolution as a businesswoman, mother and a woman who doesn’t necessarily juggle life: “I just drop things.” Yep, she’s the real deal.You can find Sigourney on Instagram and Twitter @SigourneyCantelo. And check out Beauticate on Instagram and Facebook @Beauticate.✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sydney artist Dina Broadhurst is one of my absolute favourites on Instagram. Her work is bold, sexy and exciting. It was such a pleasure to speak with her about her art, life and beauty routines: such as curled eyelashes, light foundation from MAC and a lip balm from Elizabeth Arden. Oh, and she wears a high heel for going out at night.Sydney-based Broadhurst trained as a makeup artist, worked in magazines and advertising and now makes a living as an artist with her large-scale photography and collage works. It was all leading to this point!Follow Dina on Instagram @DinaBroadhurst✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 2018, Jumana Hammouda and her sister Lama Perin launched Bodibar - a vegan body scrub made from all natural Australian ingredients. Jumana talks about the joys and challenges of creating a beauty product from scratch.But before launching Bodibar, Jumana lived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and ran a luxury day spa. Of course, I was fascinated to find out about running a business in Saudi Arabia, what do Saudi women want and what is life really like in Saudi Arabia? Jumana tells all.Follow Jumana and Bodibar on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest @Bodibar✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom McInerney is the chief makeup artist for the Netflix series Vikings. I can't think of another show on television where the story is told through makeup.We know when characters are going into battle through their warpaint, dramatic eyeliner tells us that Floki is the pagan heart of the show, and the characters age throughout the series thanks to extremely clever aesthetics.For our first bloke interview on Head Ovary Heels, we interviewed Irishman Tom McInerney. He talks about his past experience on Michael Hirst's The Tudors, battle scenes on Vikings and everything he's learned from women in his profession.Follow Tom McInerney on Instagram and Twitter @PuffJockey✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“I’m a digital dinosaur,” says Peony Lim who has made a living from her personal website for the past decade. While at university Peony was spotted by that first wave of street style photographers (shout out to Vanessa Jackman!) and went on to create her own presence online.Of course, for this special beauty-themed series of Head Ovary Heels we asked Peony all our beauty questions. In return, we learnt about setting sprays, having a bath to keep your makeup on and her travel tips.“I feel that real beauty comes from difference, not from conforming to some kind of generic stereotype,” says Peony. Amen to that.Follow Peony on Instagram, Twitter and PInterest all @PeonyLim✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hannah-Rose Yee is my internet writing crush. We have the same pop culture aesthetic and I shamelessly like every Tweet she writes.We talk about journalism in 2018 and the different places you can get your writing seen (check out Badlands Journal). We talk about writing for online and print and IRL friends and internet friends.And of course because this is a special beauty-themed series of Head ovary Heels we talk about beauty and the role megababe Alexa Chung has played in Hannah’s life.I should also mention that this episode is a nice companion piece to the Peony Lim interview - as both women reference each other.Follow Hannah-Rose Yee on Instagram and Twitter @HannahRoseRose✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jamila Rowser’s Twitter bio (used to) say: Community Builder. And it’s spot on. Jamila is behind Geek Girl Brunch - an international meetup of women who geek out together over mimosas. She’s also one-half of the creative force behind Straight Outta Gotham, a hip hop and geek culture newsletter. And Jamila is also bringing to the world an all-girl created comic called Wash Day.“I wanted to celebrate these moments that aren’t talked about that much, but are a big part of our lives.” The Wash Day story follows Kimana, a 26-year-old Afro-Latina woman living in the Bronx, as she cares for her long, thick hair.On the podcast, Jamila talks style and beauty: her love for Fenty products, a catseye and a bold lip. And even though she lives in Florida, you’ll find Jamila wearing all black with a pop of colour.Oh, and we talk about place. Jamila is an air force brat, born in England, raised in Hawaii and educated in Germany. She talks about the confidence she has gained from an international childhood on the move.Follow Jamila on Twitter @JamilaRowser and on Instagram @JamilaRowser✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ellen Newman was kind enough to invite me over to record at her Brisbane home. And I loved it. It was so minimalist and chic. Just like Ellen.Ellen is the quiet powerhouse behind The Great State - an all over, all natural beauty balm that can be applied anywhere!Ellen talked me through her beauty purchases, including a Kara Rosenlund fragrance. We talked about supporting small business and the beauty of the beach and the great outdoors.Follow The Great State on Instagram @_thegreatstate✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Molly Goddard is one half of the London-based luxury pyjama business Desmond and Dempsey. Their prints are wonderful and reminiscent of Goddard's Queensland childhood (there's even a chic tropical pineapple print).As this is a special beauty-themed season of Head Ovary Heels we ask Molly for her favourite everyday beauty brands from Portuguese and French pharmacies and in return she tells us how much she loves a bath and being in the sun. “I could just sit on the beach, all day, everyday.”✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So I had an idea to create a beauty podcast. I still might. I wanted to call it Vermilion. I spent a weekend setting up all new social media accounts for my beauty-to-be podcast and felt exhausted with a whole new set of logins (of which I have many). My friend Ryan (who I get all my creative advice from) said why don’t you just fold it into Head Ovary Heels? You already have an audience and everything set up. He was right.The idea I had with a beauty podcast was to create an audio version of all the incredible beauty websites that exist and the stories told on them, like Into The Gloss, Beauticate and The File. I love the details of women’s lives. I love how beauty digs into those quotidian nooks and crannies.I should note, from conceptualising a beauty-themed podcast to delivering it - I’ve discovered some really great podcasts that cover similar territory that you should definitely check out like Fat Mascara and At Home With.Thank you so much to all of the guests. The women (and one man) who gave their time, honesty and approached the podcast with the most generous spirit. I’m forever grateful.✨Music: Ghost Hands by Cal Folger Day⚡️Thank you to our Season 4 sponsor In Good CoYour besties mean better buys. Download the app today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anna Ross is the founder of Kester Black - an ethical beauty brand based in Melbourne. Before Kester Black sold nail polish, Anna sold silver jewellery and fashion under the label. That's the thing, she's been constantly evolving her business. These days Anna works with a team of eight, four days a week, to sell nail polish and beauty products around the world. She has a vision board in her room with the words, "$100 million plus" written on it to push her to her goal of building a business beyond her dreams.Get into Anna's phone and business dreams with her fave Instagram accounts and business books. Anna's fave Instagram accounts: Georgia Perry Hello Sandwich Areaware Daniel_emma Joost Bakker Alice Oehr Lucy FolkAnna's business books recommendations:Good to Great - Jim CollinsThe Tipping Point - Malcom GladwellBreaking the habit of being yourself - Joe Dispenza

Brisbane-raised Lindy Morrison was the drummer of Australia's most critically acclaimed pop band, The Go-Betweens. The band was formed by song-writing duo Robert Forster and Grant McLennan. Lindy was The Go-Betweens drummer over six albums. Like an Australian Fleetwood Mac, she was in a relationship with Robert. While Grant was in a relationship with fellow band member Amanda Brown.Just released in Australian cinemas is the documentary The Go-Betweens: Right Here, from filmmaker Kriv Stenders (Red Dog). The documentary is about music, a life’s work, lovers, friends, fallings out and reconciliations. On camera, Lindy is the most formidable character in the pop drama.Lindy is more than just the drummer of Australia’s greatest pop band. She continues to do social work with Support Act and she’s active in the recorded music copyright space with PPCA (Phonographic Performance Company of Australia). She’s also a mother. When her daughter left home, Lindy talks about how Facebook made her feel less lonely.

Along with 100,000 others, I follow Clarice Chian aka @brigadeirochoc on social media. I knew she was a mum with two children and lived in Adelaide, South Australia. I was also aware that she created content for brands like Clinique and Magnum ice cream but I didn't really know who she was. It was wonderful to speak with her and hear about her life growing up in three countries: Brazil, the UK and now Australia. Her three careers; first in science, then law and now content creation. And also how she started and met her online friends in the Vogue Forums (important Australian women's internet history!).

Meg Mason is the author of the just-released novel You Be Mother (Harper Collins) and the memoir Say It Again In A Nice Voice. Meg moved to Sydney as a teen from New Zealand and proudly never read a book until her final year of high school. She then went on to study English at university. Meg writes for Elle, GQ and Country Style.She lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters. We talk about her favourite books and why she's not a Facebook person. Meg wisely notes: "Facebook is something that you can never finish."

Rachael Oakes-Ash is Australia's best known ski journalist. In this episode, we dive into how she ended up selling all her possessions and roaming the globe with two suitcases and a pair of ski boots.Rachael talks about skiing (badly) with New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clarke, how the ski industry is changing and why it's a privilege to ski.Rachael talks about her website, Snows Best, and her Facebook community Miss Snow It All and more. Oh, and check out her non-skiing related website, Elephant Truths.https://www.instagram.com/misssnowitall/

In another life in London, Emily was the Associate Publisher of UK Vogue. She's back in Australia working on a number of projects, including the Paradise Catcher - monogrammed bags that are perfect for the Australian lifestyle. It was terrific to talk to this Brisbane-raised gal about her career, life as a mother, bag-lady and her internet ambitions. And there's an Isabella Blow anecdote in this episode too!Definitely follow The Paradise Catcher on Instagram for bags of holiday and style inspiration.https://www.instagram.com/theparadisecatcher/

There's a picture of Jade Sarita Arnott, in double denim, photographed by Garance Dore. It's pinned all over Pinterest. There's a follow up pic with Jade in all pink, also by Garance. The pics are a lovely monochrome pair. In this episode we talk about the story behind those two photos. And also Jade's fascination with the photographs of the Brown Sisters by Nicholas Nixon. Jade talks about starting her sustainable fashion line Arnsdorf. She mentions putting her brand on hold while her children are small and launching back into it. So much style and career inspiration in one episode.https://www.instagram.com/arnsdorf/

Georgie Abay is the mum-of-two genius behind The Grace Tales - possibly the most beautiful parenting lifestyle site on the internet. In this episode Georgie talks about growing up on Sydney's North Shore, finding her groove in the world of magazines and the moment she bought the domain name for her website.But The Grace Tales is more than a website. There's the Grace Collection of bags and sweaters, an online magazine and the IRL Grace Talks.

Twenty years ago New Yorker Gale Mayron founded the beauty brand Jao. But it's more than a beauty brand. Her first product was the Jao Refresher. (It really is the best to travel with or keep on your desk. It smells incredible and is all natural.)Gale also has Goe Oil, Coiffette (my fave), Jao lip balm and a bunch of other products available on her website or at Madewell and Anthropologie.In this episode Gale talks about everything, including having children, a partner and running a business. "I think I balance it because I don't care as much as some women do. You have to be a little more selfish. You have to be a little more trusting that your kids are going to be ok." Gale continues to be right about everything.Follow Gale on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jao_brand/

"Fashion is my football," says Gina Gretchko, senior director of social media at legendary New York department store Saks Fifth Avenue. In this episode Gina talks about her time at college, choosing careers and landing at Saks.She's the woman behind Saks's million follower strong Instagram account and she'd like us to follow @Saks_Mens too! It was great chatting to Gina about seeing the shows in Paris, her fashionable life and the role of social media."Instagram is my constant," she says. She gave us some accounts to follow too! @Obsessee and @OfficeNewsStand

This is a curtain call on Season 2 of Head Ovary Heels. You, me and the women interviewed made it through another ten episodes! There's been missed phone calls, jammed voice recorders and all sorts of technical calamities. But we got there; online and uploaded. Am really excited about somethings on the horizon for Season 3. And am thrilled to keep sharing the stories of interesting, delightful, messy and ambitious women. Ovaries and out! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marina was editor of Dolly magazine at age 23. She went on to edit ELLE and launch Australian Good Taste for Woolworths. She's launched print and digital products. These days Marina is better known as Chair of Australian Rugby League team Wests Tigers. Marina is also on the board of Energy Australia and Autosports Group. In this interview she talks about her career, being a parent and taking time out. She chats about her role as a mentor to young women and the rules of being a mentee. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meagan Cignoli is a 35-year-old #girlboss. She runs Visual Country, a studio in lower Manhattan that creates short-form video content for the world's biggest brands. Run, don't walk to the Visual Country Instagram. Meagan talks about the different paths she took to find her career. She spills on her start on six-second video app Vine and her desire to never be a starving artist. She talks about running a business and learning how to be a leader (she attended every HR-themed talk she could at SXSW). She's a total inspiration.https://www.instagram.com/meagancignoli/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Karina Machado has written four books: Love Never Dies, Where Spirits Dwell, Spirit Sisters and Awaken. Karina's carved out a niche in the supernatural - collecting ghost stories from her family and from other women. She credits her interest in the spiritual world to her mother and her home country of Uruguay. When not writing, Karina is a senior editor at WHO Weekly. In this episode Karina talks about her childhood in Sydney's Eastlakes, the influence of an English teacher who told her she could write her way out of anything and raising independent children who make their own way in the world.https://www.instagram.com/karinamachadoauthor/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kerrie Hess is an artist and mother. She first picked up a paint brush as a child in Brisbane. At a job on a London newspaper a stock image failed to appear so Kerrie offered to draw a picture to fill the space. Her career as an illustrator launched. After stints in London and Paris, Kerrie is back in Brisbane. She picks up commissions from luxury giants Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Bulgari, Lancome and Laduree. She's also a hit on Instagram. We talk about all this and more in this episode.https://www.instagram.com/kerriehessillustration/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cookbook author Kate Winslow on growing up in Pittsburgh, cooking on a ranch in Wyoming and working for a newspaper in Santa Fe, New Mexico. There was her time at Gourmet magazine under Ruth Reichl, a trip to Sicily that produced a cookbook and then back to New Jersey. These days Kate is on the promotional trail for her cookbook Onions Etc. with photos by her husband and creative partner Guy Ambrosino.https://www.instagram.com/kateandguy/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lee Tran Lam has written for many magazines including HQ (vale), Rolling Stone and Time Out Sydney. She has a website The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry and a podcast of the same name where she interviews everyone she wants to speak with in the Sydney food scene and beyond. Lee Tran also hosts Local Fidelity on Sydney's FBi Radio. Oh, and you can always catch Lee Tran at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art's zine fair.https://twitter.com/leetranlamhttps://www.instagram.com/leetranlam/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We love a lady with side hustle. Ursula Lake grew up just outside of London. Her first (assistant) styling gig was on a Mario Testino shoot of Liz Hurley. The picture hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. Ursula was fashion editor at the Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine for 11 years. She still does freelance styling but she runs a swimwear line Violet Lake and has a publishing project with photographer Chloe Mallett (she shoots Anthropologie catalogues!) called Make Magazine. In this episode we talk about Instagram, holidays in Ibiza and we find out what Ursula does on her phone late at night. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nora Kogan has an eponymous boutique in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She sells jewellery with a sense of humour: boob rings, booty rings and light-my-fire diamond-headed matchsticks as earrings, rings and necklaces.Madonna, Scout Willis and Susie Lau aka Susie Bubble have all worn her jewels.Nora grew up in Odessa, the Ukraine. Her family lived in Italy before moving to St Kilda, Melbourne. These days Nora lives in New York City.Our interview took place in her apartment in Park Slope. Nora talked about art, creativity and reinventing herself. We talked about who she follows on Instagram and memories of her mother's jewels.https://www.instagram.com/norakoganjewelry See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Margaret Zhang is not a blogger. She's a girl who happens to have a blog called Shine By Three. She talks about how she made her blog and the story behind the name (it's not what you think). Margaret chats about growing up in West Ryde, Sydney, being a proud nerd and the difference between real life and living through your phone.https://www.instagram.com/margaret__zhang See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sophie Hansen is Australia's Rural Woman of the Year 2016. She lives in Orange, New South Wales with her deer farmer husband Tim and their children. Sophie is an online country lady whizz. She has a wonderful blog called Local is Lovely, that became a cookbook published by Murdoch Books.She has a gorgeous Instagram (@locallovely). She hosts social media, food photography and styling workshops. And she has a podcast called My Open Kitchen. In this episode Soph talks about working in magazines in Sydney, joining the slow food movement in Italy, meeting her husband Tim and getting engaged in three months! Soph is so fun. I hope you enjoy this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this mini pod we talk about how we came to make Head Ovary Heels, the kind of women we want to interview and why. Thank you to everyone who has listened, emailed, Tweeted and talked to us so far. ✨Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter @headovary and Instagram @headovaryheels.And sign up to our newsletter, sent every second Wednesday. https://tinyletter.com/headovaryheels See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nora Finds is Nora Thoeng. She's an Australian-Indonesian-Chinese gal who lives in London. We talked about growing up in Sydney, her experiences at school in Jakarta, the complementary nature of her science job (Nora works in a brain research lab) and her vintage fashion past-time.https://www.instagram.com/norafinds/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Karina Waters is undertaking the renovation of a lifetime. She and her husband purchased the Chateau de Gudanes in the south of France in 2013. The chateau is a social media star in her own right; she has an Instagram and makes frequent appearances in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. We caught up with Karina and talked about her early life in Perth, Western Australia, her responsibility to the Chateau and what her stage in life means for women. A bientot!https://www.instagram.com/chateaugudanes/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Karen was the launch editor of cult favourite magazine marie claire lifestyle. She created Inside Out magazine in the early 2000s. She has published a clutch of interiors books such as: Perfect Imperfect, White Rooms and Superhouse. Karen tells us about growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the Troubles and her life as a student in London. She tells us what inspires us and her answers are surprising.https://www.instagram.com/mccartneyk/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Carla Coulson is a creative polymath. She has crafted photography for books like My Amalfi Coast, editorial for Harper's Bazaar and shoots for private clients (like Head Ovary Heel's guest Jennie Hogg of Lois Avery). She sells art prints online through her website. And she now runs photography workshops and creative mentoring. Listen to her journey from country New South Wales to Paris. We caught up with her in her studio.https://www.instagram.com/carlalovesphotography/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jennie Hogg left her high-flying law career to establish Lois Avery - a luxury cashmere shawl business. In this episode of Head Ovary Heels, Jennie talks about starting her own business, how social media inspired her career change and what it means to balance ambition with small children. Oh, and what it's really like to have twins.http://www.loisavery.com/https://www.instagram.com/loisavery/https://www.pinterest.com/loisaverycashmere/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tanya Stevanovic is the founder of designer footwear company Sydney Sandal Company as well as the owner of Pretty Dog, an independent boutique in Newtown - (with an online store)- which Broadsheet.com.au calls: "The ultimate destination for fashion risk takers."Tanya talks about what it takes to create a fashion brand and keep it relevant and successful in today's fast fashion industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clare Press has written for just about everyone: Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, the Sydney Morning Herald and marie claire. She's written two books, The Dressing Table and Wardrobe Crisis: How we went from Sunday best to fast fashion( Nero Books).On the latter, Wardrobe Crisis is a fabulously clever book that mixes memoir with the devastating behind-the-seams details of the clothes we wear.We caught up with Clare before she jetted off to Italy to write her third book, Rise & Resist about activism. Rise and Resist will be published by Melbourne University Press in October 2018. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kara Rosenlund's original images have influenced many an Instagram pic. Kara initially made her mark as a stylist and photographer for Country Style, Conde Nast Traveller, Elle Decoration and a number of other luxury lifestyle magazines, but it was the publication of her best-selling book, 'Shelter - How Australians Live', that firmly established Kara as the creator of a particularly Australian sense of style. In this podcast, Kara talks about growing up in South East Queensland and how the beach and the bush have contributed to her success.Also, I love Kara's newsletter, sign up via her website:http://www.kararosenlund.com/http://instagram.com/kararosenlund See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.