Ep. 211: The difference between hot and pretty and why makeup artist Bea Sweet can't be put in a box

This week’s guest is the amazing London-based makeup artist Bea Sweet. Often compared to Queen Pat McGrath, Bea is the creative behind some truly stunning looks for the likes of everyone from singers Jorja Smith and Twigs to British-Australian actress Miriam Margolyes. In this episode Bea looks back on the products that really got her into beauty and blows my mind when she talks about her formal music training as a child. We have an interesting conversation around what Bea classifies as being ‘hot’ and how it differs from being ‘pretty’ and she references some back in the day websites and influences that lean more into the edgy, darker side of beauty. Also, towards the end of the show, Bea is going to share the 4 products that she cannot live without, and they’re really interesting! I hope you enjoy this one as much as we did. Feel free to get in touch with feedback over in the DMs on Twitter or Instagram @beautymepodcast or email me [email protected]. Don’t forget, you’ll also find some video clips of our chat on Instagram or you can see it on TikTok @charissekenion. Did you know that you can now listen to BeautyMe on Amazon Music? Wherever you listen, I would really love if you could hit that subscribe or like button. Links Products mentioned: Barry M Dazzle Dust: https://barrym.com/products/dazzle-dust-rose-gold MAC Cosmetics Ruby Woo: https://go.shopmy.us/p-1979338 Pat McGrath Lip Fetish Astral Lip Balm Amethyst: https://go.shopmy.us/p-1978247 Danessa Myricks Evolution Powder: https://go.shopmy.us/p-1978246 Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Beauty Light Wand in No2 Medium: https://go.shopmy.us/p-1978182 Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb in Fu$$y: https://go.shopmy.us/p-1978183 Bea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beasweetbeauty/ FKA Twigs Ouch Ouch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZfMhK0vjeg FKA Twigs Papi Pacify video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OydK91JjFOw FKA Twigs Honda video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxokAmGVzOs Jorja Smith Try Me video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn6i9bfdRA BeautyMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beautymepodcast BeautyMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautymepodcast/ BeautyMe newsletter: https://beautymenotes.substack.com BeautyMe on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@charissekenion BeautyMe on ShopMy: https://shopmy.us/beautyme