How to enhance 'beautiful' aging skin with subtle skincare and makeup swaps

Don’t miss the latest episode of 'The House of Wellness' with Chemist Warehouse on the Breeze, where we celebrate International Women’s Day with some of NZ’s most influential powerhouse wāhine.

Media personality Brodie Kane, Somatic Sexologist Morgan Penn, Endometriosis NZ chief executive Tanya Cooke, Makeup Extraordinaire Lisa Matson, to our resident pharmacist Piyara Perera - we hear all the best advice, tips and personal journeys these incredible women have to share on mental and physical health. 

Featured Guest: Brodie Kane

Host of our latest rova podcast ‘Let Her Finish’, Brodie Kane, is a busy bee - or as she likes to dub it, “running around like a blue-arsed fly”

She's a media personality who moves across radio, podcasts, live events, and writing. We don't know when she sleeps, to be perfectly honest. She's also someone who speaks really openly about ambition, endurance, fitness, rebuilding and choosing to live a very full life and a busy life on her own terms.

Despite the fatigue of having her finger in many different pies (projects), Brodie grounds herself by reminding herself she is “lucky” and “grateful” for the chaos.

“I crave routine,” she says. “But, you know, sometimes the routine falls by the wayside, and you actually can start to feel it. And you know that these chaotic moments are temporary.”

Brodie is a keen runner - often competing in ultra marathons - and she explains how having a non-negotiable routine around her fitness greatly benefits her mental health. 

She adds her advice about how far we can push ourselves outside our comfort zone to keep the sort of energy she radiates alive and, excuse the pun, running!

Featured Guest: Morgan Penn

Morgan Penn is a somatic sexologist, which means she specifically works with the body. 

“I'm in a very privileged place of guiding people back into their bodies,” she says. “Which means they can then connect into their sexual selves if they have been disconnected, which, through religion, upbringing, culture, shame, guilt…”

Morgan chats about how we can better feel connected to our bodies and ourselves, redefining confidence, and what Morgan has learnt about herself through her work.

Morgan says the biggest need for her clients is “slowness”, because we have been in the mindset of “go, go, go” - slowing down allows us to enjoy the subtleties of pleasure in the body.

She gives her biggest tips on how to “get out of your head” and better feel a connection to our bodies.

Featured Guest: Lisa Matson

Makeup extraordinaire Lisa Matson is on to chat about dealing with hormonal skin when it comes to makeup as we become wiser. 

“Firstly, you have to actually be quite critical. Or, you know, either go to a dermatologist or skin specialist or beauty therapist, and you actually have to look at what those changes are and want to know what they are.”

She mentions the typical dryness, sun damage and a few more hairs you notice as you age. These are all things that need to be considered when you apply skincare and makeup.

She shares what products to use and how to apply them, and highlights those “beautiful” features of ageing.

Featured Guest: Tanya Cooke

Endometriosis NZ chief executive Tanya Cooke talks about the work Endometriosis NZ is doing to help spread awareness and how they’re helping those women who suffer from it.

“Endometriosis is a common chronic inflammatory disease where tissue that's similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus in different places,” she explains. “And that's causing inflammation, scarring, sometimes pain and different types of symptoms depending on their individual case.”

Around 1 in 10 girls, women and those assigned female at birth are affected by the condition. That's a minimum of 120,000 people in New Zealand.

Tanya says: “If something doesn't feel right - severe pain with periods that are quite distressing and that stop you from doing everyday activities - have that conversation with your GP.”

Once you’ve sought help, “start taking some medication to manage those symptoms. If the symptoms are becoming a problem, then the GP really should be referring you to a gynecologist to, to do a little bit more investigation around endometriosis, or if it's something else that's causing this.”

Endometriosis NZ is a not-for-profit that's been around for around 40 years. Unfortunately, they don't receive any government funding, so they have a real focus on advocacy, educating the community, going into schools, and going into workplaces. 

They have lots of webinars online, educational events and support resources, which really educate people around the symptoms, around getting a diagnosis, and how to manage the condition.

Featured Guest: Piyara Perera

Our resident pharmacist, Piyara Perera, had a real focus on running ailments following the ‘Round The Bays’ event in Auckland over the weekend. 

Her biggest advice for post-run recovery is the four Rs - rehydrate, refuel, repair, and rest.

She explains all the simple ways to replenish after such high-intense physical activity. 

Listen to the full episode up top and join us next Sunday for The House of Wellness with Chemist Warehouse on the Breeze.