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RTÉ News
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Vogue Williams on turning 40: "I feel like I'm in a good spot"
Someone who seems to have the Midas touch in her life and career, Vogue Williams – podcaster, entrepreneur, presenter and now author – talks to Janice Butler about sharing her life story in her new book, Big Mouth, why she doesn't embarrass easily and being in a good place as she turns 40. The week before I chat with Vogue Williams, I was getting my Friday fix of her podcast with comedian Joanne McNally. During their chat, she confesses that she's anxious about the release of her new book, Big Mouth, a reflection on her life so far and the hilarious and sometimes sad twists and turns along the way. She says she is nervous about what the media will pick up on and the usual clickbait headlines that are part of being in the public eye. There's been many iterations of Vogue Williams over the years: the Howth native first came to people's attention as a model in the mid-Noughties and star of the ground-breaking reality TV show Fade Street. She then went on to be a successful TV presenter with her Vogue Williams Investigates documentaries. Her marriage and divorce from Westlife star Brian McFadden made perfect tabloid fodder. After that stressful time, she moved to London to recreate her life. That's exactly what she has done. Now, Vogue is a queen of podcasts (she currently has three!) and is happily married to former reality star, Spencer Matthews (whom she met on reality show The Jump) and the couple have three young children (Theodore, Gigi and Otto). She has a successful business too, with Bare by Vogue tanning products, clothing collections, a fitness app and of course, she is the voice and face of Fairy Non-Bio ('click-clack'). It's an impressive portfolio; I'm tired even thinking about it! Her podcasts brought her to a whole new audience, breaking down people's preconceptions of her and giving a "sense of the real" Vogue. "I think people thought I was very different to what I'm actually like and got a sense of the real me when I started doing the podcast with Spencer and my one with Joanne. When you're on social media, you only see a snippet of someone's life, but when I'm on the podcast, I'm very much myself," she remarks. Now, with Big Mouth, she's revealing more of herself with her trademark humour. While the book is packed with stories from her life, she's hesitant to call it an autobiography. How does she feel now about its release? "You can take any sentence out of context, and it doesn't really lend to what the book is, or the tone of it," she answers. "There's going to be things that are of more interest to people, and you'll get the clickbait headlines, but I think I'm kind of over those nerves now, although I was feeling that way for a while," she adds. "I wanted to write a book that's hopefully interesting to people; there's been a lot of things in my life that I could have done better, and maybe people will learn something from those that I didn't. I wanted to entertain people with this too, I want it to be a book that you take to the beach and enjoy reading." When we chat, she's sitting in a stylish room in her house (in another life, Vogue got a degree in construction design and management), which people may recognise from her social media. The room is as chic as the woman herself, with a sleek blonde bob and flawless make-up. Her youngest son, Otto, is calling through the door, keen to go scooting with her. It's hard to appease a three-year-old when they're on a mission. She promised him she won't be long, apologises and we continue our chat. While she's very open on her podcasts, the book covers parts of her life that she hasn't discussed publicly before. Yes, she does get Botox: "Everyone already knew from Joanne and I's chats. We'll still be gorgeous when we die," she laughs. More serious topics include her divorce from Brian McFadden and the impact of the death of her father, Freddie, when she was in her early 20s. Big Mouth charts her childhood in Howth, with her siblings Amber, Frederick (she's the youngest) and step-brother Alexander. She deals with her parents, Sandra and Freddie's divorce, when she was seven; her subsequent relationship with her mum Sandra and step-dad Neil, who she's very close to; and with her dad, who she describes in the book as 'fond of the drink." "I always said I'd never write an autobiography because I didn't know how to approach it. I didn't want to throw anyone under the bus, it's not really my style. But I realised there was a way to do it without calling out people," she explains. As someone who can't remember what happened last week, I tell her I was impressed by how much of her childhood and teenage years she could recall. "I remember snippets and, of course, the funnier parts," she laughs. "When my mum read it, she said 'There's a lot of drinking in this book' and I genuinely don't drink that much. "It's quite nostalgic and an Irish childhood is very different to any other," she continues. "We spent a lot of time in the pub with my dad, but even in terms of the freedom you had, you'd go off on your own for the day. I'd never do that with my kids now, they just won't have that life here in London." She refers to her mental health quite a bit in the book and her battle with anxiety, which she manages now through exercise and a healthy lifestyle. She's very open about the benefits she gets from seeing a therapist. Did she find digging back into the past and getting it down on paper therapeutic? "It was. It was one of the only times I've ever just been focused on doing one thing because I had such a short window to write the book. Writing it all down, I learned a lot about myself, about my anxiety and where it might have started, and that was really interesting. When you sit down and put it all out there, you think 'Oh that's why I'm like this'." Her father, who spent a lot of the latter part of his life in and out of hospital, passed away in 2010 when she was 24. She says it changed the trajectory of her life. She reveals in the book that she escaped the reality of it all by moving to Australia with her then-boyfriend, singer Brian McFadden. The pair quickly got engaged and married, but in the book, Vogue admits it all happened too fast, and she realised quite soon after their wedding in Italy that she'd made a mistake. They went on to divorce in 2017, and reflecting on it in Big Mouth, she admits she felt embarrassed at the time by how public the end of their relationship was. Looking back on her dad's passing, she says it took her a long time to process it, and it was hard to revisit the emotions when she was writing. "I don't think I grieved properly at the start; I was just going through the motions with everything, and that's when I ran away for a while. I didn't start to grieve until I would say two years after he died, and even now, I get sad when I'm doing things that I know he'd love to be doing," she says. "Grief is a funny thing. Even writing down the stories about my dad, I got to remember how fun he was. He was a really good dad to us. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be to put all that down. "It's just terrible that he can't be around for so many things; like he'll never meet my kids, and that's really sad because he loved kids and he'd have loved hanging out with them." She always had the itch to be on stage or screen, or "get attention", as she says in the book. While she's better known for her TV and modelling work, she also went to the Gaiety School of Acting and spent a month at the prestigious RADA in London when she was a teenager. She jokes now that she hadn't a clue what she was getting herself into with the latter. "I don't know if that trip was about RADA or me moving to London for a month," she laughs. "I didn't know it was a Shakespearean theatre of acting until I showed up and thought: 'What is this?' I got into it, though, sword fighting and all that. "I just loved the whole world of acting, and that hasn't changed. Sometimes when you're doing TV, you have to pretend to be a version of yourself, which is acting in a way. I loved drama and dance growing up; I loved everything about showing off," she laughs. Reflecting on her career to date, the good and the bad, she's happy with where it's led her. "I'm not embarrassed by anything I did back then. Even modelling, back in the day, it was such a ridiculous concept of having us all standing on a shopping street in a bikini to promote something. But I had such a fun time with all the girls, and everything has moved me on to the next stage in my career. I'm here now because of everything that's gone before," she says. Is she proud of herself? "I'm Irish, I don't think we're allowed to say we're proud of ourselves!" she laughs. At the moment, Vogue has three podcasts on the go: My Therapist Ghosted Me with Joanne McNally, her solo project, Never Live it Down; and Vogue & Amber, with her sister, who replaced her husband Spencer earlier this year. "I loved doing it with him, but not towards the end because I knew he wasn't enjoying it," she says of his reason for leaving their pod. "He has his own one now that he loves, whereas the things I like discussing with Joanne and Amber are not up his street," she laughs. While she now lives in London, her home town of Howth, where she's recently renovated a house, is where her heart lies. Would she ever move the family back permanently? "I love the idea of it, but I think so much of my work is over here now, so it would be really difficult for me to go back full-time. But I love going home so much and I want the kids to have friends there and to be friends with my friends' kids and have the same love for Ireland that I do," she replies. Without giving anything away, the last chapter of Big Mouth is titled 'Fantasy Future Plan' where she describes a fictional future life plan, but what's the real five-year plan, I wonder? "I'd like to focus on doing a bit more TV, and then I'm going to start writing my fiction novel," she reveals. "I've three ideas in my head and I'm meeting publishers next month. I have a feeling which one they'll go with. One is more of a TV show idea, so if I write the book, it's possible it could be made into a TV show, so it's just to wait and see which one they think will work better. "I'm giving myself a long time to write it, though. I've never written fiction, so I'm going to do a course in the summer and make sure I have a proper understanding of it," she adds. Vogue turns 40 in October, and in a way, this collection of stories feels like a bookend as she enters a new decade. "I feel like I'm in a good spot at the moment, and I'm looking forward to turning 40. I'm not dreading it at all," she says. "I think your 40s are meant to be a great decade. I've had a really good time in my 30s, especially my late 30s, and sure, aren't we all lucky to be ageing, 'cos we're still here?"
BreakingNews.ie
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Vogue Williams: How to perfect your tan routine
'I never don't have some kind of tan on,' declares Vogue Williams. 'I don't remember the last time I haven't had self-tan on.' The broadcaster, businesswoman and mum-of-three's glow might look effortless, her path to tanning perfection has been anything but. Advertisement 'I remember back in the day, when I was 16 going around with just bright orange hands, I used to just put bleach on my hands,' the 39-year-old cringes. 'It came right off but my hands were like sandpaper. 'That was actually one of my friend's ideas – we didn't have tan remover. [Now] I would never, ever use a home remedy.' Williams no longer uses home remedies when self-tanning (Bare by Vogue/PA) Having had her fair share of fake-tan nightmares, Williams founded Bare by Vogue in 2019. So here's her ultimate guide to a natural-looking fake tan this summer.. How to tan in a time crunch With three children under six, Williams doesn't have time for elaborate beauty rituals. Advertisement If you're on a time crunch but want a golden glow, she suggests swapping out products as opposed to adding more. 'I would replace your body moisturiser with a gradual tan, then I'd replace a [face] serum with the tanning serum, because you're going to be [using a] serum anyway. So it's easy to use – that's what I do.' Even applying the tan has become a family affair. If Williams' husband, entrepreneur and former Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews, isn't there – she sometimes enlists help from her kids. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bare by Vogue (@barebyvogue) 'I got my son to do [my back] and he was five at the time – I was like, this is a new low for me,' she laughs. 'I don't know how good a job he did, but I had an event the next day.' Advertisement 'I was like, how do I do my own tan on my back? So now I use the [Bare by Vogue hydrating facial mist]. I just can't get my child to do it anymore.' Matthews is also deeply committed to a sun-safe tan – maybe too much. 'He only uses Ultra Dark. He'll do his whole body. I used to do it for him – and my brother – and I thought, this is actually really hard.' Williams laughed and vowed to stop fake tanning everyone who asked. 'Even when I have to do his back, I'm like, yeah, it's too much.' Advertisement Vogue's ultimate tanning hacks The biggest giveaway to a self-tan looking fake? Your hands. 'You need to put loads of hand cream on your hands, feet, elbow, knees,' she says, recommending hand cream over normal moisturiser as it is thicker and more nourishing. Williams uses a thick moisturiser on dry areas to avoid patchiness (Bare by Vogue/PA) 'Then when you're doing your arms, only use the excess from the mitt to dust over your hands, and then use a tanning brush so you're buffing it all out. 'Don't add more tan to the hand – it doesn't work, I've been there – I've tried it for all of us,' she laughs. Advertisement 'Once a month, I'll treat myself to a full strip-off,' she says. 'I'll squirt the [Bare by Vogue express tan removal gel] into the bath, and I'll sit in the bath [with an] exfoliator mitt. 'That's like a once-a-month job. But usually, I exfoliate after about day two or three of wearing tan. So then it comes off really naturally [and] I'm just ready to reapply another layer.' How to tan if you're a gym-lover Despite her regular workouts, Williams' tan holds up. 'I'll go to the gym and then [after] I'll put my tan on in the morning, I don't tan too much at night time, I prefer tanning during the day.' Regularly getting a sweat on in the gym doesn't interfere with Vogue's tanning routine (Matt Alexander/PA) Williams often opts for a water or instant lotion over a mousse so she can get on with her day, and luckily water formulas don't transfer onto clothes. 'I remember once we were doing a shoot, and I forgot to tan the night before, and I had to put on the [Bare by Vogue clear tan water] at 7am and thank God it had come out!' she says. For tanning newbies If you've read enough about the dangers of suntanning to be a convert to faking it this summer – Williams has some tips for beginners. 'I love the tanning water because it doesn't come off on your sheets,' she says, which can be off-putting for many. 'But if you're not used to tanning, I wouldn't start with the tanning water, because there's no guide colour. 'I have this friend at home who was getting married, and she was very pale, I said, I'm going to send you the gradual lotion. It's just like putting on moisturiser,' she says. 'It really works well for people, because there is a slight guide colour to it.' Vogue's beauty philosophy Tanning aside, Williams keeps her skincare routine minimal and effective. '[In the morning] I wash my face, do a serum, then factor 50,' she says. 'There's a factor 50 from Beauty Pie that's really thin, it's kind of like a primer, so your make-up doesn't go all weird. Then I always add a little bit of eye cream.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by voguewilliams (@voguewilliams) Evenings are just as streamlined. 'I double cleanse at night. Sometimes I use the Tatcha Rice Polish – I have to hide that – I don't want anyone touching my rice polish! Your skin is honestly like velvet after it.' But if there's one thing she hoards, it's lip balm. 'I used to get on my school report cards 'she needs to stop applying lip balm in school all day', I cannot leave the house without one,' she says. 'I love the Laneige one, but I also love Tatcha – it's kind of like a lip gloss. That's my favourite one at the moment.' Having a sun-safe mindset Williams' love of tanning doesn't mean she worships the sun – and it's a mindset she wants to pass to her children. 'Now I'm literally hiding from the sun […] I can't bear getting burnt,' she says. Her approach with her kids? 'Always a hat, always factor 50,' and even zinc for added protection. View this post on Instagram A post shared by voguewilliams (@voguewilliams) 'There's a good hack with kids – Childs Farm has a roll-on sun cream, and if you're doing their face, use a little makeup brush for cream. It makes it easier.'
Daily Mail
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Vogue Williams flaunts her bronzed figure in her underwear in stunning new photoshoot as she reveals her ultimate fake tanning hacks
Vogue Williams showcased her bronzed physique and toned legs, as she stripped to her underwear for a sizzling new photoshoot for her fake tan brand. The TV presenter, 39, launched Bare By Vogue back in 2019, and has now revealed all her top tanning tips to fans. In an accompanying photos, the mother-of-three posed up a storm at home, first in a white bra and matching underwear that displayed her long legs and flat midriff. Vogue also slipped into a black set in the bathroom, working her best angles to highlight her glowing complexion. While in another stunning shot, she lounged on a plush chaise longue in a summery yellow minidress, that perfectly contrasted against her golden tan. A final snap saw her slipping into a sports bra and leggings for a workout, demonstrating how sweat doesn't even cause her tanning product to budge. The TV presenter, 39, launched Bare By Vogue back in 2019, and has now revealed all her top tanning tips to fans She styled her blonde locks in beachy waves while enhancing her flawless skin with a subtle make-up finish. Giving fans all the details on her fake tanning routine, Vogue admitted to PA: 'I never don't have some kind of tan on. I don't remember the last time I haven't had self-tan on.' However, she confessed that she wasn't always so skilled at getting a natural look, recalling: 'I remember back in the day, when I was 16 going around with just bright orange hands, I used to just put bleach on my hands. 'It came right off but my hands were like sandpaper. That was actually one of my friend's ideas – we didn't have tan remover. [Now] I would never, ever use a home remedy.' But as a working mother of three children with husband Spencer Matthews, she understands that some people don't have the time to get their tanning perfect. She advises: 'I would replace your body moisturiser with a gradual tan, then I'd replace a [face] serum with the tanning serum, because you're going to be [using a] serum anyway. So it's easy to use – that's what I do.' However, Vogue admits that she also employed the help of Spencer and even her children in moments of desperation. She said: 'I got my son to do [my back] and he was five at the time – I was like, this is a new low for me. I don't know how good a job he did, but I had an event the next day. 'I was like, how do I do my own tan on my back? So now I use the [Bare by Vogue hydrating facial mist]. I just can't get my child to do it anymore.' But for don't expect her to do the same for Made in Chelsea star Spencer, as Vogue admits: 'He only uses Ultra Dark. He'll do his whole body. I used to do it for him – and my brother – and I thought, this is actually really hard. Even when I have to do his back, I'm like, yeah, it's too much.' Her biggest tip for self-tanning is to use lots of hand cream on your hands, feet, elbows and knees. She adds: 'Then when you're doing your arms, only use the excess from the mitt to dust over your hands, and then use a tanning brush so you're buffing it all out. 'Don't add more tan to the hand – it doesn't work, I've been there – I've tried it for all of us'. However, though she loves a golden glow, Vogue won't sacrifice sun safety to get a natural tan, and wants to make sure her children follow her example. She says: 'Now I'm literally hiding from the sun […] I can't bear getting burnt.' When it comes to her kids, Theodore, six, Gigi, four, and Otto, two, she advises: 'Always a hat, always factor 50' plus zinc for added protection. 'There's a good hack with kids – Childs Farm has a roll-on sun cream, and if you're doing their face, use a little makeup brush for cream. It makes it easier.' It comes after Vogue made a heartbreaking admission about struggling with disordered eating from the age of 16 in her early modelling days. The broadcaster bravely spoke out about her battle with food on her podcast, as she revealed she got swept up in 'mad' diets and also touched on the societal pressure young girls currently face. Vogue opened up about how the constant barrage of diet and fitness advice led to unhealthy habits that dramatically affected her relationship with food. Speaking on the trending diet and fitness advice on the latest episode of her podcast, My Therapist Ghosted Me with Joanne McNally, she said: 'There's always someone telling you to do something,' 'I always think, train and eat as well as you can - there's no way anyone can eat healthy all the time. But I used to do that bulls**t all the time, and it did make me have disordered eating for a while.' She continued: 'I'd go on these mental diets, like I'd go to this new gym and they'd be like, "You can only eat this" or, "You can't have ketchup". 'Just mad. Since I was 16 there's been that kind of thing of, now you have to do this to look like this. It can be quite full-on, and for younger girls having to look at that s**t, it's a bit of a nightmare.' Vogue enjoys running to stay in shape and eats everything in moderation, telling RTE earlier this year: 'I think I've found a really good balance in my life. I never put up [on social media] what I eat because I wouldn't say I eat really well all the time. I'm just big into eating non-processed food.' She has previously been candid about the pressures she's faced around body image throughout her career, including being subjected to both fat-shaming and skinny-shaming. Before her first pregnancy, she says she was criticised for being 'too big,' which left her feeling under pressure to lose weight despite being in great shape. After giving birth to her first child, Theodore, Vogue faced a fresh wave of trolling accusing her of being 'too thin'. She hit back by publicly sharing her weight to silence the cruel comments. 'I'm 64kg and 5'11... that's where my weight comfortably sits,' she wrote online. During her first pregnancy, Vogue also spoke out about the backlash she received for continuing to exercise - revealing the online abuse was so bad it caused her extreme anxiety and forced her to seek reassurance from her doctor that her baby was healthy. The presenter, who has long championed honest conversations around mental health, has said that managing anxiety has been an ongoing challenge. She says exercise, eating well and cutting back on alcohol are some of the ways she looks after her mental wellbeing. Recently, Vogue sent pulses racing in a skimpy yellow bikini as she confessed in a candid Instagram clip that her new swimwear 'makes it look like she has boobs'. The model flaunted her washboard abs in her scallop two-piece as she continued her family getaway in the Caribbean island of St Barts. In the Story, Vogue made a statement with a pair of large square white sunglasses as she went makeup-free for her post. To finish her beach look, she slicked back her blonde tresses into a side-parted low bun and kept her accessories to a minimum.
The Independent
03-03-2025
- Lifestyle
- The Independent
16 best gradual tans for a healthy golden glow
Whether you like to fake a year-round tan, apply a layer before heading on holiday or are just a summertime addict, gradual tan deserves a place in every fake tanner's arsenal. While mousses and mitts have always hogged the limelight, building your base with a gradual formula is – in this long-serving fake tanner's opinion – the best way to achieve a subtle and natural-looking wash of bronze. From fast-drying lotions and creams to butters and serums, these products give you a natural-looking glow and are also far less drying than other methods (goodbye, tiger bread skin). Thanks to the hybrid moisturising formula, stubborn dry areas, such as elbows, ankles and knees, are much easier to tackle. Better still, you're left feeling supple for days after a tanning session, thanks to skin-loving ingredients. Designed to be applied just as you would a normal body lotion, it's much easier to execute a streak-free tan with your bare hands – just remember to wash them after, to avoid the tell-all Wotsit fingers. Plus, you can customise your glow by reapplying as many times as you'd like. How we tested Our criteria for the best gradual tanners spanned ease of application, long-lasting results, evenness, value for money and skin benefits. Some of these products we've loved and used religiously for years, while others are newer launches that have risen to cult status in our bathroom cabinet. We tested the formulas after exfoliating and reapplied each product to see how well it built a realistic glow. Here are the gradual face and body tanners to stock up on in time for summer. Why trust our coverage Daisy has been covering beauty here at The Independent for the past five years and, in addition to garnering a breadth of knowledge on all things skincare and bodycare, she's become somewhat of an expert on fake tans, from graduals to mousses. Besides using fake tan herself weekly, Daisy is guardian of IndyBest's guide to applying fake ta n and has written several individual reviews for tanners, including St Tropez and Bare by Vogue. Now, after copious testing, she's pulled together a definitive guide to the best gradual formulas. Scroll on for her verdict. The best gradual tans for 2025 are:
