Katie Piper OBE: The Beauty Risks Nobody's Warning You About

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Wednesday, 25 March 2026 - 55 minutes

This week, host Claira Hermet is joined by Katie Piper OBE - presenter, activist, author and one of the most recognisable voices in conversations about beauty, resilience and self-acceptance. Katie spoke about Britain's growing obsession with extreme skincare hacks, from salmon sperm injections to egg yolk facials, and why chasing the perfect fix could be doing more harm than good. But the conversation goes much deeper than skincare. Katie opens up about her faith, what recovery really looked like, the loneliness nobody talks about, and why she believes aging is a gift rather than something to fight. Her 2025 book Still Beautiful asks what life could look like if we finally stopped caring what other people think.Then Claira is joined by PT Leyla Mehmet, who has spent six years using fitness to change lives in ways most personal trainers never get close to, from coaching celebrities to working with young boys caught up in knife crime. Leyla talks about faith, fitness and Ramadan training, her work with Greenwich Islamic Centre, whether Muslim women feel truly welcome in mainstream gym spaces, and why she believes movement is one of the most powerful tools we have for mental health.https://www.katiepiperfoundation.org.uk/https://www.instagram.com/leylvmehmet/

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