"I received an Instagram DM from Maria, completely out of the blue, asking if I wanted to jump on a Zoom call with her…"

"It’s still weird to call this my work. It is a hobby that became a business. I guess what I do online is the advert f…"

"There are so many influencers who do so many things, and I specifically will only talk about make-up and beauty."

"I love that I can take the dogs into Jarrolds and John Lewis in Norwich, which is another of my favourite places to s…"

"I don’t have a lot of time to myself, but I am on my own when I go to my studio which is my thinking time. I lock the…"

"I’ve re-bought Marianne Faithfull’s autobiography Faithfull so many times, as I keep loaning it to people. I am fasci…"

"I recently discovered that I’m a Virgo after an astrologer read my chart. I always thought I was a Leo as I’m on the …"

"This photo of my siblings [Nic, now 36, and John and Jim, both 29] and I was taken in the pre-digital age when I was …"

"There's a lot of incorrect information out there. Most of our subscribers don't have the intention of becoming makeup…"

"My advice? Stay under the radar. Keep to yourself, keep working and stay polite. Never bite! This is a small industry…"