This episode is a live recording from British Beauty Week 2025, where we hosted a panel discussion at Tallulah Lingerie exploring the beauty archetypes of the princess and the witch, and what they reveal about women, aging, power, and self-expression.

Pia Long is a Finnish perfumer, author of co-founder of her own fragrance house Eau de Boujee, and author of 'Demo Accords' with nearly 17 years of experience creating fragrances. @perfumer.pia

Giselle La Pompe-Moore is the author of "Take It In," founder of the CD Lab consultancy, and has been a practicing witch for 20 years. (Vogue described her as "The woman redefining spirituality for the millennial crowd".) @gisellelpm

Maria Sotiriou is the founder of Silke London and a hairstylist with over 37 years of experience in the industry. @silkelondon

Lorelei Winston is a glamour witch, women's personal stylist and former ballerina and burlesque performer. @extraordinarymagicbylauralei

We discuss why society is fixated on the princess/witch binary and who benefits from it. Giselle explains the "witch wound" and how ancestral trauma affects women's visibility today. Lorelei shares the Scottish origins of the word "glamour" (it literally means to cast a spell). Pia talks about how the male gaze shifts as women age and the liberation that can come with it, while Maria spoke about the power of beauty sleep and reclaiming our "princess energy". The panel explores beauty rituals as intention-setting and self-love, the difference between beauty as personal expression versus beauty marketed to insecurities, and why we need to stop judging other women's beauty choices.

A huge thanks to The British Beauty Council, all the panellists and attendees, Tallulah Lingerie for hosting and our sponsors Yardley London, Kohl Kreatives, Silke London, Dr Organic and Fluus.