“When I think of beauty, and a beauty regime, I always think, well that’s your skin, that’s kind of what you live in, it’s like your fur isn’t it? You have to look after yourself, it’s like when you see a cat cleaning it’s fur. That’s sort of a weird analogy, but I think it’s our version of that.”

On her everyday look:

“I like to look fresh and natural, with maybe a cat eye. I like the skin to appear dewy, and that means a lot of highlighter. I love Natura Bisse as it makes your skin look all glowy, and gives a tiny bit of coverage for everyday.”

On her charity, The Epilepsy Society (UK based):

“I’m working on a big yoga collective event coming up soon with FarFetch. Basically, we’re creating a yoga session, and it will be around 100 people doing yoga in the most amazing, old converted church space. My amazing Peruvian friend – who is magical – is going to teach it, and I’m going to DJ sitting on the floor, and take people on this magical one-hour journey with the music. The intention is to help people with epilepsy and help find a cure.”

“I think you need to really feel beautiful within yourself to be able to radiate style.”

On her career advice:

“If you focus on doing something you love, you are far more likely to do well at it. Someone will always need a carpenter or a tree surgeon, or whatever it might be, so stick to it.”

On using Essential Oils as fragrance:

“I love Sandalwood, Neroli, Black Pepper, Tobacco smells, musky woody smells, I’m not so into florals.”

“Birdie is where I buy the best oils in the world, and those are the ones I mix. They have incredible blends.”

On her take on beauty:

“Beauty signifies self-care for me. I think part of it is looking after the body, and a big part of that is eating good foods and taking care to really know what you’re putting into your body, and that includes your skin.”

On managing Epilepsy:

“The way I see it, I was given this odd paring and it’s kind of remarkable I’ve been able to have the career I’ve had, struggling with something that is so affected by a lack of sleep, so affected by flashing lights. And I’ve made it work. People say, how do you do that? I don’t really know how I do it, and it’s fucking difficult, but I’ve made it work and have been given this platform to speak from and say, well if I can do it, and I’m epileptic, and I’ve got to get on an airplane four times a week, then anyone can do anything they want to.”

On raising awareness of Epilepsy:

“The plan is to just work on more and more partnerships that raise awareness about what epilepsy is. Like how to act when someone has a seizure around you, and why people don’t talk about it much.”

On her morning beauty routine:

“I wake up and wash my face with Neals Yard facial wash, or Kapha herbal cleanser by Pratima. Then I spray organic rose water on my face, and tone with Dr Alkatis soothing gel, followed with clearing facial oil by Linne Botanicals.

On her love for Essential oils:

“Often I’ll just get blends and mix them. I’ll buy a relaxation oil and mix it with almond oil, or I’ll mix it with avocado oil so it’s good for my hair. I mix blends depending on what I’m using them for.”

“If I’m honest, I alternate between three different cleansers, oils and creams depending on what my skin is going through that day.”

“Obviously lavender is great for relaxation, and I find almond (oil) is always a nice base to mix things with. I’ve just got so many oils, and often I’m buying them from people that make them, and they don’t even have labels on.”

“It’s one of those things, when you find a good oil blend, you should always buy two, because sometimes you can’t get them again.”

On choosing to use natural products on her skin:

“It’s sort of like, well let’s have a look, can we pronounce the names on the backs of our products? And if we can’t, lets think again…. and just take something simple from the earth.”

“I think that a lot of people for many years were using all these fancy French products, and I think a lot of them are full of chemicals, and it’s kind of like, well what are you putting on your skin?”

“I think that’s where we are now in terms of this big shift with people wanting to go back to using things from the earth.”

“I get facials with Monica Watters at Sacred Touch. She is the best holistic facialist in the world, and only uses the finest 100% organic chemical free products. She’s also a healer and an incredible human.”

“When I think of beauty, I think about what i’m eating everyday, It’s important to me. I would rather spend money on skincare products, than handbags or anything like that.”

“The more yoga I started to do, and the more I started to connect with the earth, and be more grounded, the more I was drawn to natural products.”

On her words to live by:

“Manners don’t cost a thing, there is always time to be kind.”

“I mean, I feel like I’m a bit of a white witch. I love tonics, and oils and things that come from the earth, and cooking with lots of seeds.”

“I spent years of my life not telling anyone I had epilepsy, or being able talk about it. I’ve noticed talking about it, I feel much stronger and much more powerful. I think that’s what I want the main message of it all to be, for everyone to use their weaknesses as their power.”

“The more we talk about anything, whether that be addiction or depression or anxiety, and the more human we become, the more other people will open up to us about their problems. It’s just getting it out there.”

On her perfect Sunday:

“If I’m home and not travelling, I always try to mediate when I wake up and then put some music on my record player and make a good pot of tea. I like to try and do a yoga or pilates class on a Sunday, but this doesn’t always happen. In general I try to chill, and stay away from people.”

“It’s not necessarily about spending money, I go through stages of using just coconut oil as a face cream. But at the same time, the irony is that I do also spend a lot of money on skincare, and I manage to somehow feel less guilty about it by saying, oh well it’s skin, you know?”