The Beauty Desk

Kelly Rowland on nightmare nineties beauty trends and doing her makeup with Beyoncé

September 16, 2026·28 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

This episode is in paid partnership with Olay. Music icon, entrepreneur, and self-confessed beauty junkie Kelly Rowland joins Sarah Jossel on The Beauty Desk to reveal her biggest beauty mistakes — from burning her skin off as a teenager - to her 90s Destiny’s Child style regrets and triumphs. In this live episode Kelly Rowland breaks down her daily skincare routine, beauty secrets, and her skincare evolution since her years as a nineties pop star, to turning 40. Unpacking her worst beauty mistakes and teenage skincare errors, she shares her holy grail skincare products, powerful advice on confidence - as well as her experience dealing with social media scrutiny in today’s cancel culture and the power of saying no.If you enjoyed this, make sure to follow so you never miss an episode.You can watch The Beauty Desk on The Sunday Times Style’s YouTube channel Host: Sarah JosselProducers: Joshua ArnoldThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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