WEBVTT - Karina Irby Uncut 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:24.239 Hi, guys, and welcome back to another episode of Life Uncut. 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:25.720 I'm Laura and I'm Brittany. 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.160 Hi Brittany, how are you? Laura? 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:28.800 Bloody? 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:30.880 Great, babe? How are you? I'm great? 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:32.440 But why didn't you just jump on in and tell 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:34.960 the guys what we've got coming up today? We have 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:38.440 a very special episode. And I know I say that 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:41.120 every week, but this one is extra jazzy. I actually 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.879 love that you say that everywhere extra jazzy. We have 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:46.360 a guest coming on today. Her name is Karina Irby 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:51.040 and she is a social media Instagram sensation. She's also 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:53.959 an incredible boss woman. She started her own company, She's 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:56.000 an entrepreneur, and she is going to be talking us 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:58.240 through her life and all of the things. She's also 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:00.800 just a great, bloody person. Isn't she a legend to 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:03.000 speak to? Yeah, it's an amazing chat. So we do 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:05.160 have that coming up. But before we get into that, 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:07.399 what's been happening Laura? What have you done this week? 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:09.919 I saw some friends. It was really nice. 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:12.720 Other than me, I believe it or not, Bernie, there 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:14.319 are other people in my life. 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:14.959 Not many, but there are. 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:17.720 I actually don't don't believe that this cloud of isolation 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:19.920 is lifted. I saw some girlfriends. I went for some 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:23.199 nice coastal walks with them. We had a barbecue, of course, 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:25.520 we like had a very small barbecue. Don't worry, guys, 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:29.000 but within limits, within we stuck to all of the parameters. 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:32.280 But it just really felt so nice to have this 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:34.880 feeling of normalcy. And then also it was such a 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:39.360 beautiful sunny weekend here in Bondai. So yeah, I had 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:40.319 such a nice weekend. 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:41.759 I knew well. 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.360 I tried to go out to dinner with some friends 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:45.800 and I was like, you know what, we need to 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:47.119 just get together and do something. 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:48.280 We tried to go out. 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:50.640 I can't tell you how many restaurants we call to 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:52.320 try and get in, and it's just nuts. I think 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.680 there must just be cues of months for people because 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:57.040 they're still taking limited seats. It was only ten people, 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.920 so everywhere it's just there's waiting lists. 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.520 We ended up just having a really nice night. We 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:03.000 stayed in. 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:05.640 So I haven't felt what you felt yet about being 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:07.680 back out a normal well. 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:09.440 I didn't go out anywhere. I just had people around 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:10.960 my house. It was that's what I did. 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.079 They came to my house, so we did the same thing, 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.880 then okay, okay, But I think like when feeling like 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:17.440 you're going out and doing stuff when you're a mum 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:19.200 is just literally having a couple of people over to 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.040 your house and you're like, oh my god, this is wild. 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:22.240 But do you know what we did. 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.480 We were very different points in our life. We all 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:26.639 dressed up like we dressed up like we were going 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:27.240 out because. 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:28.240 I think we all needed to pick me up. 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.880 You know, when you're slobbing around for months in your 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.799 active web on, you don't brush your hair, you say months, 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.200 that's been the last eleven months of my life. 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:37.239 It's pretty cute. 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.399 We put on we all like literally we fake ten 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:43.040 do We put makeup on when my friends came over, 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:46.400 like looking saucy af knee high boots and we're like. 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:46.960 Ready to go out. 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:48.760 And then we just sat in my land room, had 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.000 wines or to take away, had ice cream, and we 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:52.600 actually had the best no I've had in a long time. 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:54.720 So there was a lot of effort that went into that. 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:56.679 You lost me at knee high boots were pants on 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:57.680 when my friends came around. 0:02:57.720 --> 0:02:58.200 It was great. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:01.880 Well, guys, before we get into the actual episode, we 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:03.400 just wanted to touch on a couple of things that 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:06.960 have been happening, one of them being that we put 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.840 a photo up on our Instagram page of Courtney Kardashian 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:12.880 and I'm sure that most of you know of or 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.480 have seen that photo. And if you haven't, go have 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:19.040 a look at Life Uncut podcast. Now, there's this photo 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:22.200 that Kney Kardashian put up recently and it has been 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:27.160 extremely digitally altered, so she's photoshopped the photo and it's 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:30.240 caused a lot of conversation around one Is it okay 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:33.160 to photoshop too? Can you call someone out for photoshopping? 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.320 And what is okay? I mean, we see everybody in 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.160 the public eye everyone uses photoshop. We almost can't deny that. Now, 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.080 it's so rare to have somebody that doesn't. But the 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.280 Kardashians are very well known for it. 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.160 It's almost strange to watch. 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.280 They'll put a photo out that's photoshopped and people will 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:51.000 call them on it, and they don't even get embarrassed. 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:53.680 They're just like laugh at it, and it's like so 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:55.920 normal to them that they're like, oh, like, I'll just 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:57.400 delete it and put another on them. I think that 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:01.080 the Kardashians especially this photo of Courtney. I actually think 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:05.560 that they put out heavily doctored images, like heavily photoshopped images, 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:09.200 with the intention of creating conversation. Because look, we have 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:10.240 a podcast, we're. 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:11.200 Talking about it right now. 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.480 The image that we're specifically talking about today, it's a 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.799 it's a self looks like a selfie, but Courtney looks 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:20.880 like a completely different person in it. Her She's obviously 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:23.120 used face tuned to change the shape of her jaw, 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:25.760 She's changed the shape of her nose, she's changed the 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:26.680 shape of her eyes. 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:27.880 And it's not. 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:31.920 About whether or not we think that plastic surgery is 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.000 okay or whether we think that phyllis is okay. This 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.120 conversation is specifically about whether or not we think doctoring 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.440 images on social media is okay. And I honestly think 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.640 that they do this with the intention to cause this 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:45.599 sort of conversation and to create traffic to go to 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.240 their Instagram, for people to look at that photo, and 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:52.400 it drives their numbers up. It's tactical, it's strategic. We 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:56.760 have said before absolutely have nothing against injectibles, cosmetic surgery, 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.839 or whatever you want to do. We are actually we're 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:00.480 here for if it's gonna make you feel and it's 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.800 something you want to change, your body's your body. The 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.120 only thing we want to talk about now is the 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:08.160 fact that people like this with one hundred two hundred 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:11.640 million followers, they're so influential to today's youth, and they're 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.680 putting out this idea that every day you wake up 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:17.680 in the morning, you're cooking breakfast and you're looking immaculate, 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.599 you are looking absolutely perfect. And that's our newer generation 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:23.479 coming through thinking that they have to maintain these standards. 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:26.400 And then before we know it, every single Joe Blow 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:29.160 is photoshopping every single photo on a daily basis. 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:30.320 It's not even like it used to be. 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:34.640 Laura with magazines that used to photoshop for editorials that 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:36.800 we almost let slip because we're like, oh, it's a 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:39.479 high end editorial. We let them do what they have 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:41.640 to do. But now it's like Laura and I were 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.440 talking this morning, and Laura's saying, it's every sixteen year 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:48.479 old that's altering their photos because we think that we 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:51.440 have to maintain this certain level. And the thing that 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:54.960 caused so much uproar with this one particular photo, if 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:56.800 you haven't seen it, go and have a look. I 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.360 actually love Chloe Kardashian. I think she's funny. I think 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:02.920 she's a boss business lady. But she photoshopped at the 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.240 photo to the point that her necklace half a necklace 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:07.680 had been like photoshopped out of the picture, that is 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:10.040 how heavily it had been photoshopped. I just don't think 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:11.760 it's setting a good example of well, I think just 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:13.800 what you touched on in regards to how it used 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:17.200 to be only magazines that would photoshop images, and we 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.040 all recognize and there was big conversations around it ten 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:23.680 years ago, how damaging it was that magazines would photoshop 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:28.240 these images of models. Now it's accessible to everyone. Everyone 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:31.280 can use phase tune, and everyone can make structural changes 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.080 to their face very very easily with a little swipe 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.719 of their finger. And I think what that does is 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:40.560 it commodifies on people's insecurities. It says, if you don't 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:44.240 like this thing about yourself that's not perfect in quotation marks, 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:46.920 then you can change that. And I think that, you know, 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:50.480 instead of saying and liberating that everyone is beautiful in 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:54.240 all of their many diverse differences, it sets this one 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:57.039 precedent and it's like this is what's normal, this is 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.039 what's beautiful, and you will have to fit this mold. 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:01.560 And I think that that is what's really damaging. I 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:04.640 genuinely think people who have a huge social media following, 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.240 people who are in the public eye, people who are 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:11.640 role models, have a heightened responsibility to be inclusive and 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:13.880 to set a good example. And you know, I know 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:17.480 that the Kardashians cop a massive flak, but their brand 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.800 is based on a certain image. That conversation always comes 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.560 back down to photoshopping and filtering and whether or not 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:27.080 it's acceptable. It's such an interesting conversation that kind of 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.160 leads us into our guests for today. But before we 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.960 introduce Karina, we just want to do a little bit 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.800 of Accidentally Unfiltered because we love it, because it's my 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.480 favorite part of the episode. And also that was really 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.160 heavy and I think we need to like lighten it 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:41.640 up a bit. 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:43.720 Oh absolutely, So what have you got from me today? 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.280 All right, guys, so you know that I Accidentally Unfiltered 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:50.360 is you write in your most embarrassing stories and we 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:53.880 read them out for everybody to laugh at you, mainly 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:58.239 as honestly, we get such good feedback from this section 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:00.640 of the podcast, like, I love this. This is my 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:03.760 absolute favorite. So guys, thanks for the lolls. 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:06.200 What do we say? Loll shoot me in the face. 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:08.400 I have just rubbed off on you. 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.440 Disgusting. I love that for me, I hate myself. Okay, 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.800 here we go. So this one came in the other 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.160 week from one of our listeners, and I freaking love this. 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.640 It's like it's wholesome. It's wholesome, but it's great. Actually, 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:21.360 the wholesome ones are the best ones. I went over 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.200 to this guy's house I had been talking to for 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:25.640 a while. He lives with his parents, and I went 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:27.880 over there pretty late, so his parents were in bed 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.640 and I never met or saw them. We stayed downstairs 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:32.920 on the lounge and we watched a movie. I had 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.080 every intention of going home that night until I. 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:37.120 Woke up There. We all do. 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:39.960 Until I woke up at six am with the lights 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.960 streaming through the windows. Yeah, we've all been there. I 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:46.040 realized I had fallen asleep, and then the guy had 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.040 just left me on the lounge and he'd gone to bed. 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:50.960 I was stressing big time. What if his parents come 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.600 downstairs and there's just a stranger sleeping on the couch 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.439 She's like, Okay, what if I go upstairs and try 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:57.280 and find his bedroom. 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:58.480 No, that's a terrible idea. 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:00.200 What if I opened the wrong door and it turns 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.960 out to be his parents' room. So I just decided 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.760 I was going to bail as quietly as possible. I 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:10.920 gather my things, I opened the front door. Then the fucking. 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:15.559 House alarm starts blaring at six am in the morning. 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:16.800 I just ran. 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:19.200 I ran in shock to my car and I could 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:21.520 see his parents behind me, running down the stairs and 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:24.480 their pajamas. I got in the car and I gunned 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.040 it down the street, only to realize he lived in 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:27.960 a culder sack. 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:30.680 So she had to turn around. 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.800 So I had to do a three point turn and 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:36.840 then awkwardly drive back past his house, where the alarm 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.320 was still blaring and his parents were out the front 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:40.640 now screaming at my car. 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.240 They definitely thought I was robbing them. Anyway. 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:44.840 I ended up dating the guy for a few months, 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:46.360 so it was pretty awkward. The next time I met 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:47.280 his parents. 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:49.240 I have some new questions. 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:51.760 I pictured the the parents running down the street with 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:56.480 like baseball bats in there pajama's like, but also, if 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:58.200 you have someone to your house and you know that 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.119 your house has an alarm. 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:01.640 I feel like it's something you need to talk about. 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:04.880 Water set up? What an absolute sit? Yeah? Yeah that was? 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:06.840 You got done? All right? Have you got me an 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:07.600 accidently unfiltered? 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:07.880 Yeah? 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:09.679 You want another one? I want another one. 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.920 I actually have a really wholesome one as well. What 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:14.839 happened to all the sex and the farting and the 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:16.400 vomiting and the bath tid? I think we had to 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:19.920 take a break, fellow, Yeah, I think so too. This 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:21.920 one is so cute because it made me. It took 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:25.800 me back to my childhood. Okay, stay with me. This morning, 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:27.920 this literally came in last night. I'm going to tell you, Laura, 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.679 this came in last night at five pm yesterday, and 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:31.680 it happened yesterday. 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:33.440 I love that people. 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.600 Have embarrassing shit that happens to them, and straight away 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:37.360 the first thing they think is, oh, I'm going a 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:40.720 message that to life on cart They will love this. Okay, ready, 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.120 So this morning I meant to send a photo of 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:45.800 my worm in medicine to my mum, asking. 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:46.560 If it's the right brand. 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.560 Yes, I'm twenty six and this is my life. What 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:52.840 a moment in time guys. I sent it to the 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:56.160 guy I'm seeing by accident. I literally send him a 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:58.800 picture of my worm and tablets and said, is this 0:10:58.880 --> 0:10:59.560 the right one? 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:03.720 My cover up? Ha ha ha oh Yearly worm in time? 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:05.520 Did your parents make you do this too when you 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.600 were little? Oh? Godfraid? 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.120 She said, She's send in a photo. So she's twenty 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.679 six and she's got worms. I have a question anyway, Well, 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.800 how does that happen? Maybe she works in like childcare dat. 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:19.240 I don't know, but she's sent in the photo I'm 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:20.640 gonna put. I'm gonna ask you if I can put 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:21.360 on our story so you. 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:21.960 Guys can see. 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.280 It's literally the worming tablet that you take. He wrote 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:27.920 back and said what's it for? And she just left 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:28.400 it blank. 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:33.280 I had to say to it, I said, I feel. 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.400 I love that she's like she says to it, she says, oh, 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:37.400 my parents still make me do this, Yearly like or whatever. 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:37.680 Oh. 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:39.680 I just tried to like throw it under that, because 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.240 you know how gross that she's twenty six that, yeah, 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:44.960 my parents still make me worm my butt. I was like, 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:46.760 are you still seeing him? Because she was supposed to 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:48.000 be up with him. She's like, well, it only happen 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:48.360 this morning. 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:53.840 Give it time. I'm not sure. Accidentally unfiltered. They don't 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:55.760 need to be grossy. No, no, no, no, no, no, 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:58.400 they do. I'm ready for some dirty sex ones. Guys, 0:11:58.480 --> 0:11:59.960 come back at me. It's been a while. 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:04.040 What should we jump on in to our special guest? Yes, 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:07.640 a time to bring on Carina. Do we have sound effects? 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:10.680 Babe? When you start doing the editing, we'll bring in 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:15.880 some sound effects. Okay, okay, Well that's just that. 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:23.120 Today on the show, we have the absolute powerhouse little 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.800 woman that is Karina Irbie. She is the boss lady 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.880 that owns Mowana Bikini and Bikini Bodyburn. She is the 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.960 woman that is paving the way for a more real, raw, 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:35.240 unfiltered social media. She's changing the way we look at 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:38.000 our bodies. And with an Instagram audience of one point 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:42.040 one million, we think she's just the kind of influence 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:48.160 we need. Karna, Welcome to life on cuta y. 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.080 Thank you so much for having me. 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:55.040 How are we Oh, we're so good and it's actually 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:56.920 such a pleasure to have you on. We have both 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.959 been following your Instagram for so long and when we 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.080 tossing up people who we wanted to have on the show. 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:04.720 You were very top of the list, so this is 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:05.800 an absolute tree. 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:06.439 Thank you guys. 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.840 I would like to say I actually reached out to you, 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:11.559 and Laura reached out to you, and you didn't get 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:12.880 back to me, and you got back to Laura. 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:14.480 So I'm not going to take it personally. 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:16.839 I know how rudeminded, but like. 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:20.760 You obviously have your favorite whatever. So I guess we 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.080 just want to say, straight up, how are you and 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:25.120 how has IO life been for you? 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:30.520 Yeah, I'm fantastic, I'm really really good. ISO has been. 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:34.080 I mean, yep, crazy time. I haven't really been personally 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:37.360 affected by it too much. I'm quite a loner, love 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.400 my alone time as it is, so my personal lifestyle 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:43.800 hasn't really been affected or changed much at all. And 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:46.680 regarding our work live, that's changed a little bit, but 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:50.400 mainly for good. We've been so crazy busy at the 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:52.840 morn HQ. We have had to do a little bit 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:55.839 of social distancing, which means less dance parties and cuddles, 0:13:56.360 --> 0:14:00.800 but we have had a lot more time online withoutline community, 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.319 and it's actually been really fun getting to know people 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:04.240 on a more deeper level. 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:06.640 That's amazing. That's actually so nice to hear a positive 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:07.120 spin on it. 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.920 I mean, I think that there's been so much negativity 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.520 around the whole situation. Everyone so quick to talk about 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.840 what anxieties it's driving and like how badly some businesses 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:19.560 have been affected. But there have also been some businesses 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:21.960 that it's just it's done wonderful things for. So I'm 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.760 so glad to hear that you are on that side 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:25.280 of the coin. 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:27.680 Thank you. Yeah, I just think that, you know, you 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.280 do need to try and see the positive in situations, 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:32.480 and yeah, that's just what I try and do on 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.120 the daily. So I'll keep running with that. 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:36.800 Well, let's get into let's get into the question. So 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.800 starting at the beginning, you grew up in Port mcquarie. 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:41.560 Tell us a little bit about your childhood. 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:45.080 Yep, grew up in Port McCrary. Actually mainly grew up 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.280 in a small little surfay town called Lake Catai, which 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.920 is about ten minutes out of Port McCrary. Not a 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.720 whole lot goes on there but surf, and that was 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:54.360 all I really cared about growing up. I was a 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:59.080 little teenage surfer girl. Yeah. My parents divorced when I 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:04.120 was about twelve. I grew up with my dad and yeah, 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:05.880 I mean moved up to the Gold Coast to study 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.240 at university. And I can't say I've ever really looked back. 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.680 So you know, I'm grew up in Lighthouse Beach. 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:15.920 Yeah I know. I do vaguely actually remember seeing you 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:19.000 around because do you have crazy blue eyes? Right? 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.239 I guess having a moment. 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:26.880 I feel like I used to see you and I 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:28.760 used to think, well, look at that girl's dark hair 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:31.120 and really blue eyes, like she's so pretty. 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:33.960 Thank you. I mean that's okay, we can finish the 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:34.520 interview here. 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:39.720 No, So I have a sister, she's a few younger 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:42.760 than me, and we went to Tacking Point Primary School 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:44.880 and you were in the year between both of us. 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:46.520 So I think it's a crazy world. Just thought i'd 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:47.240 throw that in there. 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:50.000 It's a small world, it's crazy. I completely agree with you. 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:52.160 What we want to know is this upbringing in like 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:53.560 Catti port mcurey surfing. 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:55.200 I know exactly what it's like. 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:57.280 But is that do you think that influenced you to 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.320 start your company Mowana Bikini. 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:03.040 Yeah, definitely. I mean I always had a passion for swimwear, 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:07.720 being that like surfing was my life, and obviously I 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:09.520 don't you know, you guys might have heard that I 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:11.440 was struggling a lot with exma growing up, and I 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.200 did get bullied a lot for that, and you know, 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:16.960 when I was wanting to go surfing, a lot of 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:19.760 the time, I did wear a full length wetsuit because 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:21.800 I was embarrassed and I didn't want people to see 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.680 my legs because I was getting called like all sorts 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:26.480 of names. You know, people were making out that I 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:29.200 was contagious and I had a disease and that I 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.760 was you know, scabby legs, and it was really tough, 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:35.960 like kids and teenagers can be so cruel, and yeah, 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.560 I think that one of the main reasons, well, I 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:40.240 know one of the main reasons I started more on 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.920 I was because I said to myself when I got 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:44.680 into my early twenties that I didn't want to be 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:46.920 that person anymore. And I did want to be a 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:49.560 breath of fresh air for other girls that would definitely 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:51.440 be dealing with the same things that I'm dealing with, 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:53.360 Like I know that I'm not alone in this big 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.120 wide world. And if I just started a swimwear company 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.200 because I want to wear bikinis, like I want to 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.200 want to wear bikinis, And you know, if I start 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:04.960 a brand and I completely embody what I want to embody, 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:07.800 maybe other people will appreciate it and follow the journey 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.520 with me, and together we can support each other. And 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:12.800 that's really how the passion's kicked off. 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:15.359 Listening to you say that, I'm not even lying, I 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:18.240 just got goosebumps and I felt so empowered because I'm like, yes, 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.240 like you're the person that you're the person that women need. 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:25.040 You don't realize how much things affect you and how 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:27.239 much body image and people can be self conscious even 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.400