CATRIONA

YES Catriona 
WHO
 I'm Catriona, also often called Katie and I'm a journalist, poet and writer
FAVOURITE THING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO 
When I manage to capture how other people are feeling, in words
 AN UPLIFTING SONG 
 Too Much, Carly Rae Jepsen. It's OK to be a little intense...
A CHILL OUT SONG 
 Coming Up Easy, Paolo Nutini
ONE PODCAST 
Sentimental Garbage
ONE FILM 
Party Monster
ONE BOOK 
How to murder your life, Cat Marnell 
A SWEAR-BY BEAUTY TIP 
 If you're tired... rely on hot pink lips, a white T-shirt and Nivea cream for glowy base to perk you up
A SWEAR-BY HAIR TIP 
 Had a late night? Spray dry shampoo on before you go to bed, it's often too visible in the morning
A SMALL JOY 
£1 daffodils in milk bottles, dotted around the house 
HAIR WASH ROUTINE 
If I'm wearing it curly, every day. If not, every third day. Luxury shower with hair mask on a Sunday
WHY DIZZIAK 
It makes my hair feel so good, I feel like a person who has her life together
GREAT HAIR MEMORY 
Being treated to a trip to my mum's expensive hairdresser, and then going out that night and kissing a boy I liked. I was a teenager and lost my mum a few years later, the trauma wiped a lot of my memories of her. But not that afternoon we spent together
NIGHTMARE HAIR STORY 
I've been known to not brush my hair for days, at festivals, and end up with golf ball-sized tangles at the back... 
FAVOURITE WAY TO STAY ACTIVE 
Deadlifting to Spice Girls at my gym... that or boxing in my garden
ICON
My dad, the transgender playwright who travels the world as a re-imagined Jesus. She's very, very cool
IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD 
The Great Bear Lodge in Canada - it's a floating lodge surrounded by bears and sometimes you see whales too! 
ONE THING YOU WOULD LOVE TO DO 
Be chatted up by Harry Styles... or see a sloth in the wild. Either will do
BEST PIECE OF ADVICE 
"Don't be intimidated by all the babies they have. Don't be embarrassed that all you've had is fun."
This Self Esteem lyric reminds me that I'm doing alright
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