What's worth your time, your attention and your money this year according to Mamamia Out Loud? 

Well... Sinners. Blusher. Chalamet. Bed Hair. Eyeliner, and a 40-year-old book. These are just some of the recommendations Amelia Lester, Emily Vernem, Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright are pulling out from the very long list of reccos they made in 2025 for the first half of their comprehensive list. Feel free to give feedback. It's a gift, you know.

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Movie Recommendations

Holly recommends A Real Pain and Sinners  

Jessie recommends Titan: The Oceangate Submersible Disaster

Amelia recommendsA Complete Unknown and Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Em recommends  Sinners too and Superman 

Book Recommendations

Holly recommends One Hundred Years of Betty by Debra Oswald

Jessie recommends The Elements by John Boyne 

Amelia recommendsShow Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld

Em recommends How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

Beauty Recommendations

Holly recommends Ellis Faas Skin Veil Foundation  

Jessie recommends Kevin Murphy Bedroom Hair and the Baies Room Spray

Amelia recommends the Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid eyeliner

Em recommends the Sephora Collection New Cream Lip Stain in Naughty Burgundy

Best Hacks

Holly recommends Virginia Trioli’s green beans and RecipeTin Eats mango pancakes

Jessie recommends using Depop or Facebook Marketplace.  

Amelia recommendsgetting the newspaper delivered. 

Em recommends a cleanser hack where she sits in front of the TV massging her oil cleanser in for 20 minutes.

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What's worth your time, your attention and your money this year according to Mamamia Out Loud?&nbsp;
Well... Sinners. Blusher. Chalamet. Bed Hair. Eyeliner, and a 40-year-old book. These are just some of the recommendations Amelia Lester, Emily Vernem, Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright are pulling out from the very long list of reccos they made in 2025 for the first half of their comprehensive list. Feel free to give feedback. It's a gift, you know.
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Movie Recommendations
Holly recommends&nbsp;<a href="https://fave.co/48XH4LS">A Real Pain&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="https://fave.co/4iJmMcj">Sinners</a> &nbsp;
Jessie recommends <a href="https://fave.co/4iMmKR9">Titan: The Oceangate Submersible Disaster</a>
Amelia recommends <a href="https://fave.co/3KNEbUP">A Complete Unknown</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://fave.co/4poWBdu">Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere</a>
Em recommends &nbsp;<a href="https://fave.co/4iJmMcj">Sinners</a> too and <a href="https://fave.co/4pYo1qI">Superman</a>&nbsp;
Book Recommendations
Holly recommends&nbsp;<a href="https://fave.co/4iGmV09">One Hundred Years of Betty</a> by Debra Oswald
Jessie recommends&nbsp;<a href="https://fave.co/49YaISn">T</a><a href="https://fave.co/49YaISn">he Elements</a>&nbsp;by John Boyne&nbsp;
Amelia recommends <a href="https://fave.co/4aBxwrg">Show Don't Tell</a> by Curtis Sittenfeld
Em recommends <a href="https://fave.co/4pq2O9l">How to End a Love Story</a> by Yulin Kuang
Beauty Recommendations
Holly recommends <a href="https://fave.co/4rGJ6az">Ellis Faas Skin Veil Foundation</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
Jessie recommends <a href="https://fave.co/3MMpsde">Kevin Murphy Bedroom Hair</a> and the <a href="https://fave.co/3MlI2cc">Baies Room Spray</a>
Amelia recommends&nbsp;the <a href="https://fave.co/44V2OWl">Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid eyeliner</a>
Em recommends the <a href="https://fave.co/4pqsgLO">Sephora Collection New Cream Lip Stain </a>in Naughty Burgundy
Best Hacks
Holly recommends Virginia Trioli&rsquo;s green beans and <a href="https://www.recipetineats.com/mango-pancakes/">RecipeTin Eats mango pancakes</a>
Jessie recommends using Depop or Facebook Marketplace.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Amelia recommends getting the newspaper delivered.&nbsp;
Em recommends a cleanser hack where she sits in front of the TV massging her oil cleanser in for 20 minutes.
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Australia's #1 podcast for women is where smart women come for good conversation &mdash; with an occasional side serve of chaos. Covering news, pop culture and big ideas, plus the small stuff that matters, Mamamia Out Loud is hosted by journalists and authors Mia Freedman, Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright. It's your daily dose of conversation that's like catching up with your best, funniest and sharpest friends in the group chat, offering conversation at its most addictive.

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Our Best Reccos Of 2025 — Part 1

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