hi I'm Emma Watkins and this is how I
work it I'm gonna take you through 24
hours of my wellness and beauty routine
I've been with the Wiggles company for
10 years and for the last 7 I've been
the yellow wiggle we tour for about nine
months during the year throughout the
year we perform about 400 shows to about
a million children all around the world
the biggest challenge about being a
wiggle is travelling you're in a
different city every day the best part
of being able to do so many different
things not only do we get to perform
live but we're able to record new music
and are able to film all your good
morning just woken up at 7 a.m. in
America our shows there in the afternoon
and at night but I have probably never
slept in in my life I'm just not that
girl and I always wake up really early
we've got three shows today so I quickly
have a shower it's easy the first thing
I do in the morning lately has been
making a bulletproof team one of the
most important things that's happened in
my life is that I was diagnosed with
endometriosis and I had a surgery over a
year ago now but since then I really
tried to be on top of my body and my
health while I'm trying to get ready I
start steaming a whole pot of vegetables
this is my hotel setup where I can cook
all the vegetables this is my electric
hot plate we try packing my suitcase
I've got a tiny strainer I don't know if
I'm gonna get in trouble for cooking in
the hotel breakfast in wing on half
green vegetables
Brussels sprouts broccoli I stain them
for a while have a shower and then my
vegetables are ready let me just take it
out let
in the bathroom pop money plate butter
oil salt done so the best thing with
those vegetables is to put ghee on them
it's a really good source of fat and
I'll eat them for breakfast lunch and
dinner alongside other protein what I
love is scrambled eggs
well the wiggles are almost 30 years old
I used to watch The Wiggles growing up I
actually started dancing from watching
Irish dancing on the wiggle show
apparently I said to my mum I just want
to do that I just want to do that way
back in 1996 they filmed a live show in
Sydney they cut away to the audience and
then you can see my sister and I dancing
and I'm probably about 7 at the time
it's so weird thinking about myself
growing up watching the Wiggles and
being such a big part of my childhood
and now being a wiggle you can't really
discount anyone that's in the audience
that could possibly be a wiggle in the
future so I have breakfast and then I
might go and see if there's a yoga
studio in town or a ballet class or just
go for a walk in the gardens because my
skin is so fair I use Zoe Foster's go-to
sunscreen which is a zinc sunscreen and
then I'll come back to the room and get
ready I cleanse my face with kora
organics facial cleanser and then I use
noni globe Cora defeat it's such a mild
oil and I'm going on with my rose quartz
heart which makes your skin feel nice
and cool you can put this in the fridge
and so it's even cooler which is great
for me my costume makes me really hot if
I do feel a bit hot and flustered I love
using the Quorum Rose spray I wear
makeup every single day if I feel that
my haven't got the makeup off from the
night before I'll use a go-to
exfoliating swipe before I start again
once we arrive at the venue soundcheck
is on and then the show happens and then
the next row happens and the day just
rolls on I'll be honest my makeup
probably takes me 10 minutes
this is my dressing room my tea my
hairpins and my makeup I've had this
forever I actually bought this in an art
shop it's easy to pack and you do this
it stands up so when you wash your
brushes then you can put them in there
and they dry so my first step is putting
concealer under my eyes
this is bare minerals it's live it's not
sticky and sometimes we can have an
emergency performance or someone will
say actually we've got a meet-and-greet
in 15 minutes and my routine has adapted
to work in an emergency situation this
is my foundation it's Giorgio Armani
doesn't feel like you've got a whole
cake on your face especially once you've
done one show and you sweat a lot you
don't want to have to keep putting lots
of layers on top I have eyelash
extensions this has been the most
helpful situation when I have so many
shows in a row it just saves so much
time
my philosophy particularly with Emma
legal as a character I try and make
myself look as dole like and I possibly
can I open up my music
do I see a ballerina dancing there for
me I tend to find that the less makeup I
have are the more the children feel like
they can talk to me in terms of the
colors that I use on my face they're all
very pale and it's very bright and light
that's my foundation I only look a bit
red there cuz I'm a bit hot that's
normal then I just use a studio pressed
powder from Mac this color is a little
bit darker than my actual liquid
foundation but this color seems to work
on stage then translucent powder it just
makes my skin not look so orange lots of
photos on social media families taggers
from the show of my face and the color
of my shirt are so bright I tend to see
my face straight away I've got two of
everything because knowing me I either
lose something or I break something even
though I'm a dancer I'm quiet clumsy
this is what I've been using for blush I
don't really use any bronze art because
most of the time in the show we get so
hot that my face gets color anyway but
then I feel like once I've done
rehearsal once we're done soundcheck it
wears off and so then I tend to start
using a more matte color just before the
show to bring out that chair a boutique
kind of five children love consistency
and I think especially over the last
three years I've been able to do my
makeup a lot more similar every time
it's good for them and it's actually so
much easier for me
the next hourglass I use is ambient and
I don't know why but I straightaway the
first thing if I put it on the top of my
nose sometimes just a bit on the top of
my lip I just used a smaller brush for
the inside to highlight that area I've
been using the cream base it lasts a lot
longer especially over the four shows I
put the lighter one on the middle of my
eye the dark point I put on the corners
on the outside so that's that and then
Anastasia brow pomade I don't really use
much of this the blonde color because I
used to be a blonde I only really dyed
my hair red for fun about a month before
I was told that I was gonna be a wiggle
and then a month later they asked me and
I thought oh no what color am I gonna be
so then I ended up staying
red and I feel like it's more man I
don't see myself being any other color
that that's my eyebrows
I mean I'll brush them if I'm being
particular which I am today
still I just do a really clean line
nothing too fancy and then fill it in
children love sparkles and they love
glitter
they bring big posters with glitter and
so I've always tried to make sure that I
put a little bit of glitter into my
makeup just for that fairy tale kind of
vibe and even my nails have a little bit
of sparkle because so many children come
to the show with their nails painted in
the wiggly colors they always want to
show me
look I painted my nails they yellowed
for you and so then I show them and then
we have a little nail show-and-tell I
have to shellac them now because my
quick changes are so ferocious they get
broken and so that's just always work
for me just a nice basic color over the
top I just put it everywhere
does that make what's underneath it
irrelevant I'm not sure so I use a lip
pencil now over a lipstick because it
stays for longer and in the show I had a
little color I would put this on over
the lip pencil so that lasts a bit
longer during the show and then pour for
which I've used for so many years it's
great for everything even if you have
got a bite or a rash or something it
just fixes it I used that over the top
and then I don't feel like my lips are
dry during the show and then like
weirdly I rub that on my hand and that's
it
and that's it so I do my makeup and then
I've got to go I've got to get to
soundcheck I've got to get to rehearsal
once I've done rehearsal once I've done
Sanjay and I might have some food I like
to cook my lunch here eckstein veggie is
very smoothie kettle for the tea I think
I've always been interested in sign
language I grew up with two deaf friends
that I point to different items in their
house and they would teach me the sign
language for those objects it's nice to
see you do they feel like it's a dance
and I think being a dancer I've always
been so visually focused The Wiggles
have always tried to marry actions to
words so for Rockabye you bear for
example everybody clap all those actions
are exactly what you're singing
so has that sign language gestural field
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Wiggles make children from all over the
world with so many different abilities U
is a beautiful sign from Eloise that is
we love Emma most of the time if a child
does have an additional need we'll meet
them before the show sometimes crowds
can just be too loud too many people and
so we're able to have some quiet time
with those children the beauty of the
Wiggles is the fact that they've been
able to talk to children in such a
relaxed and casual manner I wonder
what's happening here ah you're right
it's a tiny little black cat you know
generally the pitch of our voice doesn't
really change from backstage to onstage
like for example can you point your
fingers can you do the twist is exactly
how I would ask you in real life a
little bit more energy and a little bit
more excited but the minute that you
start to change the register of your
boys children start to go oh hang on a
second
that's not real so the way that I would
be talking to one child is the same as
the way we would be talking to a whole
auditorium my caution is so hot I wear
the shirt long-sleeve a skirt a
petticoat a belt
really thick black stockings different
skirts different dresses lots of
different tutors you ever seen too many
bones shoes which could change during a
show I've got ballet shoes and tap shoes
Irish dancing shoes lots of different
shoes for every different occasion and
then I'm about to confirm that I do wear
a wig in the wiggle show there's been
lots of chat on all different forums
about whether it's my real hair or not
initially at the beginning I was using
my own hair and that's why it was quite
confusing especially when people were
watching the first weekly series
compared to the second weekly series and
this one I didn't have a week and this
one I did so yes I do wear a wig and I
don't just have one I've got about four
weeks now some for touring some
fulfillment overseas the one that I've
got at home all the time just in case my
hair is this curly when we were found
out we were becoming wiggles I was
getting my hair dyed we got a phone call
saying you need to come back for press
we didn't have any time to let my hair
dry naturally
so she blow-dried it so when I came back
for all my press photos my hair looked
like this and so I had to continue
making my hair look like this and after
about a year and a half my hair started
to fall out because I was parting it in
the same place every day and that's why
I invested in a good week it's so much
easier to do a week and it gives a sense
of consistency to the character in the
wiggle even when we're filming on
green-screen it's better that my hair
looks the same and that it's flatter so
that it's easier to cut around and the
wigs and myself and we all get died
together this is my weave when I wash my
own hair and when
weed gets washed it's only washed in
conditioner no shampoo I wash my hair
three times in the shower and then I get
out and put this product on called TCB
so like it's something that you put on
before you blow-dry your hair and then I
put another serum called pink oil and
those two products are used on the
week's only that's it you can't use
anything else on the week you can't even
have perfume and then touch the week the
wig is really particular about what goes
in Irit I use this S curve and another
product called miracle these products
are really good for hydrating my hair
this is so funny so I just vaguely part
my hair and then I just do a spiral
twist I only sleep on a silk pillowcase
and that's why all my wigs travel with a
silk scarf around them so that they're
not being rubbed up against plastic or
other kinds of materials okay so that's
that I travel satin feel okay sorry it's
not a Platt it's just like a really calm
twist because you don't want to be too
hard on your hair and then I have a week
cap basically after the show this is wet
because of the sweat so I tend to take
one up with me and put it up the top
here I trying to make it as flat as
possible I'm gonna leave that week there
I'm gonna put this week on I travel with
more than one week I have my touring
week and my filming week and you can see
the Turing wig it's done a few miles
this tool already I just use one of
these I call them a dog brush because it
looks like a brush you use on your dog
but they're like a scout brush so I'll
show you how I curl it wait sorry about
this I'll just do it quickly
I don't really curl them in a modern
curl it's like an old-fashioned comb I
let the co sit on the table the curl
sets in cool air and then it lasts a lot
longer
okay so I just get rid of that so we'll
just pretend that she's cold she's
getting me so I usually put the week on
in the ponytails I find that it's easier
to find where the center is and then I
just try and brush through the week a
little bit
to separate the curl and she starts to
become a little bit softer usually I put
three new pins on the left side and a
bobby pin straight in here I'm sorry and
then I grabbed it all the rest of the
hair and put it together in a pony my
trick is that I get a u pin and get a
little bit of the front hair and pull it
over the front hairline and soften the
hairline as much as I can and that's
that side done the right side is
underneath the fringe so it's easier to
pin I put two bobby pins on the right
side and I just put one u pin somewhere
in the top here because the bows gonna
sit over that if I'm doing fuertes which
are a really quick belly turn and at the
moment I'm doing about eight where
tazing one go
the week starts to move so I pin it a
little bit more it's the reason why in
ballet you have your hair in a bun so
that when you are turning and you're
spotting your head you're not being
distracted or the weight isn't being
pulled out from your center of gravity
we wanted something to look like it was
stylish but I still needed it to be
together so I could dance in the show
when I pirouette I get these in my face
in the microphone all the time and now I
actually turn better with my hair in her
knee toes because I'm used to feeling
the weight on my own head and now for
the boat I make all my own bows or my
mum sometimes makes them this boy I've
had for about three years they've all
got their own personalities and so many
children come to the show
here's bowties it's just but I use for
bobby pins on the boat you shouldn't do
that with your teeth either and that's
the bow my earrings and that basically
I've transformed this is me just in a
different form I'm ready for the shirt I
take this little bag
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children are very earnest they're very
clear and they know exactly what they
like and one of the great things in the
show is that if the child is not engaged
they'll turn around go and have a snack
go and talk to mom and dad so you really
have to catch them right from the get-go
and they'll tell you if they like it or
not
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our show is about an hour and it's
jam-packed it's full of lots of live
music dancing it's interactive we all
play the musical instruments ourselves I
play the drum
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the most amazing thing really about
being a Wiggles you get to play yourself
you have your own name you're not
playing a character in wiggle dances
like I danced I do sign language I play
the drums and they're all interest that
I would have already had even if I
wasn't em illegal
and I think it makes you more relaxed
inside your Emma legal character because
you don't have to do anything that
you're not comfortable doing
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I don't do any warm up for my voice I
never really trained as a singer most of
the show for me is about storytelling
through song - most of the songs now in
my storytelling range I don't have to
jump up too high or too low
sometimes before the show I do a little
bit of a ballet bar warm-up just to get
my body warm warming up it's like a
vibration plate
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my body is so much better when
everything's wrong but for me it doesn't
take long with this and the costume in
between shows in North America there's a
lots more time to relax
today we have three shows we've done -
as you can see my weeks just watch this
one so I'm ready to kill that one I
touch up my makeup in between every show
and really it's only a little bit of
powder and maybe some of the glitter on
my eyes that has kind of sunk into the
creases from the sweat done
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when the shows are done I finally get to
pack up my costume the most important
part for me is packing my week things
going to bed now making sure that's okay
it's curls are held up tight okay
sometimes outside stage door that we
families waving and we'll have some
photo then I'll take my makeup off
Chinese and makeup first and then we'll
be traveling to the next venue and then
as soon as I get to the hotel I check it
as a bar and then sit in the bar for
about half an hour tonight I've got
steamed veggies seven avocados and a bit
of oil and now I'm ready for dinner
Bon Appetit at night I use the kora
organics facial cleanser or sometimes if
I'm still got a little bit of makeup I
use the tumeric scrub just to exfoliate
a little bit of that foundation off my
face and then knowing the oil with my
rose quartz heart and then that's it so
it's 11 o'clock a little bit late so I'm
off to bed
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