If you needed any further proof that make-up has the ability to incite joy, look to Flex Mami.

The Sydney-based DJ, podcaster and all-round beauty experimentalist has amassed an insanely dedicated following not simply for her impressive skills with a set of decks, nor her hilarious weekly unpackings of everything sex and life on the Bobo and Flex podcast, but also for her inimitible beauty style. So it’s little wonder why Jameela Jamil decided to ask Flex to, ahem, flex her creative muscles for the beauty shoot in her special takeover issue.

“I think make-up is about just wearing things that make you happy,” she tells Stylist. And boy, do her make-up looks make everyone happy. From her eye looks that regularly span the entire breadth of the rainbow to the incredibly intricate nail art that regularly adorns her fingertips, her insta-feed is nothing less than smile-inducing. Plus, she’s evidence that when switch your make-up mindset, viewing it as a tool to create rather than conform, to stand out rather than conceal, powerful things can happen.

Below, she creates four beauty looks exclusively for Stylist, and talks us through her refreshing approach to make-up.

Make-up to make you happy: Flex Mami teaches a lesson in bright, bold beauty