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which lasts for a month
and never chips. It is particularly good because my nails just get a quick file and buff first – the beautician doesn’t get rid of half your own nail, so it is not so bad for them as
acrylics. It is actually supposed to make your nails stronger, and is really good for anyone who bites their nails, as basically the gel is so tough that you can’t.
    It annoys me when I see people who don’t take care of their nails properly. I think it’s so important to pay attention to details like your nails in order to make a good impression
on people, especially if you have a job that involves dealing with others on a day-to-day basis, like I have in my shop, Minnies, and before that when I was a cashier in a bank. I used to sit
behind the counter and deal with the customers, and it was really important to me that my hands looked good.
    I’ve been going to the same beautician since I first discovered Bio Sculpture Gel. I go about once a month to get my nails and toenails done, then every few months I have them taken off
for a week to let my nails breathe. Of course I pay for my treatments, not least because I know my nail technician is really talented, so I would rather stick with her. I believe in being loyal to
people who have been good to me for ages – not just those who have been good to me once I started being on TV.
    Another thing I spend a lot of time on in my beauty routine is hair removal – I am naturally really hairy! As soon as I shave my legs or bikini line (and yes, everyone asks, and it’s
a Hollywood for me, which means I get rid of all the hair) it grows back the next day – really annoying! I prefer to shave, as I can’t afford the time it takes for it to grow back to
the length you need to wax it – I am always on a shoot, or the beach, or doing something where people would see my stubble, so I have to get rid of it as soon as it appears. Venus razors all
the way for me.
    As for my teeth, I am pretty happy with how they look. I obsessively clean them – there is no way I can go on a night out without doing it – and I use Pearl Drops Replenishing White
Toothpaste at the moment. My teeth are naturally quite white and straight, and I have been lucky enough never to have had to wear braces.
    But when the show started I began to notice that some people’s teeth were positively glowing on screen. So when I was offered the chance to have them done for free during the first series
I was like ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’ It was a Zoom! treatment, where they put whitening gel on my teeth and then I sat with a light shining onto them for 45 minutes, which somehow
works with the gel to get rid of stains and darker bits of colour. But I have to say it killed. My teeth really hurt for the next 24 hours.
    You can see me getting them done on the show, while Amy and Harry take the piss, and as I can’t talk with the stuff in my mouth, I just have to write them a note saying it was tingling.
But that was an understatement! To be fair, it made a bit of difference to the colour, but it was more like they just got a good clean, and I’m not sure it was worth the pain. Not that it
stopped me trying it again. I went to the Harley Street Smile Clinic, but this time I only lasted ten minutes before the pain got too much. I think my teeth must be too sensitive, so there will be
no third time! The things us girls do in the name of beauty!
    Generally though, I am pretty happy within myself these days. I’m not saying I think I’m a ten out of ten – everyone has things they want to change about themselves – but
I am mostly happy with how I look.
    I’m not against surgery, but it is not something that I’d consider having now. Weirdly though, when the show started, some people thought I had had some work done, probably because
of the stereotype that everyone in Essex has had something done, and because my eyes are such an unusual shape that they assume I’ve had a lift or something.