Hear’Say singer and Emmerdale star Suzanne Shaw has treated fans to a sexy “natural” selfie with no makeup as she celebrates two years without alcohol.
The mum-of-two also revealed she is totally over her “botox phase” and is delighted to show her followers the real her.
Suzanna, 40, who shot to fame in Popstars in 2001 and later went on to become a member of Hear’Say, posted a short video on Instagram wearing a simple grey vest with her blonde hair scraped back.
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She wrote: No filters, fillers or botox or makeup contouring! Just me. As I’m sure you can see.
“It is nice to get made up and feel sexy in an outfit, I do understand that, but what I’m talking about here is the pressure to live and look a certain way that can be damaging, costly and unnecessary but we will only realise it’s unnecessary if we speak about it more and be ok with who we are.”
Suzanna also urged fans not to fall back on “quick fixes” and “disguises” but to embrace who they truly are and show “compassion and kindness” rather than plump lips or wrinkle-free faces.
She added in the video: “I went through a botox phase and all that did was highlight that I still wasn’t enough.”
Suzanna went on to say that it’s “ok to have wrinkles” and not have “designer stuff”.
The former Dancing on Ice champ celebrated 30 months booze free earlier this month after confessing that she would drink a bottle of wine and then pass out regularly “in the most inappropriate places” including once at a charity event.
Suzanna said she had “no off button” and her relationship with alcohol was “temperamental”.
She said: “Life is GREAT on the sober side! I know it’s hard to believe – trust me 2.5 years ago I didn’t think it was possible to have fun without it.
“However, after a few months of working on my mindset, creating a different routine, discovering new activities to focus on and navigating my way around the drinking culture, it all became a walk in the park.
Suzanna added: “Today I am reaping the rewards from the best decision I have ever made for myself.”
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