CELEB CHAT ‘I’m finding out what I’m made of’ Loose Women panellist Saira Khan chats confidence, beauty and what makes her feel good aira Khan stepped out and so on. You have to make the shine through, not surgically- perfect way to achieve that, while from behind the Loose most of your natural self. enhanced this and that. also not having wires. Women desk on to the What products do you use on You’re in great shape – how do How has the treatment changed Dancing On Ice skating your skin? you stay slim? the way you feel about your teeth rink earlier this year. I haven’t always had good skin, After turning 35 my metabolism and smile? STaking on such a big challenge I’ve had eczema for most of my really slowed down. I watch what Doing that little thing has just was no mean feat for the 49-year-old life. So I set out to learn about I eat, but I don’t go without, made me feel so much better and mum of two. the benefit of natural ever. I go to the gym to not worry about my teeth or bother And she hasn’t stopped there, ingredients, like oils. do strength training about the way I smile to cover up launching her own podcast, Living It was only when because after the the imperfections. I’d learned how Your Best Life. I started using oils menopause your to hide my teeth and smile, so now Here, Saira tells TV Life how that my skin started ‘I like bones become I’ve reprogrammed my brain that she found the confidence to make to shine and more brittle. I I can smile and chat. The tooth that these leaps… now you’d never pushing do a lot of yoga, was sticking out doesn’t bother me know I had the HIIT exercises, any more and now I love my teeth Hi Saira, tell us about how skin condition. I myself and or go running and my smile. you’ve been stepping outside don’t tone, I don’t with a friend. What challenges would you like your comfort zone this year? use an under-eye finding new For me it’s about to take on in the future? On Dancing On Ice I learned a cream. I launched the balance and I was gutted to leave Dancing On lot about myself. When you’re my my skincare brand, strengths’ just being active. Ice early on because I was just age, putting yourself out there and Saira Skin, for this You’ve got a getting into my stride, I was just learning something new, showing purpose, so I just gorgeous smile. getting into it and having fun. your vulnerability, is hard. I was exfoliate and then I put What do you do to But because the show taught picking up a totally new skill and oil on every morning and every look after your teeth? me I like pushing myself and one that is physically difficult at night. I have a good facial, I have had I was always conscious of my finding new strengths, I’d love my age. But I know now that I like a tiny bit of Botox on my forehead, teeth when I started working in TV to do the jungle. That opportunity pushing myself and finding new but I only do that once a year for and started to do photo shoots. I to have a total adventure and a strengths, so I’m enjoying finding a very deep crease. would just always notice one tooth real one-off experience would out what I’m made of. Have you not been tempted to popping out – the front ones were be amazing. What makes you feel confident? have any other procedures? a little crossed over and my bottom Felicity Cross Happiness and healthiness shine I’m not saying to anyone don’t teeth were a bit gappy. So I started through and having that helps your do this, don’t do that. But when looking at what I could do to feel Saira’s smile was treated by self-esteem. For me it’s about being I was 20 it was just a bit of blusher more confident when I was smiling. Dr Hanel Nathwani of Reading as happy as you can and making and mascara – my generation I found out about Invisalign clear Smiles. For more information on the the most of your natural self. So wasn’t about appearance, your braces and they seemed like the treatment, visit invisalign.co.uk that means with my beauty regime, eyebrows, your nails… I think these for example, stripping it right back young women now, it’s all to do down to skin. I think if you spend with self-esteem. Yes, look after How to get your own showbiz smile time on your skin, you look after it, your skin but if you’re tampering you use good products with even a with it with laser peels, fillers and What is Invisalign? photos instead of posing with simple routine then that’s the basis all that when you’re young I just This procedure involves wearing a small closed-mouth smile. The for everything else. Your make-up don’t think it bodes well for your a series of clear retainers to move treatment is not the cheapest, goes on top of that, your hair styling future. Happiness and healthiness your teeth into shape over time. but if you’re really keen to make Treatment can take anything changes then it’s definitely an from three months to three years, investment. depending on the work you need. The retainers have to be worn for 22 hours a day, but they’re so invisible you won’t mind wearing them around the clock. Invisalign braces cost from AM R around £2,500, but almost all AG dentists offer payment plans. ST Do they really work? ; IN ; TV Life tried the braces and can confirm they really do RES U T change your smile. The retainers A E are initially strange to wear, but X F we quickly became used to the E feeling. It wasn’t long before friends and family noticed a difference, which really spurred Saira is a fan of Invisalign us on. Soon, we realised that PHOTOS: R PHOTOS: Saira with Mark Hanretty With her children, clear braces on Dancing On Ice Zac and Amara we were grinning broadly for 8 TV LIFE TV LIFE 9.