All news by author: Emma Dunn

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'I spent £4k on eyebrow transplant after overplucking my brows as a teenager'
Siham Cyrine, 29, has shared how she spent £4,000 on an eyebrow transplant after overplucking them as a teenager - and says the four-hour operation has boosted her confidence
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Nurse lost 7st by doing simple exercise and has ditched her XL scrubs
Samantha Abreu, 25, weighed 18st 1lb and was a size 22 at her heaviest. But during lockdown she started going for daily walks for her mental health and realised the exercise was a 'blessing'
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Voice actor has barely spoken in her 'real voice' for 17 years
Tawny Platis, 33, has not spoken in her "real voice" for 17 years and says she finds "tween boys" the most fun to play - as she is naturally very shy when speaking in public
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'I lived on a paradise island and didn't pay for anything - everything's simple'
Brooke Megan spent two weeks on Darocotan Island in the Philippines through the Isla Experience, forking out for nothing aside from drinks and spending her days looking after the pigs
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'I'm a mum-of-12 – trolls tell me to shut my legs but I feel blessed'
Mum-of-12 Britni Church, 35, from Wichita, Kansas, US, has been told to "shut her legs" after sharing how she has spent 16 years pregnant - but she says she feels blessed to be a mum
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'I have 13 siblings - I shared everything and didn't have own bed until college'
Sarah Van Reeth, 24, who lives in Hamilton, New Jersey, grew up with 13 siblings and says she wouldn't change her childhood for the world despite hearing what strangers think about her large family
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'I'm so close to my sister I breastfeed her baby – it's not weird or disgusting'
Emily Boazman, 33, nurses her sister Katelyn Urioste's baby girl when her sister is too busy or is feeling run down - saying it should be encouraged rather than criticised
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Woman's extreme sunburn left her hallucinating and looking like an 'alien'
Cas Flynn-Troy, 22, from Melbourne, Australia, was left in agony after suffering severe sunburn on her legs after sitting out in the 24 degree heat at a festival
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'I have 19 kids - and want another so I can have equal number of boys and girls'
Mum-of-19 Desiree Hart-Spegal, 35, is considering baby number 20 with her husband Chris, 42, so they can have an equal number of boys and girls in their household
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'Dog mum' serves her pooches steak for Christmas – costing more than her dinner
Yasmin El-Saie, 45, says she's "best friends" with her pet chihuahuas, Chilli, 11, and Sukhi, 5, and is happy to splash her cash on their favourite festive foods each Christmas
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'I'm a stay-at-home girlfriend - my boyfriend spends £1 million on my lifestyle'
Yelena Lala, 25, met her boyfriend, 34, on Instagram - and despite owning her own jewellery brand, she is happy not to work and to allow him to fund her lavish lifestyle
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'My boyfriend pays for everything so I'm stress-free - it's how it should be'
Yelena Lala, 25, who believes it's a 'man's responsibility to take care of a woman', travels the world on all-expenses-paid holidays with her boyfriend of three years
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Mum spends £100 on each kid's Christmas gifts - saying she refuses to spoil them
Samantha Mary, 35, from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, set a budget this Christmas for her one-year-old son, Jack, and nine-year-old stepdaughter, Isabella - the mum spent £20 on stocking fillers and £80 on main gifts
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'We're a co-sleeping family who share a bedroom – even with our 12-year-old'
Mum Meagan Deal revealed how she shares a bedroom with her husband Brandon as well as her two daughters - but not everybody sees it as a good idea as the girls grow older
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'I grew up in Amish community - I couldn't shower or wash hair for 19 years'
Lizzie Ens, 38, grew up in an Amish community surrounded by 18 siblings - and has become a functional nutrition practitioner since fleeing the strict lifestyle
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'We're in our Dink era - we go on holiday every month and have weekend lie-ins'
Hillary Bowles and her husband, Logan, from Charlotte, North Carolina, are currently child-free and in their "DINK era" - which allows them to enjoy spontaneous date nights and lie-ins
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'I spent £9,000 on 12 holidays in a single year - everyone should travel more'
Consulting analyst Mel Anyamene has jetted away with friends and family - and spent £8,300 so far on the holidays to Malaga, Dubai, Lisbon, Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, Miami, Nigeria, St. Lucia, Grenada and Cyprus
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'I lived abroad for free and saved £6k to travel - I visited 20 countries by 20'
After seeing an advert for a child care rep on TikTok, Lauren Kirby, 20, decided to go for the job and so flew out to Corfu, Greece, for three months to start her adventure
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'I changed surname to random one on Google - it's saved so much embarrassment'
Lacy, from St Louis, Missouri, US, changed her last name to Beckett because she didn't want to pass down her 'tainted' surname to her children - and says it has made all the difference in her life
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'We moved to Disney so we could go to the parks every day before work'
Jessica and Wes Pruitt moved from their home in Charlotte, North Carolina to Davenport, Florida so they could visit Disney World as much as possible, having fallen in love with the park later in life
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Mums fly to Milan for 18-hour girls' trip and get home in time for school run
Laura Oduntan hopped on an via easyJet plane from Gatwick Airport, in Crawley, West Sussex to Milan to spend a day with her mum pals enjoying the sights in the north Italy city
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'We retired early and left the UK for sunny Spain - now we're living the dream'
Helen and Stephen Walker quit their property business, sold their three-bed semi in Cosby, Leicestershire and relocated to Yaiza, a town on the Canary Islands, Spain
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'My painful period cramps felt like giving birth - doctors called me dramatic'
Mathilde Barker, 20, first experienced back pains while dancing aged 15, a few years after starting her period and was later diagnosed with endometriosis
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'Hubby died as I was pregnant with miracle baby, I’ll always have piece of him'
A woman whose husband died suddenly when she was six weeks pregnant, and then almost died herself while giving birth, says miracle daughter is 'just like her dad'.
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'I gave daughter my maiden name as first name, she's part of my family too'
Mum Caitlin Buckheister, from Nashville, Tennessee, gave her daughter her maiden name as her first name so she'll always 'have part of her family' with her wherever she goes in life