{"id":6391,"date":"2019-03-31T09:33:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T09:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/?p=6391"},"modified":"2025-03-03T10:52:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T10:52:31","slug":"my-week-as-michelle-mone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/pensions\/my-week-as-michelle-mone\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;My week as Michelle Mone&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cI feel underdressed!\u201d says leading life coach <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Carole Ann Rice  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realcoachingco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carole Ann Rice<\/a> as she takes in my rose-gold sequined Goddiva <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"evening gown (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goddiva.co.uk\/stephanie-pratt-starburst-sequin-maxi-dress-rosegold\" target=\"_blank\">evening gown<\/a> which hugs my figure while its fishtail hem flirts seductively with the floor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is 11am and I am meeting Carole Ann for a coaching session, as part of my plan to become as successful as multi-millionaire bra tsar Michelle Mone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MM (as I shall call her) recently launched a business and lifestyle app \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/connect2michellemone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Connect 2 Michelle Mone (opens in a new tab)\">Connect 2 Michelle Mone<\/a> \u2013 offering advice and inspiration, as well as sneak peaks at her personal life hacks. As MM is jolly successful, I would like to know what makes her tick. But although the app is free, it is only available for iPhones and I have a Samsung. This seems to be the first clue as to where I am going wrong in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, undeterred by my inability to download the app, I go online and plough through a decade\u2019s worth of Daily Mail stories. \u201cShe flushes slightly as she reveals her one guilty secret is that she gets her hair professionally blow-dried five times a week,\u201d gasps a Mail expos\u00e9 from 2013. \u201cNaked selfies helped motivate her to shape up\u201d exclaims the Mail in 2017. She was \u201cfrequently drinking as much as a bottle of wine a day\u201d divulges the Mail, alongside pictures of MM\u2019s 2010 lingerie shoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I wade through whispers about MM\u2019s sleepless nights and the solace she found in white wine, I identify aspects of her lifestyle which I feel I could emulate, and I ask myself: will adopting the habits of Michelle Mone make me a millionaire? I decide to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WEARING ULTIMO LINGERIE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/In-_Lori-_-Ultimo-set-from-Belle-Lingerie-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6398 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/In-_Lori-_-Ultimo-set-from-Belle-Lingerie-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/In-_Lori-_-Ultimo-set-from-Belle-Lingerie-600x777.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/In-_Lori-_-Ultimo-set-from-Belle-Lingerie-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/In-_Lori-_-Ultimo-set-from-Belle-Lingerie-scaled.jpg 1976w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption>Samantha tries the Ultimo experience. Photo: Gary Harrison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I usually wear a yoga bra and a pair of knickers from a Primark multi-pack. If my underwear ever matches, it\u2019s in a stopped-clock-being-right-twice-a-day sort of scenario. But perhaps this casual approach to my personal upholstery is spawning a casual approach to my career. Michelle Mone wouldn\u2019t waste her day dicking about on Twitter retweeting reviews of hair removal cream written by men with ravaged ballsacks. And in a matching set of Ultimo, nor would I. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Julia Roberts wore Ultimo when she played one-woman lawsuit tsunami Erin Brockovitch; and Michelle Mone, who left school at 15 with no qualifications, became a Baroness with an OBE and a Government Jag after launching Ultimo in \u201996. So I think it\u2019s clear that Ultimo is synonymous with success. The company stopped trading last year, but I track down some stock at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belle-lingerie.co.uk\">Belle Lingerie<\/a> and find that when I wear Ultimo, I mean business. These lingerie sets could become collectors\u2019 items. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GETTING A PROFESSIONAL BLOW DRY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Blow-Dry-at-Duck-Dry-1-1024x747.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6399 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Blow-Dry-at-Duck-Dry-1-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Blow-Dry-at-Duck-Dry-1-600x438.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Blow-Dry-at-Duck-Dry-1-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Samantha tames her tresses at Duck &amp; Dry (Photo: Gary Harrison)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fuck knows how MM fits in five of these a week, because logistically it\u2019s a nightmare. \u201cIs that temperature alright for you,\u201d I\u2019m always asked when I have my hair washed before it\u2019s cut. And it\u2019s like, \u201cyeah, the temperature\u2019s fine, I just wish the water wasn\u2019t all over my face.\u201d I have a busy day ahead and I won\u2019t have time to do my make-up after the appointment, so I am dreading mascara streaks and a giveaway white forehead where my foundation\u2019s washed off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How does Michelle Mone manage this? Is there advice on her app? I don\u2019t know because I can\u2019t access it, but it\u2019s as if MM <em>knows what I\u2019m up to<\/em> because she tweets to reassure me she\u2019ll be bringing it to android. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi Samantha, we will be bringing the app to android. Thanks for the feedback!<\/p>&mdash; Lady Michelle Mone (@MichelleMone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleMone\/status\/1108009614988185601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As it happens, I am late for my blow dry at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Duck &amp; Dry (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duckanddry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Duck &amp; Dry<\/a> which means they don\u2019t have time to wash my hair. Instead they simply style it, so my make-up is unscathed, while my MM-style blow dry (I show them a picture) bounces about on my shoulders, crowned by slightly oily roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEEING A CELEBRITY LIFE COACH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Coaching-with-Carole-Ann-Rice-1-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6401\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/?attachment_id=6401\" class=\"wp-image-6401 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Coaching-with-Carole-Ann-Rice-1-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Coaching-with-Carole-Ann-Rice-1-600x392.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Coaching-with-Carole-Ann-Rice-1-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Time for some coaching&#8230;and wine, obvs. (Photo: Gary Harrison)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the detailed dossier compiled by the Daily Mail, \u201cMichelle says intensive sessions with a celebrity life coach helped her overcome negative feelings about the marriage break-up.\u201d I have been mooning over my ex-boyfriend for longer than we were together, so I sign up for a session with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaroleAnnRice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Carole Ann Rice (opens in a new tab)\">Carole Ann Rice<\/a> to sort out my love life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is my first day as MM, who I\u2019ve only ever seen looking red-carpet-ready, hence my entrance in an evening dress with MM\u2019s steeply plunging signature neckline. The morning sun ricochets off my sequins, and when Carole Ann recovers her eyesight, she suggests that I make a vision board with words and pictures that represent everything I want from a relationship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLook at it every day &#8211; smile at it, love it, and act as if you\u2019ve already got it.\u201d This sounds like Law of Attraction, which I fleetingly read about before binning it off as bollocks \u2013 along with the cork board I\u2019d bought from Ryman\u2019s that reeked of a rodent\u2019s cage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unwrapped the cork board I&#39;ve bought to make my &quot;vision board.&quot; Fucked off to find my future smells like hamsters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ulDrSteVSO\">pic.twitter.com\/ulDrSteVSO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Samantha Rea (@Samantha_J_Rea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Samantha_J_Rea\/status\/710580879899414529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I convey my cynicism to Carole Ann, she shows me a book by a neuroscientist that backs up what she\u2019s telling me, explaining: \u201cIf you don\u2019t know what you want, you won\u2019t get it. You have to change the way you think!\u201d I like Carole Ann, and I think she may be on to something here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LIVING IN A HOTEL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According the Mail, MM spent at least 18 months half-living in a five-star hotel after she and her ex agreed to a \u201cweek-on, week-off\u201d arrangement for the family home. Explaining her decision to stay in a hotel instead of a rented flat, MM tells the Mail: \u201cI\u2019m the sort of person who needs hustle and bustle around me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the interests of living-like-MM, I spend the night in a Travelodge where I discover that hustle and bustle aren\u2019t the only advantages of a hotel room. That night, I get into a freshly made bed <em>without having to change the sheets myself. <\/em>There are Kit Kats and Galaxy hot chocolate sachets in my mini bar and I only wish someone stocked my kitchen cupboards in this manner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the morning, I discover the joy of sending croissants for a ride on the roller-toaster, before caking them in butter and marmalade that I haven\u2019t had to buy myself. I decide it is no wonder MM makes so much money when she doesn\u2019t have to worry about running out of loo roll or wrestling with a duvet cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DRINKING SHITLOADS OF WINE THEN GOING JOGGING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I\u2019ve gleaned my intel from various points in MM\u2019s life, I feel that embracing all her habits at once will really help me peel back the layers. She\u2019s been quoted as saying, \u201cI was drinking almost two bottles of wine a night,\u201d and according to the Mail, MM sleeps for four hours before going for a 6am jog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I fully relate to the break-up binge drinking as I was buying wine by the box myself. But running with a hangover after four hours\u2019 sleep is going to be a struggle. I pick up some wine from Asda (they do a lovely Pinotage) then drink two-thirds before going to bed at 11pm. MM, apparently, is up until 2am, but if I follow her routine to the letter, I\u2019ll look so awful I\u2019ll be quarantined as soon as I step outside, on suspicion that I\u2019m carrying a deadly disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When my 6am my alarm goes off I am devastated at the prospect of dragging myself out of bed, but finally make it out of the door at 7.01am. Heaving myself around the park is deeply unpleasant, and my mantra of \u201coh my God I fucking hate this\u201d probably doesn\u2019t help. 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