Maura Higgins goes fresh-faced before she’s forced to leave her makeup bag at home on I’m A Celeb
MARUA Higgins looked fresh-faced as she nipped into a beauty salon for some pampering ahead of her I’m A Celeb entrance.
The Love Island stunner, 33, will be forced to leave her makeup bag and her beauty products behind when she enters camp.
The ITV jungle show, which kicks off in less than two weeks, will see Maura adapt to camp life living off the bare necessities.
But before she gives up her lavish lifestyle, Maura was seen visiting an east London nail salon with hair stylist Carl Bembridge on Tuesday.
Maura wore a black vest top and matching jogging bottoms with a tailored longline coat and a £400 designer Celine cap.
She looked in good spirits as headed for lunch at a nearby restaurant.
Maura, who is in a relationship with Pete Wicks, was spotted beaming with joy inside the restaurant as she played with a fellow diner’s young baby.
She also took to Instagram to share a photo of her sitting in the salon chair while getting a pedicure.
Maura captioned it: “Chicken legs anyone?”
Last week it was revealed that Maura signed up for I’m A Celebrity ‘on one condition’.
The reality star was brought in by bosses to compete on the long-running endurance show as a last minute replacement.
Just weeks before the show started, boxer Tommy Fury pulled out of I’m A Celebrity.
His swift exit from the programme opened up a space for the Irish TV host and model.
It meant there wouldn’t be two stars from the same ITV2 dating show going into the Australian jungle in the same year.
Now it seems that Maura may have had some reservations about doing the popular reality show.
The veteran reality star was previously asked about her prospects of flying over to Oz.
She told Heatworld: “I don’t think I’d go well with being in the cold,”
“As hard as that show would be, with all the insects and the heights and everything, I think I’d rather be in a hot country.
“I mean I’d be petrified to do I’m A Celebrity, I’m no good with anything like that. But obviously it’s a massive opportunity.”
She added: “You never know.”
This is not her first rodeo when it comes to competing on celebrity competition shows on ITV.
She first rose to fame on the fifth series of Love Island back in 2019 when she reached the final with Curtis Pritchard.
The star then went on to compete in the twelfth series of Dancing On Ice in 2020.
When we first reported the news about her upcoming jungle adventure, an insider explained that she was the “perfect candidate” for bosses.
A Jungle insider said: “With Tommy Fury pulling out it gave show bosses the opportunity to look at other Love Island stars and Maura stood out as the perfect candidate.
“She’ll bring a bit of glamour to the jungle and make a brilliant campmate because she’s got a great sense of humour and is bound to get on with everyone.