It's a cold and windy Tuesday in February  and I'm on my way to Cheshire, looking - in my head - pretty glamorous. And by glamorous, I mean that I have woken up half an hour earlier than I normally would, blow-dried, brushed AND straightened my hair and I have a full face of make-up on. All before 9am. Or at least I thought it was a full face of make up-until I arrived at Opium in Hale Barns, the salon owned by Ampika Pickston from the hit reality TV series, The Real Housewives of Cheshire. Scroll down for video
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Olivia Foster, 27, traveled to Cheshire for a Real Housewives makeover
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FEMAIL writer visited Ampika Pickston's salon Opium in Hale Barns
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She was given a CACI and Skinbreeze facial and a manicure
Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire
'I think you should go with a light colour, something classic,' says Ampika, who has owned the salon in the the leafy @placeholder suburb for the last year.
Olivia Foster
Make-up complete: When the make-up was done you could no longer tell @placeholder had a fake-tan error
The Real Housewives
Real Housewives
As I settle down at the nail bar, she brings me a glass of fizz and I begin to think I could get used to this @placeholder lifestyle.
Ampika Pickston
Ampika Pickston
On the show, @placeholder comes across as the tough one of the group but in real life she definitely has a softer side.