Mel C regrets her tattoos

Asked her biggest regret, she said: "When I was young, I didn't think too much about the future - I was very much in the present.

"But fashion choices change and maybe I would have made different choices with my tattoos."

And Mel has already warned her young daughter, seven-year-old Scarlet - who she has with ex-partner Thomas Starr - about the pitfalls of getting inked.

She added: "I've already told Scarlet she isn't getting any [tattoos]."

The 'Northern Star' singer is very close to her daughter and considers her her best friend.

Asked who her best friend is, she said: "At this point, my little girl, Scarlet - she's such good company. We have some good girly chats...

"Often my work takes me away and I've never missed anybody physically before but I ache to cuddle her when we're apart."

After leaving the Spice Girls, Mel underwent a dramatic change of image with a short blonde crop and though she loved the style, it was very difficult to grow out afterwards.

She said: "I loved it when I went solo and had short, spiky hair, but it went through a difficult stage when I was growing it out. I should have invested in extensions."

The 'Stop' singer also confessed one of the Spice Girls once relieved themselves in a plant pot while on a promotional tour of Japan - but insists it wasn't her.

She told Britain's Grazia magazine: "The Spice Girls were in Japan doing promotional work once and there was nowhere to wee so an unnamed girl did it in a plant pot. It wasn't me!"