'Call My Name' hitmaker Cheryl Cole has confessed that while she is mindful of eating well and staying healthy, she does allow herself a few treats although she knows how to combat their side effects.

Speaking to Hello! magazine, the beauty explained that drinking and smoking are things she enjoys but makes sure to compensate for them as best she can:

"[I like] drinking red wine. And I do like the occasional cigarette. It's bad, I'm aware of that. I put on extra serum. Alcohol is dehydrating for the skin."

"And flying. I fly a lot, so I have to keep on top of that."

Cole added that she allows herself the indulgences because perfection is something that just isn't achievable so she may as well enjoy what she does: "Perfect's unrealistic. No one in this world is perfect. I wake up a normal person as long as I've washed my face the night before. If I haven't, I'm horrified. I feel I've aged a year."

She made headlines over the weekend after her back and bottom tattoo was revealed in full (pictured in the middle below).