For us beauty journalists, doling out tips and advice day in day out, there's a certain responsibility to practise what we preach. Yet, some of us have been known to skip a 9am Saturday morning spinning class and spend the day on the sofa with a box set and an old Cadbury's easter egg we found under the bed.

This is why we've decided to pay tribute to the lovable, dizzy and bonkers Bridget Jones, famous for eschewing the gym for granny pants, literally ironing her hair and swapping her daily water intake for 'vodka and Chaka Khan.'

The postergirl for single woman of the late 90s and early 00s, we'll always have a soft spot for Bridge - her chaotic existence mirroring our own far from perfect attempts to be glossy, manicured career women and potential girlfriend material.  

Scroll down for the 14 times Bridget Jones made us feel better about our beauty habits.

1. Like Bridget, we've been known to sport a few dodgy hair accessories under the influence of alcohol.

2. And although we've resolved to improve our skin by drinking two litres of water a day, we occasionally get side-tracked - especially when we're feeling a bit sorry for ourselves.

3. Trying to cut down on junk food and cook healthy nutritious meals for ourselves and our loved ones hasn't always worked out.

4. And sometimes we can be so remiss with our personal grooming, even our mothers remark about how unshaggable we look.

5. Even when we do find time to pop on a pair of false lashes, we've been known to absent-mindedly yank them off the next morning (losing a good chunk of our natural lashes in the bargain).

6. Our attempts to protect our hair via a chic head scarf would make Grace Kelly turn in her grave ...

7. We've consequently had to put a brave face on when our hair resembles Mick Hucknall's.

8. Or failing that, opt for drastic measures when we don't have GHDs at our disposal.

(Yes, those were dark times ...)

9. While our high tech cellulite-busting gadgets have yet to see the light of day, we've had to resort to granny pants to disguise our wobbly bits.

10. And convinced ourselves that a punishing three-hour gym session will make up for two weeks of being 'too busy' to go.

12. And regardless of how many years we've been trying to master it, a successful DIY bikini wax always somehow eludes us.

13. We occasionally get fed up of being surrounded by 'smug marrieds', hence a drunken sing-song in our PJs is required. Sod the eight hours beauty sleep ...

13. Yet we've all had at least one of those theatrical 'flinging cigarettes/ empty vodka bottles in the bin' moments the next morning after gazing at our less than perfect complexions in the mirror.

14. But even if we'll never have the perfect beauty regime or a gym-honed body, we'll always look bangin' in a bunny outfit. (Snap!)