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A girl from Essex has splashes out £30,000 a 12 months getting dolled up for weekly dates together with her boyfriend – though she would not even go away her couch as a result of he is in jail. Saffron Boswell, 26, will get common magnificence remedies together with filler, anti-wrinkle jabs, lash extensions, and blow dries to make sure she appears picture-perfect for her boyfriend, Luke for his or her weekly FaceTime dates.

The content material creator says video calls with the 39-year-old are ‘extra relaxed’ than month-to-month jail visits because it’s simply the 2 of them on the decision. Despie being collectively for eight years Saffron says she nonetheless will get ‘butterflies’ when she sees Luke, who she says is behind bars for expenses that are not violent.

Saffron makes ‘prepare with me’ movies to see her boyfriend and a few of them have gone viral. A TikTok clip captioned ‘glow up with me for HMP’ exhibits her in depth glam routine as she ready seeing Luke who’s been in jail for three-and-a-half years. The video went viral, racking up greater than 110,000 likes, re-posts and feedback.

Saffron, from Brentwood, Essex, stated: “He’s been in prison for three-and-a-half years now, it’s been extremely difficult. We did try to end things for a good six months at one point but we ended up getting back together again because we realised we just couldn’t be apart.

“The in-person dates are so much higher as a result of we get to be collectively bodily, however I do consider that Facetime is extra relaxed as a result of it is simply the 2 of us. Whereas after I go and see him there’s all the opposite individuals there as nicely.

“I get dressed-up even if I’m just FaceTiming him from the sofa. I usually go to the hairdressers and get a blow-dry, if I’ve got time then I’ll go and get a wax but if not then I just have a full-body shave. I’ll do a full face of make-up, pick a cute outfit, put some perfume on, and then set my tripod up.

“In my head it is the identical factor as if we had been happening an actual date. If I used to be simply sat in the identical outdated pyjamas from the morning then I’d really feel like a little bit of a scruff. I nonetheless get nervous. When you are with somebody for a very long time it simply turns into regular.

“In this sort of situation we’re not together all the time, so it feels like we’re in the beginning and in the early stages of dating again. It helps to keep it exciting too. In this situation you need anything that you can hold onto and I think it helps having something to look forward to.”

Saffron says she undergoes extra extravagant preparation for her visits to the jail, spending hundreds of kilos on remedies that vary from lip and chin filler to £2,000 hair extensions, studies Wales Online.

Saffron stated: “I get regular treatments like botox, a vampire facial and skin boosters – that kind of thing. I try and time my treatments so that they fall before a visit. I even cancelled a visit because my eyebrow girl cancelled on me and then she rescheduled it on a visit day and I was like ‘no, I need to get my brows done’.

“I believe he simply is aware of me, so he was like ‘positive babe’. He’s all the time complimentary of my look. He’s all the time skilled this ever since we first acquired collectively so for him I believe it is simply regular.”

Saffron says some of the negative comments she’s received online are ‘laughable’. She said: “The giant notion is that it is simply embarrassing or it is a waste of money and time. I believe if that affected me then I would not put up anymore however I actually could not give a rattling. I believe it is laughable as a result of in my head, as people, we must always all dwell life precisely the best way that we wish to, so I do exactly suppose that these persons are extremely small minded.

“God forbid anything happened to them in their life because I just think they wouldn’t be able to cope. I’m making an investment in myself and it helps me to feel good as an individual.”

Since sharing the 2 clips on-line, Saffron’s TikTok movies have gone viral, racking up a mixed whole of greater than 1,604,092 views, likes, shares and feedback. One consumer commented: “People like this actually exist and are allowed to have agency over their own finances and drive and stuff.” Another wrote: “Waste of money. Doing all this for a low life as well.”

A 3rd particular person stated: “This is actually really cute.” Another consumer commented: “These women on here are just bitter and unsatisfied with their own lives. I am sure you have a stronger relationship and most of them and their partners. Keep doing what makes you happy.”

TOTAL TREATMENT COSTS PER YEAR

• Anti-wrinkle jab (brow and chin) – £3,033
• Filler (beneath eye, nostril and lip) – £7,367
• Skin booster – £1,733
• Vampire facial – £3,466
• Ombre brows – £1,400
• Hair color and extensions – £7,000
• Lash extensions – £1,300
• Nails – £3,999
• New outfits – £960
• TOTAL =£30,258