A glamorous mum has defended her decision to wear a crop top and a full face of makeup while picking her kids up from school.

While many mums will consider it a success if they remember to swap their slippers for shoes on the school run, that’s certainly not the case for Sarah Malarkey.

The single mum-of-two looks perfectly polished every time she leaves the house and wouldn’t dream of slumming at the school gates.

But while Sarah, 27 – who lives in the UK with her daughters Arya, 7, and Malia, 10 months – sees nothing wrong with taking pride in her appearance, not everyone agrees, The Sun reports.

“I know there’s a sort of expectation for mums to dress a certain way or tone down their look but I love to get glammed up,” Sarah said.

“I am definitely one of the youngest mums in school and I quite often will wear a crop top on the school run which is out of the ordinary.

“I do feel all eyes on me and I get the odd dirty look but I can’t change what makes me feel like me.”

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Sarah shows her latest glam looks on her TikTok account where she has almost 60,000 followers.

On the platform, the self-described “cool mum” recently shared a video of her school-run outfit which included a crop top cardigan as well as perfectly polished makeup which received a mixed response with some accusing her of doing it for attention.

However, Sarah says she dresses for no one but herself.

“It makes me feel good about myself and if I feel good then my kids are more likely to feel good too – it makes me a better mum,” she says.

“I am proud of the way I look.

“No hate to any other mums but I just wouldn’t feel comfortable dressing like they do.”

Sarah became pregnant at the age of 19 and split with Arya’s dad when their daughter was two years old.

She then met Malia’s dad in 2020 but after falling pregnant the relationship broke down, however the parents have been co-parenting successfully ever since Malia’s birth.

She says: “I get so many comments from trolls all over my TikTok account, just laughing at me and making fun because I’m a single mum.

“People like to goad me and tell me that their dads have abandoned me and some are even disgusting enough to make remarks about the colour of my kids’ skin.

“They’re lucky I am so strong-minded because that could really impact someone’s mental health. It is just a constant barrage of abuse.

“They’re not even brave enough to show their faces because it’s mostly fake accounts.”

Sarah says that if anything her trolls have only made her more determined to speak out about her life as a single mum.

“I feel like it’s important for me to stand up for myself as well as other single mums.

“People always assume I am a bit of a sl*t who had a couple of one night stands but I was with my eldest’s dad for three years and I co-parent with my youngest’s.

“Just because I am a single mum doesn’t mean that I have less value.”

With Sarah caring for her two daughters almost full time she says it can be difficult to strike a balance when it comes to her social life.

“All of my friends are single and they don’t have kids whereas I have the kids the majority of the time,” she says.

“If I want to let my hair down then I do have to drop the kids off at my parents. I am lucky because they’re quite accommodating but I don’t like to ask.

“I need to go out with my friends and have a social life because that is what keeps me sane.

“I will occasionally have a drink and the mum police are so quick to jump on that,” she says.

“Every mum is different and I’m a young single person as well as being a mum.

“My kids don’t witness me drinking or going out and they’re extremely well looked after.

“It’s not always perfect in our household – there’s times when it’s so hard and then there’s time when I am going to go out and enjoy myself and I don’t see a problem with that.”

While Sarah is happily single at the moment, she admits that she does want to settle down with the right man eventually.

“Dating is a real struggle for me,” Sarah says.

“I have asked my family for help if I am going on dates so that I can actually find someone long-term.

“But until I meet someone I am happy parenting solo.

This story first appeared in The Sun was republished here with permission

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