'X Factor' judge Cheryl Cole has admitted that she often cringes when she sees old pictures of herself.

According to Hello, the singer said: "You have to work out what suits you. The only difference is that everyone gets to see my fashion and beauty mistakes and they are caught on camera forever."

"I cringe because I'm constantly reminded of them," she said.

Cole continued: "I hope I'm low maintenance. I feel best without make-up in comfy clothes at the weekend, probably because I have to dress up so much for my work."

Speaking about her fashion and beauty mistakes, she said: "When I was 15 I wanted to go peroxide blonde and I spent eight hours in the hairdresser's chair having really strong peroxide used on my hair.

"Seriously, eight hours, and I ended up looking like something out of 'The Wizard of Oz', it was awful."