The colour pink, strawberry milkshakes, chocolate, and beautifully packaged cosmetics - Benefit, I heart you. Sigh.

When there's no chocolate in my secret-chocolate-drawer. That's the worst.

For an insta-fix of cuteness I would work a 1950s pin-up ensemble: super-short fringe with a polka dot hairband, a shocking pink prom dress cinched in at the waist, worn with a kicked-in pair of Converse high tops - pink, natch...

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Audrey Hepburn, NYC and pretty, pretty things - what's not to love exactly?

Happy days!

Fabulousness, as any Pink Lady will tell you, cannot be rushed, so I'd like at least an hour please...

Scorpio.

I simply refuse to choose - I love and NEED both equally!

Ohh, that's much easier - chocolate - dee-lish!

I wasn't as cool as Lola, that's for sure - I would have LOVED pink hair! I was never a size 10, I didn't get to date the cute dudes I crushed on, I lived with my dad so talking about girly things like periods and stuff was really weird and most of my time was spent crushing on boybands New Kids On The Block and Take That and writing about them in my journal! But although being a bit awkward and not fitting in was sucky at the time, it has really helped me to become the fiesty, fun, fearless and fabulous me that I am today!

Deffo. I get lots of letters each week at Mizz and they give me a really clear idea of what the big issues affecting teen girls are right now. It's the best job and I take it super seriously - I'll do lots of research, speak to experts like Childline and the NSPCC, and do whatever I can to make sure the girls who aren't feeling their happy-to-be-me selves find ways to feel okay in the world - there's no better job than that!

Not being 'enough' - not being skinny enough, not being pretty enough, not being good enough - I think there's a real struggle to be perfect and that's just sucky. We're fed so many images of so-called perfection, of how we should look, be and act, that it just becomes so much harder for girls to know who they really are and to really dig and celebrate what makes them YOU-nique.

Working for Mizz, I get lots of letters from lots of girls telling me how tough it is being a teen girl in the world, so I wanted to create a series of books that wouldn't be borin' snorin' fact-based stuff, that instead would have a kick-ass leading lady who you'd wanna invite over for a sleepover and who could also help you to feel fab about yourself and boost your bravado too - a total BFF in book form!
Pink Thinking is positive thinking. In the book, Lola has pinked-tinted shades and sees the so-called 'real' world filled with its constant comparisons, unrealistic media images and a need to strive for physical perfection, in a different, more positive way. Y'see when you Think Pink, anything is possible. You can live a life filled with thousands of candy-kissed, sunshine moments because you're in control. What's not to love about that?

Girls rock and rule, it's as simple as that and I am passionate about helping girls realise that they are not alone in feeling the way I did when I was in school - awkward, like I didn't fit in, that I wasn't good enough - and to provide them with a toolkit of fabulousness to help them deal.

I do! I get letters from girls all the time telling me they want to be famous like Lindsay or Paris, so I wanted to write a book that said "So what if Zac Efron doesn't pick you up for school in a limo, that's no excuse not to live like a superstar in your own life every single day!" And btw, I don't mean a hissy-fit throwing celeb-girl, I mean a real life ohmystars-isn't-she-amazing wonder-type woman!
In Viva La Diva, Lola and her Pink Ladies show you everything you need to be a rock star in the classroom, how to turn your walk to school into a runway show and how to have enough charm to have everyone join you on the pink carpet of fabulousness!

Know that "normal" isn't what you see on TV and in the magazines - those celeb-girls are airbrushed, preened and pampered to within an inch of their lives. Fact.
Being true to your sweet self, and to your gal pals, is way more important that being part of the "cool crowd".

You're totally You-nique -and that's such a good thing! Repeat "I'm feisty, fun, fearless and fabulous" in front of the mirror at least three times a day to remind yourself that you're you and you rock!