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Gemma Jones

ITV's Loose Women fans call for 'inspiring' Tik Tok star to become panellist

Fans were in awe of Loose Women's guest today and loved her so much that they'd like to see her join the panel.

Blind beauty blogger and Tik Tok star Lucy Edwards appeared on the show to explain how she does certain things even though she can't see.

She has become well known across the social media app for her "how does a blind girl" videos, where she explains how she carries out certain tasks including applying make up and crossing roads safely.

READ MORE: ITV's Loose Women panel comes under fire for 'outdated' views

Due to the traction of her Tik Tok videos Lucy has now also joined Pantene as its ambassador for the Silky & Glowing product range.

The brand recently launched a new social code of conduct, to help ensure social content like beauty tutorials are accessible for all.

Pantene also commits to bringing Navilens technology in to stores to enhance the product experience for the visually impaired, all with a mission to give more people, more great hair days.

Explaining the moment that she realised she was blind, speaking to the Loose Women panel, Lucy said: "Having the patch come off and seeing nothing but darkness, the shock of that and being able to turn it into something positive.

"I feel like everything I've gone through, going blind is the best thing that's ever happened to me. I feel like when I lost my eyesight I really had the vision to be able to see what I want to do in my life."

Katie Paper said that she has never seen representation of blind people within the beauty industry and went on to ask if Lucy expected to go mainstream and how it felt to be seen and represented finally.

The beauty blogger replied as she said: "Having packaging finally accessible to me, it makes me emotional just thinking about it. I just feel that there hasn't been any representation and this is the first of its kind. It needs to go further and we need to see more people like myself represented.

"I would go into any beauty store and every bottle would feel the same. And now it's about universal design and I'm hoping it will be a wave of inspiration."

Fans of the ITV talk show absolutely loved the guest and took to Twitter, with calls to add her to the panel.

Paul said: "Lucy is amazing she should be on your panel x #LooseWomen"

Blossom said: "#LooseWomen Lucy should be a Loose Woman, she's amazing."

Toni said: "What an absolute amazing inspiration Lucy is #LooseWomen"

Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV and ITV Hub

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