Stacey Solomon soaks up the sun in a skimpy orange bikini as the busy mum of five enjoys a relaxing pool day during Lake Como work trip

Stacey Solomon made the most of a work trip to Lake Como, taking the afternoon off for a spot of sunbathing on Tuesday.
The busy mum of five, who has jetted to the idyllic location to shoot with her haircare brand Rehab, stripped down to a skimpy orange bikini for some time by the pool with her colleagues.
Stacey looked gorgeous in the tiny two piece, confidently strolling around before taking a cooling dip.
Pulling her hair up and slipping on some shades, Stacey laughed and chatted with her team as they relaxed after a busy few days of shooting content in Italy.
Stacey has been keeping her 6.1m Instagram followers up to date with her travels with the haircare brand she invested in two years ago.
Indeed, the TV star, 35, shares everything on social media, from her life at Pickle Cottage with husband Joe Swash and their six children, to her fitness journey.
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Last year, after documenting her progress in her newly built home gym, Stacey shared an inspirational message with her followers where she embraced her 'hip cushions' and 'boobs which can hold my gym essentials'.
After sharing a picture of herself on her Instagram Stories coming back from the gym in a pink T-shirt and leggings, the mother-of-five was inundated with messages from her followers who commented on how great she looked.
Stacey then took to her social media to address the influx of messages she had received.
Standing in front of a mirror with some of the comments displayed on screen she said: 'I've had so many lovely messages like this lately, but I thought it was really important to come on here and say when I take the gym clothes off I look like this...'
The Loose Women panellist hen proceeded to pull her leggings down past her hips and flaunt her unfiltered and non photoshopped body.
She added '...Which is also really pretty and a really lovely body and I just feel like it's important to show that.'
Pulling a can of deodorant and a hairbrush out from under her breasts, Stacey then joked: 'Don't get me wrong, I've got abs for the first time in my life, but I can still very comfortably lay down on my hip without feeling a thing and when I take my sports bra off, there's still enough weight and length in my boobs to hold my gym essentials.
'Deodorant, a hairbrush, you name it, these babies can hold it! But yeah I just posted that for anyone who might need to see it today or ever.'
Stacey laid back in the pool, happily chatting with her colleagues from the brand, which she invested in two years ago
Pulling her hair up and slipping on shades, Stacey laughed and chatted with her team as they relaxed after a busy few days of shooting content in Italy
The TV star shares everything on social media, from her life at Pickle Cottage with husband Joe Swash and their six children, to her fitness journey
Stacey then uploaded the video onto her grid and captioned the post: 'Just because I think it's important to see you can have abs (some days) and also have hip cushions and a womb!!! You're perfect & I'm sure the bodies you may aspire to, look different, depending on the day/clothes/hormones/angles.
'I've been consistently going to the gym for nearly a year! Wahoo (I know who I am?) But that means I spend a lot of time in gym wear which is specifically designed to hold you together & support you so you don't get a nipple in the eye on the treadmill!
'So just thought I'd show you my body underneath because I don't think we see it enough. Do what makes you feel good & that you enjoy. Your happiness is the biggest priority'.
Fans flocked to her comment section to praise the star for how open and honest she had been
Stacey then joked: 'Don't get me wrong, I've got abs for the first time in my life, but I when I take my bra off, there's still enough weight and length in my boobs to hold my gym essentials'
Stacey's trip abroad comes after she suffered some heat recently when her followers turned on her over her ill-judged rant after losing out on a prize at the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards.
While she congratulated the winners, Stacey couldn't help but reveal how 'gutted' she was for her team who 'deserved' the award as she declared that they were 'robbed'.
Fans claimed Stacey is starting to 'show her true colours' compared to her usual wholesome demeanor and told the BBC presenter to 'grow up' and that she has 'got too big for her boots'.
However not everyone agreed and others believed Stacey was being 'refreshingly honest' and was simply just 'disappointed for her team'.
In the original video, Stacey fumed: 'We didn't win a BAFTA. And I know I'm supposed to take it gracefully like a champ but, I'll be honest, I'm devastated!.
Laughing at her reaction, she continued: 'I'm not handling it very well, I'm not taking it very gracefully - I'm devastated! I'm devastated for our whole team, like I'm so gutted for our team.
'Everyone got dressed up and was really hopeful, I think because they work so hard. It's not an easy show to make, Sort Your Life Out and the team work so hard to make it happen and they so deserve the BAFTA.
Stacey rose to fame after appearing on the X Factor and while she chose not to pursue a career in singing, Stacey has gone on to become one of the most successful names from the ITV show
Stacey's trip abroad comes after she suffered some heat recently when her followers turned on her over her ill-judged rant after losing out on a prize at the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards
'The Sort Your Life Out team deserved a BAFTA and I'm devastated. I'm not saying that everyone else didn't deserve their BAFTAs, they absolutely did.
'People think making TV is really easy and it's not, so everyone deserves recognition. But I'm just gutted for my whole Sort Your Life Out family because I feel like they deserved a BAFTA. I'm gonna say it - I'm gutted!'.
Going on to reveal what it takes to make their show, she went on: 'We'll pack up a house and within seven days that house is packed up, into vans, over to a warehouse, laid out on the floor, we go through it meticulously, we make sure it doesn't just get chucked away.
'We donate, we recycle, we resell things. We put it all back and try and put it in systems to help families move forward...'
She also gave a shout out to the families who give up their time and open their homes to TV audiences, especially when they run the risk of being judged.
However not everyone agreed and others believed Stacey was being 'refreshingly honest' and was simply just 'disappointed for her team'
Stacey now juggles work on Sort Your Life Out with her family reality show for the BBC as well as her many businesses like REHAB.
Stacey's involvement in REHAB Your Hair marks the first time she has ever invested her own money in a business.
The star, who rose to fame on The X Factor 15 years ago has amassed a huge fortune after putting name to everything from cleaning products, TV shows, clothing lines and crafts.
And after running her business empire from Pickle Cottage in Essex, Stacey's next business move is to head Stateside as it was recently revealed that she is in talks to launch her hugely popular hair brand in the US following its success in the UK.

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