At the end of the day… Kelly Rowland

My son Titan greets me at the door when I get home. He’s six and loves dinosaurs, reptiles and cars. He’s very much into pranking right now. The other day when I walked in, he’d put a toy snake in the middle of the floor. Or he’ll try to scare me with a Velociraptor head he’s obsessed with. I have a dinosaur costume, so I’ll dress up in that and make all the sounds. When I was pregnant, my body looked like a dinosaur, but I made my dinosaur twerk and Titan was like, ‘Mommy, please stop.’ We have a really good time playing – we have as much fun as we possibly can.

I’ve been learning to cook in quarantine, and it’s a lot of fun. I call it ‘guess and go’ because I pretty much wing it. It either turns out great or terrible. Last week, I threw together lamb burgers. I seasoned the meat, then I blended feta and roasted red peppers, and spread that on beautiful brioche buns. I added arugula, onions and garlic, and we had that with fries. My husband Tim is not a fan of lamb but he was like, ‘You have to cook this again!’ So I did, he loved it, and now he’s a lamb burger fan!

We have fun with bedtime stories. We try to wind everything down and make sure Titan’s in bed by 7.30pm. We read him stories – sometimes we’ll make them up, or other times Titan tells them. We have a good time, talking to him about his day, asking him about his highs and lows, his favourite part, and what goal he has for the week. Then he tells us what he wants for breakfast in the morning. We try to keep the lines of communication open, intelligently and emotionally. It’s important to us as parents.

I stretch at night, to feel good before I go to bed. I had to be careful during pregnancy but I do a routine that my trainer and physical therapist showed me. It makes my body feel younger. I’ve injured myself before and one thing I regret is not stretching after every workout. Now I stretch while I’m watching TV. I’m obsessed with Bridgerton – I’ve watched the entire series twice. I also love Sex And The City and I’ve watched every series all over again. But you know, we’ve been in a pandemic and I’ve been growing a human, so what else would I do!

Getting ready for bed is a whole regimen. I wash my face twice, using two different skin cleansers, then I do my serums and massage my face. Sometimes, I light candles next to my bed, then I’ll answer emails and write down whatever I’m thinking about, whether it’s ideas for the next collection or things I want to post on Instagram. I love being on IG, it’s fun. I’ll go online to see if anybody is rocking new Justfab pieces.

Music and fashion are two worlds that light each other up, so I’m always intrigued to see how one is inspiring and influencing the other.

Studio sessions can mean late nights. How late that is depends on the vibe, but I like to start in the early afternoon and just go until I’m done. That could be 11pm or 1am – I’ve even left the studio at six in the morning. That’s when I’ll use an eye mask to make sure I get some sleep. When the light is shining through the sides of my blackout curtains, I need to block everything out.