Helen Flanagan puts her pins on parade in a checked miniskirt as she indulges in some retail therapy in Manchester

Published: 10:25 GMT, 14 July 2017 | Updated: 16:29 GMT, 14 July 2017

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She's gone back to her blonde 'do over the last week.

And so Helen Flanagan clearly felt like a spot of retail therapy was needed to compliment her new look on Thursday as she stepped out in Manchester.

The Coronation Street actress looked summery in a bright red blouse - less revealing look to her abs-flashing ensemble earlier in the week at the CBeebies Hotel opening at Alton Towers.

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Shop til you drop: Newly-blonde Helen Flanagan shows off her limbs in a checkered miniskirt as she indulges in some retail therapy in Manchester

Helen, 26, looked leggy in a checkered monochrome skirt with a lightly frayed hemline, and white slip-on shoes featuring decorative gold buckles.

She carried a large cream and silver bag over her shoulder and wore her newly refreshed locks up on her head, sporting a pair of over-sized shades.

Make-up was fresh and minimal and she toted a shopping back in one hand and a can of drink in the other as she ambled to her car to dump her purchases.

Helen recently reprised her role as Rosie Webster in the ITV soap after taking a break to pursue other projects.

Stunning: The Coronation Street actress looked summery in a bright red blouse - less revealing look to her abs-flashing ensemble earlier in the week at the CBeebies Hotel opening at Alton Towers

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Check yourself: Helen, 26, looked leggy in a checkered monochrome skirt with a lightly frayed hemline, and white slip-on shoes featuring decorative gold buckles

Despite loving her high-flying career as an actress, the mum-of-one discussed how she feels guilty leaving her mum to look after her daughter - whom she shares with her footballer partner Scott Sinclair.

Helen told OK! magazine: 'My mum is doing most of the childcare, but I did get a bit of "mum guilt" when I first had to leave her to go back to Corrie.

'I’ve never felt anything like that before.

In cognito: She carried a large cream and silver bag over her shoulder and wore her newly refreshed locks up on her head, sporting a pair of over-sized shades

Me time: The star sat out of the launch event on Thursday evening for Manchester brasserie Abode - which saw the likes of on-screen sister Brooke Vincent in attendance as well as co-stars Bruno Langley and Catherine Tyldesley

'Then I thought, I’m not doing anything wrong – just because I’m going to work doesn’t mean that I’m a bad mum.'

The star sat out of the launch event on Thursday evening for Manchester brasserie Abode - which saw the likes of on-screen sister Brooke Vincent in attendance as well as co-stars Bruno Langley and Catherine Tyldesley.

In fact, similarly to Helen, Catherine debuted a new hair do - having dyed her locks brunette, having previously sported a blonde mane.

Shopping complete: Make-up was fresh and minimal and she toted a shopping back in one hand and a can of drink in the other as she ambled to her car to dump her purchases