United Kingdom, May 27 -- Geri Halliwell-Horner is "still learning" to "let go of perfection".

The Spice Girls icon thinks the "most beautiful things" come out when people allow themselves to be "free and authentic", and she still has to "remind" herself about not putting too much pressure on herself.

Geri, 52, told the UK magazine Woman: "The one thing I've learnt, and I'm still learning - and I have to remind myself of this - is to let go of perfection.

"The most beautiful things come out of allowing oneself to be free and authentic, whatever that looks like.

"The irony is, aren't we all far more compelling when we just allow ourselves to be that messy, beautiful human.

"We live in a world where we want to airbrush everything, but ...