Mariah Carey wants to be invisible so she can go to the beach.

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

The 'Hero' hitmaker - who has five-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-husband Nick Cannon - is used to have all eyes on her, so if she could go undetected for an entire day, she'd just enjoy a casual swim with no-one watching.

She said: "If I could be invisible for a day, I would hang out on the beach and go swimming.

"I'd be happy because I wouldn't feel like I was being critiqued."

Mariah - who recently split from fiance James Packer - identifies a lot with felines and feels mostly like a tigress.

She said: "Sometimes my spirit animal is a kitten and sometimes it's a really big angry cat that runs fast and fights. I'd say I'm mostly a tigress."

The 46-year-old singer wanted to be a make-up artist when she was younger and though she went to beauty school as a "fall back" option, she never had to pursue a second career because she was so focused on achieving chart success.

She said: "When I was younger I wanted to be a make-up artist so I went to beauty school - it was going to be my thing to fall back on if music didn't work out.

"But in the end I didn't have that mentality - I put my all into making sure music happened."

And when it comes to her own make-up, Mariah avoids mascara as it always runs when she is performing.

She told Britain's ELLE magazine: "I don't wear mascara because when I sing it drips down my face and that's not a pretty sight.

"When I'm on stage I'll wear false lashes for impact."