Pick Me Up! Special

SLEIGH THE LOOK

Slapping the richest shades of green paint all over my bare face and neck, adding the most outlandish pair of brows and switching my nose into a snout, it looked like I’d stepped out of Whoville.

Adding a Santa hat and cloak to finish off the look, even though Christmas is one of my favourite times of year, looking in the mirror, I had to pretend that I loathed it.

And creeping downstairs, just as dinner was ready on the table, I certainly gave my family a shock – my sister Lauren jumping out of her skin seeinginfamous Grinch.

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