Being dead is no excuse to look less than fabulous.
A British cosmetics company is making sure the dearly departed are buried looking glamorous through a new service providing makeovers for corpses.
For upwards of $700, Illamasqua cosmetics will send a professional make-up artist to do a makeover for deceased people "for whom making-up is an intimate part of their identity," according to their website.
The cosmetics company has teamed up with one of London's oldest funeral homes, Leverton & Sons, to provide the service, which they market as "the Final Act of Self-Expression."
"At Levertons we have always applied make-up when requested by family and friends or when specified in someone's pre-arranged funeral," Andrew Leverton, director of Leverton & Sons, told the Daily Telegraph.
"We are now entering a new era in (which) pre-arranged funerals have become as standard as making a will. It's great for us to be able to offer this additional service," Leverton said.
Illasmasqua, which is run by Joe Corre, the son of designer Vivienne Westwood and the late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, said the service is a ceremonial rite of passage no different from funeral preparations of ancient times.
"It is a celebration of life, and one that should be indulged for your last glamorous look," the website reads.
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