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A Midlands woman who does makeup for the dead at her family's funeral parlour has said she her job makes her feel 'really honoured'.

Makeup artist Jayne Lownds worked at high street cosmetic stores before she decided to switch her career and instead provide looks for the dead.

The 32-year-old said her job allows her to give grieving families 'peace'.

She said: "I’m not a particularly religious person but I would always hope that if there was an afterlife and they could see themselves, they would be pleased with how they looked.

"There’s a special understanding that those of us who work in the industry have about what we do.

"It’s a life commitment, it’s a forever-kind-of-thing.

"You feel really honoured when people choose you, you feel really special every time, and I thi

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