make-up to embalming. Melissa Jo, from New York, has shared a series of funeral home secrets with her 525,000 followers on TikTok, giving them a unique peak behind-the-scenes in a mortuary, as the dead are prepared for their families to say goodbye.
The TikTok user, who is known online as “Funeral Babe”, was working as a hairdresser before making a major career change to spend her time styling the dead instead of the living. READ MORE: Girl, 3, shocks relatives as she wakes up at her own funeral only to die hours laterAs a funeral director, she’s responsible for planning arrangements and preparing the body which involves cleaning, embalming, dressing, cosmetology and casket placement.
Being brutally honest in her videos, Melissa assures her fans that there is "nothing glamorous about being a mortician" even though she describes some of her duties as being similar to a spa treatment.
In a video, which has gained more than 100,000 views, Melissa explained: "If you get embalmed, it’s like a spa treatment for your dead body.
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