We spend half our beauty routines trying to trick our skin into exuding a natural, healthy glow, or rely on makeup products to give us an effortlessly radiant complexion.
Which is wonderful, until we’re either actually poorly, or we want to fake being sick to get out of something we don’t want to do and no one will believe us because we’re over here with hydrated, bronzed skin looking like we’ve never been sick a day in our lives.
It seems this is something plenty of us are struggling with, as a TikTok video has gone viral after it gave a step-by-step tutorial on how to fake looking sick.
The video, which was shared by beauty fan Cat Quinn, has amassed more than 21k saves from viewers who are bookmarking it for their next sick day from work, and shows you exactly how to make yourself look unwell.
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