When it comes to holiday party makeup, you might picture a classic red lip or a frosty winter blush—but why settle for the usual when you can steal the spotlight with full-on Grinch glam?

Film fans think that Jim Carrey was made to play the Grinch - which is a good job, as it would be hard to get Dr Seuss' estate to approve another actor.

As a fully paid-up Carrey-ophobe, that was fine by me. Well, the glad tidings I bring from The Grinch are that the makeup designers have had an even better time. Not only is Carrey back in the ...

But depicting the Grinch was not a comfortable experience for Carrey, who had to endure several hours of makeup each day to be transformed into the green-furred, Christmas-hating creature.