A glam mum did a full face of make-up including false lashes while in labour so she would look perfect for the birth - and she says it didn't budge despite "hours of crying".<br /><br />Tina Aragon, 24, decided after her first pregnancy that she wanted to get glammed up, so she looked flawless in photos for any future children she had.<br /><br />The cosmetologist fell pregnant with her second baby in March 2022 and packed her hospital bag with the essentials and her full glam kit.<br /><br />When Tina went into labour on October 26, she spent an hour and a half applying a "full glam" make-up look from her hospital bed - including huge false eyelashes - while 5cm dilated.<br /><br />The mum-of-two breathed through agonising contractions while blending her foundation - and had an epidural injection mid-way through powdering her face.<br /><br />Tina claims doctors were shocked - and warned her eyelashes would be long gone by the next day - but she said her make-up didn't budge at all.<br /><br />Tina believed giving birth "looking like a bad b****" helped her have the confidence to "conquer labour" - and recommend other expectant mothers give it a go.<br /><br />Tina, from Pueblo, Colorado, US, said: "I was half dilated and was sat bored just waiting - I started getting in my own head and stressing about what might happen.<br /><br />"So, I said ‘give me my make-up’ and started my go-to glam look.<br /><br />"Doctors were shocked - and as soon as I had the eyelashes on, it made all the difference.<br /><br />"I kept telling myself to 'breathe and blend' through my contractions - and I had powder setting on my face as I got my epidural.<br /><br />"I wondered how long it would last especially as I had a couple of hours of shedding tears, but it literally lasted the whole night - until I was ready to wipe it off myself.<br /><br />"It was really helpful because it cleared my mind of the pain, and it kept my mentality strong.<br /><br />"I knew I could do it because I looked good, and I would 100 per cent recommend others try it."<br /><br />Tina found a love of make-up after coming out of a dark place in her late teens where she was taking heroine and meth.<br /><br />She trained and became a cosmetologist so she could pursue her passion - and it kept her on track with her addiction recovery, she said.<br /><br />After having her first child, Marzia Marie, now four, in December 2018, she decided she wanted to be made up for her next birth - just like she is in every other aspect of her life.<br /><br />She said: "One, it's good promotion for my work, and two, when we’re taking pictures for all those special moments, I want to look good.<br /><br />"Also, it's like a therapy for me. I knew it would be a way for me to relax."<br /><br />When she found out she would be having a little boy in October 2022, she knew her plan already.<br /><br />Tina realised it might be a difficult birth, as doctors had detected a heart problem with her baby before he was born.<br /><br />This made her even more sure she wanted to do her make-up in labour - because it would help her to stay calm despite a stressful birth.
