I spend 3 hours a day doing my make-up & even sleep with it on like Dolly Parton…but my eyelids get glued together

A MUM has revealed that she spends around three hours applying her make-up – and rarely ever takes it off.

Just like , Maureen, 49, , despite sometimes waking up with an eye infection because of it.

Maureen has revealed her fear of not wearing makeupDolly Parton previously revealed how she sleeps in her makeup

The previously admitted that she also so she’s always “ready to go.”;

Dolly explained that she’s been doing this since the 1980s, particularly while living in , where the fear of meant she didn’t want to be caught off guard in an emergency.

Similarly, Maureen wears her makeup no matter what – even if it’s just to pop outside to the post box.

Appearing on TLC’s My Strange Addiction , Maureen, from , shared her daily routine.

She said: “The only time I take off my makeup is when I’m in the shower. I even in my makeup.

Sometimes when I wear my eyeliner to bed, I wake up and my eyes are stuck together. I guess I want to be glamorous 24-7.”;

Speaking to a doctor on the show, Maureen revealed that she sometimes has to “pry [her eyes] open”; in the morning and that they can occasionally appear bloodshot.

The doctor explained that this was a sign of inflammation and warned her it could lead to more serious eye problems.

“Mascara and eyeliner actually can cause pigmentation in the whites of the eyes. That’s permanent,”; the doctor cautioned.

Maureen also asked whether leaving makeup on her skin was ageing her.

The doctor explained: “There is some theory that if you leave makeup on long enough and it causes a low-grade chronic inflammation, that the chronic inflammation might accelerate ageing.”;

Her unusual habit has sparked mixed reactions on social media, with many viewers praising her natural beauty.

One person wrote: “She looks so much younger without makeup.”;

Another commented: “Actually, her skin and face is so pretty without the makeup.”;

The only time Maureen is not wearing is makeup is after coming out of the shower

Others, however, were baffled by her routine. One asked: “The rest I can vaguely understand.

But why does she sleep with it on?? That sounds so uncomfortable.”;

Meanwhile, a fourth added: “Three hours?! There’s no fricken way it should take that long.”;