'I can't live without eating make-up - it's just like having a bar of chocolate!'

From pork scratchings to haggis, brussels sprouts and marmite, most of us are fans of at least one food that others wouldn't touch.

But while marmite might seem a bizarre choice to some, the yeasty spread pales in comparison to the favourite snack of Brittoni, from Toledo in Ohio.

Instead of putting make-up on her face, the 22-year-old prefers to eat it, munching her way through between 15 and 20 compacts a day.

What's more, she says, the taste varies by brand and colour, with metallic eyeshadow in light brown, white and grey apparently boasting the nicest flavour.

'I cannot live without eating make-up,' she explains. 'You can imagine it just coating your insides with whatever colour you're eating. It's just like craving your favourite candy bar.'

Brittoni's unusual habit began when she was just five years old and, intrigued by the colours in her mother's make-up case, decided to taste it.

'Seeing all the colours made me want to taste it,' she remembers. 'Once I tasted it, I just could not stop eating make-up.

'My favourite type of eyeshadow to eat is usually the metallic colours,' she continues. 'My favourite colours are grey, white and the light colour browns. Light colours usually taste a lot cleaner than darker colours.'

Despite having had a penchant for tucking into eyeshadow since the age of five, Brittoni admits that she goes to extreme lengths to keep her snacking habits secret from her family.

Source-Dailym