Hair braider goes viral after creating GRINCH-inspired style featuring the Christmas villain’s face

‘This is ART!’ Hair braider goes viral after creating a festive red, white, and green GRINCH-inspired style featuring the Christmas villain’s face

  • Shana Everson, 35, from Syracuse, New York, is known as @braidedbyshana on TikTok, where she showcases her knotless box braid designs 
  • For her latest holiday creation, she turned to the titular character from ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ 
  • Everson’s intricate red, white, and green braided design included a portrait of the Grinch complete with two red eyes and his signature sinister smile
  • The video, which was aptly set to ‘You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,’ has been viewed more than 1.6 million times and has received thousands of comments 

A professional hair braider has gone viral after unveiling a festive red, white, and green Grinch-inspired style featuring the Christmas villain’s face. 

Shana Everson, 35, from Syracuse, New York, is known as @braidedbyshana on TikTok, where she showcases her knotless box braid designs. 

For her latest holiday creation, she turned to the titular character from ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas.’ 

Shana Everson, 35, from Syracuse, New York, is known as @braidedbyshana on TikTok, where she showcases her knotless box braids, including this Grinch-inspired design 

Everson's intricate red, white, and green braids included a portrait of the Grinch complete with two red eyes and his signature sinister smile

Everson’s intricate red, white, and green braids included a portrait of the Grinch complete with two red eyes and his signature sinister smile

She filmed herself walking away from the camera to reveal her intricate tri-color braids, which included a portrait of the Grinch complete with two red eyes and a his signature sinister smile. 

Everson told Good Morning America that it took her three days to complete her viral Grinch braids

Everson told Good Morning America that it took her three days to complete her viral Grinch braids 

Everson was dressed in a red sweat suit and topped off her intricate Christmas braids with a red knit hat. 

The video, which was aptly set to ‘You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,’ has been viewed more than 1.6 million times and has received thousands of comments. 

‘This is ART,’ one fan wrote, while another added, ‘This is RIDICULOUSLY AMAZING.’

‘I have never seen anything like this,’ someone else gushed. ‘Mind is blown.’

Everson opened up about the over-the-top Christmas braids in an interview with Good Morning America, saying they took her three days to complete. 

‘I try to be original and think outside the box so over the summer I came up with the idea to do NBA/NFL and holiday-themed braids,’ she explained. 

The video, which was aptly set to 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,' has been viewed more than 1.6 million times and has received thousands of comments

The video, which was aptly set to ‘You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,’ has been viewed more than 1.6 million times and has received thousands of comments

‘As Christmas approached I thought, “What would be a better character than the Grinch?”‘

Everson, who learned how to braid as a child by watching her older sister, has also shared videos featuring her sports team-inspired braid. 

In her most recent clip, she paid homage to the Dallas Cowboys with blue, white, and silver braids featuring a star. 

Everson promised that she will continue to outdo herself and post her work on TikTok following the success of her Grinch braids.  

Everson went all out for Halloween this fall and created an orange Jack-o'-lantern style

Everson went all out for Halloween this fall and created an orange Jack-o’-lantern style 

The professional hair braider also creates sports-themed braids, including designs for the Dallas Cowboys

The professional hair braider also creates sports-themed braids, including designs for the Green Bay Packers

The professional hair braider also creates sports-themed braids, including designs for the Dallas Cowboys (left) and the Green Bay Packers (right)

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