Carrie Bickmore got more than she bargained for this week when she took herself off for an end-of-year glow-up.
The blonde beauty, 45, took to her Instagram Story on Tuesday to reveal she had a nasty accident just prior to getting a spray tan.
Carrie shared a photo that showed her looking a little sorry for herself and sporting a nasty bump on her forehead.
The wince-worthy injury also featured a small cut at the centre.
Captioning the photo, Carrie revealed that she had absent-mindedly collided with a cupboard while getting ready for her spray-tan appointment.
‘Bumped my head into the corner of a cupboard 20 minutes before my spray tan,’ she wrote.
Carrie Bickmore got more than she bargained for this week when she took herself off for an end-of-year glow-up
She saw the funny side of her accident, though, adding: ‘Karma for vanity,’ and a crying laughing face emoji.
Carrie’s cupboard collision comes after she spent an idyllic Christmas in Western Australia with family.
However, in one festive Instagram post, Carrie revealed that she was dealing with an onslaught of flies during the trip.
Sharing a series of bikini shots, Carrie opted to add another quintessentially Australian accessory to her beach ensemble – a head net to protect herself from the pesky critters.
‘The worst fly season in 40 years did not dampen the most amazing week with my sisters and nieces and our kids in Eagle Bay,’ she wrote.
‘The most perfect slice of heaven.’
The post was met with a deluge of comments from Carrie’s followers, including Rove McManus, who could not resist a cheeky quip.
‘Good to know head nets are in this year,’ he joked.
Carrie shared a photo that showed her looking a little sorry for herself and sporting a nasty bump on her forehead. The wince-worthy injury also featured a small cut at the centre
It’s certainly been a big year for Carrie, who was announced as the Victorian Australian of the Year in November.
The radio star earned the top gong thanks to her significant contributions to brain cancer research and awareness, raising over $27million since she set up Carrie’s Beanies 4 Brain Cancer Foundation in 2015.
The charity was set up in loving memory of her late husband Greg Lange, who passed away following his battle with brain cancer in 2010.
A few years later in 2021, Carrie started The Brain Cancer Centre, which ‘brings together leading researchers, doctors and institutions to develop new treatments and clinical trials,’ according to the website.
The program has managed to acquire an extra $45million of funding since its inception, which will help fund research projects across the country.
During the emotional ceremony, Carrie revealed that she felt uneasy about accepting the award.
‘I feel like there are so many people, not only in the brain cancer space but in the world, that are doing incredible things. It made me deeply uncomfortable,’ she confessed.
However, despite her initial discomfort, she admitted that she’d be a ‘coward’ if she didn’t accept the nomination on behalf of the broader cancer community.
It’s certainly been a big year for Carrie, who was announced as the Victorian Australian of the Year in November
Carrie went on to reflect on her late husband’s cancer journey, which was a catalyst in her involvement in brain cancer research.
‘While I graciously accept the award, if I could go back and make that little 21–year–old, young Carrie not have to watch her boyfriend have a seizure in bed and then endure a nine year battle with brain cancer – I would do that,’ she shared.
She dubbed it ‘one of the most horrific things’ she’s ever watched before admitting it took her a long time to know what to do afterwards.
‘Then I realised with my platform, that I had the ability to make sure that no other amazing man like Greg, no other young girl like myself – who hadn’t even had a chance to work out what life was going to be for her – [would] have to go through something like that.
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