This Makeup Artist’s 3-D Looks Are Hissingly Spectacular

Everyday, makeup artists everywhere push boundaries in creating trippy and extraordinary makeup looks.

If you haven’t seen Mimi Choi’s epic special-effects makeup on Instagram, it’s high time that you click the follow button on her profile. The makeup artist ups the ante with special-effects makeup, and her latest look is definitely sssomething.

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“Success is fucking up on your own terms.” ― Guillermo del Toro. • Freehand #SNAKE illusion lip art 🐍 done using MAKE UP FOR EVER @makeupforeverofficial @makeupforeverca brow liners in 40 + 10, shading was done using MUFE Brow pencil in N50.

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Its 3-D effect isn’t based on any kind of template, Choi drew the illustration freehand using two Make Up Forever eyebrow pencils. Before you try this look, be careful of using products for areas of the body for which they’re not intended.

Choi also shared a video of the snake lip art in motion:

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This is makeup that has been digitally animated • My #snake illusion lip art done with makeup (see the still version below) X motion art by @pete.motion. 🐍⚡️💥 Digital artist @theglitch.og also did something very similar to my #makeup and I love it as well! 💚 #plotagraph ____________ Freehand SNAKE illusion lip art done using MAKE UP FOR EVER @makeupforeverofficial @makeupforeverca brow liners in 40 + 10, shading was done using MUFE Brow pencil in N50.

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Speaking with Allure last month, the makeup artist said “My main goal each time I do a new look is to beat myself from yesterday because I’m the biggest critic and competition to myself. It’s gotten really hard to impress myself these days but it motivates me to keep trying and doing better.”

Choi doesn’t just limit herself to just face-based makeup, she also does spectacular and bizarre illustrations on other body parts.

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This is #makeup • I'm 🍋🍋🍋 • Another severed arm makeup illusion ft. lemon flesh 🌝 using @makeupforeverofficial @makeupforeverca flash palettes. #sour

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FRESHY FRESHHH 🔪💦 All my fishy creations so far. 🐟🍣🦐 Not responsible for broken phones. 😝 I painted all of these on my own hand using @kryolanofficial Aquacolors, @suvabeauty Hydra Liners and @stilacosmetics intense black stay-all-day liquid eyeliner. What sushi do you want to see next? #salmonsushi #ebisushi #alaskaroll #fish #handpainting

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Want to see more of Choi’s artworks? Access here to follow her on Instagram.

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