Optical Illusion Makeup Is The New Trend!

by Unknown April 10, 2017 What's Hot

Makeup artist, Mimi Choi, has been taking her makeup routine to the next level. Her Instagram account is loaded with her masterpiece. How did she do it? Well, it sure takes a whole lot of talent, skill, and practice! See them all below.

This is #makeup | When your students ask you to show them how to contour & highlight. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #sculpted #amiskinnyyet • A half #SKULLMAKEUP DEMO on @katianapirlea for my @Blancheworld students on Day 1 of their Extreme Makeup module. 💀 Skull makeup is always a good exercise for illusion makeup beginners because it's extreme contouring and highlighting. If you can make a fleshy face look like it's all bones and holes using just paint, you can transform a person into anything. Video coming next!

A post shared by ＭＩＭＩ ＣＨＯＩ (@mimles) on Apr 6, 2017 at 1:08pm PDT

Wow 61K+ likes on this look so far! 😳 Thanks for the overwhelming amount of support and love everyone! ❤ For those who is wondering if this was Photoshopped -- No, this was done with just #makeup, please see the video in the last post. 😊 Unfortunately, I do not do video tutorials because most of the time I don't actually know what I'm trying to achieve or if it's even going to be successful at all. 😅 I really enjoy creating spontaneously so planning tutorials would not give me the same kind of satisfaction. I hope that my strange creatives can inspire people to think out of the box and create a style and trend that is unique to themselves. 🌟

A post shared by ＭＩＭＩ ＣＨＯＩ (@mimles) on Mar 19, 2017 at 2:40pm PDT

TREE CREEP 🌳🦊🌱 • Hand-painted using @nyxcosmetics @nyxcosmetics_canada Vivid Brights eyeliners and @kryolanofficial Aquacolors. All #makeup, no Photoshop. Inspired by the beautiful digital artwork of @calredback. 🌟

A post shared by ＭＩＭＩ ＣＨＯＩ (@mimles) on Mar 15, 2017 at 8:42am PDT

I honestly do not know how to describe this look that I did a while back on my BB K @lahbra lol. 👹 I used @patmcgrathreal #METALMORPHOSIS005 Everything Kit for the "cutouts", #LUST004 Kit for the lips and MAKE UP FOR EVER @makeupforeverofficial @makeupforeverca kohl liners and ink liner for painting the extra eyes. Inspired by cardboard cutouts and digitally-manipulated photographs. Go to @blancheworld to see the rules for entering the new #BLANCHEWINS contest to win THE @patmcgrathreal Metalmorphosis 005 Kit! ✨

A post shared by ＭＩＭＩ ＣＨＯＩ (@mimles) on Mar 2, 2017 at 7:50pm PST

My "INCEPTION" #makeup illusion X genius digital effects by @theglitch.og = massive migraine. 🔥 Love how his work adds another dimension to my illusions and increases the trip level! Follow @theglitch.og for mind-bending, hallucinatory motion art. ⚡️• My makeup was all hand-painted and inspired by a photoshopped image of Paul Ryan. Used @nyxcosmetics @nyxcosmetics_canada pencil and liquid eyeliners plus matte eyeshadows for this look. Lashes are all @houseoflashes "Knockout" falsies except for the littlest ones that I had to paint on. 👁

A post shared by ＭＩＭＩ ＣＨＯＩ (@mimles) on Feb 11, 2017 at 9:30am PST

An Inception inspired makeup is outrageously nice!

If I could go back in time and tell my 20-year-old self anything: it is that terrible things will happen, but they will break you to save you. You will never be as thin or as beautiful as you have always wanted to be, but it is okay because someday you'll realize there are more valuable and attractive things about you than your exterior. The boy who took your hand when you were 19 will ask you to marry him one day. You two will hurt each other and have a lot to learn together in the years to come but don't ever doubt his love for you. Don't be so hard on yourself. You're trying your best and that's enough. You will keep messing up but you're not a disappointment. One day when you least expect it, you will finally find something that you're good at and it will reveal you. You will figure it out in your late twenties so just be patient. Everything happens for the best. Any pain will eventually fade no matter how unbearable it seems to be at the moment. Always be a positive energy. Treasure every moment because it could be the last. Tell people that you love them. Make decisions out of hope and not your fear. Your parents will tell you things that you don't want to hear but they are actually right. Family is the most important. You can be happy if you choose to be. You will eventually love yourself. You will be alright. x ____________ BROKEN • A #brokenface makeup #illusion using @makeupforeverofficial @makeupforeverca Aqua lip liners, Aqua XL pencils, artist shadows, Aqua brow and @velourlashesofficial "Whispie Sweet Nothings". All #makeup, no Photoshop.

A post shared by ＭＩＭＩ ＣＨＯＩ (@mimles) on Jan 25, 2017 at 9:19am PST

The caption says it all.

How I feel after several episodes of sleep paralysis. 💤😖Does anyone here experience it regularly like I do? It's the scariest thing ever. I swear I struggled for at least 15 minutes last night before I could wake myself up. 😿 _______________________ LACE UP Final look 👟👁🎀 • Shoelace quadruple eye #makeup illusion using @suvabeauty Hydra liners, @nyxcosmetics @nyxcosmetics_canada liquid eyeliners, @makeupforeverofficial @makeupforeverca artist eyeshadows and @houseoflashes "Knockout" false lashes. All makeup, no Photoshop.

A post shared by ＭＩＭＩ ＣＨＯＩ (@mimles) on Jan 9, 2017 at 11:39am PST

WHITE NOISE • What actually happens to people on The Other Side? ☄️ • All #makeup, no Photoshop. Done using @kryolanofficial Aquacolors and @suvabeauty Hydra liners. 1.5 hours. Inspired by TV static white noise.

A post shared by ＭＩＭＩ ＣＨＯＩ (@mimles) on Jan 7, 2017 at 5:03am PST

My last work of 2016: MOSAIC PORTRAIT 🔲🔳 MOSAIC #MAKEUP ILLUSION using @kryolanofficial Aquacolors and @suvabeauty Hydra Liners ___________________ The #MIMLESORIGINALS makeup contest is now closed❣️Thank you for all the original inspiring submissions! It's now time for me to look through every single of them and pick a winner which will be a difficult process. 🌟 Stay tuned for contest results sometime within next week! 🙏🏼❤️😘

A post shared by ＭＩＭＩ ＣＨＯＩ (@mimles) on Jan 1, 2017 at 12:05pm PST

My ribbon #makeup illusion x trippy digital effects by @psychedelic_design • Can't wait to come home and create weirder things for y'all. 🙌🏼

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