ARE YOU SEEING THINGS?

Mimi Choi is a 31-year-old makeup artist from Vancouver, Canada who creates completely stunning hyperreal optical illusions on herself.

As a former school teacher, Choi has been doing makeup for three years now and uses paint brushes to achieve detail. 

She attended classes at Blanche Macdonald, a local beauty school to learn her craft, but really pushes things to the limits by creating makeup that’s so extreme it looks Photoshoped at first glance. Some of her works take hours to complete.

Speaking to Allure, Choi explained her process and where she finds inspo. "When I do illusions now, I draw my inspiration mostly from my surroundings, photography, paintings, and emotions. I try not to look at other makeup artists's work too much and challenge myself to produce original, unique work," she says. "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."

What an inspiration! @mimles really took art to the next level!

SOURCES:

- allure.com

- @mimles

- @insiderart