By Rachel Jacoby Zoldan, Allure
If you haven't seen Mimi Choi's epic special-effects makeup
on Instagram, we're strongly suggesting that you click "follow" ASAP.
One of her latest creations, 3-D lip art of a snake, hits that perfect
spot between being oh-so creepy and so freaking cool we can't look away.
The 31-year-old Vancouver resident, who has amassed more than 220,000
Instagram followers to date, has created quite a bit of mind-bending (or
lip-bending) artwork, so you'll know that she's no newbie to the
special-effects scene — 3-D lip art or otherwise.
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post on her latest reptilian creation, Choi created the 3-D lip art by
freehand sketching (no stencils here). And while her lips are likely
glazed with a pinkish-nude gloss as a base, Choi actually created the
snake using not one but two brow pencils — another reminder that just
because a beauty product is made for something specific doesn't mean it
cannot find an alternative use (but please keep any possible
allergies top of mind). Specifically, she worked with Make Up Forever
Brow Pencils in 40 and 10, and used the line's N50 brow pencil to add
dimension and shading.
But this is just in a day's work for Choi. Speaking with Allure
last month, the makeup artist says her "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."
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We've
reached out to Choi for comment and to figure out how we can also
attempt sketching a snake on our lips, brow pencil or otherwise. But in
the meantime check out the Instagram below, plus a cool motion art video
from her pal where the snake actually moves. Both a little bit American Horror Story and a little bit chic AF, we're game to give this venomous pout a try — at least for Halloween.
