chinese makeup blogger transforms herself into the mona lisa in a series of famous artwork imitations

with the power of makeup, chinese vlogger yuya mika turns herself into famous oil paintings like mona lisa, lady with an ermine and the girl with a pear earring. yuhong captures each transformation in seconds long time lapse videos which share exactly how she becomes the iconic works of art.

mika creates the look using layers of foundation and concealer to help achieve a look akin to the famous subject in the painting. she shades her lids to capture mona lisa’s blue-grauy eye shadow and contours her cheekbones and nose to capture the shape of her face. she then mimics the shadows in the painting by applying the dark concealer in the necessary areas before copying the clothing and pose.

‘once you see your face as a blank piece of paper, the opportunities are endless,’ yuhong says. ‘I love oil paintings myself‘, she told the daily mail. ‘so, when I saw the great response on the mona lisa video, I went on to create ‘lady with an ermine’ to continue the da vinci theme.’ mika has also herself into taylor swift, selena gomez, cate blanchett, and british actress tilda swinton.

 

Imitation of makeup《Girl with a Pearl Earring》

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