Results: Facial Illusions That Will Amaze You

Mimi Choi has a talent that can only be described as mind-blowing. The Blanche Macdonald Graduate make-up artist shares incredible pictures of her optical makeup illusions on YouTube and websites of Allure, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, Business Insider, Yahoo, PopSugar, and countless other media outlets. On her Instagram feed: @mimles. She posts a new makeup creation almost every day, and she's amassed over 515,000 followers because of it. Are you familiar with her work?

Based out of Vancouver, Canada, Choi has gone viral for her optical-illusion looks on her face and body. Choi paints directly on her face and adjusts as she goes rather than sketching out an idea ahead of time. The process takes an average of four to five hours to complete, and some looks have taken over eight hours. Can you appreciate the detail that her work takes?

The key to creating the most realistic illusion is lighting, background, and camera and face angles. Her goal is to create expressive art that shocks her audience. Do you think her work is shocking?

Choi shared that her art is inspired by the vivid and often frightening visions she gets. She has sleep paralysis, wherein the body is temporarily unresponsive while the mind is awake and during her bouts, she gets these visions. It's these visions that inspires most of her art. Do you know anyone else who does such an incredible work with make-up?