While makeup may traditionally be seen as something we put on to enhance our natural beauty, people prove, time and time again, that makeup is more than that— it’s a tool to fuel creativity.
One makeup artist uses other parts of her body to create the wildest optical illusions that will have you doing a double take.
To say Mimi Choi is a talented makeup artist is a complete understatement.

Mimi isn’t just good at doing makeup—she’s a makeup wizard .
Just check out the optical illusions she creates on her body.
While you may be wondering if Photoshop has a hand in this at all, I’m here to tell you that’s not the case at all.

Illusion makeup is totally Mimi’s lane.
Can you believe she was going to be a preschool teacher?

Yep. She told Bored Panda she felt constrained creatively going down that path, and ended up enrolling at Vancouver’s Blanche Macdonald Centre to pursue a makeup career instead.
Mimi’s story is definitely a lesson in following your heart and gut.

And you never know. You may be able to meet Jeff Goldblum like she did!