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Makeup Artist Uses Her Lips As A Canvas To Create Pop Culture-Inspired Masterpieces (60 Pics)
Instagram is full of amazing makeup artists who create unique pieces using their bodies as a canvas. We are pretty sure that if you go to your Instagram, you'll find at least one makeup artist which you follow for their master skills. Even though it would be hard to master their superb techniques, you can still do it with a lot of practice. However, this is not the case with Ryan Kelly as her immense talent takes makeup art to a whole new level.
Kelly is a full-time makeup artist from Maryland and the owner of a freelance professional makeup company, Blend Makeup Artistry, and has been practicing and perfecting her lip art skills for the last 4 years. It all started in 2015 when she decided to post a picture of her lip makeup with a small drawing of a viral phenomenon 'Left Shark' which was first brought by Katy Perry. At that time, she could hardly predict the popularity which would follow but today she has 77.8k followers who eagerly await her new makeup looks. Do you wonder what's the secret ingredient for her success? Using her lips as her canvas on which she interprets trends and pop culture references with mind-blowing accuracy.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
When she first started painting her lips, she would take her time and play with ideas. Every detail was painted freehand and it would take up to six to seven hours to finish each piece. Nevertheless, everything changed when Kelly became a mother and wanted to spend more time with her daughter. She saw one artist using transfer paper for body painting and decided to try that out. This technique is similar to the one used by tattoo artists and after some time, she mastered it perfectly.
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At first, Kelly draws big lips on a piece of paper and puts the desired image on them. She sketches out the scene for her new creation on temporary tattoo paper and then transfers it to her lips. She uses liquid lipstick to color the image and make it a small piece of art.
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Harry Potter
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Forrest Gump
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"Life is like a box of choco-lates.... You never know whatcha gonna get"
Her lip art creations vary from our favorite characters from popular TV shows such as Game of Thrones, Friends, American Horror Story, the essential must-watch movies which would be impossible to forget: A Star Is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, Austin Powers, Mrs. Doubtfire, to famous pop culture icons such as Andy Warhol, Kim Kardashian, and Rihanna.
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Bob Ross
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Home Alone
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
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A Star Is Born
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Little Mermaid
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Bird Box
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Andy Warhol
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The Notebook
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The Phantom Of The Opera
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Game Of Thrones
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Game Of Thrones
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It
Just JoLynn 7 years ago
I'm a little surprised she didn't incorporate the balloon on her fingernail.
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Game Of Thrones
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The Rolling Stones
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Suicide Squad
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Les Misérables
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Scream
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The Silence Of The Lambs
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Maleficent
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Mrs. Doubtfire
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Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina
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Romeo And Juliet
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The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
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Golden Girls
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Elf
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Jeff Goldblum
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I think we might like Jeff Goldblum..... ever worked in a thrift shop??? Just asking...
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Practical Magic
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Beetlejuice
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Hocus Pocus
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I PUT A SPELL ON YOUUUUUU AND NOOOOOOOOOW YOURE MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE love that one :)
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Billie Eilish
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Audrey
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Love Actually
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Mamushka
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Post Malone
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Lauren Kaufmann 7 years ago
The attention to detail on the nails and the lips is insane! Im looking at this on my computer screen, and obviously the lips are bigger to fit the screen, even then I cant imagine painting that detail! great work!
Cheryl Wilcox 7 years ago
Do you look in a mirror? How do the words come out correctly? Are they reversed and you photo in a mirror?
Lauren Kaufmann 7 years ago
The attention to detail on the nails and the lips is insane! Im looking at this on my computer screen, and obviously the lips are bigger to fit the screen, even then I cant imagine painting that detail! great work!
Cheryl Wilcox 7 years ago
Do you look in a mirror? How do the words come out correctly? Are they reversed and you photo in a mirror?
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