Made you look! Makeup artist becomes a viral sensation with stunning optical ilusion looks that take up to 12 hours to create
- Esther Aular, 29, from Colombia, goes by Nekita and wows her online followers
- Spends up to 12 hours on the looks which have included Spiderman and Gollum
- Has also done optical illusions including one which looks like two pairs of eyes
- Says that she channels her own emotion into the looks to come up with ideas
A talented makeup artist has become a viral sensation with her inredible optical illusion looks that take up to 12 hours to create.
Esther Aular, 29, from Bogota, Colombia, goes by ‘Nekita’ and leaves her 83,000 Instagram followers stunned with her incredibly detailed designs.
The makeup artist’s looks have ranged from animals including a lion and a chicken to iconic characters including Spiderman, Dr Strange and Gollum.
And Esther has also created optical illusions, including one which seems to portray her with multiple sets of eyes.
Nekita said: ‘My type of makeup is surrealism and optical illusion looks. It takes four to six hours to do most looks but sometimes it can take eight to 12.
‘But it’s my art, my emotions, it’s what I live and love so I find it easy to come up with ideas. I just take my face and do my makeup and become who I really am.’
Nekita says that she channels her own emotion into the unique looks in order to come up with ideas. Some of the mind-blowing designs are collated below.
Strange! Esther Aular, 29, from Bogota, Colombia, goes by ‘Nekita’ and leaves her 83,000 Instagram followers stunned with her incredibly detailed designs including this Dr Strange inspired look
Two faced! Her looks range from optical illusions which make her appear to have two faces, pictured, to Gollum and Spiderman
Many faces! Another design shows her looking around with multiple eyes, lips and faces on her Instagram account
Feeling blue! Nekita emulates a mythical creature from Avatar in another makeup look posted online
Eyes all around! Esther Aular, 29, from Bogota, Colombia, who goes by ‘Nekita’, stunned her 83,000 Instagram followers with this optical illusion multi-eye makeup look
Impressive! Her looks can take up to 12 hours and have included everything from Gollum to Spiderman
Roar! An intricate design, pictured, is another of the many creative looks that Nekita has done for her followers
Puzzled! She uses another creative design to make her face look like an intricate jigsaw puzzle
Powerful! Her pieces almost resemble paintings as they are so detailed and cartoon-like online
Owl be watching! In another lengthy design, she turns her face into an owl, complete with owl eyes and ears
My precious! She emulates Gollum in another snap, using false teeth and creating huge eyes and wrinkles
Spiderman! Nekita also used the iconic Spiderman to make a multi-headed version of the character out of makeup
Creepy! She also seems to split her face into sections and add another person’s in, as part of another clever design
Details! She showcases a more standard makeup look in another snap posted on her Instagram
Eyes everywhere! Lying on the ground in this snap, she looks like she has eight eyes in yet another ingenious design
Lion King! In a different animal-themed post, she created a snap which looks like a real-life lion, using makeup
Chicken run! Nekita used makeup to make herself into a chicken, using different colours and shades of yellow and orange
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