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Woman Gives Up Her Teaching Job To Create Optical Illusions That Will Mess With Your Mind

Mimi Choi is a 31-year-old makeup artist that lives in Vancouver, Canada. Mimi uses makeup on herself, and her hyper-real optical illusions are stunning! Choi used to be a school teacher, but changed careers about three years ago and is doing 3D makeup full-time.

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Choi said she needed a new challenge and found it with makeup.

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She took some classes at a local beauty school, Blanche Macdonald, to learn the basics, but has pushed the limit of creativity and expression!

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Most people will take a look at her work and think the images were all Photoshopped!

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Image Credit: Mimi Choi / Instagram