From: "Deepak Punjabi" (indigoblue2005@yahoo.com)
Friday, February 18, 2011 9:54 AM
Everything but trout pouts: Gobsmacking animal designs good enough
to kiss
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:42 PM on 17th February 2011
Artist Paige Thompson had a foxy idea
when she puckered up in front of the mirror and started to paint these
amazing animal designs - on her own lips.
Now her unique take on face-painting has
become an Internet sensation, attracting thousands of followers to her
website and sparking demand for new creations.
The 21-year-old was feeling bored when she
stumbled across some Halloween make-up she had as a child and began to
paint colourful and cute animals on her mouth before photographing them.
A red crab: Paige takes half an hour in front of
a mirror to paint each creation
A red fox: An early creation and one of Paige's
favourites
A bumble bee: The first of Paige's
'Animal-ipstick' creations
She
started with a bumblebee, then a fox, and as her menagerie grew she
christened them 'Animal-ipsticks'.
Paige takes half an hour in front of a mirror to paint each creation, starting with a base
colour and adding details such as stripes, eyes and ears.
So far Paige has created a
bumblebee, black cat, fox, crab, caterpillar, hippo, chameleon and
panda, sticking to a basic pallette of red, blue, yellow, green, black
and white.
Her childhood set of water-based
paints came with a small brush but she has since bought other brushes
to allow her to get better detail. But she refuses to spend money on
expensive branded make-up.
A caterpillar and a hippo: Paige starts with a
base colour and adds details such as stripes, eyes and ears
A panda: 'There are so many animals I don't
think I'll ever run out of ideas,' says Paige
Paige, from Texas, was inspired
to try her own lipstick art after admiring the face-painting of other
artists.
'I had virtually nothing to do
around the house, so I tried my luck with some old Halloween face paint
that we had used since I was a kid,' she said.
'My first animal-lipstick, the
bumblebee, wasn't even formed as an idea until I painted my lips yellow
and added some random black stripes. It was then apparent that a face
was needed.
'I thought the result was cute, so I
made a few more. I never imagined so many people would love these
photos.'
A black cat: Paige's creations have left
thousands of fans wanting more
A colourful Chameleon: 'Animnal-ipsticks' stem
from boredom and an old set of Halloween paints
Paige continued: 'I chose to
do
animals because I had already done the bumblebee, so I thought I could
expand upon the animal kingdom.
'After all, there are so many
animals, I don't think I'll ever run out of ideas.
'My personal favourites are the
bumblebee and the fox since those were two of my first, and most
adorable, Animal-ipsticks.
'I'm not a huge makeup fan, but I am
an art student and working with different mediums is fun and comes
naturally to me.'
The next animals in line for Paige's
lip-smacking treatment are be a jaguar, zebra, monkey, parrot and a dog.
