This make-up artist puts BUGS on her face

Publish Date
Friday, 12 January 2018, 11:40AM
Photo / @butterflyjasmine

Photo / @butterflyjasmine

American artist Jasmine Ahumada has taken a unique approach to her art, and by 'unique' we mean, make-up including spiders, meal worms, millipedes, bees and even a scorpion.

‼️REAL INSECTS‼️ 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Praying mantis (ft. Wasps and a tiny fly, do you spot the fly?) 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Praying Mantis SOURCE: Praying Mantis Found Locally(already dead) and the wasps were sent to me by my instabestie @ignitedbeauty FUN FACTS: The praying mantis is so named because when waiting for prey, it holds its front legs in an upright position, as if they are folded in prayer. Don't be fooled by its angelic pose, however, because the mantid is a deadly predator. If a bee or fly happens to land within its reach, the praying mantis will extend its arms with lightning quick speed, and grab the helpless insect. Sharp spines line the mantid's raptorial forelegs, enabling it to grasp the prey tightly as it eats. Some larger mantids catch and eat lizards, frogs, and even birds. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Products Used @mehronmakeup 3D Gel. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 #eyeart #facechart #eyelook #insectagram #insectporn #insectart #makeupinspo #makeupart #creativemakeup #nature #phobia #eyeshadow #eyeball #motd #faceart #triggerwarning #facepaint #editorialmakeup #avantgarde #darkart #tattooideas #macrophotography #eyemakeup #falselashes #eotd #prayingmantis #mantis #carnivoroustagram #deadly

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Jasmine told Metro.co.uk the nature theme comes as part of her personal project to extend her creativity.

To her Instagram fans, she also said: ‘This is a passion project that I have been working on for about six months so far. This series will include all different types of insects, arthropods, and everything in between.

‘This is another form of my artistic expression, I showcase all these creatures with the upmost of respect. I understand if this is gross to you or you have a hard time understanding this type of art, but this is a biproduct of my creativity.’

Jasmine also posts fun facts about each of the insects she poses with, so the photos are not only interesting on the eye, they're interesting to the mind too!

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‼️REAL MOTH‼️ This is a White Lined Sphinx moth and it's so incredibly big and beautiful right!!?!?!! 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 SOURCE: Found in my Moms yard(already dead) FUN FACTS: The adults are primarily nocturnal fliers, but are sometimes seen during the day, too. With their large, plump bodies and relatively small wing surfaces, they must beat their wings very fast, compared to butterflies, in order to stay aloft. By beating their wings rapidly, these agile fliers are able to hover like a hummingbird in mid-air. 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 Products Used @urbandecaycosmetics Electric Palette shadows. @mehronmakeup paradise paint in Pink. @camoeyes Enchanted Pink lenses. Real flowers from my succulent garden. 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 #eyeart #facechart #eyelook #insectagram #insectporn #insectart #makeupinspo #makeupart #creativemakeup #nature #phobia #eyeshadow #eyeball #motd #faceart #triggerwarning #facepaint #editorialmakeup #avantgarde #darkart #tattooideas #macrophotography #eyemakeup #falselashes #eotd #moth #whitelinedsphinx #pinkeyeshadow #contactlenses

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‼️REAL BUTTERFLY‼️ (Atrophaneura Semperi) 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 SOURCE: Etsy shop Insectartzone. FUN FACTS:The first description was in 1861 by C. & R. Felder. The wingspan is about 12 – 15 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Atrophaneura semperi is black, The body has red hairs. On the underside of the hind wings there are some red spots. The females are dark-brown and they have on the upside of hindwings salmon spots. 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 Products Used @mehronmakeup Gold powder/mixing fluid. @wolfefaceartfx black @wetnwildbeauty Gold glitter liner. @elfcosmetics black liquid liner. @ttd_eye lens in Mystery Red(use code Butterflyjasmine for 10% off) 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 #eyeart #facechart #eyelook #insectagram #insectporn #insectart #makeupinspo #makeupart #creativemakeup #nature #phobia #eyeshadow #eyeball #motd #faceart #triggerwarning #facepaint #editorialmakeup #avantgarde #darkart #tattooideas #macrophotography #eyemakeup #falselashes #eotd #wingedliner #redeyes #butterflyart #redandblack

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‼️REAL WORMS‼️ Mealworms 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 SOURCE: @petsmart (dehydrated reptile food) FUN FACTS: It takes about the same amount of energy to raise a pound of mealworms as it does to raise a pound of pork because the mealworms have to be kept warm all the time or they won’t grow well. Mealworms have exoskeletons, which means their bodies are supported from the outside, not the inside. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Products Used @maccosmetics Pigment in Deep Brown. @mehronmakeup Paradise paint in Light brown and orange. @suvabeauty hydraliner in Dance Party. @makeupgeekcosmetics in Mandarin. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #eyeart #facechart #eyelook #insectagram #insectporn #insectart #makeupinspo #makeupart #creativemakeup #nature #phobia #eyeshadow #eyeball #motd #faceart #triggerwarning #facepaint #editorialmakeup #avantgarde #darkart #tattooideas #macrophotography #eyemakeup #falselashes #eotd #worms #disgusting #gory #horror

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‼️REAL MILLIPEDE‼️ Millipede SOURCE: Found locally(Already dead) FUN FACTS: Millipedes do not have a thousand legs. A hatchling is born with only three pairs of legs and can grow up to 200 as an adult. They have two pairs of legs per body segment. Millipedes are some of the oldest creatures to walk on land. Fossilized evidence show that a millipede-like creature was one of the first and largest invertebrates to walk on land at six feet long and one and a half feet wide. Products Used @bennyemakeup Fresh Scab blood @duoadhesive and red yarn. Lashes from Amazon. 🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛 #eyeart #facechart #eyelook #insectagram #insectporn #insectart #makeupinspo #makeupart #creativemakeup #nature #phobia #eyeshadow #eyeball #motd #faceart #triggerwarning #facepaint #editorialmakeup #avantgarde #darkart #tattooideas #macrophotography #eyemakeup #falselashes #eotd #millipede #worms #bloody #gross #editorial

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‼️REAL SPIDER‼️ Chaco Golden Knee Tarantula (Molt/Exoskeleton) SOURCE: Etsy Shop: WildThingsInc FUN FACTS: Chaco golden knee tarantula is a ground-living species that burrows when he can. Although generally sweet-natured, the Chaco golden knee, like many other tarantulas, may flick irritating hairs at people when alarmed. Lifespan: Males – 5+ years, Females – 20+ years. Tarantulas have the ability to spin silk, but unlike other spiders, they do not use the silk to make webs that catch their prey. Instead, they use the silk to line their burrows and protect their eggs. 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 (Secret: this look was originally intended for the black widow spider I had. The look was all ready for the spider placement but the thing is that..... I DRAW THE LINE AT BLACK WIDOWS!! She was tooooo creepy!!!) 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 Products Used @sauceboxcosmetics Étude palette for brow and shading. @ttd_eye lens in Mystery Red(use code Butterflyjasmine for 10% off) @duoadhesive latex free lash glue near the eye and @mehronmakeup liquid latex for the effects further from eye. Cotton for large egg sacs and @ellimacssfx ellimorph plastic for the little eggs. The webbing is a pulled apart Used dryer sheet. 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 #eyeart #eyelook #insectagram #insectporn #insectart #makeupinspo #makeupart #creativemakeup #phobia #eyeshadow #eyeball #motd #faceart #triggerwarning #facepaint #editorialmakeup #avantgarde #darkart #macrophotography #eyemakeup #falselashes #eotd #tarantula #goldenknee #arachnids #arachnophobia #scary #creepy #crazymakeup #trypophobia

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‼️REAL BUTTERFLY‼️ Monarch Butterfly SOURCE: Etsy shop: BicbugsLLC FUN FACTS: Monarch butterflies store a poison called Cardiac Glycosides that they had ingested by feeding on the leaves of the milkweed foliage in their larva stage. These are sometimes harmful to its vertebrate predators, but ineffective on invertebrate predators. The toxic effect on vertebrates however, depends on the level of intake. These toxins provide these butterflies with a poisonous defense against its predators such as lizards, birds, and frogs. They have a broad spectrum  perception of colors and can see even the UV light that humans cannot. 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 Products Used @mehronmakeup paradise paints. @colouredcontactsuk Orange werewolf lens. 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 #eyeart #facechart #eyelook #insectagram #insectporn #insectart #makeupinspo #makeupart #creativemakeup #nature #phobia #eyeshadow #eyeball #motd #faceart #triggerwarning #facepaint #editorialmakeup #avantgarde #darkart #tattooideas #macrophotography #eyemakeup #falselashes #eotd #butterfly #monarch #monarchbutterfly #artporn

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