T’is the season of viral challenges, peeps! And after the completely unnecessary #KikiChallenge, there’s another new one doing the rounds. Now, I haven’t quite made up my mind about whether this challenge is unnecessary or awesome. Mostly because it is a makeup challenge, and it is a little too STUNNING to look at! Say hello to InstaCeption!
What is InstaCeption, you ask? As if the name isn’t an obvious giveaway, InstaCeption is an Instagram post about a makeup trend WITHIN an Instagram post about a makeup trend! Have a dekko!
Ooooooh geddit? Instagram + Inception = InstaCeption!
And just like that, Instagram = Blown!
Now, two people played Leonardo DiCaprio with this InstaCeption idea….
Australian makeup artist @dom.skii came up with the idea!
You wanna know the craziest thing though? In the movie Inception, Leo’s character’s name is also Dom! I mean, what are the odds, right?
Another aspiring makeup artist who turned this brilliant idea into a challenge was Abby Roberts!
YouTuber, Internet celeb and makeup artist James Charles too jumped on the Instaception bandwagon!
And pretty soon, the Instaception makeup challenge was viral, with people across the world painting Instagram post screenshots on their faces!
If you look at it really, it’s quite a simple genius trick for a skilled makeup artist. Just do up one of your eyes in a completely OTT glam way, and then carefully paint the Instagram white borders above and below it.
With a little detailing, you’re all set!
But some artists have gone all out and upped the ante!
Some even tried to turn the whole challenge into a meme!
A few of them used the challenge to send out the message that perfection is an illusion and the reality is always far from perfect. And that’s okay!
A beautiful way to look at it, don’t you agree?
The Instaception challenge sends many layered messages. The contrast that the rest of their bare faces make against the Instagram post-painted part says a lot about the amount of effort that makeup artists put into their posts!
And at the end of the day, makeup artists everywhere, irrespective of gender, geography, and skill, are uniting to take up this challenge! And it is quite the vision!
If you ask me, compared to those crazy brow trends and what not, this one is something I’d be pretty okay to flaunt!