Makeup² does that. Whether you're more of a natural girl or you're a man who loves a woman who is skilled at applying makeup, there's no denying that makeup has almost magical powers in certain cases. Take for example the South Korean woman in the video above. 

 

The video was posted online at the beginning of the month, but it's already nearing 3 million views fast, and getting attention from the international media. Once you see the startling difference in the woman's face at the end of it, you will understand this kind of interest in it.

 

The unidentified woman starts off the video by looking and smiling into the camera: she's got a face full of makeup, which is clear both from her porcelain³, flawless skin and her eyes, heavy with smoky makeup. 

 

She applies some makeup remover to one pad and then proceeds to removing half her face. By the time she looks into the camera again, half her face is completely clean, while the other is as it was at the beginning, and there is a huge difference between the two. 

 

Commenters in the video claim some editing trickery must also be involved, because she seems to be wearing iris⁴ enlarging contacts at the beginning of the video, but she's never seen removing the lens from one eye. Neither is she seen removing the fake lashes⁵ that she appears to be wearing. 

 

These details aside, the video shows the magic of makeup, if you know how to apply it to emphasize your best features and to hide what you perceive as your flaws. 

 

On a related note, it's also getting attention because people want to know what kind of makeup remover she's using. Normally, removing the amount of makeup she does in the video would require some scrubbing and at least 2 cotton pads, but she does it easily, with just one - and some soaking.

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