You South Africa – 08 August 2019

Among her astonishing body art is a

witty “breakfast face” with fried eggs for

eyes and bacon over her mouth. Another

disconcerting trick of the eye makes it

look as if her face is upside down.

Yet another gives the illusion of her

head being a bunch of flowers. “It’s the

kind of stuff that messes with your

head,” Hannah says.

Her disturbing portrayal of half the

faces of Harry Potter and his archenemy,

Voldemort, side by side is enough to

keep anyone up at night.

“This was a lot harder than I thought,”

she captioned the picture on Instagram.

“I love creating every look andthe

feedback I receive is always reallyposi-

tive so that always makes the longnights

worth it,” she says.

“I tend to create three or four looksa

week and by the time I’ve finisheda

look, it’s almost time for me togetup

with Archie.

“It’s crazy that I spend 10 to 12hours

on average doing my makeup tothen

take some pictures and wash it off.

“I’d love to turn my hobby intoa ca-

reer, but I must learn how to speedup.

I’m a perfectionist, so I like to makesure

every look is amazing before I uploadit

to social media.”

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looks only as a hobbybut

she hopes to ventureinto

theatrical art laterthisyear.

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hardtobelieveshehasn’tbeendoing

thisforyears.

“ItallbeganlastyearwhenI wasface-

painting.I realisedI’mprettygoodat

thisandI washavingfun,”shesays.

“Ihavea fewchildren’spartieslined

upforthisyear,whichI’mreallyexcited

about.I don’ttendtow

upnormallybutI’m

mynextinspirationwhenI’moutand

about.”

So,hasArchieeverhadnightmares

afterseeinghismommorphintohorror

moviecharacterssuch asevildoll

Chucky?Fortunatelynot.

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wearmuchmake-

alwa

becausewhenhewakesupI’m aa

myynormalselfagain.”S

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Hannah with her son, Archie, who has no

idea of the sometimes disturbing faces

his mom creates. RIGHT: Hannah as Yoda

from Star Wars.

LEFT: Her

homage to

Toy Story 4.

RIGHT: As Toy

Story’s Rex.

FAR RIGHT:

Bacon and

eggs, anyone?

you.co.za 8 AUGUST 2019 | (^95)