Freshly inspired from her Vogue Italia Talents shoot, Australian makeup artist and blacklog contributor Becca Gilmartin has collaborated with photographer Nelson Lai to shoot these incredibly surreal beauty portraits with Amanda Griffiths from Chic. Painstakingly put together by hand over several hours with silver and gold leafing over black paint, the final illusion is one of near perfect symmetry. We asked Becca to reflect on these pieces of art. "Rorschach ink blot test is used to analyse interpretations and the observers meaning. I was inspired by the Rorschach tests in my curiosity with people's own interpretation of beauty; their own and others beauty. Beauty is an ever changing template which evolves with age, culture and taste. I see people chase an imaginary template on a daily basis and I am so curious by this... So much low self esteem is created within the gap between a person as they actually are and this imaginary template. This shoot was born from that thought and inspired by a recent research task into the world of Alexander McQueen." Perhaps a future glimpse into a makeup look inspired for their next season's runways...
