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This Body Paint Is Bright, Loud, Gory, And Totally Awesome


We’ve covered some awesome body paint artists before, but this woman’s creations — all painted by her on her own body — might just melt your face a little bit. And we mean that in the best way possible.


Something about the combination of pin-up glamour, neon colors, and truly unsettling effects makes the work of Corie Willet, also known as twistinbangs on Instagram, one of a kind.









heres my inside out skeleton girl! i didnt feel like gettin crazy with inside organs but this worked either way:)


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hahaha when i lean my head back it looks like a super creepy monster #teachmehowtobernie


A photo posted by corie willet. (@twistinbangs) on











ALL OF THE LISA FRANK THINGS!!! my newest lil series ive been working on:) my forrest the tiger cub! :) simple smile


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this is one of my favorites! number five:)


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Willet, a hairstylist by day, creates colorful and off-beat characters in her spare time. She adds oomph to these DayGlo colors with the help of a black light. Over time, this eccentric artist has created a series of figures ranging from brightly colored zombie girls to Lisa Frank-inspired cats.









continuing with light blue, heres number 4! :) simple smile hope im not being annoying yet!


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(via The Roosevelts)



Of course, her makeup skills go well beyond the bright and grotesque. You can keep up with this avid creator’s many wild projects on one of the most beautiful Instagram accounts of all time.




It’s amazing what people can do with some paint and their own bodies. Check these out:

These Creepy Photos Are Simple, But Evoke Some Pretty Deep Feelings


At first glance, these look like pretty standard portraits. They show close-ups of men on dark backgrounds that are dramatically lit from above. But if you look closely enough, you’ll see it.


Conceptualized by artist and art director Babak Hosseiny and realized by photographer Jeffrey Vanhoutte, the series O les mains takes the human body and turns it into its own uncomfortable narrative.





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Jeffrey Vanhoutte






The series sees its subjects’ hands attached to various places on their bodies, reaching out with their fingers as though they have minds of their own. Sometimes they seem to hinder the person and sometimes they seem like natural appendages. Every one of them, though, looks like a gesture — they are hands after all. They illuminate the mood and mindset of each subject.





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Jeffrey Vanhoutte








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Jeffrey Vanhoutte








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Jeffrey Vanhoutte






The project was created by Hosseiny, who was inspired after reading the opening quote from Ludwig Wittgenstein’s On Certainty: “If you do know that here is one hand, we’ll grant you all the rest.”


According to Hosseiny, it was that quote that spurred the creation of the series. He says that he, “imagined a series of drawings of situations where hands are no longer only hands, but become the physical embodiments of the obstacles, wishes, or fears of the individual.“







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Jeffrey Vanhoutte








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Jeffrey Vanhoutte








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Jeffrey Vanhoutte








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Jeffrey Vanhoutte








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Jeffrey Vanhoutte






(via Laughing Squid)


You can see more work by these two artists on Vanhoutten’s website and Hosseiny’s Behance page. You can also find some behind-the-scenes images that’ll show you how these effects were achieved (some images are NSFW, so beware). This is their first collaborative project, and they are currently working on a second.



These 20 Facts About You Are Pretty Strange, But Also Fascinating


You probably know yourself pretty well, but how well do you know yourself? After all, there are millions of everyday things happening in your body that are just too strange to fathom.


Thankfully, we found 20 facts about yourself that you’ve probably never heard before. Some might be a little morbid, but others are quite fascinating. You won’t truly know yourself until you learn these!




1. The average human spends about a third of their life asleep.







That’s about 25 to 30 years asleep. And you still feel tired, right?





2. The average human needs at least seven hours of sleep a night.







All that sleep is good for you. Any less can have negative effects on your health, and even reduce life expectancy. Get some sleep!





3. On average, a human will yawn about 250,000 times in their life.







Just looking at this picture is making you yawn, isn’t it?





4. The average human produces about 25,000 quarts of saliva in their life.







Or enough to fill two swimming pools. But don’t think about that for too long, because it’s gross.





5. A human brain can, in the course of a lifetime, store up to a quadrillion separate bits of information in its longterm memory.







A quadrillion is a million billions.





6. The average American spends about five months of their life on the phone.







No data for how much time they spend playing Angry Birds.





7. The chance for a man in the U.S. to get cancer is 50%.







Don’t smoke, guys.





8. In a lifetime, your skin will completely replace itself 900 times.







You should still use sunblock, though.





9. According to one survey, men can spend up to a year of their lives staring at women.







And another several years complaining that staring bug-eyed at women is somehow not landing them dates.





10. On average, women spend about four years of their lives menstruating.







This is probably the most accurate picture of the experience.





11. According to another survey, women spend about a year of their lives deciding what to wear.







Pro tip: pick out your clothes the night before.





12. A British woman, on average, spends the equivalent of $160,000 on makeup in her lifetime.







That’s a lot.





13. The average man will spend about six months of his life shaving.







No-shave November notwithstanding.





14. In your lifetime, you’ll consume about 35 tons of food.







Yes, tons. Of course, 35 tons of salad is better than 35 tons of fast food.





15. You’ll spend about three months of your life sitting on the potty.







All of that food has to end up somewhere.





16. 183,755,600 is a pretty large number, and it’s the average number of steps a person will take in their life.







You can do this without even realizing it!





17. Those steps all add up to measure about 75,000 miles.







That’s enough to walk around the Earth several times, and it’s how much the average person will walk in a lifetime.





18. Sitting for more than three hours a day is not good for you, and can lead to health issues.







So all that walking is doing you good!





19. On average, regular joggers live about six years longer than non-joggers.







Just don’t get hit by a car. That will undo the “extra six years” bit.





20. The average person spends two weeks of their life kissing.







I feel like we could increase the kissing and cut down on deciding what to wear, honestly.




So the next time you take a walk, eat some food, or kiss someone good night, think about these strange averages humanity has racked up. It might make you consider things differently!




For more crash courses in weird human biology, check these out.

This Woman's Hobby Might Just Be The Most Disgusting Thing Ever


Having hobbies is typically a good thing. Hobbies help you unwind from a hard day and let you focus your mental energy on something other than work. Some hobbies, like sports, video games, or stamp collecting, are pretty standard. But then there are some others that are a little gag-worthy…


…like what Redditor peelingfan does with her spare time.




If you couldn’t guess it from her username, peelingfan peels the dead skin off of her feet keeps it in a far.










She even has names for the different types of foot skin she peels off. Clockwise from the top we have bits, big pieces, single-layers, crescents, and ropes.







Now do you see why I called it gag-worthy? But wait, there’s more…





Every couple of years, peelingfan sends the jars of accumulated skin to the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia.








If you thought it couldn’t get more disgusting than that, you thought wrong.






She also saves her PedEgg foot shavings. Apparently they smell kind of weird.










Here she is holding her own dead skin. Yuck.









(via: Reddit)


Are you throwing up yet? I hope not. Yes, what she’s doing here is pretty gross, but it’s not hurting anyone. In fact, judging from the tone of that letter from the museum, they’re very grateful for her hobby. I suppose that in her case we just have to remember this: “To each their own.”




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