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Blush, eyeliner or eye shadow, you can apparently do everything with a banana and red fruits, according to the new Tiktok trends.
We thought we’d seen it all last month with the peanut butter fake nails, but the tiktokers have struck again. It is now the fruits that land on our skins. The challenge was launched by a Ukrainian, @molchanovamua, who first proposed using the inside of a cherry as a blush. She then posted a complete makeup with several fruits. This latest video has more than 760,000 likes and helped create the #fruitmakeupchallenge, which generates 17 million views.
The concept is quite simple, but very surprising, the users are quite creative. Banana tip is heated for use as an eyebrow pencil, eyeliner or lip liner. They then bite into cherries and red fruits before applying them as blush, eyeshadow or lipstick. The result is often very natural, a sort of trendy “no makeup” effect.
The trend is debated in the comments. Seeing all these tiktokeuses with a radiant and fresh complexion could make you want to try the challenge, but the fruits remain difficult “products” to wear on a daily basis. Users can’t help but imagine the stickiness felt on the face after dabbing fruit juice on their eyes or cheekbones. Also difficult to go out with this makeup, especially in the middle of summer, the risk would be to attract bees, wasps and other midges that would try to land on your face.
If you are still tempted by the experience, choose very ripe, juicier fruits and be careful not to burn yourself by heating the tip of your banana. This trend remains a challenge, it’s a good way to pass the time during your holidays, but not necessarily the new makeup to adopt for the start of the school year.