Ever thought flower petals were kissable? Artist Michelle Murphy has made them into lipstick for you. And not some sort of new eco-puree, either. She has literally plastered plant parts onto models in a series called Nature's Beauty Tools, a re-imagining of human bodies, beauty products, and what it means to be a "part" of nature.
In addition to flower plant petals, Murphy’s series includes an icicle beard, a thorn “grill”, pine needle eyelashes, and some mushroom body parts. Some images draw straightforward, satirical parallels between beauty products and natural materials, others blur the line between plant/human hybrid, and a mushroom augmentation suggests that if we really take in our consideration for nature, we acknowledge an expanded spectrum of gender, as well.
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The photos are fun and funky, celebrating natural forms while ironically commenting on beauty products (hopefully in a cruelty-free manner). Check out the images for some truly perishable natural cosmetics.
