Lip service: Chinese student sculptor carves kitty lippy for presents

A man in eastern China engraved cat heads on several pricey brands of lipstick as a present to a woman he admires, a mainland newspaper reports.

The lipsticks from world-famous brands including Dior, Bobbi Brown and Burberry were carved by Wang Yangming, a student majoring in sculpture at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, the Qianjiang Evening News reported on Saturday.

“It’s said that [you] need to present lipstick to pursue girls,” Wang said. “I chose to carve cats because she adores them.”

As a student studying conventional sculpture involving large objects, Wang found it a challenge to carve small things.

He bought top-brand lipstick online, designed the cat shape of cat and then carved the rouge. Sometimes he used a lighter to soften it and make it easy to reshape.