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A makeup artist in China who uses her exceptional skills to dramatically improve the appearance of her clients – in some cases make them appear many years younger – has become a major hit on mainland social media.
With 5.5 million followers on Douyin, the 20-something cosmetics expert known as Tuzi, or Rabbit in English, boasts an impressive list of clients.
It includes celebrities such as famous comedian Tang Jianjun, also known in China as Xie Guangkun, actress Jin Jing, actor Yang Di, famous male host Zhang Dada and KOL Grandma Tian.
Tuzi is based in Yunnan province in southwestern China, where she runs the Starlight Rabbit Portrait Studio, which offers makeover services.
Many customers of the studio have been drawn to Tuzi thanks to her “Extreme Makeover 100 People Challenge” videos on Douyin, while many others seek to learn her makeup techniques.
She has taken on dozens of apprentices, whose makeup skills, after training, are almost on a par with those of Tuzi.
They live-stream makeup tutorials on Douyin every day at 8:30 pm and attract an average daily audience of 1 million.