An unusual advertisement for Chanel

The Chinese blogosphere is quite taken with this photo documentary, originally a how-to posted on a forum, which shows a rather unattractive girl making herself beautiful with the use of Chanel make-up products and a meticulous application regime. 

We were directed to the post by one of our Observers in China, Michael Anti.

I just found this funny. This girl was only trying to show others her ability to make herself up nicely, carefully explaining how to apply the make-up beneath each picture. Nobody really knows who she is except that she calls herself Mina. What's so amusing is that many boys here are really shocked to see what a pretty girl might have started out as."

You can do even better with Photoshop - see our post on the retouch transformation.