Instaception: the Trend of Turning Your Face Into Instagram Interface

Instagram trends come and go, from the really necessary – like body postivity or the open discussion of mental health problems – to the most absurd. At this moment, the emerging trend is most astonishing, because it consists of painting the interface of the social network accurately on the face, to take a picture of this achievement and to post it on his account with the hashtag #Instaception; a surprising mise en abyme that has quickly become viral.

The movement began after a post by professional makeup artist @dom.skii, who published a photo of him wearing post-Instagram makeup a month ago. Since then, many other make-up artists and enthusiasts have challenged themselves to reproduce the most realistic interface.

We can discover makeup very accurate and extremely well done, which is quite impressive. While browsing the hashtag #Instaception, one can also find examples that seem hazardous for humanity’s wellbeing. Who would have thought that the new trend would be to become a screenshot?