Aurelio Sanchez is Using Makeup to Transform Into His Favorite Celebrities

We all sometimes wish we could be a celebrity for at least a day—and Aurelio Sanchez decided to actually make it happen. He’s using the power of makeup to pull off incredible transformations into some of his favorite celebrities, ranging from Mariah Carey to Dolly Parton.

Many makeup artists are doing the same these days, but that didn’t stop Sanchez from attracting 720,000 followers and millions of views to his TikTok. His makeup transformations are as epic as it gets, and they’ll make you do a double take.

Sanchez finds inspiration everywhere around him, but his makeup looks bring several challenges along. He puts a lot of effort into the process of capturing the celebrities’ essence through makeup, wigs, and clothes, but the most difficult part comes when he has to take it all off, after hours of hard work and a lot of love put into each transformation.

Since the beginning of his journey, we’ve seen Sanchez transform into everyone from Cher and Dolly Parton to Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, but it’s pretty easy to guess which transformation was his all-time favorite.

“My favorite transformation right now is definitely Mariah Carey. I grew up listening to her music and always felt in such a high place I never imagined I would now be an illusionist creating and transmitting one of my favorite artists of all time,” Sanchez told Bored Panda.

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