Aya Mostafa
YouTube Star
Incredibly popular Egyptian special effects makeup artist with a massive following on social media. She has over 900,000 followers on Instagram and over 4.9 million followers on Facebook.
She graduated from the Academy of Art University in Egypt in 2011.
While much of her work is horror-related, she's also dabbled in creations that are based in illusion. One photo features an open zipper revealing part of her face to look like the night sky.
Her family initially did not approve of her career, but she continued to pursue it in spite of them.
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