A woman who dubs herself “one of the biggest catfishes on the internet” has shared the secret to how she looks “Photoshopped in real life”.
Chloe Waters often goes viral sharing beauty tips and tricks with her one million followers on TikTok.
The Canada native has been described as a “catfish” due to the difference in her ‘before’ and ‘after’ looks.
In a recent post, which garnered 6.6 million views, the influencer revealed her secret – using transparent tapes to lift her cheeks.
In the video – which features on What’sTheJam – Chloe says: “I am known as one of the biggest catfishes on the internet.
“I like to use face tapes and makeup to alter my appearance, to look a little bit more youthful.
“It’s almost like Photoshop in real life.”
The clip shows Chloe pulling her cheek skin and applying the tapes to keep them lifted.
The tapes are joined by a piece of string which goes behind her head.
She applies three pieces of tape, which helps smooth out her wrinkles and gives a more lifted appearance to her cheeks.
She added: “I love face tape. A lot of people are sceptical of it but it works.
“Why wouldn’t it work? It’s literally pulling your face back.”
To give herself larger lips in pictures, Chloe adopts a pout, pressing her tongue against her bottom lip to push it out.
Next, she adds a smaller piece of tape to the jaw area and lifts that area, too.
To finish her ‘catfish’ transformation, Chloe applies makeup, showing that the face tape is indistinguishable against her skin, and the strings hidden by her hair.
She adds: “This is how I catfish!”
Viewers were quick to comment on the difference in her appearance.
One person commented: “First date is at the pool.”
“The tape will just stretch the skin out more tho over time, just like how wrinkles are formed,” another user said. [sic]
Someone else added: “Maybe when I have more wrinkles to hide. I feel that this would unnecessarily stretch out your skin and age you faster.”
But other users commented on her natural good looks.
One fan said: “You’re young and beautiful you don’t need face tape.”
“Like it’s a difference but not catfish difference. You still look the same just lifted. You’re beautiful!” another user agreed.
Someone else added: “I need face tapes in my life.”
