And Now For "Pretty" Frida Kahlo

She's finally Cosmo cover ready. Ugh.

An artist on Tumblr decided to take this iconic Frida Kahlo self portrait:

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And do their own edit:

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OP's creative process -

"Okay so I know this is kinda taboo but anyways.

Frida Kahlo: Not too easy on the eyes. I mean she’s got the lady-mo and the monobrow thing going on. She didn’t know where to put her blush or what shade lipstick would obviously suit her skin tone. Really, she’s a bit of a wreck. So this got me to thinking. What would have happened if her girlfriends had done the right thing and taken her to a beautician, (which clearly needed to happen)? I did a subtle re-paint over the top of her original self-portrait to “conceptualize” what it would have looked like if she had been whisked off to Beauty Works or the likes….I didn’t want to alter the integrity of the original painting too much. What do you reckon?"

(Emphasis mine.)

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Basically: NOPE

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