WATCH: This Girl Has Face Painted Herself To Look Like Zayn Malik & It’s... Questionable

29 July 2016, 10:38 | Updated: 13 June 2018, 13:21

… and some people actually fell for the painted on beard and asked for selfies with the make up artist!

We love a good bit of creative make up artistry – so we just had to check out this Dubai based make up artist who transformed herself into Zayn Malik… and people actually thought she was the pop star in public!

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While there’s no doubting that she’s managed to capture the essence of Mr Malik… we’re kind of struggling to believe that people in a shopping centre actually thought she was the ‘Pillowtalk’ star.

Aside from the fact that she’s about a foot shorter than the guys getting photos with her, surely they can’t have missed that the beard is painted on. PAINTED. ON.

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A video posted by Alicia Goveas (@dubai_faceandbodyartist) onJul 13, 2016 at 12:28pm PDT

Having looked at her other bits of work, there’s no doubting 23-year-old Alicia Goveas is talented, but w don’t think this transformation would fool any hardcore Zayn stan up close.

Alicia told the Daily Mail, “It felt amazing to be a celebrity for one day. So many people were coming up to me to take selfies. I can't believe the reaction I got. I would do this all over again if I could.”