The viral "uncanny valley" makeup trend is taking over TikTok with more than 40 million views as creators are trying to spook their viewers with their scary good makeup skills.

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Generally called the uncanny valley makeup trend, it involves creators using makeup to appear as hyper-realistic bots. Some of the videos under this trend have received up to 13 million likes on ...

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The uncanny valley makeup trend apparently started with an Oct. 26 TikTok from @blonde.girlyy, who was “attempting to subtly not look human.” The look didn’t quite look inhuman, ...

"Uncanny Valley makeup is a look that subtly distorts reality," makeup artist Gabrielle Alvarez tells POPSUGAR. "It casts an eerie effect that seems human but is very clearly not when you take a ...