Woman told ‘customs will never let her in’ after caking on make-up for passport photo – but it’s happened to her before
AN INFLUENCER has been warned customs won’t let her cross borders after caking her face in make-up for her passport picture.
Chelsea Rice even joked that she hopes she “looks like this in ten years” when the travel document expires.
The 30-year-old refused to let her identification picture for the next decade be dull, and opted to chisel her face with foundation and contour products.
The beauty buff, who goes by Chelsea Bananas on social media, said she wanted to look “extra snatched” for the photobooth picture.
Taking to TikTok to share the getting ready process, Chelsea assured told followers to “trust the process”.
“By God’s grace, I’ll still look like this in ten years when my passport is going to expire,” The Los Angeles, US-based influencer said.
Her look was complete with false lashes, razor sharp eyebrows, dark lipliner and a dark pink lipstick.
Chelsea also layered highlighter on the high points of her face to make sure her facial features looked defined in her new passport picture.
People warned that such a dramatic make-up transformation could make her unrecognisable when going through airport security and customs.
But Chelsea revealed it wouldn’t be her first rodeo if that did happen.
“I was getting off a cruise one time and I had no make-up on,” she divulged.
“It was like, super early in the morning and you have to give them your ‘sail and sign’ card, which is basically your ID.
“Every time that they scan it, a picture of you pops up.
“And the picture is taken right when you get on the ship, so you’re looking your best, you know what I mean?
“I was getting off the ship and it was six or seven AM, I was on two hours of sleep with no make-up, hungover.
“I was looking really rough.”
The security man scanning her “sail and sign” card pulled her to the side for questioning after thinking the early-risen version of Chelsea wasn’t the same person pictured in the ID.
She had to “talk to him for a few minutes” to convince him she was the person in the picture.
Chelsea laughed that she had to explain “what make-up is and how you wear it”.
She proudly showed off her new passport photograph to fans after it had been taken and beamed that her face looked “snatched” in it.