Though known for his crazy mosaics, artist Jason Baalman showed off his portraiture skills with his rendition of Bette Davis made entirely out of mascara.

Illustrator Eli Neugeboren and still-life photographer Christine Blackburne teamed up to take those pretty nail polish blobs you see in magazine spreads to the next level. Unlike the other nail polish artists we've covered, Neugeboren drips, rather than paints, the polish for a more textured finish that captures the movement of gesture drawing.

Artist Anne Roemer demonstrates that even sketches need a quality manicure every now and then.

Artist Livia Marin loves to work with things that are often dismissed because of their ubiquity, such as your everyday tube of lipstick. To illustrate the personalization behind every woman's lipstick of choice, Marin sculpted 2,214 that all vary in shape, color and form reminiscent of chess pieces.

Hong Kong-based artist Mary Sum sculpts famous faces, often powerful and highly influential women, no less, into tubes of lipstick. Which lipsticks make for the best sculptures? Sum only works with Nars, M.A.C., Estee Lauder, YSL and Max Factor to create her 3D renditions.