5 Ways to Take Your Passport Photo from Mug Shot to Glamour Shot — vogue.com

It’s almost travel season—which means you are that much closer to having to pull out your passport and brace yourself for one long cringe. It’s no secret that people do not look their best in their identification photos. After all, it’s hard to strike a good pose when there is a harsh flash that momentarily blinds you, morphing your face into something that either resembles a very surprised and slightly anemic ex-convict, or someone with an intense case of Sickly Resting Face. Even worse? If it’s a passport and you are over the age of fifteen, be prepared to live with that mug (shot) for five years. Luckily, instead of getting laughed at by border patrol (true story), we rang up makeup artists Romy Soleimani and Gucci Westman for five simple tips on how to transform your passport photo into something that you’re happy living with—even past its expiration date.

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