A mum who turned her back for just ten minutes got an unexpected lesson in her four-year-old daughter's artistic talents.
Victoria Kidner, 33, had walked into the kitchen to do some washing up and left her four-year-old daughter, Sofia, on the sofa watching TV.
After about ten minutes passed her daughter suddenly came bowling into the kitchen with a proud smile to show mummy her 'art work' - her own face completely painted in Victoria's favourite lipstick.
Despite the lipstick being kept in a cupboard upstairs in her mum's bedroom, Sofia had managed to take the make-up and quite neatly colour in her own face.
Victoria, from Willenhall, West Midlands, had to spend a further 10 minutes cleaning her daughter's face - which remained tinged a glowing pink for days afterward.
Victoria, a postal worker, said: "I had left Sofia on the sofa watching kids' shows on her tablet whilst I was cleaning up the kitchen.
"I didn't hear her making any noise, so thought she was just enjoying herself and behaving.
"But whilst my back was turned she had gone upstairs and got my make-up bag from a cupboard in my bedroom.
"However, 10 minutes later she came running into the kitchen with a massively proud look on her face.
"This is when I saw her with a perfectly coloured in bright pink face with the biggest smile.
"It had only taken her 10 minutes to do all by herself, but I knew we had to get it off straight away.
"So we ran upstairs and started to take it off with baby wipes and then quickly bathed her to get the rest of the lipstick out of her hairline before it stained.
"And even after all of that she was left with a pink glow for the next couple of days!"
Despite having her favourite lipstick ruined, Victoria admits that she couldn't help but laugh at the situation.
She said: "At first I just couldn't believe how perfectly she had got it - I couldn't even be mad at her!
"I was just laughing as soon as she walked in and asked her 'what on earth is all over your face?'
"That's when she proudly pulled out my destroyed lipstick from behind her back.
"After looking over her face I had to get a quick picture to look back on and give her credit for the amazingly perfect job - not one bit was missed out!
"I did bolt upstairs because I was expecting to find a massacre of lipstick across my bedroom, but I was pleasantly surprised that no trace was left - that was one silver lining!"
