WATCH | Mihlali Ndamase comes clean about her 'botched' lip filler debacle

YouTuber and businesswoman Mihlali Ndamase has shared her lip filler story and how it was an epic fail.

After speculation that she might have had a lip job done, Mihlali took to her YouTube account and opened up about having got lip fillers.

The makeup artist said the decision was solely based on getting a bridge on her upper lip,  and had nothing to do with self-esteem issues.

“I honestly didn’t do them because of any insecurity about my lips, or any insecurity about my face. I honestly just wanted to achieve a fuller lip but I wanted it naturally. I love the bridge on full lips and I wanted that bridge, so I thought, let me just go and buy this bridge,” she explained.

Though she paid more than R5,000 for the lip filler, she didn't feel like it was worth her money because the results were not what she had hoped for. 

“I basically felt like my lips were botched and obviously quite a few people noticed. I mean, you guys know how my face looks,” she said on the clip.

After being uncomfortable with how the lip turned-out, she has since opted to have the fillers removed. 

Mihlali didn't wait around with the fillers she was dissatisfied with, because it was her looks that cemented her career in the entertainment and fashion industries, and it's these looks that have been sustaining her business. 

In a recent interview with Donovan Goliath on The Lite Show, Mihlali said she initially thought of venturing into the corporate beauty space but found that she could monetise her career as an influencer.

“I planned on going to corporate, but that never happened. I was going to work for a beauty powerhouse. I've always been in love with makeup, I was going to study marketing and then go work for a L'Oréal or something behind the scenes and create content as a hobby.”