Japanese photographer posts step-by-step Instagram guide showing how to create ‘couple’ scenes by painting his own nails and feeding himself seductively



Japanese photographer uses make-up to make his hand look 'feminine'

Step-by-step Instagram guide shows how he created the effect



Keisuki Jinushi wants his couple shots to make people feel 'happy'



Pinching his cheeks, feeding him doughnuts, wiping morsels of jam off his cheeky chops - Keisuki Jinushi looks to all his Instagram followers as if he's in the perfect relationship.



Except that Jinushi doesn't actually have a girlfriend.

And the hand stroking the young Japanese man's face is his own.



Pucker up: It looks as if Keisuki Jinushi's girlfriend is giving him a good little squeeze around the kisser

...until you realise that it's Jinushi's own right hand behind the shot, adorned with foundation and shocking pink nail polish

The photographer from Tokyo uses make-up on his right hand and paints his nails shocking pink to make the hand look like a "girlfriend's".

He has posted a step-by-step picture tutorial on Instagram showing his followers how they too can create the girlfriend effect.

Before and after: Jinushi shows how careful make-up application can create a 'girlfriend' in minutes

All you need to turn your hand into a lover's is some thick foundation, nail polish and a girly hair-tie to wear around your wrist.

Other than that, the ingenious snapper advises taking your "selfies" from strategic angles and using a retro-style filter to create a convincing effect.

With a series of props, Jinushi shows how to create "couple" scenes.

Love bites: Keisuki Jinushi feeds himself a sugary treat with his 'girlfriend hand'

Several of the pictures seem to show Jinushi's girlfriend "feeding" him - an act he describes as "the symbol of happiness" on his Daily Portal Z blog .

In others, "she" strokes and squeezes his face.



Jinushi believes that having an actual lover is not necessary in today's virtual world to make people on the social-sharing site think you are in a loving relationship, according to Designtaxi.com.

Romantic date? None of Jinushi's followers would suspect this was a dinner for one

As far as the "boyfriend" is concerned, Jinushi says, the secret is in the "shy smile".



On his blog, he says he wants people to feel happy when they look at what seem to be pictures of a happy couple.



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