Lifestyle Style TikToker Shares Viral Beauty Hack to Create the Perfect Freckles — and It Includes Using a Vegetable! The trend, otherwise called #broccolifreckles, has gained over 3 million views on TikTok By Jordan Greene Jordan Greene Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared on TODAY.com, The Forward and The Daily Orange. People Editorial Guidelines Published on January 25, 2024 12:49PM EST Close Abigail Jones tests out the broccoli freckle trend on TikTok. Photo: Abigail Jones/TikTok A new beauty hack is taking over TikTok to help you create the perfect freckles. Spoiler alert: It includes using a leafy green. The trend, otherwise called #broccolifreckles, has gained over 3 million views under the hashtag and encourages people to use a head of broccoli to apply makeup to their faces to create a surprisingly real freckled look. (And needless to say, it does a pretty realistic job!) Kesha Shows Off Her Freckles in Fresh-Faced Selfie: 'My Resolution Is to Love Myself' Earlier this month, Abigail Jones, who goes by @abis_skincare on social media, took to TikTok to share exactly how the trend works. In the video, the beauty influencer takes a broccoli floret and dabs it in concealer. Then, she uses the vegetable to apply the makeup on her face. Jones places the freckles up and down her face — starting with her cheeks and making her way to her nose. "trying the broccoli freckles hack,' she writes on the video, which has gotten 1.8 million views. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories. At the end of filming, she glances over at the piece of broccoli with a smirk and nod of approval. "I love this 😍 but full disclosure couldn’t help but saying 'everyone’s so creative' in my head 😆🤦🏼♀️" one TikTok user comments on Jones' post. "I would have never thought of this haha 👏," someone else writes. Another comment says: "Brocoli for lunch <<< broccoli for freckles." 14 Celebs You Totally Forgot Had Freckles In a follow-up video, Jones attempts to make the freckles look even more realistic after another user left a comment disappointed in the accuracy of the freckles. "as a person with real freckles this look accurate but you should have some here and there aswell.. its never just centered around the nose😂," the comment reads. This time Jones made sure to use the broccoli to place the freckles on her forehead, chin and around her mouth. " please do not take this trend seriously 🤣 🥦🫡" she captioned the video.