If you don’t have time to DIY a yogurt and turmeric face mask. If you don’t have time to make your own soothing face masks twice a week, you can always buy an over-the-counter turmeric mask.

Hold the trunk with one hand and use the other to pull the material between the elephant’s ears down to make a face. Twist the two loose ends at the top of the towel once each to make its ears.

A cell-laden gel was used to make the ‘skin’ of a grinning robotic face and the ‘ligaments’ that anchor the skin. Credit: M. Kawai et al./Cell Rep. Phys. Sci.