Mask on face in a photo

[rich2005]

I love these Using an elliptical selection, shown outlined

There is the often used pixelize. http://i.imgur.com/I7YPRGV.jpg

Just as easily could be a regular gaussian blur http://i.imgur.com/8ojduIx.jpg

Whirl and pinch - well it is different http://i.imgur.com/cQBEQ1a.jpg

but I prefer a more traditional approach.