This Online Group Is Dedicated To Collecting Makeup Fails, And Here Are 40 Of The Worst Ones
There's a subreddit called Bad MakeUp Artists, and the photos people post in there have an "Instagram vs. Reality" vibe to them. In the sense that it's hard to imagine a person applying that much foundation or eye shadow, thinking 'Yeah, this is going to look great!' and another one glancing at the mirror and saying 'I can't wait to go out like this.' Maybe if it was for some kind of skit but that's about it. However, here they are, attending weddings and filming YouTube videos with enough layers on their face to withstand even Siberian winters. I really hope some of these looks were meant as jokes. Or at least that they were cleaned off right away.
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Oh Girl, No
Pinsandpearls, one of the moderators of Bad MakeUp Artists, said 'bad makeup' probably means different things to different people, which is why the subreddit has such a wide variety of posts. "Typically, we're looking at makeup that isn't applied skillfully — lack of blending where appropriate, terrible foundation color match, messy lines," Pinsandpearls explained to Bored Panda. "I don't think it includes things that are maybe 'different' than you would normally see, as long as the actual application is good (editorial makeup, for example). We still allow some of those posts because it usually has a good discussion and taste is subjective, but I think there's a difference between 'different' and 'bad.' Bad is pretty obvious when you see it."
She’s Like A Full 8 Shades Darker Than Her Arm
This Deserves Some Kind Of Medal
"Another thing I mentioned was the color choice. If you take a look, you can probably see a lot of makeup artists and normal people are mismatching their foundations to their skin's undertone," badMUAscout highlighted. "If you're slightly off, it's probably ok. Our skin isn't one flat color and it can vary in shades throughout the day. It doesn't help that foundations oxidize and can go from perfect to pumpkin shades. While sometimes it isn't an issue, when you are paying a trained artist hundreds of pounds or dollars to do makeup, you shouldn't end up with a different undertone or a shade five times darker than your skin."
Contouring is another poor color choice often featured on the subreddit. "Contour is meant to mimic the 'shadows' you naturally have but very very slightly enhanced. We consider it to be bad when it looks like a dark stripe down the side of the face which doesn't match the natural shadows," badMUAscout explained.
A Lot To Unpack Here
Another moderator who helps run Bad MakeUp Artists, RedHeadedSnatch, believes that some people do submit photos to the subreddit as a joke or because they might not really like a particular celebrity or look. However, RedHeadedSnatch reminded that makeup is subjective, and there is no formula that determines whether or not an application is bad. "The only problem I have is when individuals who promote themselves as professionals but do not understand color theory, face shapes, eye shape, or use proper sanitation," RedHeadedSnatch said. "Sanitation is a huge issue because it can lead to acne, eye infections like pink eye, staph infections, and in some cases, actual bugs living in brushes. On a less severe note, it can also make the application of makeup look cakey, distort the foundation's color, concealer, and eye shadow, and cause damage to brushes."
The Difference In Skin Tone
Too bad some people dislike their freckles and try to hide them. NEVER do that! They're beautiful
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God she's beautiful in the first pic! Green-eyed redhead with freckles! <3 2nd pic looks like a face peel thingy.
She not only covered those adorable freckles, she changed the color of her gorgeous red hair! I guess there’s always something we all want that we don’t have. Only we don’t realize what we already have is simply stunning.
Why cover the freckles? It is natural on red haired people and nice. On the right she looks like an undercover alien.
i dunno why everyone is hating on gingers, I do anything to have red hair and freckles.
The worst thing about this is that she looks really pretty on the left picture.
They made the picture on the right the same shade as her freckles... why?!
I would never diminish the beauty of freckles like that, but then again it seems people without them envy them, and people who have them, hide them. Embrace your freckles girl, they are gorgeous, you can have a sun-kissed look without covering them up with all that slap
She loves her freckles so much, she matched her foundation to them.
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As someone who’s covered in freckles I can understand her desire to cover them. Everyone says haw cute/pretty/natural freckles are, but when’s the last time you saw an ad with a woman’s face full of freckles? Myself and both of my sons, who also have freckles, got made fun of in school for having them. If she’s an American girl, she knows being pale and spotted is not as acceptable as being “tan” and “perfect”. Either way, the eyeshadow is a bit much for her features.
Pitifull when someone has to make fun of frekels I like mine.
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That's so beautiful, that red hair and freckles and those eyes! Don't do that to yourself, sweety....you have a rare beauty, just how you are. Accentuate, don't recreate
If she wants to look glamorous, just a tiny bit of makeup on her natural face would achieve that...her natural freckles and hair are beautiful.
GIRLLL RED HAIR AND FRECKLES ARE THE CUTEST FRACKIN THING GOD PLEASE BURN YOUR MAKEUP COLLECTION
Why would you want to ruin those beautiful freckles with whatever the bronzer hell that is?
I never thought to put makeup on my ears, I feel badly I've been doing it wrong.
Upvote for left view. She's quite attractive in that picture. Whoever did the make-up should be shot!
That's the same girl?? The hair color and the hairline do not match. If it is... oooh baaad.
Left is So pretty! She has the face of a model yet hides her gorgeous natural beauty under terrible make-up. A quote I love is "A face without freckles is like a sky without stars" 💖
Wait a minute...a professional MUA did this makeup :-O . This young lay has lovely skin! She doesn't need a mask.
I don’t get it...she’s so stunningly beautiful in her natural photo on the left. Why would she want to change that. Gorgeous looking girl
I don’t get it? She’s so beautiful in her natural photo...like stunning! Why would she want to change that.
She’s lucky to look so pretty without makeup. Let’s hope she figured that out.
Holy omg she was super pretty without the terrifying transformation
People with freckles and red hair live in a world that says nasty things and makes outrageous comments. It is not considered within standards of beauty in the media. That is why a freckled redhead may choose to obliterate the offending characteristics.
Aw, but I love freckles and hers are adorable. So sweet a face ~ unvarnished beauty!
The picture on the right looks like the make up was applied by an apprentice mortician cosmetologist.
It must take a lot to cover freckles like that. Why didn't she leave well enough alone, when she was cute?
That's a shame, she must have some serious self image issues. She is beautiful without all that crap on her face.
Embrace your beautiful freckles. Covering them up makes you look worse.
WOW... Makeup should not have people look at your and saying....Is that you? She even F with her Ginger hair!
To take such a pure, natural beauty, and cover it up with whatever that is. Criminal!
She's stunning in the first picture. Natural beauty like Alicia Keys....NO MAKEUP gurl.... EVER !!!
I get covering the freckles but what is with the red eyeshadow making her look like a corpse.
Freckles are beautiful. No need to cover them up. A lower coverage foundation is better for people freckles, then just cover any acne or dark circles with a fuller coverage concealer.
She was fine without the makeup... the right image... she looks like she faceplanted into a cake made out of fake tan. ._.
I found the makeup artist. Bernie N. Compoundfracture. They identify as "destroyed steam locomotive". Big-Train-...8d3f52.jpg 
She's beautiful in the first pic! in the second... it would be a nice makeup look if she got the right foundation color 🤦
So why does the left t-shirt say "misguided" when it's clearly the right face?
I've always envied people who are pale, that's the ideal in asia.
RedHeadedSnatch looks at the submitted photos from a professional makeup artist's point of view. They have their makeup license from the state of Florida and have had over 100 hours of theory and hands-on training, with written and practical application tests, so they know what they're talking about. And that is a big positive that comes from Bad MakeUp Artists. Sure, we can all laugh at the photos, but if you browse through the comments, you can find valuable information even within the jokes.
Also, the subreddit forces the industry to be more transparent. "I feel as though the market is oversaturated with people claiming the MUA status without having proper training, and that causes people to lose faith in the makeup artist industry as a whole," RedHeadedSnatch said. Let's hope Bad MakeUp Artists makes them accountable. At least a a little bit.
As A Mum Id Be Raging Trying To Remove The Foundation From Her School Shirt!
Felt Like You’d All Appreciate A Little Satire
Buzzfeed's Geisha Makeup vs. Actual Geisha Makeup
James, You Can’t Be Serious With That Foundation Colour?
Yikes. You Would Think Muas For Their Show Would Do Better
Mexican Politician
She Went To The Worst Reviewed Mua In Her City
Spotted On Svu This Morning, This Poor Woman's Color Match Is Especially Heinous
If You All Thought The Last One Was Bad Have A Look At This One
I Genuinely Think This Is The Worst Thing I’ve Seen On My Explore Page
I’m A Dude And Don’t Know Anything About Makeup But I’m Assuming Your Face Isn’t Meant To Look Like You Have A Goggle’s Tan
Foundation Match Isn’t Even Close, So Muddy Too
Foundation? There's enough to lay bricks with. I'm sure she's beautiful without it but it looks like she put her stuff on with a trowel.
She Did Her So Dirty ...
Beef That Been Left Out For Too Long Lips
It Gets Worse The More You Look At It
Just No!!!
Who are they hiring to do their makeup? Are they going to a mortuary to get it done? Only dead people get makeup like this and even they look natural.
Horrific Colour Match
Such Distinct Lines Around The Eyes. Shouldn't There Be Some Blending, Or Something?
I’ll be so, so, so happy when I’ll no longer have to shield my eyes from that ghastly/creepy a**s on the 🍊🍄💩’s face
I Feel Violated. Posted In One Of Makeup Groups
I Smell Like Beef
This Look Is Giving Me Anxiety
Remember: Even Celebs Ain't Save From Bad Muas
I Found These Gems Randomly On Ig, And You Guessed It, They’re British. Shade Difference, The Brows, I Could Go On
The one on the left looks like someone you'd want to talk to. The one on the right, run a mile from. Shallow, aren't I?
Wedding Glam Apparently
Found This Today And.. I’ve Never Seen A Foundation Match This Bad
Found On Instagram - Blushed To The Gods
Oh my god the wonky lipstick might just kill me! SOMEBODY FIX HER RIGHT PEAK NOW
Keep In Mind He Was On A Show For Makeup Artists
A Very Heavy Makeup Look
It's Actually Just Me... The Goal Was A Purple/Yellow Look. I Tried A Disney Villain And I'm Just Ashamed
The Brows And The Shade Of The Foundation Is Awful And It Looks Like A Mess. She Looks Like She Was Slapped With Mud And Her Makeup Was Done By Krusty The Clown
...yikes
The Foundation Match... Look At Her Hair Line!!!! The Brows Are Literal Caterpillars!
There's A Lot To Unpack Here
Why This Though
Whoever Did Her Makeup For The Show Should Be Sued
A Catalogue Of Errors
Wow! She's really cute! So you dust over the few blemishes here and there for going out but don't use spray paint. She has a naturally pretty look, flecks and all. I would proudly date this girl (on the left!)
They Did Her Dirty
Lol, she is a famous doctor here in Serbia. Famous for her advices on 'layered clothing' and obviously for her layered makeup as well :)
I Don't Trust The Process
Someone Really Did Kris Jenner Dirty Back In The Day. Who Knew Someone From The Kardashian Family Would Ever Be Caught With Foundation That's Too Light?
Why Does She Look Like She's Being Held Against Her Will? Also Her Foundation
Makeup Isn’t Bad But I’m Losing My Mind Over The Artist Using The Client’s Forehead As A Table For The Glitter
In The Trailer For The New Season Of Kuwtk: Girl, You Own A Makeup Company How Can You Get This So Wrong?
Decent Foundation? Check. The Biggest Eyebrows I've Ever Seen? Also Check
Category Is: Things That Keep Me Awake At Night
While Bad Western Muas Paint Dark And Orange, Bad Korean Muas Are Inspired By The Grudge
These Are All From The Same Mua From My Last Post About The Smoll Eyes. She Likes Everyone To Look Like They Have Pisshole Eyes
Her Neck
I Don’t Know How Mua’s Like This Get Clients
This Contour Has Deeply Upset Me
What Was The Mua Thinking With This Shade Match?
This look was popularised by Mary Poppins, along with the song Chim Chimney, chim, chim cheroo
I Have No Words For This
Natural
Been Watching Mindhunter And Some Of The Makeup Is So Yellow! The Show Is Amazing Though
She’s A Self Claimed Makeup Artist. Does She Not Watch Herself On TV? How Does It Go So Wrong?
And Jesus Wept For Days
100% Serious Lips
Her Foundation I-
Shade Matching The Wall
Gorgeous Woman, Terrible Shade Match
The Cash Me Ousside Girl...... She’s White
Her Foundation Choices vs. Her Actual Skin Color .. Yikes
Oh She's Glowing. Glowing Like A Marathon Runner
That Poor Girl
She rolled in the mud and then poked herself in the eyes with rocket popsicles?
Watching “Disappeared” And Whoever Did This Woman’s Makeup Should Be Fired. Omg
The Closer You Look, The Worse It Gets
Perfect Shade Match
50 Shades Of Dirt
The Worse Fake Freckles I’ve Seen In My Life
Damn They Did Kelly/Mindy Dirty And Made Her Look Gray
Looks So Unflattering
Posted By A Self Proclaimed Lash Artist
Local Mua. How Do I Blend?
Coins For The Ferryman
Saw This On One Of Those Youtube Channels Comparing Cheap-Expensive Makeup. Idk What To Say
I wonder what $0 looks like. I suspect saving money is good in the world of makeovers
She Was So Pretty Before
I Can't Even Think Of A Title
Natural Glam
We To A Mary Kay Party Last Weekend. Our Salesperson/Mua Said She Could Teach Me How To Do A Cat Eye...one’s Pointing To The Side, The Other End It Pointing Directly Upward
I Don’t Know What To Say
Not Sure If This Counts But Here’s Some Tattooed Brows. Yes These Are Permanent. It Was So Hard To Pick Which Ones To Post Because They Are All This Bad
Only You Can End Highlighter Abuse
She Wanted A Goth Look... “I Can Do It For $75 And It Will Be Fantastic” The Mua Said
Laughing At The Eyelashes. Poor Girl
Oh Dear
It’s Going To Be A No From Me Dawg
She Paid 350 For This
The Mua On The Dr. Phil Show Did This Guest Dirty
I’m sure she would look fine if the makeup wasn’t so thick
Really Work That Orange Into The Hairline X
That Eyelash Is Killing Me
Just A Little Self Roasting Session For How I Used To Do My Eyebrows
I Cant Believe This Contour Is Done By A Professional Mua. I Feel Bad For The Bride
I'd be so mad if that happened to me. I'd ask for every cent back.
Not Sure If Culturally Acceptable Horrible Shade Matches Are Allowed On This Sub Because Yikes
Why On Earth Would You Use That Angle?
Is Your Face A Different Color From Your Body?
“A Platform Of Absolute Hate”
Some People’s Foundation Be Like:
Another Beautiful Eye Look Ruined By The Beefy Lips
“Glowing”
Posted Some Of This Girl Before And Got A Pretty Good Reaction So I Thought It Was About Time I Shared Some More Of Her Wonderful Creations With You All. She Describes Herself As A Self Taught Mua And Charges £100 For A Full Face
Right Is Her Natural Skin Colour, Left Is.... Yikes
All The Money In The World And ...
2 Complete Different Shades
What Are Undertones???? The Eyebrows And Eye Makeup Is Good, Just Can’t Get Over The Foundation And Bronzer
It Really Annoys Me That Self-Proclaimed "Muas" Only Know How To Do One Makeup Look. If You Wanna Be An Mua You Have To Cater To Every Age Possible, And This Ain't It Chief
I Was Applying For A Beauty Position Looking Like This A Year Ago And I Got The Job. How
From A TV Show That I Was Watching Earlier Today...
I Just.. Don’t Understand Why This Is A Thing. There Are So Many Mua’s That Do This Style For Weddings And It Just Makes Me Sad. That Girl Is So Cute, And Makeup To Enhance Her Face Would Have Looked Beautiful But Instead They Made Her Look Like An Entirely Different Person
Foundation Is Like Donald Trumps
My First Time Seeing A His Makeup In Motion In These Two Clips And Jfc People Weren't Kidding When They Said He Has Literally No Clue How To Match His Foundation. That Line In The Neck... Sistah
Get Me That Slimy Chest, Facetune And £6.99 Contacts Look
Listen, ladies, gentleman, non-binaries, we are all beautiful. No need to do this to yourself. no need to fake freckles or have flawless skin
@Si yeh they probably are...open your eyes and look at these girls/women! They are changing their whole look because of social media etc... they are naturally pretty!! So yeh they do look like generic mannequins with that crap in their face but without they look stunning!!! Dont be pedantic u know exactly what I'm on about!
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It's a pity that so many people choose to look like fools when they can look pretty.
Foundation match is absolutely the most difficult thing about makeup. Foundation by its very nature is opaque and unchangeing in different lights, whereas skin has subtlety, various degrees of transparency that causes different colors in different lights. Skin simply has qualities that are unmatched by available foundations, so you must keep lighting in mind when in front of cameras or on tv etc. I am about as pale as a person can be. Foundation is a struggle I lost.
Ditto. I just said, forget it, and I dust on anti-shiny-nose powder, a dab of mascara and lip gloss, and to heck with it.
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As ridiculous as most of these people look, they aren't hurting anyone, so...Who really cares?
Just to be clear, I don't have a problem with using makeup. My issue is with the trend, where it's okay to reject your own features and plaster on a new face using a bucket of products/editing. Body Dysmorphia comes to mind. The fact that this time they're botched too just makes it more sad. Couple of these are about/because of colorism, which is an even more serious issue in itself.
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To me it seems like a lot of these people are just delusional, and it might not entirely be their fault, but they're practically wearing face paint with how much makeup they have, and its a completely different shade than their actual skin tone. But what amazes me most is how they don't see this. just how do you not see that in the mirror, and how does nobody else tell you?
These remind me so much of 1970's, 1980's stage makeup that was so over the top and so glamorous in the drag shows and Vegas revues. Of course, that was for the stage and executed much more professionally than these travesties. Divine must be spinning in her grave over these atrocities!
@Si yeh they probably are...open your eyes and look at these girls/women! They are changing their whole look because of social media etc... they are naturally pretty!! So yeh they do look like generic mannequins with that crap in their face but without they look stunning!!! Dont be pedantic u know exactly what I'm on about!
Seeing how hard it is to match foundation makes me happy I stopped wearing it
I always thought the whole point of wearing makeup is not to make the makeup look obvious or you look like a clown, but to make you look like you don’t need to wear makeup in the first place. To cover what you don’t like and enhance what you do. To apply it artfully enough to look like your skin is perfect and you’re not wearing any makeup. Aside from the few who were obviously applying stage makeup (maybe doing practice runs for new looks), the rest look like as much like caricatures and cartoons as clowns. And none of it in a good way. (Don’t even get me started on plastic surgery!)
To me, they look like drag queens...those looks might look good on magazines with a good photographer, but irl, those are shocking.
Girl, any drag queen with any pride would be ashamed to be seen with this crap makeup.
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I'm having a problem with the judging attitude here. Do I like all of these looks? Heck, no, most do look (a little) OTT. But many of them also show skill at something these people enjoy doing. It's a hobby (and some are lucky to make money off it), why don't we let them enjoy it? If someone shows a frankly crappy craft online, everyone is at least supportive of the effort and hopes they'll improve. But do the craft project on your face, and people get all upset over it.
The exaggerated nature of the "beauty standard" is upsetting *me*.
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I think a lot of people here need to look at their self-esteem. Why do they feel they need this covering? People don't need to look alike to look beautiful.
Why do companies make foundation that is so yellow in the first place? Call me a skeptic but I don’t believe in lemon people
Former roommate and coworker, nearly 70 at the time, would apply her makeup under very yellow lights---just the way the lighting in our apartment was, nothing we could do about it---and she always used a pumpkin orange whatever goes on the face (I don't wear makeup, so am not familiar with it), and bright red or purple lipstick. She dyed her hair impossible shades of red, completing the look of an old worn out clown. She would clip tiny sparkly butterflies all over her hair, which was very long, would wear little girl-type socks with ruffles and tiny bells around the ankles, and would skip...SKIP...all around the unit (ICU in a major hospital) singing (hideous, shrieky voice) some song about being a "tiny fairy." She was straight as straight can be, couldn't sing at all, was deeply into astrology (to the point of being called up on the carpet for it by our managers), and tried her best to look and act as if she was 12. Nobody at the age of 70 can look like they're 12!
Sounds like she had fun! I wish i could be that free!
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Most of the bad tv foundation is just the color changing from the stage lights
God made us beautiful & handsome persons, WHY they need to change what god has created?!!! Maybe they listen to the devil too much, or maybe they lost their self-confidence!!! 😢😢
I one saw a quote that said "I don't wear makeup because i'd rather people be surprised when i put it on then when i take it off."
Why did they want to be so orange?? Trying to look like Trump?? 🍊🍊🍊🍊
I don't like makeup. It's unnatural, and everyone is beautiful anyways. Hearts and souls matter, not looks.
What I don’t get is the dark lipliner and pale matte lips. How can anyone think that looks good? I always called it ‘bl*w-j*b lips. Looks like she’s going to “audition” for a porn movie.
I don't understand how people can look at themselves made up like this & think it looks nice.
i feel so bad for these girls/women who think they need all this crap to be beautiful. every single one of them is prettier and more interesting without makeup. i don't wear makeup at all, unless i'm feeling ambitious and put a bit of eyeliner on; i have acne, reverse raccoon eyes, and you know what? i don't care. people looking at me don't care, probably, and if they do, what are they going to do, tell me about it? who cares? all these people covering up their natural skintone and their freckles and the things that make them unique just make me sad.
Some of these are pretty bad. However, i myself just took a pic of my hand over my face with zero makeup on and my face is not the same shade as my hand at all.
A friend of mine once took a girl he met at a bar home. He woke up early the next morning to discover that she'd scarpered and had left carnage behind. The crisp white pillowcase she'd been sleeping on had a near perfect make up imprint of her entire face on it, complete with fake eyelashes stuck to it and his crisp white bed sheets were ruined with fake tan. It looked like Clayface from Batman had shat himself. It wouldn't come out so he had to throw the whole lot away. It was hilarious.
Why would anyone want to be seen with these disasters? Is the Human Look pasśè?
What I'm wondering is why do these people apply their makeup so thickly. You'd think they were trying to hide something.
Just ridiculous. Have they really looked in the mirror or are they just delusional?
The self-loathing that many of these pictures show is just depressing.
This whole thread is almost exclusivity about foundation matches that probably look fine in person. If your TV or monitor colors are set wrong, this is what you're gonna see.
In all these pics....no one looks happy...shocked, depressed, stung out...but not happy
I can't understand why women are doing this. Puffy lips, painted eyebrows, extravagant eyes. It's certainly not to attract men.
I guess my confusion lies in the fact they look in the mirror and think "I look good". No honey, you look cheap and ridiculous. So many of these ladies are perfectly lovely to begin with. This is what social media has turned them into. The constant bombardment of being told you're not good enough. Take someone with poor self esteem to begin with and you've got a train wreck on your hands (or face, as the case may be).
I don't like this post - very mean spirited. Do i agree that a lot of this makeup doesn't look particularly good? Yes. But i also know it isn't hurting anyone else if they wish to wear their makeup this way (with exception to the cultural appropriation of skin tones) Let people dress and wear their makeup how they want. It's about how it makes the one wearing it feels, not us.
This post proved one thing. We Must Ban Bronzers, Tanners, Golders, Silver-ers, and general "Bright Glowy stuff"... I've seen these make-up jobs in real life and you seriously can't *not* flinch. (shudder*
NOOOOOOO WITHOUT BRONZER I WILL BE A PIECE OF FLESH COLORED PAPER
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Aye cause they look like bampots! And I'm a woman saying it!!! Yes there is more to women than this but naw they do it for Male attention so dont bloody kid on they are not going for the porn star look! Give them the respect that they are not that stupid that they dont know what they doing!
Load More Replies... Listen, ladies, gentleman, non-binaries, we are all beautiful. No need to do this to yourself. no need to fake freckles or have flawless skin
@Si yeh they probably are...open your eyes and look at these girls/women! They are changing their whole look because of social media etc... they are naturally pretty!! So yeh they do look like generic mannequins with that crap in their face but without they look stunning!!! Dont be pedantic u know exactly what I'm on about!
Load More Replies... It's a pity that so many people choose to look like fools when they can look pretty.
Foundation match is absolutely the most difficult thing about makeup. Foundation by its very nature is opaque and unchangeing in different lights, whereas skin has subtlety, various degrees of transparency that causes different colors in different lights. Skin simply has qualities that are unmatched by available foundations, so you must keep lighting in mind when in front of cameras or on tv etc. I am about as pale as a person can be. Foundation is a struggle I lost.
Ditto. I just said, forget it, and I dust on anti-shiny-nose powder, a dab of mascara and lip gloss, and to heck with it.
Load More Replies... As ridiculous as most of these people look, they aren't hurting anyone, so...Who really cares?
Just to be clear, I don't have a problem with using makeup. My issue is with the trend, where it's okay to reject your own features and plaster on a new face using a bucket of products/editing. Body Dysmorphia comes to mind. The fact that this time they're botched too just makes it more sad. Couple of these are about/because of colorism, which is an even more serious issue in itself.
Load More Replies... To me it seems like a lot of these people are just delusional, and it might not entirely be their fault, but they're practically wearing face paint with how much makeup they have, and its a completely different shade than their actual skin tone. But what amazes me most is how they don't see this. just how do you not see that in the mirror, and how does nobody else tell you?
These remind me so much of 1970's, 1980's stage makeup that was so over the top and so glamorous in the drag shows and Vegas revues. Of course, that was for the stage and executed much more professionally than these travesties. Divine must be spinning in her grave over these atrocities!
@Si yeh they probably are...open your eyes and look at these girls/women! They are changing their whole look because of social media etc... they are naturally pretty!! So yeh they do look like generic mannequins with that crap in their face but without they look stunning!!! Dont be pedantic u know exactly what I'm on about!
Seeing how hard it is to match foundation makes me happy I stopped wearing it
I always thought the whole point of wearing makeup is not to make the makeup look obvious or you look like a clown, but to make you look like you don’t need to wear makeup in the first place. To cover what you don’t like and enhance what you do. To apply it artfully enough to look like your skin is perfect and you’re not wearing any makeup. Aside from the few who were obviously applying stage makeup (maybe doing practice runs for new looks), the rest look like as much like caricatures and cartoons as clowns. And none of it in a good way. (Don’t even get me started on plastic surgery!)
To me, they look like drag queens...those looks might look good on magazines with a good photographer, but irl, those are shocking.
Girl, any drag queen with any pride would be ashamed to be seen with this crap makeup.
Load More Replies... I'm having a problem with the judging attitude here. Do I like all of these looks? Heck, no, most do look (a little) OTT. But many of them also show skill at something these people enjoy doing. It's a hobby (and some are lucky to make money off it), why don't we let them enjoy it? If someone shows a frankly crappy craft online, everyone is at least supportive of the effort and hopes they'll improve. But do the craft project on your face, and people get all upset over it.
The exaggerated nature of the "beauty standard" is upsetting *me*.
Load More Replies... I think a lot of people here need to look at their self-esteem. Why do they feel they need this covering? People don't need to look alike to look beautiful.
Why do companies make foundation that is so yellow in the first place? Call me a skeptic but I don’t believe in lemon people
Former roommate and coworker, nearly 70 at the time, would apply her makeup under very yellow lights---just the way the lighting in our apartment was, nothing we could do about it---and she always used a pumpkin orange whatever goes on the face (I don't wear makeup, so am not familiar with it), and bright red or purple lipstick. She dyed her hair impossible shades of red, completing the look of an old worn out clown. She would clip tiny sparkly butterflies all over her hair, which was very long, would wear little girl-type socks with ruffles and tiny bells around the ankles, and would skip...SKIP...all around the unit (ICU in a major hospital) singing (hideous, shrieky voice) some song about being a "tiny fairy." She was straight as straight can be, couldn't sing at all, was deeply into astrology (to the point of being called up on the carpet for it by our managers), and tried her best to look and act as if she was 12. Nobody at the age of 70 can look like they're 12!
Sounds like she had fun! I wish i could be that free!
Load More Replies... Most of the bad tv foundation is just the color changing from the stage lights
God made us beautiful & handsome persons, WHY they need to change what god has created?!!! Maybe they listen to the devil too much, or maybe they lost their self-confidence!!! 😢😢
I one saw a quote that said "I don't wear makeup because i'd rather people be surprised when i put it on then when i take it off."
Why did they want to be so orange?? Trying to look like Trump?? 🍊🍊🍊🍊
I don't like makeup. It's unnatural, and everyone is beautiful anyways. Hearts and souls matter, not looks.
What I don’t get is the dark lipliner and pale matte lips. How can anyone think that looks good? I always called it ‘bl*w-j*b lips. Looks like she’s going to “audition” for a porn movie.
I don't understand how people can look at themselves made up like this & think it looks nice.
i feel so bad for these girls/women who think they need all this crap to be beautiful. every single one of them is prettier and more interesting without makeup. i don't wear makeup at all, unless i'm feeling ambitious and put a bit of eyeliner on; i have acne, reverse raccoon eyes, and you know what? i don't care. people looking at me don't care, probably, and if they do, what are they going to do, tell me about it? who cares? all these people covering up their natural skintone and their freckles and the things that make them unique just make me sad.
Some of these are pretty bad. However, i myself just took a pic of my hand over my face with zero makeup on and my face is not the same shade as my hand at all.
A friend of mine once took a girl he met at a bar home. He woke up early the next morning to discover that she'd scarpered and had left carnage behind. The crisp white pillowcase she'd been sleeping on had a near perfect make up imprint of her entire face on it, complete with fake eyelashes stuck to it and his crisp white bed sheets were ruined with fake tan. It looked like Clayface from Batman had shat himself. It wouldn't come out so he had to throw the whole lot away. It was hilarious.
Why would anyone want to be seen with these disasters? Is the Human Look pasśè?
What I'm wondering is why do these people apply their makeup so thickly. You'd think they were trying to hide something.
Just ridiculous. Have they really looked in the mirror or are they just delusional?
The self-loathing that many of these pictures show is just depressing.
This whole thread is almost exclusivity about foundation matches that probably look fine in person. If your TV or monitor colors are set wrong, this is what you're gonna see.
In all these pics....no one looks happy...shocked, depressed, stung out...but not happy
I can't understand why women are doing this. Puffy lips, painted eyebrows, extravagant eyes. It's certainly not to attract men.
I guess my confusion lies in the fact they look in the mirror and think "I look good". No honey, you look cheap and ridiculous. So many of these ladies are perfectly lovely to begin with. This is what social media has turned them into. The constant bombardment of being told you're not good enough. Take someone with poor self esteem to begin with and you've got a train wreck on your hands (or face, as the case may be).
I don't like this post - very mean spirited. Do i agree that a lot of this makeup doesn't look particularly good? Yes. But i also know it isn't hurting anyone else if they wish to wear their makeup this way (with exception to the cultural appropriation of skin tones) Let people dress and wear their makeup how they want. It's about how it makes the one wearing it feels, not us.
This post proved one thing. We Must Ban Bronzers, Tanners, Golders, Silver-ers, and general "Bright Glowy stuff"... I've seen these make-up jobs in real life and you seriously can't *not* flinch. (shudder*
NOOOOOOO WITHOUT BRONZER I WILL BE A PIECE OF FLESH COLORED PAPER
Load More Replies... Aye cause they look like bampots! And I'm a woman saying it!!! Yes there is more to women than this but naw they do it for Male attention so dont bloody kid on they are not going for the porn star look! Give them the respect that they are not that stupid that they dont know what they doing!
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