20 epic makeup fails that made us wonder what people were thinking
It’s easy to get carried away. And when it comes to appearances, young women especially can get themselves into a bad place where it feels like they need to try harder and harder to look more “beautiful” (whatever that means to them).
The problem is, the old adage is usually true – less is more.
But these 20 people decided that more was the way to go. And let’s just say it didn’t do them any favors.
1. No day at the beach
This doesn’t look like a tan so much as an attack by a can of gold spray paint.
Our biggest question (after, “Why?”) is about how she’s going to get this off at the end of the day.
2. Who hurt you?
This poor girl looks like she’s sitting in a makeup chair. Does that mean she’s paying for this to happen?
What’s the refund policy when you come out looking like a cartoon?
Just NO!!! from r/BadMUAs
3. This won’t end well
Oh, dear. No one should strive to cover their skin with this much makeup.
By the time she blends that in her face will be raw from all the rubbing!
Spotted on a make up brand’s story today. Dat colour match… from r/BadMUAs
4. Brows that bite back
Ok, we get it. We all said eyebrows were a thing. But this isn’t what we meant!
Eyebrow lamination can be awesome for those who need to be able to control their brow hairs, but it’s not meant to let you comb them straight up!
And when we said long lashes were great, we didn’t mean ones that look like spiders.
5. Makeup “artist”
She self-identifies as a make-up artist, but we’d like to see some training paperwork.
We’re pretty sure we tried this out in 9th grade and got in trouble for ruining the towels when we tried to get it off.
But the sure sign that she’s probably not trained is that her face foundation is a completely different color from the rest of her skin.
She works as a makeup artist and calls herself mua. from r/BadMUAs
6. Looking sharp
Ouch! The angle on that eyeshadow could slice you.
We’re not sure what’s going on with the color palette here, but we’re guessing it doesn’t look much better when she opens her eyes.
Let’s just hope this was meant to be avant-garde and not a daytime look.
7. Wicked
She’s green!
This is what happens when you get your foundation wrong and then keep adding layers.
The lighting is partly to blame, but (pro tip:) you want to make sure that no matter where you’re standing you never look green!
8. Bad advice
The Internet is a cruel place, so we imagine someone told this girl that her foundation color was not her biggest problem.
No one needs that much brow and lash. No one.
9. Quite a lashing
No one looks good like this. We get that everyone wants long lashes, but they have to look natural.
This is just wrong.
10. What are we trying to accomplish here?
Black eyeshadow? Just no.
And what’s with the fluorescent yellow liner in the corners? When did we decide that was a thing?
11. Otherworldly
Usually, when we call someone’s beauty “otherworldly” it’s meant as a compliment.
But this time we can’t help but just see an alien.
The makeup left me speechless… but not in a good way… from r/BadMUAs
12. “Soft and subtle” like a shovel to the face
Why would you want to contour your cheeks to make them look like they’re sagging?!
We’re just scandalized that she called this look “soft and subtle.”
I feel violated. Posted in one of makeup groups. from r/BadMUAs
13. Spider eyes
There’s a lot going wrong here for such a pretty young woman, but those lashes are really activating our arachnophobia.
It’s important to see this and realize that it’s easy to go too far if you don’t get some perspective once in a while.
14. A laundry list of misdeeds
At first, you might think it’s just the eyeshadow doing her dirty.
But look closer. The “contouring,” the eyebrows, the lip color. It’s all a misfire.
The whole package- THOSE eyebrows, bruised contour and a forehead thatās a different race. from r/BadMUAs
15. But why?
We actually don’t mind the eyeshadow for a pop of something different. But we can’t stop shaking our heads at the cheeks and lashes.
Whose lashes curl like that?
The caption was ācontour skills stronger than facetuneā… from r/BadMUAs
16. Color clash
Ok, so you get your foundation wrong. But why don’t you see that in the photo before you post it?
And we hope that’s makeup on her chest, otherwise, that sun damage is going to come back to haunt her in a few years.
17. Scrub down
She’s going to need some industrial makeup remover at the end of the day.
Honestly, there’s so much wrong here that we’ll just let you hunt for each cosmetic sin.
That poor girl. from r/BadMUAs
18. That was not what we meant
Ok, so we told people that using white on certain parts of their eyes would make them “pop.” But this is a big misunderstanding. BIG.
It’s not doing this poor woman any favors.
If you all thought the last one was bad have a look at this one. from r/BadMUAs
19. More proof
You know what? Let’s just take the white eyeliner thing back altogether. People clearly can’t be trusted to execute this tip correctly.
20. Striking fear
Every single thing she did she did 10x harder than it needed to be done. And it shows – in the bad way.
Sheās like a full 8 shades darker than her arm… from r/BadMUAs
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Source: BoredPanda, Reddit – r/BadMUAs