28 Before/Afters Show The Transformative Power Of Makeup

[ChillyMcFreeze]

I was like, why do they all have porn star names?? Oh. Because they're porn stars.

[IIOY]

16 and 19.

I need number 22's under eye concealer.

[pretzel]

That's a whole lotta fake eyelashery!

[zelda25]

It's all SO MUCH. And it's all the same

[aurora]

Yeah, I kinda hate it. Most of the makeup is *way* overdone, IMO, and many of the poses/photo angles are different, and the hair changes also make a big difference.

Signed,
Your local board makeup grinch

[mrspez07]

Most of those are not for the better, they make them look really trashy.
I do like #23, less is more. 

[doctordonna]

The only one I like is #24. The rest of it looks like too much makeup.

Sits on the makeup grinch bench with aurora.

[omgzombies]

The lighting is also way less harsh in the after makeup shots for a lot of them.

[IIOY]

Jul 30, 2014 13:31:30 GMT -5 mrspez07 said:

Most of those are not for the better, they make them look really trashy.

I'm pretty sure that's the point, though. Porn stars aren't known for understatement in their appearances.

[downtoearth]

#6, 9, 14, and 21 are prettier without all the makeup IMO.

zelda I agree - they all look the same after, like wanna-be Disney princesses or Barbie.

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

The last one makes me think I am supposed to know who Melissa Murphy is. Anyone?

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

Jul 30, 2014 13:45:29 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Jul 30, 2014 13:42:09 GMT -5 Miss Phryne Fisher said:

The last one makes me think I am supposed to know who Melissa Murphy is. Anyone?

she is the makeup artist

Thanks! I was confused...she looked more porn-y than any of the other girls did so I thought maybe she was some porn royalty. 

[aurora]

Jul 30, 2014 13:40:43 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Jul 30, 2014 13:31:30 GMT -5 mrspez07 said:

Most of those are not for the better, they make them look really trashy.
I do like #23, less is more. 

yeah, these are all porn stars, i believe

22 and 23 are college girl porn stars

Oh, well, that explains a lot.  Obviously I'm not caught up on porn star news these days.

[iammalcolmx]

Oh my

[NitaX]

Well, I'm probably going to hell anyway, but I want to hand everybody some of this ...



*heads to the corner with her bag of Golden Oreos*

[NitaX]

Jul 30, 2014 13:23:10 GMT -5 pretzel said:

That's a whole lotta fake eyelashery!

You know, I call these extra long eyelashes bat wings.

I was at Target and this associate's eyelashes were so long that when she looked down at the desk, I thought she was asleep. I'm like why do you have BATS on your dayum eyes.

*wanna join me in the corner? Because if you laughed at this, you belong with me. I haz cookies*

[greeneggs]

My first thought was that they were all strippers because the most of the before pictures looked a little methy.

[ttt]

Maybe I've seen too many of these, but I actually don't find these all that incredible. They all look like, well, porn stars. #23 looks almost exactly the same before and after. 

That said, it's amazing what smoothing someone's complexion out can do for their overall appearance.

[ttt]

I also admit to an automatic prejudice against "in the car" selfies.

[pescalita]

Jul 30, 2014 14:06:23 GMT -5 greeneggs said:

My first thought was that they were all strippers because the most of the before pictures looked a little methy.

I think this may be the root cause, and I'm not sure Proactive is the right corrective action.

[IIOY]

Jul 30, 2014 14:26:36 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

All these folks need to work on their skin instead slathering on all of that makeup. Go back to the basics. I have some other thoughts about why their skin is this bad when they get regular facials and all that....

I'll let myself out.

I hate to say this, but my guess is that many of them have such bad skin because they are still young enough to have insane hormones.  My bad skin lasted into my early twenties until I did a round of Accutane and killed my acne dead for good.

[ESF]

I went to high school with a woman who is now a "lifestyle model." I don't know if she does or ever has done porn, but she definitely does things like poses in scantily clad photos for advertisements for phone sex companies and shit like that. Every time one of her shoots winds up on in my facebook feed, I stare at it for way too long trying to find some semblance of the girl I knew in high school, and there's nothing there.

It's a lot like these photos.

They kind of creep me out because they are so over the top. There is definitely a difference between makeup to enhance your best features, and makeup designed to sculpt your face into some conventional notion of beauty. The latter is nothing like the former, and as a makeup lover, it bothers me that being interested in makeup generally seems to imply to some people that you do the latter.

[laurenpetro]

this is proof of how important concealor is, people.

[IIOY]

Jul 30, 2014 15:18:12 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

this is proof of how important concealor is, people.

[decemberwedding07]

Jul 30, 2014 14:23:43 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Jul 30, 2014 14:02:49 GMT -5 NitaX said:

Well, I'm probably going to hell anyway, but I want to hand everybody some of this ...



*heads to the corner with her bag of Golden Oreos*

This didn't work for me.  I don't get pimples anymore.  But I used to through my early twenties and tried proactiv and it did not work. 

I agree. Their new stuff (Rodan & Fields Unblemish) is so much better.

[decemberwedding07]

Jul 30, 2014 14:26:36 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

All these folks need to work on their skin instead slathering on all of that makeup. Go back to the basics. I have some other thoughts about why their skin is this bad when they get regular facials and all that....

I'll let myself out.

This took me a minute to get. I was going, "Getting facials every month is the only thing that keeps my skin clear!" And then I went, "Ohhhh... FACIALS..."

[NitaX]

Jul 30, 2014 15:17:31 GMT -5 ESF said:

I went to high school with a woman who is now a "lifestyle model." I don't know if she does or ever has done porn, but she definitely does things like poses in scantily clad photos for advertisements for phone sex companies and shit like that. Every time one of her shoots winds up on in my facebook feed, I stare at it for way too long trying to find some semblance of the girl I knew in high school, and there's nothing there.

It's a lot like these photos.

They kind of creep me out because they are so over the top. There is definitely a difference between makeup to enhance your best features, and makeup designed to sculpt your face into some conventional notion of beauty. The latter is nothing like the former, and as a makeup lover, it bothers me that being interested in makeup generally seems to imply to some people that you do the latter.

All of this. ALL OF IT.

I know a lady who is a makeup artist. And while she does great work, I'd never want her to do my face because I'm sure my H would be like - LADY HOW THE FUCK YOU IN MY HOUSE? And I'd be like I'm your wife! And he'd go The HELL YOU SAY?

[IIOY]

Jul 30, 2014 15:36:12 GMT -5 NitaX said:

Jul 30, 2014 15:17:31 GMT -5 ESF said:

I went to high school with a woman who is now a "lifestyle model." I don't know if she does or ever has done porn, but she definitely does things like poses in scantily clad photos for advertisements for phone sex companies and shit like that. Every time one of her shoots winds up on in my facebook feed, I stare at it for way too long trying to find some semblance of the girl I knew in high school, and there's nothing there.

It's a lot like these photos.

They kind of creep me out because they are so over the top. There is definitely a difference between makeup to enhance your best features, and makeup designed to sculpt your face into some conventional notion of beauty. The latter is nothing like the former, and as a makeup lover, it bothers me that being interested in makeup generally seems to imply to some people that you do the latter.

All of this. ALL OF IT.

I know a lady who is a makeup artist. And while she does great work, I'd never want her to do my face because I'm sure my H would be like - LADY HOW THE FUCK YOU IN MY HOUSE? And I'd be like I'm your wife! And he'd go The HELL YOU SAY?

NitaX, every time I see a shocking makeup transformation, I think, "Mr. NitaX wants to know who this liar is."  LOLOL

[NitaX]

Jul 30, 2014 15:37:58 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Jul 30, 2014 15:36:12 GMT -5 NitaX said:

All of this. ALL OF IT.

I know a lady who is a makeup artist. And while she does great work, I'd never want her to do my face because I'm sure my H would be like - LADY HOW THE FUCK YOU IN MY HOUSE? And I'd be like I'm your wife! And he'd go The HELL YOU SAY?

NitaX, every time I see a shocking makeup transformation, I think, "Mr. NitaX wants to know who this liar is."  LOLOL

He's always YOU LIE!!!!!!!!!!!

He also says that super high heels lie too because they make you think a woman has a big ole booty, and then they take off the shoes and it was all an illusion.

Takeaway from these anecdotes: My H is a hot mess. 

[decemberwedding07]

Jul 30, 2014 15:41:28 GMT -5 NitaX said:

Jul 30, 2014 15:37:58 GMT -5 IIOY said:

NitaX, every time I see a shocking makeup transformation, I think, "Mr. NitaX wants to know who this liar is."  LOLOL

He's always YOU LIE!!!!!!!!!!!

He also says that super high heels lie too because they make you think a woman has a big ole booty, and then they take off the shoes and it was all an illusion.

Takeaway from these anecdotes: My H is a hot mess. 

You can stand with your butt out in flats, too. :-)