From the soot-rimmed eyes of the ancient Egyptians to the lead paint worn by the Elizabethans, people have long been experimenting with cosmetics. Sometimes, however, with disappointing results. And the subreddit ‘Bad MakeUp Artists‘ is probably the best place to explore these failures.
Created in 2017, this online community currently has 568K members constantly sharing pictures of both everyday people and celebrities, appearing in front of others with far-too-obvious fake lashes, overly defined brows, and ridiculous foundation color tones.
We’ve already covered the subreddit before here and here, but it has had so many new additions since our last publication that we thought there’s plenty of content for an update. Continue scrolling to check it out, and don’t miss out on the chat we had with British beauty content creator Jane Cunningham, spread out in between the pictures.
#1 Oh Dear
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#2 Steve Carrell And Will Ferrell Presenting The Award For Best Makeup At The Oscars
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#3 Tiktok Ad For Eyebrow Stencil
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#4 That Shade Would Even Be Too Dark For Me And I’m Not Even White
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#5 Her Chest!!!
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#6 Caption Said: A Soft Smokey Look
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#7 Didn’t Even Recognize Ariana In Her Newest Look. Am I The Only One Who Feels Like She’s Gone From Blackfishing To Asianfishing?
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#8 This Has Been All Over My Social Media Feeds Lately. The Artist Has A Booking Site And Charges $85
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#9 All Of The Makeup Artist’s Looks Are Like This! Their Clients Look Scary
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#10 Found On An Fb Ad
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#11 Her Eyes Look Tired From All The Heavy Lifting
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#12 This Shade Match Hurts
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#13 They Did Her Sooo Dirty
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#14 Even The Client Doesn’t Look Happy With This ‘Glam’
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#15 UK Mua Combining Block Brows And Feathered Brows
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#16 Those Eyelashes Are Not Even Close To Being In The Right Place
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#17 I Really Despise These Type Of Lips
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#18 Watching Hoarders And Noticed The Color Match Of The Doctor’s Foundation Was Off
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#19 The Entire Mua’s Page Was Full Of This Style Of Makeup I Can’t Wait For This To Not Be Trendy Anymore
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#20 Local B R I T I S H Artist. That Hairline And The Same Shade Of Brown For Every. Single. Client
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#21 It Gets Worse, But The Mua Does Admit To Being Inspired By Drag Makeup
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#22 From A Mua On Insta I’m No Expert But What Do We Think ?
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#23 So. Much. Foundation
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#24 She Looks So Sad
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#25 Her Skin Is So Beautiful
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#26 Criminal Minds “Tan”
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#27 Ummm I’m Sure That Shade Matches Someone But It Sure Isn’t Her
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#28 Her Skin Color Completely Changed
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#29 The Mua Charges £60 For A Shade Match Like That
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#30 Umm This Appeared On My Instagram
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#31 I Am Genuinely Appalled
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#32 Clockwork Orange Full Glam
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#33 From Normal To Drag
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#34 Ugh… She Had A Team Of Reputable Muas, Posted On Ig By A Famous Magazine. Those People Are Payed Thousands For This!
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#35 It Just Feels Crusty To Me
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#36 Every Part Of Her Face Is A Different Shade Of Orange
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#37 A Mua With Almost 1m Followers
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#38 This Mua’s Work Has Been Posted On Here A Couple Times, This Is How She Does Makeup On Herself…. She’s A White Woman
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#39 A Self Proclaimed Mua
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#40 Talk About Suffocating Those Poor Pores… My Skin Is Screaming
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#41 Oh, Oh No
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#42 This Was Posted By A Big Makeup Brand. Why Is Her Forehead Tan And The Rest Of Her Face Pale?
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#43 Well
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#44 Straight Into The Hairline
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#45 This Makeup Company On Instagram. Why?
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#46 They Charge $350 Wtf
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#47 The Tone Match Here Is Awful
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#48 “Cool New Way To Do Blush”
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#49 She Used 6 Pumps Of Foundation To Create This Look
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