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Brides-To-Be Put Trust In This Makeup Artist To Look Stunning On Their Big Day, And Here Are 23 Of The Best Before-And-After Pics (New Pics)
Doing makeup well takes a steady hand, creativity, and the experience of a professional artist. And Arber Bytyqi, from Kosovo, is among the best of the best. The man and his team help every client feel special, like a princess, worthy of a happily ever after.
Today, we’re featuring some of Arber’s newest, most stunning bridal makeup looks that are bound to make everyone’s jaws drop as the women elegantly float down the aisle during their wedding ceremonies. Scroll down and upvote the photos that you enjoyed the most, Pandas. We think you'll agree, the brides look just as beautiful in the 'before' pictures as in the 'after' ones. And be sure to drop by the comments to tell us all about all the magical weddings you’ve been to recently.
Pssst, Pandas, you’ll find Bored Panda’s previous articles about the artist’s amazing work here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
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#1
Jo Jones 2 years ago
All these ladies are stunning before and after and its only their own opinion that matters . One thing that is always puzzling me is : why do some brides choose such make up that makes them look like someone else ? I’ll be shocked if my grooms nose, hair , brows , facial hair etc looked dramatically different. Again, just my opinion, wishing then all a lifetime of happiness
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Professional makeup artist Arber’s skills are so good that he’s turned his name into a brand that’s known all over the world.
His following on social media has grown to become absolutely phenomenal. At the time of writing, Arber boasts a whopping 531k followers on Instagram.
#4
PickleRick 2 years ago
I'm a man. That being said, I wish everyone would see that in a loved ones eyes these beautiful women were already seen as the second image. No woman was ever more beautiful than my mother, my sisters, my aunt, my sweetheart.
His fans can’t wait to see the freshest new looks he has to share with everyone. And anyone who wants his services can easily contact him via phone, email, or social media.
The beauty influencer’s following has grown by 800k people since the last time Bored Panda featured his looks.
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#6
Jessi Lovely 2 years ago (edited)
I wish these comments wouldn’t all be comparing how much more/less beautiful they are before/after - this level of make up is an art form and it’s supposed to achieve a look, not make you more beautiful. Just like a dress is symbolic to the day and the husband/wife wouldn’t think she’s any more beautiful with it on, the make up goes with it to complete the look.
During an earlier interview with us, Arber revealed that he’s pretty much always wanted to be a makeup artist, ever since he was a child.
However, he said that his family had been opposed to his dreams. "In our culture, a male in the beauty industry is considered taboo," he said.
"So, at first, I got a master’s degree in economics, and only then did I follow my dream and started working as a makeup artist,” he explained that his journey towards his dreams has been a long one, indeed.
The makeup artist remains as passionate about his craft as ever. The amount of hard work that he puts in is incredible. He works with over a thousand brides each year.
#10
ljbeanfield 2 years ago
It obviously makes her feel beautiful. Good for her. Stunning both ways.
"When I meet my client, the first question I ask is what kind of occasion are they getting their makeup done for," Arber shared with Bored Panda a glimpse into how he works with his clients.
"I also ask my clients if they have any specific requests. For example, if they want a natural or dramatic look,” he said.
"Then I ask them [to show me] the dress that they are going to wear. The design of the dress and its details reveal the style of the look the client is going for. Then, I analyze their facial features,” the professional shared how he works, step by step.
#13
Mattewis88 2 years ago
These pictures highlight the fact that others barely see our insecurities. I mean the girl on the left is gorgeous (as are the others) and the pics on the right make THEM feel gorgeous. We spend so much time covering things we think look bad when others don't even notice them. I'm saying this, but whenever someone whips out a camera I hide because I can't face pictures of myself. I know.
The pandemic had impacted Arber’s line of work, just like many other makeup artists’. During the lockdowns, they had fewer clients than usual.
However, normally, summer is the busiest season for them. He and his team can work on as many as 60 or more clients per day which is absolutely incredible.
Arber revealed to Bored Panda that, at the time, his team consisted of 25 people. 15 of them are makeup artists and 10 are hair stylists. That way, he’s able to serve all the clients who want his services.
The pro makeup artist has been working on sharing his skills with more people. "Some of my students are working part-time and some are full-time employees,” he said that he’s trained quite a few industry professionals. Passing on one’s experience to others is the sign of a true master.
The artist shared that he technically has enough resources to work with 100 clients each day.
“We start our workdays early in the morning and make sure our schedule has absolutely no impact on the quality of services, satisfying all of their needs,” he said.
#19
Marianna Sf 2 years ago
The girl is absolutely beautiful without make up. Young, fresh, full of life. With the make up, she looks much older. Why?
“In the Balkans, the wedding is one of the biggest events in a person's life. But due to the pandemic, a lot of them were postponed," he shared with us earlier how the lockdowns had impacted the wedding industry in the region.
#22
Sharon Wilson-Phillips 2 years ago
It appears that this artist doesn’t think any of these women are beautiful. She completely changes their look. She doesn’t enhance their natural beauty she transforms them all into look alike plastics. She seems to have only one look she can manage. Not to mention she make every one’s completion darker.
Which of these 'before and after' pics did you like the most, dear Pandas? What do you think of the professional makeup artist's skills? Have you ever had your makeup done for a wedding by a pro? Share your thoughts in the comments.
#23
Marianna Sf 2 years ago
It's like she's had five failed plastic surgeries. She's way cuter without make up
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Libby Tailor 2 years ago
The make up job is incredible, but they are all look like if came from a Barbie-factory. They are look like the same. Why does it need to be the same look?
Annabelle 2 years ago
The woman were probably really happy with their makeup. So the artist did a good job. But personally I don’t like the instagram makeup style. In my opinion it doesn’t make their personalities visible. Which for me is especially important when you marry.
Caro Caro 2 years ago
Imagine your intended turning around, taking a look and wondering if it's the same woman he proposed to! I think all these women should have gone for a more natural look as they are pretty without the 8 layers of goo on their face. The make-up artist just does a "copy paste" imho.
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Alan Fallguy 2 years ago
So, basically humans are replaced with display dummies. Before: Women who look natural and all have individual beauty. After: Stepford Wives, everything human is hidden under pounds of glop.
Bri Nicole 2 years ago
99% look like plastic dolls. Their unique features get covered to look all the same Wtf I hate this trend
LEGOPernille 2 years ago
Not one looks natural... they all look out of caracter and alike. Not for me... to much. Way to much...
nini 2 years ago
To each their own, I guess. For me personally, this would be far too heavy and I would be really disappointed if my make-up artist would reveal their work and I'd be so heavily made-up... I rarely use make-up in my everyday life and this would just not be "me". To my untrained eye it also "flattens" their faces in a sense that it takes away their personality/individual features and makes them more similar to each other, instead of enhancing the individual beauty. This is my point of view and my personal opinion though. If this is what they wanted, I'm sure they must be very happy 🤗
Lisa Willmott 2 years ago
Personally I think make up should enhance your natural beauty not change the way you look completely! The artist is obviously very talented at what he does and all the women were happy with the results but for me they all just looked same and too heavily made up. I know my husband would've hated to have met me at the alter and hardly recognised me because of make up like this. But each to their own. It's just a shame women can't feel confident enough to embrace their natural beauty and just enhance it enough with makeup but still look like them.
Marion Lizette 2 years ago
Errr... Makeup, but also clearly massive filters on those "after"photos isn't it? I don't think makeup can make your eyeballs that white? 😅
B.Nelson 2 years ago
It's a combination of the dark liner making the eyes look whiter, darling contact lenses, and probably those whiting eye drops.
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Debbie 2 years ago
9 comments so far here, and I share their opinions. No individuality left, like being who you are isn't good enough. This isn't pretty anymore, this is dressing up as something else. You'll get bridal pictures and it won't be you. I do like to put on some makeup, but please don't change the shape of my mouth, eyes, cheeks...camouflage who I am to make me look like a superficial person. An AI doll/robot, a Kardashian.
Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
Count me in, totally agree, this make up style is a FAIL. Lots of missed opportunities of accentuating individual features. And what's with the coloured contact lenses!
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Just my amateur opinion, but camouflaging a beautiful person to look like a Barbie doll, removing everything that is her like freckles and dimples, everything that made someone propose to her and replacing it with plastic is a shame. The make-up job, if this is without Photoshop skin softening etc. is professional, the results in most cases just aren't the bride.
Anne-Sophie Dumetz 2 years ago
Sadly the brides won't look like themselves in all their wedding shots. Even grooms might be confused. Makeup should enhance natural beauty so people can see you -- it shouldn't distance you from your natural looks so much...
Miocha 2 years ago
I personally don't do make up much (I already went past the make up phase). But I think the MUA did a great job! Those women are beautiful before make up, but I bet they feel great after because most of the make ups are incredible. Some people like to make their wedding day memorable, so they want to appear nicer than everyday looks.
Abby Ryder 2 years ago
The vast majority of these women look better before the makeup and like real human beings. They all look like the same fake woman afterwards
smash17 2 years ago
Almost none of them looked better before. Let's at least not lie.
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Tash 2 years ago
I appreciate the skill involved with the make up but personally i think they all end up looking the same. Im sad that things like freckles are covered up & noses are slimmed down.
TurquoiseTwinkyTzarina 2 years ago
Moles are hidden, moles are added. All eyebrows are thickened; lips plumped, skin tone changed on face and body. Toooooo much!!
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lib 2 years ago
look, they really didn’t wear this makeup for you all. it doesn’t matter what you think about it, because it isn’t for you. not your wedding. not you. ok???
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
You are correct. AND, all of the photos were posted on the internet, for everyone to openly judge. Want to keep things private? Then keep them private. 😉
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Amy Taylor 2 years ago
As a makeup artist myself, he really does a beautiful job. That being said, if this is what they wanted and asked for, well done! But I personally prefer a more natural look that will still look timeless in years to come.
Shadow Sojourn 2 years ago
These women chose this makeup. They got to pick the colors and the style and had *actual input* on their look. No one gives a s**t if y'all think they look "better" without the makeup. This is the makeup they *wanted* for their wedding day. Let people be happy and feel beautiful/confident/dolled up, WHATEVER they want to feel.
Step 2 years ago
Exactly! All these people on here criticizing and being hateful saying these women are fake or unnatural is messed up. They are being hateful and nasty disguising it as their opinion just to say unnecessary things. I'm blown away by the judgmental and hateful comments. Yet these people think it's ok to say what they are saying and refuse to see how hateful it is. I guess it makes them feel better about themselves that they look more natural and are not fake. When in reality all they're doing is bashing someone else. Just sad that so many people are like that and think it's normal.
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DuchessDegu 2 years ago
The "after" looks like 50% is actual make up and 50% is filters. Too airbrushed and uniform, no personality or individuality! I understand it's just for a day, but it's going to look very weird when they look back at the weeding photos 10 years from now
Krissy G. 2 years ago
Everyone needs to understand that this is what they ask for. You do a trial run before the big day to tweak anything she wants different. Most brides want to look like Barbies or glam goddesses on the biggest day of their lives. It has nothing to do with the makeup artist. They seek out the artist either thru reference or liking their work that they've seen. And they all ask to look like the glam princess version of themselves that they'd never usually look like in their everyday lives. The best part of the job is when the bride cries seeing herself for the first time because she's so happy. Her mom and dad cry, groom cries when he sees her too. Those moments are priceless. Everyone knocking it and saying they like the before pics is entitled to their opinion, but you have to understand the nature of print work photography and what will make the pics look the best. Even "natural" looks take a lot of makeup trip achieve. Not your preference ok, but don't knock these women or the artist.
rhubarb 2 years ago
Please stop with the 'before is so much better than after, she looked beautiful'. These brides wanted to wear makeup that made them feel beautiful during their weddings. If I were to post a picture of me, wearing makeup like this for my wedding, I'd be quite hurt by comments saying things like 'after is scary' or 'looks like a plastic doll'. I don't think I'd be able to enjoy my wedding pictures after reading those. Please remember to enjoy before and after. :)
Isa 2 years ago
When I got married I decided to go as natural as possible because everyone told me that heavy makeup doesn't look good in a bride, and I thought that they were right. I hate every single pic from my marriage. I look like I'm dead with the natural look and I regret that I have followed the opinion of my mother and my friends. Terrible look and I just disappeared with my dead look alike makeup. Here is a bit too much, but they look fabulous tho. And of course its a personal choice. If I could be back on time I would definitely choose for a glamorous makeup.
Eva Shogoki 2 years ago
After the first three photos, everyone just looks the same and there is photo editing too. You cannot makeup skin texture that way. Pimples, wrinkles... everything was removed.
MG Lorange 2 years ago
All too much, creating a whole new face rather than working with the natural beauty.
E Talavera 2 years ago
They look totally different no one would believe it's them. I would not do it. All that explaining YES its me!!!
Cherry Anne 2 years ago
I feel like there was definitely some photo-shop used, so maybe in real life they retained a little more of there uniqueness? Just a theory…
beautiful plumage 2 years ago
false advertising. much prefer a more natural look with very little to no makeup. granted this is a singularly special day, but it's just one of what will hopefully turn out to be heaps afterwards. the lady you're saying yes to on that day--judging from these pics--will look very little like the lady you'll be holding hands with throughout so many major life events.
Abner_Mality 2 years ago
For me, it's about 50/50 whether they look better before or after. Many of these folks look beautiful and natural before, but kinda fake and plastic after.
Karine Grenet 2 years ago
The title should have been « How a ton of makeup and photoshop will make your husband wonder who you are at the altar »
Sergei Zuev 2 years ago
Lol, they all look good without the makeup and with the makeup they don't look like themselves. More like some weird dolls.
Sara Menéndez 2 years ago
I think that all of them needs to send an update selfie to her boyfriends before get married, just to confirm that he is with the right wedding, there are some of them that it's another person, a scary person. It's amazing. Good job for the Artists. But wow, no words for her
Alice Teasdale 2 years ago
I'm so glad to come here and find that people agree with my instant thought: BEAUTIFUL, warm, individual faces made unrecognisable
Shari Orser 2 years ago
They all look glamorous but none of them resemble themselves. People will look at their wedding pictures and say " Who is that?"
An Unpopular Opinion. 2 years ago
I think, that if it's your wedding day you can do whatever you want but this article rubbed me the wrong way.
Gwyn 2 years ago
I dunno...They all start looking alike and lose some of their pretty features to just look like an Instagram filter. They don't even look recognizable anymore. It's like she tried to enforce the same shapes and makeup on everyone. Very samey. I'd be really disappointed in this if I were the bride.
Al Christensen 2 years ago
Years from now, when they recreate their favorite wedding photo without the professional plaster and paint job on her face, and the then-now picture ends up on BP, a lot of people will be thinking, "Ah, she was so beautiful back then, but man, she certainly went downhill."
Maria Rodriguez 2 years ago
Marry a woman who shows up with no makeup that way you aren't frightened the next morning
heatherm70 2 years ago
Getting some serious Stepford Wives vibes from the 2nd pics, the artist has managed to make every bride a generic copy of every other bride. Nice.
Jules 2 years ago
Don't get me wrong, the make up artist is very good at what they do but I just can't understand this need for slapping SO much make up on. And yes, they do all have that same manufactured look that their face doesn't look like them any more. Have make up by all means but subtle is far more classy
EpicWolfandSparrow 2 years ago
They all look so fake! The makeup should be accentuating theire individual and unique beauty, not copy and pasting everyone!
Ann Thierstein 2 years ago
Sure the makeup looks nice, but somebody had a heavy hand with the photoshop as well on the after pics. All the eyes are super white, altered hairlines, no pores or blemishes on exposed skin. Fake. Plastic. Not attractive.
Gavin Johnson 2 years ago
Each to their own, make up, no make up. Whatever floats your boat. But…. They’ve deliberately made themselves look glum in the first image and then in the second image they actually look lifeless. Their natural energy is missing when they are made up. The make up flattens their features, it’s got none of the light or life that we all have. Hey ho, you do you, I’ll do me. PS my goth make up days are well behind me, this 47 year old bloke will steer well clear now 😂
Josh Patterson 2 years ago
Bring on the hate, but all of the after photos look alike. I'm sure they had fun with it and that's the point, but nothing beats the bare face of the woman I love.
Mika N 2 years ago
Many of these women maybe do wear some makeup regularly, just because a lot of women enjoy doing so (maybe some of them regularly wear a lot!) So we aren't necessarily seeing what they usually look like from day-to-day vs their wedding day, we're seeing completely bare-faced compared to wedding makeup. I understand a lot of people here think it was too much, but these women all chose this particular artist so maybe this style just suits them and their vision for their big day.
Kayla Albert 2 years ago
I like article just wish they were unique! Not fake looking! Every one of them is beautiful yet most of them look plastic and over done!!
Phendrena 2 years ago
Fantastic transformations. Having said that, I do think that maybe to makeup does need to be toned down a tad to blend more into the natural beauty of the subjects. I'm not knocking the superb job or the choice of the women to have this done as it is their choice to make after all.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 2 years ago (edited)
There's something about this post that just baffles me and I can't quite place my finger on it. All of these women were gorgeous before and had unique features. The makeup artists made them look like something out of a Kim Kardashian clone factory. Perhaps this is a style of makeup in their respective countries, but tsome poor women look like they have been buried alive under mountains of foundation, blush, bronzer, and eye shadow. I mean if it makes them happy. Just totally not my style of makeup.
Brian Michael 2 years ago
Let's wash away anything and everything that makes my face my own for my wedding....confusing
Mason Kronol 2 years ago
While I think everyone deserves to feel and look their best on their wedding day I don't understand why you don't want to look like yourself. I had an outdoor destination wedding so I knew I would be on my own for hair and makeup. No problem, I'm a cosmetologist. At home I tried false eyelashes and different contouring. Nope. I went with loose waves in my hair with rollers and a daytime smokey eye, face powder to minimize shine and lip pencil with gloss so it wouldn't smudge. My pictures look amazing, natural and just like me! Nothing fake. And my MOH did the same thing because she was never one to wear a lot of makeup either. It was so stress free compared to another friends wedding where we all had to go to the salon and my hair was cemented to my head and I felt like I had cake icing on my face.
Whalen With An N 2 years ago
As long as the women were happy with the finished product, but they don't even resemble their before pictures at all. Will be weird to look at wedding pictures years later. Especially they have kids down the line. The kids will be like, "who is that mommy?"
Cindy M 2 years ago
This is a very cool skill, but I could never personally feel comfortable like this. I had makeup done for my wedding that felt very excessive, but it still looked waaayy more natural than this. My artist knew that natural is my comfort zone and balanced that with what would photograph well (I have light brows and lashes that disappear in photos.) I couldn't breathe under all of this, and I think my husband would have been confused and disappointed.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
I'm not a fan of this one make up look on every person - I'd much rather look like a version of myself than everyone else - each to their own
Anne Van Staden 2 years ago
They all look photoshopped. Like cardboard cutouts. All their natural beauty has been covered up. It's sad really
Lady of the Mountains 2 years ago
This makeup artist is really good though, a lot of people don't recognize how hard it is to make yourself look that different-even when the objective is to make yourself look ugly, its hard to do that convincingly. These ladies are beautiful and I hoped they liked their makeup looks!
Heather Resatz 2 years ago
People will look at their wedding photos for years to come and say, 'that's you???' IMHO, women should look like themselves in their wedding photos, not some plastic replica
Νεφέλη Δρόσου 2 years ago
So basically they took a bunch beautiful women and they turned them into an identical woman
Rachel Smith 2 years ago
I dont like the makeup look on ANY of these. They all look like they got transformed into Instagram influencers . That same boring, generic look thats sooo popular nowadays. I don't understand why this look is so popular. It takes beautiful unique women and make them all look the same, it's ridiculous.
devilicious 2 years ago
Imagine seeing your wedding photos and looking at a completely different person. Maybe not even recognizing yourself. Nah-ah, if I would ever choose professional makeup for a wedding, I'd like a natural look. Me being me, with a little spark on my special day. Not my fianceé marrying someone else lol
Rachel Ashwell 2 years ago
I think some filters/Photoshop is used in the after shots. There are some facial features, like under eye bags, that no amount of makeup or lighting is going to fully erase.
Katrin Krueger 2 years ago (edited)
copy paste. Plus deleted all their personality with that uniform look.
Mizzy von Muffling 5 months ago
They all look horrible!!! A mixture of fake Kardashian-Barbie look. HORRIBLE!! The MUA could've enhanced their natural beauties but they all look out of a coloring book for Kardashian-wanna-be's... My husband would've walked away seeing me walking down the aisle looking nothing than myself.
Lisa Delgado 5 months ago
All of them look like living dolls with too much makeup and puffed up lips.
Dianne Sharpe 5 months ago
They all look the same. I think less makeup done professionally would have made them look more like themselves.
Roger Gurr 5 months ago
None of them look like an improvement. I daresay the artist could make me (M69) look just as artificially beautiful. But I don't want to look like a Barbie doll.
tabithapaquette98 1 year ago
I think they all look gorgeous. I also think the after shots are photo shopped
Megalodon Meg 1 year ago
Y'all are obnoxious. Let these women feel beautiful however they want to. Nobody asked for your opinions.
smash17 2 years ago (edited)
Most of the transformations are remarkable and, to the extent that it's only one day, no big deal. The before and after differences are, however, unsettling and kept making me think how disappointed I'd be to see them without make-up if I thought the made up them was the real them.
Judy Takács 2 years ago
These women are all naturally beautiful. I wish the make up artist had found a happy medium where their natural beauty was enhanced, without turning them into plastic dolls. If the brides were happy with the makeup job, that's their choice, I just wish that we/society/women could embrace what makes us naturally uniquely beautiful.
Karin Bougie 2 years ago
Yeah…..thank god I have sons that married girls that didn’t feel the need to do this….. So fake. Why do young girls want to look fake? I don’t get it.
Kathleen Pearlman 2 years ago
They all turn out to look like drag queens (not that there's anything wrong with drag queens). A little over the top for a bride.
Crystal Ruiz 2 years ago
Some of these comments, I swear...any of y'all ever thought that the artist, very obviously, has a certain style? Ever thought that the women that got the makeup done by her, hired her because of that style? And some of y'all seem to forget that lighting make skin tones different. The makeup artist is amazing, the brides wanted that style, and obviously liked it and who do y'all think y'all are to be judging what they wanted for their big day!? If y'all don't like it, that's fine, don't get it. They wanted it, they got it. Y'all think it's too much, that's fine, they didn't. They look plastic? So what? They liked it and that what matters. They looked younger without it, what's wrong with looking older? Who wants to look like they're younger than they are, for their wedding, most likely to a grown man? That they looked like Bratz dolls, maybe that's what they wanted.
ollie.anid 2 years ago
Of course a bride should absolutely wear whatever makeup she wants on her wedding day. It’s about what makes her feel comfortable. Plus, this style is this specific makeup artist’s style. That said, I wish that there was not a standard or norm that people tried to achieve with makeup. It just feels like we’re limiting creativity by having one thing. Why does beauty have to look like one thing?
Darcy Marie 2 years ago
So this is where we are with feminism in the year 2022. Happily judging women for how they chose to have their make up done for a special (if not the most special for them) occasion.
Denise Costa 2 years ago
So every time they look at their wedding photos it’s going to look like someone completely different than themselves. And then she will look in the mirror and compare herself to what she could have looked like if she had the money to maintain that face? Her husband will not recognize her but more important she will not recognize herself and always try to live up to those wedding photos. They are amazing but the destruction of her self esteem on a daily basis is not worth it. One question: did they make over the men? I want to see the men have to transform themselves for society’s image of what is good looking .
Sara Menéndez 2 years ago
if you put all the right pictures together in a mural, it will be your worst Nightmare for sure! Like lot of Chuckies from the film, but Nowadays. Jus dreaming awake with a horror film with this horror dolls who wants to kill the real person and bla bla bla
Colin Timp 2 years ago (edited)
These are all AWFUL. None of these women look anything like themselves after. In fact, I think they all look like Kim Kardashian wannabes! Makeup is supposed to cover blemishes and accentuate; not completely change your appearance.
Fearhunter 2 years ago
If the brides are happy it's good but I don't like the make up. Not because it's not well done but they look like completely different persons. And with the make up they look for me like one scheme without their unique beauties. And the looks are a little bit... like generic and unnaturally.
Lauren Hope Lincoln 2 years ago
Ok I think these women look beautiful from start to finish. But why photograph them in an angle and in lighting that makes it seem unflattering... when these women are already beautiful? Then to plaint and lose in lighting and angles that is just overall to severe in the contrast.
tragicaltales 2 years ago
Criticizing other people for what they want on a day important to them is not okay. I was very disappointed in my fellow pandas upon seeing the comments. They’re beautiful both ways
Eliza Osenbaugh-Stewart 2 years ago
These afters are horrendous. Every one looks like a bad Instagram filter or the result of WAY too much plastic surgery.
butt soup 2 years ago
when i checked this at 6am, it had 35 points. so glad to see it at -96 14 hours later. your wedding day is about YOU & what made your partner fall in love with YOU. that includes all the things about you that make you unique. your partner adores the shape of your face, the dimples when you smile, the shape of your lips, the slope of your nose. every single inch of you. turning yourself into another person on your wedding day? disgusting. goes against the very meaning of a celebration of love.
Daniel Strong 2 years ago
They all looked way better pre make up, why is there a need to plaster your face to look completely different and fake. I get the low confidence side of things but selling this post like it's amazing after shots is not helpful.
Stace Maree 2 years ago
Who thinks these are stunning? They all look fake and I like themselves
Step 2 years ago
These women like this makeup look and there's nothing wrong with that. What is wrong is the people on here criticizing these women for liking the heavy makeup look. There's many ways to do makeup and however you choose to do it is ok. You don't have to criticize someone else and call them fake or unnatural. That's not ok to do and I'll die on that hill!
MissyKrissy 2 years ago
This is a make up artist doing her job VERY WELL at the request of what the brides WANTED. Why is there so much hate? Makeup is an art and she is an amazing artist. Stop hating and be nice..... The amount of hate in these comments is astounding. The caption wasn't "do you like a natural woman without makeup or one who's had her makeup professionally done?".....
Adriaan Verhelle 2 years ago
A big no to every single one of them. So glad I got to marry my wife and not a fake barbie-doll version of her.
Liberal Disease 2 years ago
Hopefully the grooms know what they're marrying! They are not even the same women, but...
Bean Sprout 2 years ago
Wow I love how the makeup artist made all these beautiful women look vain, petty, and ruthless. Run!
Libby Tailor 2 years ago
The make up job is incredible, but they are all look like if came from a Barbie-factory. They are look like the same. Why does it need to be the same look?
Annabelle 2 years ago
The woman were probably really happy with their makeup. So the artist did a good job. But personally I don’t like the instagram makeup style. In my opinion it doesn’t make their personalities visible. Which for me is especially important when you marry.
Caro Caro 2 years ago
Imagine your intended turning around, taking a look and wondering if it's the same woman he proposed to! I think all these women should have gone for a more natural look as they are pretty without the 8 layers of goo on their face. The make-up artist just does a "copy paste" imho.
Load More Replies... Alan Fallguy 2 years ago
So, basically humans are replaced with display dummies. Before: Women who look natural and all have individual beauty. After: Stepford Wives, everything human is hidden under pounds of glop.
Bri Nicole 2 years ago
99% look like plastic dolls. Their unique features get covered to look all the same Wtf I hate this trend
LEGOPernille 2 years ago
Not one looks natural... they all look out of caracter and alike. Not for me... to much. Way to much...
nini 2 years ago
To each their own, I guess. For me personally, this would be far too heavy and I would be really disappointed if my make-up artist would reveal their work and I'd be so heavily made-up... I rarely use make-up in my everyday life and this would just not be "me". To my untrained eye it also "flattens" their faces in a sense that it takes away their personality/individual features and makes them more similar to each other, instead of enhancing the individual beauty. This is my point of view and my personal opinion though. If this is what they wanted, I'm sure they must be very happy 🤗
Lisa Willmott 2 years ago
Personally I think make up should enhance your natural beauty not change the way you look completely! The artist is obviously very talented at what he does and all the women were happy with the results but for me they all just looked same and too heavily made up. I know my husband would've hated to have met me at the alter and hardly recognised me because of make up like this. But each to their own. It's just a shame women can't feel confident enough to embrace their natural beauty and just enhance it enough with makeup but still look like them.
Marion Lizette 2 years ago
Errr... Makeup, but also clearly massive filters on those "after"photos isn't it? I don't think makeup can make your eyeballs that white? 😅
B.Nelson 2 years ago
It's a combination of the dark liner making the eyes look whiter, darling contact lenses, and probably those whiting eye drops.
Load More Replies... Debbie 2 years ago
9 comments so far here, and I share their opinions. No individuality left, like being who you are isn't good enough. This isn't pretty anymore, this is dressing up as something else. You'll get bridal pictures and it won't be you. I do like to put on some makeup, but please don't change the shape of my mouth, eyes, cheeks...camouflage who I am to make me look like a superficial person. An AI doll/robot, a Kardashian.
Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
Count me in, totally agree, this make up style is a FAIL. Lots of missed opportunities of accentuating individual features. And what's with the coloured contact lenses!
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
Just my amateur opinion, but camouflaging a beautiful person to look like a Barbie doll, removing everything that is her like freckles and dimples, everything that made someone propose to her and replacing it with plastic is a shame. The make-up job, if this is without Photoshop skin softening etc. is professional, the results in most cases just aren't the bride.
Anne-Sophie Dumetz 2 years ago
Sadly the brides won't look like themselves in all their wedding shots. Even grooms might be confused. Makeup should enhance natural beauty so people can see you -- it shouldn't distance you from your natural looks so much...
Miocha 2 years ago
I personally don't do make up much (I already went past the make up phase). But I think the MUA did a great job! Those women are beautiful before make up, but I bet they feel great after because most of the make ups are incredible. Some people like to make their wedding day memorable, so they want to appear nicer than everyday looks.
Abby Ryder 2 years ago
The vast majority of these women look better before the makeup and like real human beings. They all look like the same fake woman afterwards
smash17 2 years ago
Almost none of them looked better before. Let's at least not lie.
Load More Replies... Tash 2 years ago
I appreciate the skill involved with the make up but personally i think they all end up looking the same. Im sad that things like freckles are covered up & noses are slimmed down.
TurquoiseTwinkyTzarina 2 years ago
Moles are hidden, moles are added. All eyebrows are thickened; lips plumped, skin tone changed on face and body. Toooooo much!!
Load More Replies... lib 2 years ago
look, they really didn’t wear this makeup for you all. it doesn’t matter what you think about it, because it isn’t for you. not your wedding. not you. ok???
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
You are correct. AND, all of the photos were posted on the internet, for everyone to openly judge. Want to keep things private? Then keep them private. 😉
Load More Replies... Amy Taylor 2 years ago
As a makeup artist myself, he really does a beautiful job. That being said, if this is what they wanted and asked for, well done! But I personally prefer a more natural look that will still look timeless in years to come.
Shadow Sojourn 2 years ago
These women chose this makeup. They got to pick the colors and the style and had *actual input* on their look. No one gives a s**t if y'all think they look "better" without the makeup. This is the makeup they *wanted* for their wedding day. Let people be happy and feel beautiful/confident/dolled up, WHATEVER they want to feel.
Step 2 years ago
Exactly! All these people on here criticizing and being hateful saying these women are fake or unnatural is messed up. They are being hateful and nasty disguising it as their opinion just to say unnecessary things. I'm blown away by the judgmental and hateful comments. Yet these people think it's ok to say what they are saying and refuse to see how hateful it is. I guess it makes them feel better about themselves that they look more natural and are not fake. When in reality all they're doing is bashing someone else. Just sad that so many people are like that and think it's normal.
Load More Replies... DuchessDegu 2 years ago
The "after" looks like 50% is actual make up and 50% is filters. Too airbrushed and uniform, no personality or individuality! I understand it's just for a day, but it's going to look very weird when they look back at the weeding photos 10 years from now
Krissy G. 2 years ago
Everyone needs to understand that this is what they ask for. You do a trial run before the big day to tweak anything she wants different. Most brides want to look like Barbies or glam goddesses on the biggest day of their lives. It has nothing to do with the makeup artist. They seek out the artist either thru reference or liking their work that they've seen. And they all ask to look like the glam princess version of themselves that they'd never usually look like in their everyday lives. The best part of the job is when the bride cries seeing herself for the first time because she's so happy. Her mom and dad cry, groom cries when he sees her too. Those moments are priceless. Everyone knocking it and saying they like the before pics is entitled to their opinion, but you have to understand the nature of print work photography and what will make the pics look the best. Even "natural" looks take a lot of makeup trip achieve. Not your preference ok, but don't knock these women or the artist.
rhubarb 2 years ago
Please stop with the 'before is so much better than after, she looked beautiful'. These brides wanted to wear makeup that made them feel beautiful during their weddings. If I were to post a picture of me, wearing makeup like this for my wedding, I'd be quite hurt by comments saying things like 'after is scary' or 'looks like a plastic doll'. I don't think I'd be able to enjoy my wedding pictures after reading those. Please remember to enjoy before and after. :)
Isa 2 years ago
When I got married I decided to go as natural as possible because everyone told me that heavy makeup doesn't look good in a bride, and I thought that they were right. I hate every single pic from my marriage. I look like I'm dead with the natural look and I regret that I have followed the opinion of my mother and my friends. Terrible look and I just disappeared with my dead look alike makeup. Here is a bit too much, but they look fabulous tho. And of course its a personal choice. If I could be back on time I would definitely choose for a glamorous makeup.
Eva Shogoki 2 years ago
After the first three photos, everyone just looks the same and there is photo editing too. You cannot makeup skin texture that way. Pimples, wrinkles... everything was removed.
MG Lorange 2 years ago
All too much, creating a whole new face rather than working with the natural beauty.
E Talavera 2 years ago
They look totally different no one would believe it's them. I would not do it. All that explaining YES its me!!!
Cherry Anne 2 years ago
I feel like there was definitely some photo-shop used, so maybe in real life they retained a little more of there uniqueness? Just a theory…
beautiful plumage 2 years ago
false advertising. much prefer a more natural look with very little to no makeup. granted this is a singularly special day, but it's just one of what will hopefully turn out to be heaps afterwards. the lady you're saying yes to on that day--judging from these pics--will look very little like the lady you'll be holding hands with throughout so many major life events.
Abner_Mality 2 years ago
For me, it's about 50/50 whether they look better before or after. Many of these folks look beautiful and natural before, but kinda fake and plastic after.
Karine Grenet 2 years ago
The title should have been « How a ton of makeup and photoshop will make your husband wonder who you are at the altar »
Sergei Zuev 2 years ago
Lol, they all look good without the makeup and with the makeup they don't look like themselves. More like some weird dolls.
Sara Menéndez 2 years ago
I think that all of them needs to send an update selfie to her boyfriends before get married, just to confirm that he is with the right wedding, there are some of them that it's another person, a scary person. It's amazing. Good job for the Artists. But wow, no words for her
Alice Teasdale 2 years ago
I'm so glad to come here and find that people agree with my instant thought: BEAUTIFUL, warm, individual faces made unrecognisable
Shari Orser 2 years ago
They all look glamorous but none of them resemble themselves. People will look at their wedding pictures and say " Who is that?"
An Unpopular Opinion. 2 years ago
I think, that if it's your wedding day you can do whatever you want but this article rubbed me the wrong way.
Gwyn 2 years ago
I dunno...They all start looking alike and lose some of their pretty features to just look like an Instagram filter. They don't even look recognizable anymore. It's like she tried to enforce the same shapes and makeup on everyone. Very samey. I'd be really disappointed in this if I were the bride.
Al Christensen 2 years ago
Years from now, when they recreate their favorite wedding photo without the professional plaster and paint job on her face, and the then-now picture ends up on BP, a lot of people will be thinking, "Ah, she was so beautiful back then, but man, she certainly went downhill."
Maria Rodriguez 2 years ago
Marry a woman who shows up with no makeup that way you aren't frightened the next morning
heatherm70 2 years ago
Getting some serious Stepford Wives vibes from the 2nd pics, the artist has managed to make every bride a generic copy of every other bride. Nice.
Jules 2 years ago
Don't get me wrong, the make up artist is very good at what they do but I just can't understand this need for slapping SO much make up on. And yes, they do all have that same manufactured look that their face doesn't look like them any more. Have make up by all means but subtle is far more classy
EpicWolfandSparrow 2 years ago
They all look so fake! The makeup should be accentuating theire individual and unique beauty, not copy and pasting everyone!
Ann Thierstein 2 years ago
Sure the makeup looks nice, but somebody had a heavy hand with the photoshop as well on the after pics. All the eyes are super white, altered hairlines, no pores or blemishes on exposed skin. Fake. Plastic. Not attractive.
Gavin Johnson 2 years ago
Each to their own, make up, no make up. Whatever floats your boat. But…. They’ve deliberately made themselves look glum in the first image and then in the second image they actually look lifeless. Their natural energy is missing when they are made up. The make up flattens their features, it’s got none of the light or life that we all have. Hey ho, you do you, I’ll do me. PS my goth make up days are well behind me, this 47 year old bloke will steer well clear now 😂
Josh Patterson 2 years ago
Bring on the hate, but all of the after photos look alike. I'm sure they had fun with it and that's the point, but nothing beats the bare face of the woman I love.
Mika N 2 years ago
Many of these women maybe do wear some makeup regularly, just because a lot of women enjoy doing so (maybe some of them regularly wear a lot!) So we aren't necessarily seeing what they usually look like from day-to-day vs their wedding day, we're seeing completely bare-faced compared to wedding makeup. I understand a lot of people here think it was too much, but these women all chose this particular artist so maybe this style just suits them and their vision for their big day.
Kayla Albert 2 years ago
I like article just wish they were unique! Not fake looking! Every one of them is beautiful yet most of them look plastic and over done!!
Phendrena 2 years ago
Fantastic transformations. Having said that, I do think that maybe to makeup does need to be toned down a tad to blend more into the natural beauty of the subjects. I'm not knocking the superb job or the choice of the women to have this done as it is their choice to make after all.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 2 years ago (edited)
There's something about this post that just baffles me and I can't quite place my finger on it. All of these women were gorgeous before and had unique features. The makeup artists made them look like something out of a Kim Kardashian clone factory. Perhaps this is a style of makeup in their respective countries, but tsome poor women look like they have been buried alive under mountains of foundation, blush, bronzer, and eye shadow. I mean if it makes them happy. Just totally not my style of makeup.
Brian Michael 2 years ago
Let's wash away anything and everything that makes my face my own for my wedding....confusing
Mason Kronol 2 years ago
While I think everyone deserves to feel and look their best on their wedding day I don't understand why you don't want to look like yourself. I had an outdoor destination wedding so I knew I would be on my own for hair and makeup. No problem, I'm a cosmetologist. At home I tried false eyelashes and different contouring. Nope. I went with loose waves in my hair with rollers and a daytime smokey eye, face powder to minimize shine and lip pencil with gloss so it wouldn't smudge. My pictures look amazing, natural and just like me! Nothing fake. And my MOH did the same thing because she was never one to wear a lot of makeup either. It was so stress free compared to another friends wedding where we all had to go to the salon and my hair was cemented to my head and I felt like I had cake icing on my face.
Whalen With An N 2 years ago
As long as the women were happy with the finished product, but they don't even resemble their before pictures at all. Will be weird to look at wedding pictures years later. Especially they have kids down the line. The kids will be like, "who is that mommy?"
Cindy M 2 years ago
This is a very cool skill, but I could never personally feel comfortable like this. I had makeup done for my wedding that felt very excessive, but it still looked waaayy more natural than this. My artist knew that natural is my comfort zone and balanced that with what would photograph well (I have light brows and lashes that disappear in photos.) I couldn't breathe under all of this, and I think my husband would have been confused and disappointed.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
I'm not a fan of this one make up look on every person - I'd much rather look like a version of myself than everyone else - each to their own
Anne Van Staden 2 years ago
They all look photoshopped. Like cardboard cutouts. All their natural beauty has been covered up. It's sad really
Lady of the Mountains 2 years ago
This makeup artist is really good though, a lot of people don't recognize how hard it is to make yourself look that different-even when the objective is to make yourself look ugly, its hard to do that convincingly. These ladies are beautiful and I hoped they liked their makeup looks!
Heather Resatz 2 years ago
People will look at their wedding photos for years to come and say, 'that's you???' IMHO, women should look like themselves in their wedding photos, not some plastic replica
Νεφέλη Δρόσου 2 years ago
So basically they took a bunch beautiful women and they turned them into an identical woman
Rachel Smith 2 years ago
I dont like the makeup look on ANY of these. They all look like they got transformed into Instagram influencers . That same boring, generic look thats sooo popular nowadays. I don't understand why this look is so popular. It takes beautiful unique women and make them all look the same, it's ridiculous.
devilicious 2 years ago
Imagine seeing your wedding photos and looking at a completely different person. Maybe not even recognizing yourself. Nah-ah, if I would ever choose professional makeup for a wedding, I'd like a natural look. Me being me, with a little spark on my special day. Not my fianceé marrying someone else lol
Rachel Ashwell 2 years ago
I think some filters/Photoshop is used in the after shots. There are some facial features, like under eye bags, that no amount of makeup or lighting is going to fully erase.
Katrin Krueger 2 years ago (edited)
copy paste. Plus deleted all their personality with that uniform look.
Mizzy von Muffling 5 months ago
They all look horrible!!! A mixture of fake Kardashian-Barbie look. HORRIBLE!! The MUA could've enhanced their natural beauties but they all look out of a coloring book for Kardashian-wanna-be's... My husband would've walked away seeing me walking down the aisle looking nothing than myself.
Lisa Delgado 5 months ago
All of them look like living dolls with too much makeup and puffed up lips.
Dianne Sharpe 5 months ago
They all look the same. I think less makeup done professionally would have made them look more like themselves.
Roger Gurr 5 months ago
None of them look like an improvement. I daresay the artist could make me (M69) look just as artificially beautiful. But I don't want to look like a Barbie doll.
tabithapaquette98 1 year ago
I think they all look gorgeous. I also think the after shots are photo shopped
Megalodon Meg 1 year ago
Y'all are obnoxious. Let these women feel beautiful however they want to. Nobody asked for your opinions.
smash17 2 years ago (edited)
Most of the transformations are remarkable and, to the extent that it's only one day, no big deal. The before and after differences are, however, unsettling and kept making me think how disappointed I'd be to see them without make-up if I thought the made up them was the real them.
Judy Takács 2 years ago
These women are all naturally beautiful. I wish the make up artist had found a happy medium where their natural beauty was enhanced, without turning them into plastic dolls. If the brides were happy with the makeup job, that's their choice, I just wish that we/society/women could embrace what makes us naturally uniquely beautiful.
Karin Bougie 2 years ago
Yeah…..thank god I have sons that married girls that didn’t feel the need to do this….. So fake. Why do young girls want to look fake? I don’t get it.
Kathleen Pearlman 2 years ago
They all turn out to look like drag queens (not that there's anything wrong with drag queens). A little over the top for a bride.
Crystal Ruiz 2 years ago
Some of these comments, I swear...any of y'all ever thought that the artist, very obviously, has a certain style? Ever thought that the women that got the makeup done by her, hired her because of that style? And some of y'all seem to forget that lighting make skin tones different. The makeup artist is amazing, the brides wanted that style, and obviously liked it and who do y'all think y'all are to be judging what they wanted for their big day!? If y'all don't like it, that's fine, don't get it. They wanted it, they got it. Y'all think it's too much, that's fine, they didn't. They look plastic? So what? They liked it and that what matters. They looked younger without it, what's wrong with looking older? Who wants to look like they're younger than they are, for their wedding, most likely to a grown man? That they looked like Bratz dolls, maybe that's what they wanted.
ollie.anid 2 years ago
Of course a bride should absolutely wear whatever makeup she wants on her wedding day. It’s about what makes her feel comfortable. Plus, this style is this specific makeup artist’s style. That said, I wish that there was not a standard or norm that people tried to achieve with makeup. It just feels like we’re limiting creativity by having one thing. Why does beauty have to look like one thing?
Darcy Marie 2 years ago
So this is where we are with feminism in the year 2022. Happily judging women for how they chose to have their make up done for a special (if not the most special for them) occasion.
Denise Costa 2 years ago
So every time they look at their wedding photos it’s going to look like someone completely different than themselves. And then she will look in the mirror and compare herself to what she could have looked like if she had the money to maintain that face? Her husband will not recognize her but more important she will not recognize herself and always try to live up to those wedding photos. They are amazing but the destruction of her self esteem on a daily basis is not worth it. One question: did they make over the men? I want to see the men have to transform themselves for society’s image of what is good looking .
Sara Menéndez 2 years ago
if you put all the right pictures together in a mural, it will be your worst Nightmare for sure! Like lot of Chuckies from the film, but Nowadays. Jus dreaming awake with a horror film with this horror dolls who wants to kill the real person and bla bla bla
Colin Timp 2 years ago (edited)
These are all AWFUL. None of these women look anything like themselves after. In fact, I think they all look like Kim Kardashian wannabes! Makeup is supposed to cover blemishes and accentuate; not completely change your appearance.
Fearhunter 2 years ago
If the brides are happy it's good but I don't like the make up. Not because it's not well done but they look like completely different persons. And with the make up they look for me like one scheme without their unique beauties. And the looks are a little bit... like generic and unnaturally.
Lauren Hope Lincoln 2 years ago
Ok I think these women look beautiful from start to finish. But why photograph them in an angle and in lighting that makes it seem unflattering... when these women are already beautiful? Then to plaint and lose in lighting and angles that is just overall to severe in the contrast.
tragicaltales 2 years ago
Criticizing other people for what they want on a day important to them is not okay. I was very disappointed in my fellow pandas upon seeing the comments. They’re beautiful both ways
Eliza Osenbaugh-Stewart 2 years ago
These afters are horrendous. Every one looks like a bad Instagram filter or the result of WAY too much plastic surgery.
butt soup 2 years ago
when i checked this at 6am, it had 35 points. so glad to see it at -96 14 hours later. your wedding day is about YOU & what made your partner fall in love with YOU. that includes all the things about you that make you unique. your partner adores the shape of your face, the dimples when you smile, the shape of your lips, the slope of your nose. every single inch of you. turning yourself into another person on your wedding day? disgusting. goes against the very meaning of a celebration of love.
Daniel Strong 2 years ago
They all looked way better pre make up, why is there a need to plaster your face to look completely different and fake. I get the low confidence side of things but selling this post like it's amazing after shots is not helpful.
Stace Maree 2 years ago
Who thinks these are stunning? They all look fake and I like themselves
Step 2 years ago
These women like this makeup look and there's nothing wrong with that. What is wrong is the people on here criticizing these women for liking the heavy makeup look. There's many ways to do makeup and however you choose to do it is ok. You don't have to criticize someone else and call them fake or unnatural. That's not ok to do and I'll die on that hill!
MissyKrissy 2 years ago
This is a make up artist doing her job VERY WELL at the request of what the brides WANTED. Why is there so much hate? Makeup is an art and she is an amazing artist. Stop hating and be nice..... The amount of hate in these comments is astounding. The caption wasn't "do you like a natural woman without makeup or one who's had her makeup professionally done?".....
Adriaan Verhelle 2 years ago
A big no to every single one of them. So glad I got to marry my wife and not a fake barbie-doll version of her.
Liberal Disease 2 years ago
Hopefully the grooms know what they're marrying! They are not even the same women, but...
Bean Sprout 2 years ago
Wow I love how the makeup artist made all these beautiful women look vain, petty, and ruthless. Run!
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