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Whether we like to admit it or not, we all know that there is a connection between looking good and feeling good. Stepping out into the world with our best faces on can give us a powerful sense of confidence, a self-esteem boost that can benefit many aspects of our lives - from our social interactions to how we go about our jobs.
Russian stylist Alexandr Rogov knows this and has set off on a tour of his huge country, transforming the looks of people who can only dream of the luxury boutiques of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Rogov is out to prove that style and fashion comes from the right choices and a little creativity, not just how much money you are able to spend!
Scroll down below to see some of Alexandr and his team's most impressive transformations so far, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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"I used to be one of the biggest fashion stylists in Russia," Alexandr told Bored Panda. "I worked for fashion magazines, with Russian and international designers and big brands like Dior and Chanel."
"Then I got an invitation to work on TV as a presenter and stylist in a makeover show, and so I began my career on TV. I worked on TLC, MTV, TNT and now I am on CTC, the main entertainment channel of Russia."
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John McVie 5 years ago
She looks very cool, her hair suits her very well! Glad to see some wrinkles: they show she's lived!
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Carrie de Luka 5 years ago
Think the spotty, bowed shoes are an overkill next to a spotty skirt but other than that she looks so chic.
Alexandr has a background in education, and he still takes the time to conduct lectures and master classes on fashion and style in Moscow and the regions. He takes his work seriously, and seeks a deeper meaning in fashion than the glitz and glamor of glossy magazines. "I try to explore the best side of women," he continues. "I help them to find the better side of themselves. I am not styling only to make a show- I am styling them for real life. I am not only a stylist - I work as a psychologist too!"
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What is Alexandr's favorite, most satisfying aspect of his job? "I most enjoy the moment when I open the mirror and see my client's reaction to her new look."
"It is the most incredible feeling!"
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Sheila Weila 5 years ago
Every BEFORE picture is a mug shot, no smile, shoulders square with the camera, & poor lighting. Not a true apples & apples.
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ember avery 5 years ago
her after picture makes her look like the secret bad guy in movies that slowly feels bad and sides with the good guys, she looks amazing tho
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Lea Springstead 5 years ago
Great outfit & great haircut. That's how you rock a shaved head as a woman.
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Hi! 5 years ago
Me to, but whatever the girl likes more than she should wear it with pride!
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Tor Rolf Strøm 5 years ago
When your facial structure is pretty like hers, makeup isn't needed. Also, uglier clothes WHY?
Jacob/Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
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Load More Replies... Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
The haircut alone brought her loveliness out. Too long hair is too often something to hide behind.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
She has such a lovely natural beauty about her in the first photograph. Not really a fan of the heavily airbrushed makeup.
BG Rey 5 years ago
Mile long hair is way too dowdy, she looks so stylish & beautiful with the makeover
Nancy Bernard 5 years ago
I agree, she looks like a model! I LOVE her haircut! I wish my granddaughter would get her hair cut but no way! It is very thick, naturally curly and wavy. She continually receives compliment about her hair. I LOVE LONG HAIR, I am 73, and I will never get one of those granny short cuts. My hair is stylish and just above the shoulder, so I am a fan of long hair, especially on young girls, but too long, make a person look drawn out and tired. This girl is absolutely beautiful.
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Kate Johnson 5 years ago
I hope that hair was donated. And NOT to Locks of Love; Wigs for Kids helps way more kids than the former.
Maddie Painter 4 years ago (edited)
Or before she was aged down. It's her body, she should wear what she wants!!! Also, the clothes aren't "ugly"! They are beautiful and if they make her happy, she should wear them! And, the makeup was fabulous all though she was beautiful before as well. And she looked more mature, more of a functioning adult who actually had things to do and places to be, not "20+ years older"!! (Edit: You can wear sneakers, a baggy tee and jeans and still be a functioning adult)
Tamara Bradshaw 5 years ago
I don’t think it aged her. You can be chic and young. The hair length is an improvement.
Paula Parker 5 years ago
She is stunning, so current. Really put together look, especially with the tiny cuff on the pants paired with the feminine shoes. Makes me wish I were young again!
Patrick O'Brien 5 years ago
One shows her at home … the other on a date. Nice looking, either way.
Kat Khatib 5 years ago
Her Before Hair was awesome!! I would've just colored or highlighted it! Or given her some really cool fairy hairstyle! Can't believe they cut it off!
Robbybox333 5 years ago
This guy is a genius and his other makeovers are amazing... WHY would he put this lovely young person in a figure skating top, club heels, and a pair of mom jeans ... I did a spit take when I scrolled down.
Ashley Wright 5 years ago
This is the best one so far. Don’t understand why people grow their hair out to such unflattering lengths.
Катерина Булатова 5 years ago
oh god, this poor girl. Living in a really small town in the mid-volga region, with kids and a very harsh, borderline abusive husband who even refused to take her to a nice dinner (Alexander pitched this idea to him, but he refused), just picked her up, didn't even smile, and they were on the way. She deserver so much better.
Ashley Wright 5 years ago
Her husband clearly didn’t like her makeover bc now men will be attracted to her, she’ll realize she doesn’t need to be in an abusive relationship, so she divorces her husband taking the kids with her and he’s left all alone to make his own dinner. That’s the fear.🤣
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Diana Hockley 5 years ago
She's terribly skinny which is a worry. She looked fine in both shots - just a little tidier in the second one.
Melissa Wong 5 years ago
Are people not allowed to be naturally skinny? I am slimmer than her. Half the women in my family are slimmer than her and we eat like pigs. Don't judge.
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Zaheen Muhammad 5 years ago
With due respect to all the other women in this post, I like her a lot. She's really pretty..
MADELEINE KIMBALL 5 years ago
The makeup did make her look older... but it looks so good, and the outfit!
Masen Silas 5 years ago
I hate how much hair they hacked off, you can trim it, make it look good, without cutting it
Klaudiia Sherbatzky 5 years ago
she looks in the right picture 10 years older - too much make up
Kaisu 5 years ago
Wow you must be quite the model, critizing other women like this
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Unhuman_Weirdo 5 years ago
Why did she get the frost shirt from? It cute but the music is too small
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Carrie de Luka 5 years ago
Like the new outfit and it suits her really well. The hair is too high on a long face. Needs width.
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Random Panda 5 years ago (edited)
All of them have the exact same style make-up, even their eyebrow shape was changed and very similar in the after pics. The fashion choices are mostly better (some are atrocious), but I don't like how aged-up the more youthful-looking people are in the after pics. Also heels everywhere, because f**k comfort...
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Left side: No smile no make-up, no decent hair-do and not posing. Right side: Smile, make-up, hair is done profesionally, new clothes, posing and better lighting. If she just gave all the people the make-up and hair-do makeover and left them in their cothes, the results would be exactly the same. This just shows it people pay a little bit more attention to their appearance their life could change dramatically.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Actually, it shows that the stylist manipulated the before-after "change" by making sure the "before" image was as awful as possible. True "before" would show them smiling, same pose, having done their own ahir and cosmetics .
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Martata 5 years ago
Can't wait for the day that we actually get to see one of these posts but instead of being all about makeup and lighting and pose it's about actually improving one's look by just getting a hairstyle or cut that suits them, glasses that look good rather then use contact lenses, natural poses on both, no grey/wrinkle shaming, and so on the natural way. Also by popular demand after this post: no more pointy shoes please loool way too many.
tuzdayschild 5 years ago (edited)
This is why you don't compare yourself to people on TV and in magazines. Makeup and fashion professionals can make anyone look glamorous. No one is that glossy without help.
Dianna Siever 5 years ago
I hate these things. The before photos are always so intentionally terrible. It's like they're saying "I am a garbage human, so ugly, look how sad I am because I am atrocious". Then afterwards, "I finally feel good enough". It all feels so insulting.
April Simnel 5 years ago
Why are the women all in HDTV-level make-up? That's not a maintainable look. I would love to see these sort of make-overs done in a way where the subject can actually keep up with the new look on a regular basis.
Full Name 5 years ago
So we're going to just ignore the fact that different lighting is used for the second shot (check the ring light in the pupils) and the change in pose and smile? This garbage is no different from those fake-a*s before/after dude body shots where the after shot it is actually shot hours after the before shot after the guy eats salty foods and sodas and gets bloated, whereas the before shot was dehydrated and after dropping for 30 pushups. These look like garbage instagram filters. No real skin allowed to be shown. These are AWFUL.
Krystine Patterson 5 years ago
Karlie Kloss would look horrible in front of that badly lit yellow insipid background. They need to be lit exactly the same before AND after.
Katinka Min 5 years ago
The hair is usually good, the make-up isn't. These look like 1980s transformtions: Always identical eye-make up (what IS going on with these fake black lashes???) and a stupidly conservative stereotype of women where all have to wear the same unfomfortable shoes. I recently watched Queer Eye and those guys were a lot better at keeping a persons type but just making them look more fab.
Brian Brown 5 years ago
This collection is amazing and beautiful. I hope that subjects liked their new looks as much I do.
Full Name 5 years ago
It's garbage. It's mostly a matter of posing and lighting and caking on concealer over a smile. These are not at all true before/after examples.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Another ad for another "stylist" --- Well, if the before was honest, it'd show these women with their hair and make-up done their own way, and not "nothing on and no hair brush in sight" to "fashion magazine cover". To say nothing of the backdrop/backgrounds in "before" vs "after".
No you didn't 5 years ago
They really did a good job on the hairstyles, but I don't get all those business outfits. Someone who looks comfy in jeans and T-shirt suddenly discovers that a business outfit with high heels is their real personality? I couldn't get out of most of those after-outfits fast enough.
Cindy Benavides Badilla 5 years ago
The consistent lack of smile in the before pictures as well as the excessive makeup in the after makes this so much less impressive.
(Dramatic music plays) 5 years ago
this guy helps a lot. You can tell thsee people are much happier and feel better about themselves.
Phoebe Bean 5 years ago
Different hairstyle seems to do the trick here, in my opinion. I'm taking note of who I resemble the most in the before pictures then adopt the new style!
nala simba 5 years ago
Even an old boot can be transformed into an elegant shoe! Well done. Changing the Beast into Beauties! Now, if this fellow would like to make an appointment, I'm free on the following dates............;)))
Peter Kovak 5 years ago
Amazing! This gentleman is a true artist. I look at the pictures and hardly believe my eyes. On the other hand, his generosity is very touching, because what he does costs quite a lot.
Chilie Mango 5 years ago
I used to watch Alexandr Rogov's makeover show on CTC, it's one of my favorite. He and his team do wonders with the participants, not only on the outside, but on the inside psychological level. So happy to see him making it to Bored Panda! <3
Steve Cruz 5 years ago
Wish the B and F had been shot in front of the same background. Fair complected people in front of acid yellow is unflattering.
Tarryn Louise 5 years ago
They look like school teachers who have gone from working in the classroom with 30 kids for the past 10 years... to working in the school office.
Eliza Preston 5 years ago
Hair and make up, great. Clothes really clunky and uncomfortable looking to wear in real life. Too much white, also.
Carole Reid 5 years ago
Honestly these are really great transformations. A few changes go a long way. Too much belly aching in the comments.
Random Panda 5 years ago (edited)
All of them have the exact same style make-up, even their eyebrow shape was changed and very similar in the after pics. The fashion choices are mostly better (some are atrocious), but I don't like how aged-up the more youthful-looking people are in the after pics. Also heels everywhere, because f**k comfort...
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Left side: No smile no make-up, no decent hair-do and not posing. Right side: Smile, make-up, hair is done profesionally, new clothes, posing and better lighting. If she just gave all the people the make-up and hair-do makeover and left them in their cothes, the results would be exactly the same. This just shows it people pay a little bit more attention to their appearance their life could change dramatically.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Actually, it shows that the stylist manipulated the before-after "change" by making sure the "before" image was as awful as possible. True "before" would show them smiling, same pose, having done their own ahir and cosmetics .
Load More Replies... Martata 5 years ago
Can't wait for the day that we actually get to see one of these posts but instead of being all about makeup and lighting and pose it's about actually improving one's look by just getting a hairstyle or cut that suits them, glasses that look good rather then use contact lenses, natural poses on both, no grey/wrinkle shaming, and so on the natural way. Also by popular demand after this post: no more pointy shoes please loool way too many.
tuzdayschild 5 years ago (edited)
This is why you don't compare yourself to people on TV and in magazines. Makeup and fashion professionals can make anyone look glamorous. No one is that glossy without help.
Dianna Siever 5 years ago
I hate these things. The before photos are always so intentionally terrible. It's like they're saying "I am a garbage human, so ugly, look how sad I am because I am atrocious". Then afterwards, "I finally feel good enough". It all feels so insulting.
April Simnel 5 years ago
Why are the women all in HDTV-level make-up? That's not a maintainable look. I would love to see these sort of make-overs done in a way where the subject can actually keep up with the new look on a regular basis.
Full Name 5 years ago
So we're going to just ignore the fact that different lighting is used for the second shot (check the ring light in the pupils) and the change in pose and smile? This garbage is no different from those fake-a*s before/after dude body shots where the after shot it is actually shot hours after the before shot after the guy eats salty foods and sodas and gets bloated, whereas the before shot was dehydrated and after dropping for 30 pushups. These look like garbage instagram filters. No real skin allowed to be shown. These are AWFUL.
Krystine Patterson 5 years ago
Karlie Kloss would look horrible in front of that badly lit yellow insipid background. They need to be lit exactly the same before AND after.
Katinka Min 5 years ago
The hair is usually good, the make-up isn't. These look like 1980s transformtions: Always identical eye-make up (what IS going on with these fake black lashes???) and a stupidly conservative stereotype of women where all have to wear the same unfomfortable shoes. I recently watched Queer Eye and those guys were a lot better at keeping a persons type but just making them look more fab.
Brian Brown 5 years ago
This collection is amazing and beautiful. I hope that subjects liked their new looks as much I do.
Full Name 5 years ago
It's garbage. It's mostly a matter of posing and lighting and caking on concealer over a smile. These are not at all true before/after examples.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Another ad for another "stylist" --- Well, if the before was honest, it'd show these women with their hair and make-up done their own way, and not "nothing on and no hair brush in sight" to "fashion magazine cover". To say nothing of the backdrop/backgrounds in "before" vs "after".
No you didn't 5 years ago
They really did a good job on the hairstyles, but I don't get all those business outfits. Someone who looks comfy in jeans and T-shirt suddenly discovers that a business outfit with high heels is their real personality? I couldn't get out of most of those after-outfits fast enough.
Cindy Benavides Badilla 5 years ago
The consistent lack of smile in the before pictures as well as the excessive makeup in the after makes this so much less impressive.
(Dramatic music plays) 5 years ago
this guy helps a lot. You can tell thsee people are much happier and feel better about themselves.
Phoebe Bean 5 years ago
Different hairstyle seems to do the trick here, in my opinion. I'm taking note of who I resemble the most in the before pictures then adopt the new style!
nala simba 5 years ago
Even an old boot can be transformed into an elegant shoe! Well done. Changing the Beast into Beauties! Now, if this fellow would like to make an appointment, I'm free on the following dates............;)))
Peter Kovak 5 years ago
Amazing! This gentleman is a true artist. I look at the pictures and hardly believe my eyes. On the other hand, his generosity is very touching, because what he does costs quite a lot.
Chilie Mango 5 years ago
I used to watch Alexandr Rogov's makeover show on CTC, it's one of my favorite. He and his team do wonders with the participants, not only on the outside, but on the inside psychological level. So happy to see him making it to Bored Panda! <3
Steve Cruz 5 years ago
Wish the B and F had been shot in front of the same background. Fair complected people in front of acid yellow is unflattering.
Tarryn Louise 5 years ago
They look like school teachers who have gone from working in the classroom with 30 kids for the past 10 years... to working in the school office.
Eliza Preston 5 years ago
Hair and make up, great. Clothes really clunky and uncomfortable looking to wear in real life. Too much white, also.
Carole Reid 5 years ago
Honestly these are really great transformations. A few changes go a long way. Too much belly aching in the comments.
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