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XIMENA SALAZAR-LONDONO 3 years ago

she/he is so pretty

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Luna 3 years ago

I made this comment to cover up the other comment here

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Bored Panda reached out to social media influencer Shanae Thompson, who has 113.6k followers on her TikTok account, where she goes by the handle @itsyagirlshaeee. Shanae also joined the fun #catfishchallenge and her video went viral, amassing 163.6k likes.

The influencer said that she enjoys doing challenges on the platform, but this one she made at random. “I didn’t plan that video at all, that content was taken after a single take and it ended up getting a lot more attention than I ever expected!”

Essentially, the new TikTok video trend debunks the common myth that everyone looks perfect in their daily lives. By revealing their genuine faces behind the makeup and photo editing, the TikTokers made a point that the picture and reality don’t always coincide. These light-hearted and comical videos are hashtagged #catfish to show just how deceiving the pictures can be.

“I would remind everyone to love themselves for who they are. Even in the moments when you don’t look your best. Be comfortable and confident in your skin,” Shanae said. “I enjoy being able to play with makeup and change my look. But at the end of the day, taking all that off and relaxing is the best part of the day.”

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Bisexual bean 3 years ago

wow

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FatBaby 3 years ago

That's a lot of makeup.

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Amarédesse Gemtree, SLYTHERIN 3 years ago

Still pretty........

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And when it comes to TikTok, the social media influencer said she’s over the moon that so many people “could enjoy my goofy content.”

“I think anybody who wants to put themselves out there as an influencer, dancer, or performer of any kind would be silly to not start a TikTok account. I have seen so many people’s careers take off from the app.” Shanae concluded that nothing about this app that she has experienced really is a downfall. And if it puts smiles on people’s faces, it’s even better!

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D. Pitbull 3 years ago

This one is kinda misleading... I mean... the without makeup is at a different angle/zoom/facial expression.

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Happy Days 3 years ago

that hair is so pretty

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Linda Williams 3 years ago

Why would you want to look like somebody else? Why is being yourself not good enough?

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La'Kalynn Galloway 3 years ago

she look like rihanna

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Ashlyn Buechel 3 years ago

You’re beautiful

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Kristof De Smet 3 years ago

No, it wasn't

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

her expression...

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Natalia 3 years ago

So much prettier without makeup

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SirPatTheCat 3 years ago

Then again if she likes it, it doesn’t really matter what we think

12points

Sabse 3 years ago

.... And too much filter... Yuck!

4points

AALIYAH UMOREN 3 years ago

i know right way preetier

3points

LSS 3 years ago

B/c it's REALLY bad bad bad makeup

1point

Student Mina TSANG Lok Yi 2 years ago

agreed

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Marcellus the Third 3 years ago

Lies! If 've learned something from four years of the Child Emperor: carrot = normal person color...

0points

Charlie Kelly 3 years ago

why do people use makeup to change their skin tone..

2points

Andrew Irish 3 years ago

Ok thats basically black face

2points

AALIYAH UMOREN 3 years ago

so much prettier without makeup

1point

CharliAnn Olney 3 years ago

why is makeup so dark? just the opposite of before. A little color is fine, not like this.

1point

Who? Me? 3 years ago

Her nose tip shines better than my future

1point

Canadian in Cornwall 3 years ago

The look on the right makes me cringe. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be rude, but WHAAAAAT ! On the right, even though she is squinting, you can see she's a pretty girl, with full lips and good skin and hair. The figure on the left looks unreal and gross. IMO obviously.

1point

Canadian in Cornwall 3 years ago

CORRECTION, THE LOOK ON THE LEFT !!!!!!!

1point

Raine Soo 3 years ago

She looks so generic in the first photo.

1point

BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

I like it without the makeup

1point

Gabby Ledoux 11 months ago

Shawty changed her whole skin color

0points

Sherry 3 years ago

Ditch the blown-up clown lips and weird eybrows.

0points

Alyssa Linder 3 years ago

Shes much prettier without the makeup, you don't need to like like a Bratz doll to be beautiful

0points

Diane Patrick 3 years ago

Eyebrows are now ridiculous.

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YoChicken 3 years ago

ok thats a big difference. not a bad one, just a big one

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Ashlyn Buechel 3 years ago

You are way prettier without all that makeup, in my opinion.

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Id row 3 years ago

She looks like an alien here and kind of like that one girl who tried to make herself look like zombie Angelina Jolie.

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Arushi Mahadeva 3 years ago

She's really pretty without her makeup

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Candy Rae 3 years ago

The make up is awful. She looks 100x better natural.

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Whitney Anderson 3 years ago

wow this ones is amazing. She looks like she could get a rude millionare in the first one and in the second she could get a nice funny guy with a nice house

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Laila Hernandez 3 years ago

first pic -eyebrows -mascara= Ariana grade (-rap necklace)

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Demon Child 3 years ago

Nobody so far looks bad without makeup... still really pretty

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Milton Golombek 3 years ago

FAKE

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Patty Leaton 3 years ago

just farted face

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Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 3 years ago

Hm... this one doesn't have too much difference, from what I can see... just the pose and a few edits to the complexion and eyes.

47points

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Madison Sweeney 3 years ago

just covering up another comment

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Demon Child 3 years ago

BE NICE: own your face. I would rather see you as a person than who you wish you were

22points

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

yeah, I'm pretty sure all of these are to make it like: flattering pic vs. unflattering pic

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

this cracked me up

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Blinding_Darkness 3 years ago

In the second pic she looks so fun

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Ariyana Ritesh 3 years ago

Lol I love her expression in the second one- btw, anyone else think her hair is GORGEOUS?

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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago

I think all of these are to make it like: flattering pic vs. unflattering pic

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Aj Grimes (them/they) 3 years ago

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS QUEEN

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Anna 3 years ago

Well at least I'm consistent and always ugly lol

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

So they altered their pics to try to attain society's insane beauty standards and also uphold them, and now they are posting their "real" faces with grimaces, weird angles, etc. Social media is so weird sometimes

71points

Julie C Rose 3 years ago (edited)

“They took normal pics / pics with makeup, then they took pics of themselves making the ugliest faces. The sub is called Pretty Girls Ugly Faces.” As a woman who goes no-makeup all the time, I’m glad I have an appointment with my neuro-ophthalmologist on Monday, because I think I rolled my eyes into my brain. Edit: And in case any makeup wearers feel like playing the victim, I don’t give a flying fart what women, men, nonbinary people or anyone else puts on their face. I’m specifically talking about the theatrical “ohhhh bare faces are sooooo ugly” behaviour.

15points

Jonathan 3 years ago

Bit hard to see the difference when they're pulling ridiculous faces.

61points

Evelína Zlá 3 years ago

Yeah... they should have the same pose on both...

30points

Doggo Froggo 3 years ago

Yeah - it is almost like they are still scared to show us the real them. I respect the fact that some women find it almost impossible to imagine doing what these women did, don't get me wrong, but I just wish we could have seen a proper comparison. I guess I am grateful that I don't wear makeup and so don't have to worry about that type of thing.

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GirlFriday 3 years ago

I don't understand how these are "catfishes". It looks to me like the first picture is makeup and filters and the second picture is completely natural. Catfishing is when you start a romance with someone and you aren't who you say you are.

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Garrincha 3 years ago

It's funny to me how ppl keep making comments like "still pretty" and "doesn't make much difference"... Well it does make a difference. Otherwise they wouldn't be wearing the masks right?? Some of these are unrecognisable.

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David Gallagher 3 years ago

I catfished people since I was 16, before there was a word for it. I had no self-confidence and hated myself for being gay. Then I met someone as a catfish at 18 and fell in love with him. Managed to catfish him for 6 years before he told me he knows I'm not the person I claim. I came clean, it was the worst time in my life. We've been together for 12 years.

7points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Your honesty and ownership shows how far you've come, and I'm so glad you found someone who could pull you out of that situation, before it caused too much damage :)

2points

Lis A 3 years ago

This was really dumb. Makeup will always change the way you look, as will posing in a bad angle while making a face. Just be you!

6points

Biljana Malesevic 3 years ago

Well, no one looks great when they touch the camera with their nose, and make faces, purposely make double chin and so on. So, on the left, we have posing with make up, on the right we have person making face on like 2cm from camera. How is that even.. I don't get it.

6points

Abyx 3 years ago

This whole collection is kinda pointless.

5points

Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 3 years ago

Bored Panda article explains why people shouldn't use Tik Tok, yet Bored Panda continues to share articles about Tik Tok Challenges? :S

5points

Demon Child 3 years ago

I have said it before and I will say it again... EMBRACE YO FACE

3points

Isabella R.W. 3 years ago

It looks like in pics without makeup they're purposely trying to look bad. They should've just took a normal picture of themselves without makeup.

3points

Something 3 years ago

Now that we've convinced people makeup is catfishing because it looks different from not wearing makeup, it's time to say that it's catfishing to wear clothes.

3points

Guy on the internet 3 years ago

This isn't fair. When they have the makeup on, suddenly they're posing like a photo. Without the makeup, it's like they're making weird faces just to show the "difference." C'mon.

2points

lenniee 3 years ago

Some of them aren't that different, it's just the posing and pulling faces that makes the difference.

2points

Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 3 years ago

Only a few of these pics are actually different. The rest are just people in normal poses, then in unflattering poses.

2points

Maya Heet 1 year ago

MISS GURL theyre all gorgeous just they took the pics in weird angles THEYRE ALL BEAUTIFUL-- i havent seen a single ugly person so far.

1point

JessRS 3 years ago

I think people don't know what catfishing is. This ain't it (well, maybe #2).

1point

DogMom 3 years ago

I desperately need to up my make up game. When quarantine is over I definitely need to take a class or something

1point

Anony Mouse 3 years ago

I for one will be glad when the weird, boxy, thick fake eyebrow trend is over. They're so weird looking.

1point

ilenegmata 3 years ago

Anony Mouse yes

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bdogma 3 years ago

Anony Mouse +

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wildetecture 3 years ago

Anony Mouse +

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Mshauri Mazuri 3 years ago

It's not catfishing,rather what does proper makeup do.

1point

Irma 2 years ago

So basically full blown make up vs midway sneezing in the middle of the night...

0points

no_name 3 years ago

Well this is pointless article

0points

Brivid 3 years ago

This type post is disgusting. It is used to shame people who either have some form of body dysphoria or who are only trying to live up to impossible standards. There also seems to be people on this list who have gained/lost weight since the "sexy/glamor" pictures. I myself looked younger and thinner two years ago compared to today.

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it's me again 3 years ago

I think their made up faces with the magic marker eyebrows, Barbie doll fake eyes and duck lips all look stupid. Who wants to look like a android sex toy?

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Shan Kissdani 3 years ago

What is the mindset of these people, I wonder. Living in a make-believe world with their beautiful avatars. So, what happened to the real world for these people? They are a SAD bunch, admiring their fake selves while living in a fantasy world. Even in these pictures they are grimacing to hide their real faces. They simply cannot be true to themselves anymore.

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Emy Loves 3 years ago

I'd upvote your comment 100 times if I could.

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Todd Hollfelder 3 years ago

Make up is intended to bring out the better qualities while hiding the flaws. However, most, if not all, of these aren't the same people. The before pictures all look like Mama June, and the after has features only a cosmetic surgeon can provide. Down sloping noses are turned up. Wide noses are thin. Double chins can be hidden but not without a price. Fun to look at if you remember they're all fake

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pipoca 3 years ago

Todd Hollfelder -

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Joseph Brzezinski 3 years ago

Why post such unflattering pics... lol. I feel like I want to scratch my initials in their makeup...

0points

legendfirespark 3 years ago

Joseph Brzezinski +

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Yehudit Hannah Cohn 3 years ago

I don't understand the point of this article. As "catfishing" is done by people who set up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes, why would they reveal their true faces?

0points

Denise Melek 3 years ago

When did this white point on the nose/ bacon-like greasy faces become a trend? I think im old..

0points

Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago

Can we try something similar but where they aren't trying to look ridiculous in the second pic.

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imtiaz 3 years ago

Lord Mysticlaw what

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Martha Meyer 3 years ago

Honestly, who has the time to plaster that much make-up on! This level of skill and effort seems worth to me only for cosplay situations.

0points

Pangolin Pal 3 years ago

I can understand how very heavy, complicated makeup can change a person's appearance, but in a lot of these examples, the whole shape of the person's face and head has been changed. Surely this is more Photoshop than makeup, right?

0points

Martha Meyer 3 years ago

Look up “contouring“. It's a make-up trend with which you basically create a visual illusion to make certain features look different than they actually are.

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Gon Freecss 3 years ago (edited)

anyone else upvote a bad comment first so that when you downvote it, it looks like you gave two downvotes? And it also gives the false hope of someone agreeing with them when they get a notif that someone upvoted their comment:)

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Kat Hi 3 years ago

Why would you do that? It's really kind of creepy. I don't think people even care that much about some rating of comments... I don't think one second about it. And I would never do something, sp that "onother person feels a special way".... Like... What? Why!? Leave them people alone. Deal your own s**t. Sry, but that's really kind of creepy and crazy

2points

ainsley 3 years ago

all of these people are beautiful with and without makeup

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pebs 3 years ago

Not really, I would say... And lot of them are horrible even with altered looks.

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no_name 3 years ago

Why oh why did I click on it and wasted two minutes

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Patty Leaton 3 years ago

reality is you put on a fake face to be excepted in society

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Aj Grimes (them/they) 3 years ago

All of them are still pretty no matter what

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Thomas Alnasser 3 years ago

20,24,25,28

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Toni 3 years ago

omg

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

71points

Julie C Rose 3 years ago (edited)

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Jonathan 3 years ago

Bit hard to see the difference when they're pulling ridiculous faces.

61points

Evelína Zlá 3 years ago

Yeah... they should have the same pose on both...

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Doggo Froggo 3 years ago

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Garrincha 3 years ago

10points

David Gallagher 3 years ago

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Your honesty and ownership shows how far you've come, and I'm so glad you found someone who could pull you out of that situation, before it caused too much damage :)

2points

Lis A 3 years ago

This was really dumb. Makeup will always change the way you look, as will posing in a bad angle while making a face. Just be you!

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Biljana Malesevic 3 years ago

6points

Abyx 3 years ago

This whole collection is kinda pointless.

5points

Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 3 years ago

Bored Panda article explains why people shouldn't use Tik Tok, yet Bored Panda continues to share articles about Tik Tok Challenges? :S

5points

Demon Child 3 years ago

I have said it before and I will say it again... EMBRACE YO FACE

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Isabella R.W. 3 years ago

It looks like in pics without makeup they're purposely trying to look bad. They should've just took a normal picture of themselves without makeup.

3points

Something 3 years ago

Now that we've convinced people makeup is catfishing because it looks different from not wearing makeup, it's time to say that it's catfishing to wear clothes.

3points

Guy on the internet 3 years ago

This isn't fair. When they have the makeup on, suddenly they're posing like a photo. Without the makeup, it's like they're making weird faces just to show the "difference." C'mon.

2points

lenniee 3 years ago

Some of them aren't that different, it's just the posing and pulling faces that makes the difference.

2points

Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 3 years ago

Only a few of these pics are actually different. The rest are just people in normal poses, then in unflattering poses.

2points

Maya Heet 1 year ago

MISS GURL theyre all gorgeous just they took the pics in weird angles THEYRE ALL BEAUTIFUL-- i havent seen a single ugly person so far.

1point

JessRS 3 years ago

I think people don't know what catfishing is. This ain't it (well, maybe #2).

1point

DogMom 3 years ago

I desperately need to up my make up game. When quarantine is over I definitely need to take a class or something

1point

Anony Mouse 3 years ago

I for one will be glad when the weird, boxy, thick fake eyebrow trend is over. They're so weird looking.

1point

ilenegmata 3 years ago

Anony Mouse yes

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bdogma 3 years ago

Anony Mouse +

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wildetecture 3 years ago

Anony Mouse +

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Mshauri Mazuri 3 years ago

It's not catfishing,rather what does proper makeup do.

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Irma 2 years ago

So basically full blown make up vs midway sneezing in the middle of the night...

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no_name 3 years ago

Well this is pointless article

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Brivid 3 years ago

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it's me again 3 years ago

I think their made up faces with the magic marker eyebrows, Barbie doll fake eyes and duck lips all look stupid. Who wants to look like a android sex toy?

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Shan Kissdani 3 years ago

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Emy Loves 3 years ago

I'd upvote your comment 100 times if I could.

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Todd Hollfelder 3 years ago

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pipoca 3 years ago

Todd Hollfelder -

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Joseph Brzezinski 3 years ago

Why post such unflattering pics... lol. I feel like I want to scratch my initials in their makeup...

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legendfirespark 3 years ago

Joseph Brzezinski +

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Yehudit Hannah Cohn 3 years ago

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Denise Melek 3 years ago

When did this white point on the nose/ bacon-like greasy faces become a trend? I think im old..

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Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago

Can we try something similar but where they aren't trying to look ridiculous in the second pic.

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imtiaz 3 years ago

Lord Mysticlaw what

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Martha Meyer 3 years ago

Honestly, who has the time to plaster that much make-up on! This level of skill and effort seems worth to me only for cosplay situations.

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Pangolin Pal 3 years ago

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Martha Meyer 3 years ago

Look up “contouring“. It's a make-up trend with which you basically create a visual illusion to make certain features look different than they actually are.

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Gon Freecss 3 years ago (edited)

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Kat Hi 3 years ago

2points

ainsley 3 years ago

all of these people are beautiful with and without makeup

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pebs 3 years ago

Not really, I would say... And lot of them are horrible even with altered looks.

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