These Women Pitted Their Own Makeup Skills Against A Professional Makeup Artist
Professional makeup artist Julia Ismailova challenged her clients to compare their makeup skills to hers. She had her clients do their own makeup, identified their mistakes, and then showed them how to better apply foundation, blush, contour, and lipstick.
Keep reading to see how their skills stack up against a professional in the field. Who do you think did it better?
A Bolder Lip
This is Uma. She's an eye surgeon and a rheumatologist. She was self-conscious about her dark under-eye circles and didn't know how to conceal them properly.
Julia gave her a minimal look with full under-eye coverage.
A Smoothing Effect
This is the very first transformation that Julia posted on her Instagram page.
She taught this woman how to apply foundation in a more even way and how to keep face products from settling into her fine lines and wrinkles.
Those Eyes Are Popping!
This is one of the most extreme transformations on Julia's page.
She showed this client how a bold red lip can really complement her hair color and make her blue eyes pop.
An Outside-The-Box Look
This client doesn't want a minimal, subtle look. Julia showed her how she can express herself with makeup and red eyeshadow in a more refined way.
The pinker, glossier lip also doesn't pull focus from the intense eye look.
A Subtle Change
This woman was doing a pretty good job with her makeup already.
Also, she's naturally gorgeous, so that helps. Julia gave her more of a structured brow and a coral lip.
Goodbye Smudge
This client tried to create a winged liner look, but her liner wasn't so precise.
Julia showed her how warm-toned shadows and liquid liner can take her look to the next level.
More Color
This woman was looking rather dull before Julia worked her magic on her face.
Julia used some bright coral blush and a bright pinkish-red lip to brighten up this canvas.
A Glowy Look
This woman was blessed with clear, supple skin. It doesn't take much makeup for her to look her best.
Julia showed her how to use highlighter and dewy, radiant products to add a gorgeous glow to her face.
A More Open Look
This woman was tight-lining her eyes, which made her eyes look smaller and more closed off.
Julia showed her how to use eyeliner more sparingly to open up her eyes and her whole face.
The Complementary Color Theory
This woman was using pink-toned lipstick, but Julia put more of an orange-toned lipstick on her instead.
Orange and blue are complementary colors, so orange-toned lipsticks really make blue eyes pop.
A Warmer Look
This woman was choosing cooler-toned colors on her face in an attempt to complement her icy blond hair.
Julia showed her that warmer tones do more for her complexion.
More Blush, Please
Julia didn't have to change much about the way this woman was doing her makeup.
She just added a little more blush to her cheeks and gave her a warm glow.
A Mattifying Makeover
This woman probably has oily skin, which is why she looks a bit shiny in the first picture.
Julia showed her how to turn that shine into a glow using mattifying face products such as translucent setting powder.
A Piercing Stare
Most of this transformation comes down to the hair, which looks so much better when it's wavy and volumized.
Julia showed this woman how to contour her cheeks to achieve a more chiseled face shape.
Keep It Calm
This woman was trying to do too much with her blue hair and silvery lipstick.
Julia's look is more subtle and it allows her client's natural beauty to shine through.
No More Tight-Lining
This woman looks so much more approachable now that her under eyeliner is gone.
Sometimes less really is more. Julia also showed this client how to use highlighter to her advantage.
A More Youthful Glow
Using skin makeups like concealer or foundation that are too orange or yellow for your personal skin tone adds age to your face.
Julia used a more natural looking foundation on this client to make her look more youthful.
In Fact, Makeup Can Totally Transform A Face
While the past makeup looks showed how subtle changes can improve your overall appearance, makeup really has the power to fully transform a face.
This is a makeup artist sporting two separate looks.
She Turned Herself Into Post Malone
It might be hard to believe, but this is the same person.
With a little bit of makeup and a changed hairdo, this 16-year-old makeup artist transformed herself into musician Post Malone.
I've Got My Eyes On You
How many eyes are too many?
Most would say that a person only needs two to get by, but this makeup artist who knows how to turn a look would beg to differ on the subject.
From Glam To The Grinch
Who said the beauty couldn't also be the beast?
This makeup artist is known for her glam looks most of the time, but she also knows how to turn herself into the Grinch on demand.
Puzzling How He Could Transform Like That
This male makeup artist turned himself from an average guy into a jigsaw puzzle using only the products available in his makeup vanity.
It's puzzling as to how he maintained that level of detail on his skin.
Seems A Little Fishy To Me
This makeup artist did the opposite of Ariel and went from being a regular girl with legs to being an underwater princess.
However, she looks far more terrifying than the mermaid red head.
Angelic To Demonic
Why have an angel and a demon sitting on your two shoulders when you could get both from the same person?
It's hard to believe a face that beautiful could look so terrifying.
Fire And Ice Is A Classic Theme
It's a battle of the elements—one frosty while the other is a total scorcher.
Using only makeup and a little body paint, this makeup artist turned herself into this stunning duality.
From A Regular Gal To A Villain
Angelina Jolie in the role of Maleficent had impossibly sharp cheekbones that no person could naturally sport.
But with a little bit of contour and highlighting powder, this makeup artist transformed herself into the Disney character.
Queen Of Hearts Turns Into A Futuristic Cyborg
You might not be able to change the face you were born with (at least, not without major surgery), but you can completely transform yourself into a different person or a different era if you want.
Transformation complete.
Oh No, Her Face Is Flipping Out!
Does my eye look upside down to you?
This makeup artist who got her start on YouTube not only knows how to flip this script, but also contains a whole galaxy on her face.
Straight Out Of The Comic Book!
Comic books may not be as popular as they used to be in the years before television, but their impact remains.
This artist mimicked the illustration style to turn half her face into a comic book character.
Drag Queens Are The Masters Of Makeup Transformations
Looking at the picture on the right side, I never would have suspected that it was actually the man on the left in drag under that makeup, wig, and beautiful dress.
Amazing job.
