beauty

Makeup is an art, especially when it's done well. I guess that's why they call them makeup artists. But sometimes, it's a failed art form, and the amateurs give the professionals an awful rep. These women whose makeup totally backfired on their faces, whether it was their wrongdoing or a makeup artist's failed attempt, we can only scroll through and feel sorry for these poor ladies. Better luck next time, eh?

Hot girl summer is approaching at full speed, which means we gotta look our best for when we let our freak flag fly on the beaches all over the world. We're talking highlights, a super-serious skincare routine, and all the hair removal appointments we need to look silky smooth just in time. Of course, looking silky smooth isn't as effortless as it looks. In fact, it's probably where 'beauty is pain' first became a thing. The ladies of Twitter definitely understand the pain behind hair removal, and here are their funniest tweets to prove just how painful it is. 

Life gets pretty hectic sometimes, and how we feel internally definitely has an impact on how we look externally. So when sh*t hits the fan, our hair is likely to be out of whack along with it, in addition to our skin. Luckily, we can take control of our situation and implement an effective skin routine, which is what many people have been doing. With a skin routine, you might be having a mental breakdown on a weekly basis, but at least your skin will look silky smooth. Twitter seems to agree with this sentiment based on the hilarious skincare routine tweets below. 

Life can get pretty demanding, which is why it's important to have a rocking skincare routine. Your roommates may be totally psycho, your company may be withholding that well-deserved promotion, your f*ckboy may be dodging commitment, and the waves might be completely flooding the shore, but with a skincare routine, at least you'll still have flawless skin. The people of Twitter are well-aware of the importance of a skincare routine. While they go through the motions of their own routines, they still can't help but make fun of it on the platform. Scroll down for the funniest tweets about people's skincare routines. 

Instagram is rife with people photoshopping their photos to ridiculously unattainable levels of beauty. Sometimes, the edits are subtle, and other times they are less so. I would argue that the pictures containing slight edits do more damage than those that are so obviously photoshopped because they portray a somewhat believable illusion of perfection. But the ones that are so severely photoshopped that they distort limbs and make skin look TOO smooth are the ones we can laugh at because the people who publish them live on planet delusion—population: themselves.

We all have fantasies about how our lives are gonna go. As much as we aim to reach those goals, not everything always goes as planned. I don't know about you guys, but most of the time, my reality never matches up with my expectations. People on Twitter shared the best expectations vs. reality tweets, and we're loving them! We're all total hot messes, so we might as well embrace it. 

Catfishing, hatfishing, kittenfishing - evidently, the internet is rife with all types of fishing, the most classic being catfishing. Sometimes it seems like every person online is somehow significantly hotter than you, but some of those people are definitely guilty of catfishing. After all, a little makeup (or a lot) and some Photoshop skills could work wonders on someone's profile. People decided to reveal what they look like without all their catfishing skills. The before-and-after pictures are insane - these catfishers don't even look like the same person! Check 'em out below. 

If you're a woman who has even the slightest interest in beauty, skincare, or makeup, chances are you've lost months' worth of rent to Sephora. It's the place we hate to love and love to hate. The Narnia of the beauty world and the place where we kid ourselves into thinking we'll "only spend $100 this time." Never has anyone ever left Sephora, having spent anything less than a small country's worth of makeup. But when those black and white isles call our name and sell us the promise of flawless, glossy skin, there's not much we can do to stop it.

I think it's safe to say that the concept of beauty pageants is somewhat outdated, at least in their original format of judging and ranking contestants' physical attributes only. But nestled among the beauty pageants of old are the lesser-known vintage food-themed contests, which saw women's beauty celebrated alongside various produce. From Miss Idaho Potato, 1935 to Donut Queen, 1951, here is the only beauty pageant I will endorse. Mixing food with fashion is something I will always support, and celebrating food, in general, is a worthy endeavor. So scroll through these bizarre pictures of the food industry's beauty queens and be as baffled but amazed as I am at their splendor.

There aren't many body parts you can't cover when it comes to glitter. Some jazz up their armpit hair with the stuff, whereas others like to bedazzle their butt cheeks. Whatever floats your boat. But perhaps one of the weirdest places to put glitter is your tongue (and probably the most dangerous, unless it's edible glitter), but for some reason, people are still doing it. Instagram is the home of all ridiculous beauty trends, and this one certainly takes the cake. Just search the #glittertongue on Instagram and you'll see plenty of similar images to the ones below. Honestly, where does it end?!

Earlier this year, we introduced you to Nail Sunny, a nail salon in Russia famous for its intricate but impractical nail designs. From mini strippers to mini coke bottles, to human hair, they put anything and everything onto nails. Check out their latest designs, and then here are some more of their creations for when you're done.

We've already bought you the trend that saw people jazzing up their armpit hair with glitter. But, if you're anything like me, then the thought of getting glitter anywhere near your body stresses you out, because, let's face it, glitter lingers for literally months. So if that's you, then you might be drawn to this less messy version — the beauty trend (or blunder, in my eyes) that has people dying their armpit hair bright colors. For what reason? I couldn't tell you. But they're doing it, and they're documenting the process. What do you think? Beauty blunder, or not?

They say that makeup is meant to enhance a person's natural beauty. These people clearly didn't get that memo because their makeup attempts are next-level and should be considered crimes against all-things-beauty. Take a look at these hilarious makeup fails, and cringe along with us.

We love bringing you all the beauty blunders we come across. It's crazy how someone will do something to their face or body that makes it look WORSE, just because it's trending. The latest beauty fail is in the form of Bratz Dolls makeup looks. That's right; people are transforming their faces to look like the big-eyed, big-headed popular children's dolls. The talent might be exceptional, but the final look? No. Thank. You. Check out some of the makeup looks below and let us know what you think.

We're back with this week's ridiculous beauty blunder, and it comes in the form of mullets. Yes, that's right, possibly one of the word's most divisive hairstyles and one that you thought died with the '80s. It may come as a shock to learn mullets are still very much alive today and is actually celebrated at an annual festival called Mulletfest. Taking place in Kurri Kurri, Australia, it is, according to the official website, "an event that honors the best Mullet cuts in various styles and categories, including 'everyday', 'grubby', 'ranga' (red hair), 'vintage', 'extreme', 'international' and 'junior'". 

You're probably like me and had no idea that so many mullet options existed. You learn something new every day. Photographer Craig Gibson from the UK attended the Mulletfest 2020 to document all of the best, aka worst contestants of this horrific hairstyle. Here they are for you to peruse. 

Unfortunately, people tend to stare when they come across anyone who appears to be physically distinctive in some way. It's just human nature, but we unknowingly perpetuate stigmatization of being 'different'. It's not a good thing! Photographer Elisabeth Van Aalderen is trying to create beauty out of our differences, by capturing pictures of women who have Vitiligo (a skin condition that causes patches of skin to lose its pigment cells (melanocytes), resulting in the discoloration of patches in different areas of the body). Seeing the positivity in all types of physical appearances spreads the message to these women and the general public, that everyone is beautiful, no matter what they look like on the outside.