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21 Make-up Artists Admit Their Worst Clients Imaginable

17.

I did my friend’s makeup for her wedding. I ended up doing her bridesmaids’ and mother’s makeup as well. When I told her she needed to use a fraction of shimmery highlight than she usually wears she laughed and said it would be fine. A few self pics with flash made her say “I look like a disco ball!”

18.

I have an aunt that’s a big lady. We’re talking about 300lbs here. She asked me to do her make up, and she said she wanted the Kim Kardashian-esque make up, the one with heavy contouring. So I got out my cream foundations and proceeded. When I was done, she looked in the mirror and wasn’t happy with it. I asked her why, and she said I wasn’t able to hide her double chin… Her chin and neck were practically connected to each other because of the fat and no amount of contouring will make it “disappear.” I told her “If I contoured your chin, it would look like you have discoloration between the space of your chin and neck.” Then she got mad. She started shouting at me, telling me I just wasn’t good enough to “hide” her double chin. She said she wasn’t going to recommend me to any of her friends and whatnot. She then didn’t pay me and left.

19.

Had an insanely sick client coughing on me throughout the entire application

20.

When I first started out doing sfx maybe 6months in my cousin asked me to do her makeup on Halloween. A zombie farm girl, I had to de-stress and paint her overalls and plaid shirt (4 hours) .. She had to be at work by 7 and she took the bus, no problem. She’s spends $60 on makeup and we get to her house and she asks me to just stay at her house and get up at 4 in the morning to do it. So me being nice I said sure. Halloween comes and makeup gets done, she’s out the door and tells me there’s a costume contest at work and first prize is $500. Turns out she won it and didn’t split any of the money with me. She told me she spend $60 on makeup so that should be enough. Didn’t send a thank you card or anything.

21.

I worked for Lush and they offer complimentary mini face treatments. This group of teenagers came in because the girls wanted facials. In typical teenager style, the boys were making fun of the girls and one of the girls challenged one of the boys to get a treatment. He pulled the “Nah, I ain’t into that gay sh*t” but the girls kept pushing and he finally relented. Needless to say, I was paired with him (I’m a guy) and he immediately said “I don’t want a f*ggot touching me! That’s f*cking nasty.” Without missing a beat, a customer who had just walked in and said, “Sweet, bro can do me, then!” Turns out, he was an NFL player and everyone but me knew who he was. We had an awesome time and after that he came specifically to me whenever he needed presents or products. Super awesome dude, made me, a young gay dude living in a big city, feel a bit better about myself.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.