I love being experimental with my makeup. I’ll do a look, feel really confident in it, and want to share it with my friends. However, my makeup always looks like absolutely garbage in pictures. It really kills my confidence. Sometimes I think I’m just delusional. Like, does my makeup look bad in person as well and I’ve just tricked myself into thinking it doesn’t? Is there a certain way to capture makeup looks so they actually look good?
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Don’t worry I have the same problem as you. I guess that the quality of the camera has something to do with it too.
I’ve been wondering this too! I think i’ve come to the conclusion that it’s just the phones camera quality is TOO good. i’ve asked many people and they say my pictures that aren’t edited/filtered look nothing like me. My skin looks dry, flakey, gray, you can see every pore, every little peach fuzz…I can’t use the camera on my actual phone because it makes me feel horrible. I use the snapchat selfie camera with a filter and honestly feel that’s much more accurate
Idk if this is just me, but I feel I really need to cake on makeup to get it to truly show up in photos. I’ll wear full coverage foundation, full coverage concealer, contour, eyeshadow and it really only seems to show up well in photos depending on the lighting. My wedding photos all looked so good and you could see everything clearly, but I had sooo much makeup on that it was hard to take off
Ditto. Cameras do that! I layer 5 eyeshadows with full on blending, dimension, depth and in pics? Nada! Same for blush and contour, the face looks flat.
I’m just assuming that it’s more natural (and effective looking) in person and that’s what I care about more.
I can’t form an opinion on your make up without any specifics and examples.
In what way does it look bad in pictures? What are the key differences between what you see in the mirror vs. In the camera? Like, does your skin look dry and textured on camera compared to real life? Is the issue with lower vibrancy of your eyeshadow? Do you look washed out?
There could be a couple reason for the differences.
It could be that your camera isn’t great for selfies, my bf’s old phone used to elongate his face for instance while my mum’s phone makes all the reds look pink.
You may also look awesome irl but washed out in pictures because the camera doesn’t pick up your blush/bronzer/contour. It may look natural and pretty irl but it’s not enough for the camera to pick it up.
It could also be that you do your make up in one setting in front of a specific light source and you look great. And if you take pictures in another place in a different light, it may look less flattering
There’s so many different theories that could explain your issues
My makeup just looks generally less impactful/vibrant. I think you’re right about the camera not picking up on my contour and bronzer. I appreciate the amount of theories you suggested! Sorry for not being more specific in the Initial post.
Yes! My phone camera completely ignores my bronzer and blush and makes me one a one tone ghost.