5 incredible and emotional makeup transformations
This makeup artist makes already beautiful women feel even better about themselves
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Updated: 5:34 PM CDT Oct 19, 2017
If Hollywood rom-coms have taught us anything over the decades, it’s that everyone loves (and also sort of hates) a good makeover moment.So when you combine a drastic makeover with real human beings who are also going through a difficult time in their lives, you’re effectively creating a big "emotion bomb" just waiting to go off. And Russian makeup artist Goar Avetisyan has about 9,000 of them on her Instagram feed, each one more holy-wow worthy than the next, like this acne-coverage video:Usually, Avetisyan’s volunteers tend to have acne-prone skin that makes them feel less-than confident about their looks, which means the makeover almost always ends with an emotional reveal that tugs all of our heart strings. But recently, Avetisyan has been upping her good-Samaritan ante by giving makeovers to women with birthmarks and skin conditions, women fighting cancer, and burn survivors. According to her captions, Avetisyan got so inspired by these women that, three months ago, she quit her day-to-day life in Moscow and went on tour to help “inspire and encourage” women to feel as beautiful and as confident as they are inside.Avetisyan makes already beautiful women feel even better about themselves, which is the type of makeover we can get behind. Here's a roundup of some of her best work:1. This woman with alopecia: 2. This woman with a facial birthmark:3. This burn survivor’s transformation:4. This woman undergoing chemotherapy:5. And finally, this woman fighting cancer:
If Hollywood rom-coms have taught us anything over the decades, it’s that everyone loves (and also ) a good makeover moment.
So when you combine a drastic makeover with real human beings who are also going through a difficult time in their lives, you’re effectively creating a big "emotion bomb" just waiting to go off. And Russian makeup artist has about 9,000 of them on her Instagram feed, each one more holy-wow worthy than the next, like this acne-coverage video:
Usually, Avetisyan’s volunteers tend to have acne-prone skin that makes them feel less-than confident about their looks, which means the makeover almost always ends with an emotional reveal that tugs all of our heart strings.
But recently, Avetisyan has been upping her good-Samaritan ante by giving makeovers to women with birthmarks and skin conditions, women fighting cancer, and burn survivors. According to her captions, Avetisyan got so inspired by these women that, three months ago, she quit her day-to-day life in Moscow and went on tour to help “inspire and encourage” women to feel as beautiful and as confident as they are inside.
Avetisyan makes already beautiful women feel even better about themselves, which is the type of makeover we can get behind. Here's a roundup of some of her best work:
1. This woman with alopecia:
2. This woman with a facial birthmark:
3. This burn survivor’s transformation:
4. This woman undergoing chemotherapy:
5. And finally, this woman fighting cancer:
