Trump's Viral Makeup Fail Gets Brutally Called Out By MUA
On August 22, dehydration and terrible makeup conspired to make it look like Donald Trump's face was melting. We asked a makeup artist what was going on, and got a surprising answer.
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00:00On August 22nd, dehydration and terrible makeup conspired to make it look like
00:05Donald Trump's face was melting. We asked a makeup artist what was going on,
00:08and got a surprising answer. Donald Trump is no stranger to bad makeup days,
00:12but his blotchy appearance at a campaign stop in Arizona really takes the cake. He could
00:17definitely have benefited from the icing-like layers of foundation the women around him
00:21seem to love caking on. However, borrowing some of the makeup that Kimberly Guilfoyle
00:26is so heavy-handed with wouldn't have completely solved his problem. Trump's skin looked as parched
00:31as the Arizona desert, and as splotchy and rusty as the steel beams of the border wall behind him.
00:36He was there to contrast his border policy with that of his rival Kamala Harris,
00:40but all some people noticed was the contrast between his bronze makeup and pink skin.
00:44One ex-user tweeted,
00:46"'What the hell happened to him?' The sun or his tan? His skin looks like it burning off."
00:50"'I don't have thin skin. I have very strong, very thick skin.'"
00:53Another person posted,
00:55"'Trump's manly orange makeup is melting during his Arizona visit. Don't zoom in.'"
00:59He was also compared to SpongeBob SquarePants
01:01when the cartoon character's absorbent, porous hide gets all dried out.
01:08Nicki Swift spoke exclusively to professional hair and makeup artist
01:11Luna Viola about what exactly is going on with Trump's dappledermis,
01:15and she agreed that he's likely suffering from a lack of moisture, saying,
01:18"'Donald's skin looks very dehydrated with an uneven skin tone. This is due to a
01:22combination of poor diet, hormones, and environmental factors like the weather.'"
01:26"'We have pizzas, we have 300 hamburgers, many, many french fries.'"
01:31Thanks to former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham,
01:34we know that one of Donald Trump's main makeup concerns is shine. In her memoir,
01:38I'll Take Your Questions Now, What I Saw at the Trump White House,
01:41Grisham recalls her ex-boss once asking to borrow some of her powder when he started
01:45to glisten too much. Grisham also confirmed that Trump's orange complexion comes from makeup.
01:50While taking better care of his skin won't take the tangerine tint out of Donald's foundation,
01:54Viola told Nicki Swift that a little pampering would at least improve the
01:57texture of his chapped-looking hide, explaining,
02:00"'If the skin is very dry, it won't be a great canvas for makeup,
02:03so extra prep to hydrate the skin first is a must.'"
02:06Techniques to correct his makeup would be cleansing the skin with a mineral-infused
02:10water, then applying a hydrating mask followed by a rich moisturizer.
02:13If Donald is spending any time with Melania these days, he might try raiding her beauty supplies.
02:18Viola advised Donald to keep using translucent powder and offered a tip on how to even out the
02:23blotchiness that made him a social media laughingstock, saying,
02:26"'I would use a light, fluid medium coverage concealer to correct the redness.'"
02:29It might also help Donald keep his eye bags from clashing with his tan.
02:33When makeup artist Jason Kelly was hired to make politicians look camera-ready for the
02:372016 Republican National Convention, he revealed his game plan for dealing with
02:41the pale halos around Donald Trump's eyes, telling Harper's Bazaar,
02:44"'I'll use a slightly deeper color and blend it into his tan, so there's not an abrupt contrast.'"
02:49"'I hope they now go and take a look at the oranges, the oranges of the investigation.'"
02:56However, it's doubtful that Kelly got to test this technique.
02:59According to former assistant to the president, Alyssa Farrah Griffin,
03:02there's a reason Trump's makeup can look too sloppy to be the work of a pro.
03:06He considers his canvas far too precious for anyone else to paint on.
03:10Griffin told the One Decision podcast,
03:11"'You don't touch the Donald Trump face.'"
03:13Jimmy Kimmel found this hilarious,
03:15saying he'd love to see Trump film a vlog about how exactly he creates his baffling beauty look.
03:20"'He dips a pillow in cheese dust and just starts whacking himself in the face with it.'"
03:24He suggested that any makeup artist responsible for Trump's look wouldn't have a job for long.
03:29But if Trump had a problem with his skin resembling a pumpkin that's been rubbed
03:32down with sandpaper, wouldn't he have experimented with a different beauty routine long ago?
03:41Here's what's next!