29 TV And Movie Moments That Completely Misunderstood How Hair And Makeup Work
We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us the most unrealistic hair and makeup moments from TV and movies. Here are the results:
1.When Robin said she wasn't wearing any makeup in How I Met Your Mother, even though she clearly was.
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2.When K.C. from K.C. Undercover went undercover as a boy, took off her wig, and suddenly had glam makeup.
3.In Fighting With My Family, when Paige turned black hair into bright blonde hair overnight with just box dye.
4.When Daniel wore heavy film prosthetics and makeup in Mrs. Doubtfire and no one noticed.
5.When Jody from Center Stage made quick changes involving all new hair, makeup, and costumes in just a few seconds.
6.When Arthur from Joker used green dye on dark brown hair without any bleach and somehow got visibly green hair.
7.When Katniss from The Hunger Games was fighting for her life in a forest but still had even foundation, flawless under-eyes, mascara, and no chapped lips.
8.When Sandra Bullock's character Malorie wore eye makeup throughout Bird Box even though she was wearing a blindfold.
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9.When Mulan wiped a full face of makeup clean off with just her sleeve in Mulan.
10.And when she cut through her thick hair with a sword and got a perfectly even long bob.
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11.When Black Widow finished a fight in Captain America: The Winter Soldier with no sweat and perfectly unsmudged makeup.
12.When Curtis braided his hair into cornrows every time he did a quick change into his Mr. Terrific superhero suit on Arrow.
13.When Elsa and Anna went to bed in full makeup in Frozen 2.
14.When Clarke from The 100 woke up from cryogenic sleep with perfect mascara.
15.When Paolo, a professional hairstylist, tried to force a brush through dry, curly hair in The Princess Diaries.
16.When Kate from 2012 wore lipstick the whole movie despite the fact that there was an apocalypse happening.
17.When Suki dove underwater to save Toph in Avatar: The Last Airbender and emerged with her Kyoshi warrior paint completely intact.
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18.When Elsa pulled out her twisted and braided bun and it magically fell into a loose long braid in Frozen.
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19.When every woman in Lost had perfect brows and mascara while stranded on an island.
20.When Tess in Burlesque dragged three clean makeup brushes across Ali's face and ended up with a perfect full face of makeup.
21.When Cat from Victorious maintained loud, cherry red hair without any noticeable moments of fading or visible roots.
22.When Aurora from Sleeping Beauty woke up with a perfect full face of makeup.
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23.When Typhoon brushed Ron's hair during his haircut with a foiling comb in Parks and Recreation.
24.When Rose from Titanic wore bold makeup that a woman of her station wouldn't have worn in that time period.
25.When Gina held the clipper in the wrong direction on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
26.When the wives in the postapocalyptic world of Mad Max: Fury Road had perfect makeup with heavy bronzer.
27.When Peggy in Agent Carter wore a wig all night at a party without a wig cap or pins and without her hair looking flat or messy when she quickly pulled the wig off.
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28.When Lara Jean woke up every day with perfect false lashes in the To All the Boys movies.
29.And finally, when Aria buried her face in Ezra's shirt in Pretty Little Liars without being the least bit worried about getting foundation on him.
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Did we miss an unrealistic hair or makeup moment? Let us know in the comments!
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.