Bride sparks debate after washing off wedding makeup and redoing it herself: Fever dream

She said “I don’t” to her wedding day glam.A bride revealed that she washed off her professionally applied makeup just 20 minutes ahead of her first look in a scenario she called a “fever dream.”Lauren Avery, whose account is now private, took to TikTok to share footage of removing and reapplying her wedding glam in a video that reached millions of viewers and sparked a heated debate among brides and makeup artists.“Core memory: getting my makeup done for my wedding & I hated it so much I decided to wash it off and redo it myself,” she wrote on the clip, in which she can be heard uttering that she “can’t wait to make a TikTok” about the situation.She can be seen washing away the cosmetic products with water over a sink while a friend holds back her already curled hair.Later, she can be seen reapplying the product to her face.In the comments, Daily Mail reported, Avery had asked for a “natural glowy, blushy, bronzy” look and instead claimed that the end result was “very powdery” and “very pale.” She claimed that the artist, who she did not name, did not show her the look until after it was complete and “it was not at all what I wanted” and “just didn’t feel like me.”The video, posted just days ago, went über viral — reaching 21 million views and eliciting mixed responses from other users and makeup artists, including Avery’s.One creator and bridal makeup artist said there was no reason for Avery to post the TikTok months after her wedding “other than to bash the makeup artist and to hate on her makeup.” “It’s one thing that she needed to do that to feel better but she could’ve moved in silence.

Saying ‘I can’t wait to make a TikTok [about] this’ is giving mean girl,” one user commented.“As a fellow bridal [makeup artist] I don’t care what they do as long as they pay me! Wash it off I don’t care,” quipped someone else.“This bride who washed off all her makeup before the ceremony is a clas...