- I don't like it when they, like...
- She looks like a completely different person.
♪ (playful intro) ♪
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- What is this?
- What's happening? - Oh my gosh! These videos.
The ones with the makeup transformation videos.
- I've seen so many of these on Instagram,
and they look totally different, 'cause of the makeup
that they put on. - ♪ I will find a light
in your soul ♪ ♪ I'll be there ♪
- Bravo. You are a good makeup artist. (claps)
You should be proud of yourself.
- How did she do that?
- She transformed into a different person!
- It looks so different. The power of makeup.
- I'm not that good at makeup, but I like watching them
just to be like, "You know what?
I should try that someday." But I never do.
But makeup videos are satisfying to watch.
- ♪ Whoa ♪ - (gasps) Ooh.
That looks gross. - Oh, jeez.
- It always trips me out when someone has fake skin on
and they peel it off. - Oh, and the ones
when they take it off, it's like, "Whoa."
- ♪ I wanna woop, woop, woop ♪ ♪ But I'm... ♪
- Oh, this is Tik Tok. Okay. - So weird. It's cool.
- That one doesn't have that much of a difference
as the other one, but, I mean, there's still a difference.
- It's fun. She did it really well.
I didn't even realize that it was fake prosthetic skin.
- It's cool how you can transform into a different person basically.
I would do it one time and I'd be like, "Hi!"
- She looks like an alien right now.
- Oh my god! What is wrong with her eye?
- This is gonna be a big transformation.
- Why did their remove their eyebrows and their hair?
- It's so weird to see the difference.
- That looks really different. She looks like a doll.
- That's not natural. - I don't like makeup for some reason.
I'm just like, (sucks in breath) just be yourself.
- Makeup could be used to express yourself,
whether you want it to be natural or you want it to be over the top.
♪ (R&B music) ♪
- What's she drinking?
- Is she drinking vitamins?
- I don't get how these people do this.
- That's cool.
- It's honestly really cool to see this, like,
what makeup can do to you and if you really try extremely hard
it can make you look nice, weird, or however you like it.
- That's a big difference.
- She looks like a completely different person.
- It's so crazy to see the transformation some people can do
from, like, a completely different person. It's crazy.
♪ (upbeat EDM music) ♪
- Oh, is it backwards? - Oh, it's doing it the other way.
- All the songs they have in the background are bops.
- She just put scissors through her nose.
- Oh! (gags) Oh my god!
- It's just like... new person.
- To see somebody change, you have to give kudos to them.
It probably took them hours. - I think it might be satisfying
to some people, like, watching all this makeup getting taken off
and put on and watching people change into different identities.
♪ (Chinese pop music) ♪ - (softly) Ahh.
- I don't like it when they, like...
- (screams) I do not like fake eyelashes.
- Oh, she looks so different. - If that were my aunt,
I would not recognize her like that.
It'd be like talking to a stranger.
- I don't really care if somebody looks like pretty or not,
because honestly, that doesn't determine anything about them.
Just to see these transformations are really cool and stuff.
- Oh, ew, ew, ew! What are you doing?!
- Why is she digging in her nose? - That is one big booger.
- She looks so different.
The color contacts really change a lot.
- She looks like she has a tinier face.
- I don't get how they can't change their face shape completely.
I give them major props for being able to do that.
♪ (heavy bass music) ♪ - (gasps) Ugh! Oh my god!
- I can't look at this, peeling off the skin. Ah!
- I don't like the whole skin peeling off.
- It's really cool to honestly see all of this.
But then again, it looks a little creepy.
- That's unnatural. I would never imagine
that it's possible to change yourself so much.
- I don't know if I would just sit there for hours
and hours watching this.
- It's confusing, but I wouldn't spend hours watching these videos.
It's a cool trend, but not my favorite.
- I don't like the scissors. - Gosh, the nose stuff always
is, like, weird to me.
♪ (upbeat electronic music) ♪
- That looks really different.
- I would say she just got a little older by that.
- That's really weird what makeup can do.
- Do they really do that every single day
or is it just for the video? Where do you find this peeling stuff,
like, nose fondant, like... what in the world is happening?
- Why would you wanna change yourself into an entirely different person?
No one will recognize you and it's gonna be kinda strange.
- (FBE) All of these videos are from a new trend
that many are calling viral Asian makeup transformations.
- Yeah, I can see that, 'cause it's a whole transformation.
They're like one person
and then a completely different other person.
- (FBE) Well, these videos show the transformation
of mostly young women with the power of makeup.
And compilations of these videos have gained millions of views on YouTube,
and people love watching. - Millions?!
They love seeing people turn into entirely different people?
- (FBE) From your perspective as a kid, why do you think
that people like these types of videos so much?
- I don't think anyone would be enticed to click on this,
anyone I know at least. I mean, this is pretty scary.
- It's confusing, and I don't really get how some people could like it.
- I really don't think it would be appealing.
I mean, you see someone and then you see this other transformation
of them and you're like, "Is that the same person?"
- It's something you really only see in movies
where people can just, like, become a different person.
And it's just really cool to watch it.
- People just think they're super cool,
like, how people can change. It's like it would be satisfying
or it could just be cool. Maybe they wanna try it.
- It's cool to see how they transform into basically a different person.
If your friend came to school the next day wearing makeup,
looking different, wouldn't that be kind of fascinating to you?
- (FBE) So, makeup has been around for years, but it has recently
become an art form where people can explore their creativity.
People love to show-- - Just like my mom.
She loves makeup. - (FBE) People love to show
their before and after photos on social media,
similar to the videos that you just watched.
Are makeup transformation videos something that you
and your friends like to watch
or look at on social media? - No, no. My friends don't even
know about this at my school, because they're too focused
in Fortnite or other stuff. - I'm not mostly into makeup.
You accidentally put the wrong makeup on,
just like poof, just messes up your whole video.
- I enjoy watching people do makeup tutorials
when they're really good at it even though I know
I'm probably not gonna try that.
- If I'm talking about my friends here,
I would probably say they do it a lot.
You see transformation. You see how somebody can show
their artistic form in their face.
- (FBE) Some kids around your age aren't even allowed to wear makeup.
However, for many kids, they're excited for the day
that they finally are able to when they get a little bit older.
For you personally, I mean, would you ever wanna change
your appearance as much as the people in these videos?
- No, 'cause I like how I look. - I'm fine with the skin I have
and my beautiful face. - No, I think naturality is good.
- I can see all my friends possibly doing that for fun stuff,
but I like how I am. - Maybe to prank my friends?
But not quite just to go out in public.
- I'm comfortable with myself, but I feel like
if you're not comfortable, then you can try out
some different things. - Probably not that drastically,
but I would like to learn how to do better makeup.
- (FBE) So finally, what would you wanna say to people
who do want to drastically change their looks and makeup like this?
- Well, just inspire yourself people,
'cause one thing: You don't have to look perfect.
- There's nothing wrong with being yourself,
but if you wanna change the way you look,
then you can go right ahead. - You do you.
You keep doing what you're doing. You're amazing at what you do.
I mean, I feel like I can never do that,
so you keep doing what you're doing. Do what you love.
- I'm not saying that it's bad or anything.
It's just... might not know who you are
and be like, "Hey, who are you? And why are you in my house?"
when you just randomly change your makeup
and then you come downstairs and your mom's like, "Hey,
it's dinner time," and then you go downstairs
and your mom's like, "Who the heck are you?!
You're not my daughter," or something like that.
I mean, it'd be confusing.
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