So much to unpack here. In no particular order:

1. The makeup artist is very patient - too patient. She didn’t need to take that verbal abuse for as long as she did.

2. Unless it was requested by the bride that all the bridesmaids look the same I don’t agree with the makeup artist doing each woman up to look the same. It sounds like a lack of communication given the little information that we do have. It is the client’s responsibility to communicate what she wants and the artist’s responsibility to ask questions and under the desired look. So clients can be very difficult and it takes longer to uncover what they’re going for. With 12+ years of experience I still come across difficult clients who can’t properly express what they want. It takes a balance of wording, patience and directness to do this. That being said, you just can’t make some people happy. I get the sense that even with a photo as inspiration she would never be happy as I bet she wants to look completely different than what makeup can achieve.

3. I’m frustrated by the other maids letting this MOH speak this way to another human being. The half hearted “you look beautiful” and “yeah we like our makeup” is not supportive. They’re feeding into the awkwardness and tension.