This makeup artist is under fire for posting a blackface ‘slave’ makeup tutorial

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This makeup artist is under fire for posting a blackface ‘slave’ makeup tutorial

She’s affiliated with NYX Cosmetics, too

YouTube makeup artists love to flex come Halloween time. Every year, among the hundreds of similar Sexy Killer Clown and DIY Heart-Eyes Emoji makeup looks, there are the inevitable major fuck-ups.

This one kinda takes the cake, though.

Turkish makeup guru @percemakin uploaded a video to her YouTube account depicting a blackface "transformation."

She then uploaded stills to her Instagram account. But she still wasn't done, and hidden amongst her many, many hashtags it the tag #slave.

Yep, there it is, sandwiched in between #blackwoman and #sadmakeup.

The YouTuber is one of NYX Cosmetics affiliate artists. Online, Twitter and Instagram users are reaching out to the makeup company, urging them to drop the artist and issue a statement condemning the offensive look.

Once the scandal erupted, she briefly made her Instagram private:

Now, just a few minutes later, her account is back up with the offending hashtag deleted (though #blackwoman and #sadmakeup are still there) but comments have been suspiciously turned off:

Sorry, girl, but screenshots are forever.