Beauty YouTube editor for makeup transformation videos

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Video types

Makeup, hair and outfit transformations, GRWM, beauty vlogs and tutorials

Editing style

Cinematic + storytelling, a fast-paced, engaging YouTube vlog, or a mix of everything (Scarlett Mae’s 17-minute Japan vlog)

Video length

8–10, 10–20, 20–40 or 40+ minutes, up to feature-length (Swaylemc’s full movies run about 105 minutes). Scarlett Mae’s Japan vlog: 17 minutes.

Upload schedule

One video only, 1 video per week, 2–3 videos per week, 4 videos per month or several a week (Mud: about 3 a week). Start with one pilot: the free 1-minute test edit.

Format

Long-form YouTube videos are the core. YouTube Shorts cut from each long video on request.

What you send me

All your clips and audio from the shoot; I build the story.

Estimated price

About $55 to $150 per finished video (up to $300 for some long or complex edits), depending on length, raw footage and effects. That fits the ‘$50+’ and ‘$100–$300 per video’ boxes for most long videos. Four videos a month: about $220 to $600 (more for long or complex videos); a $500 a month budget usually covers two to four long videos, depending on length. Exact quote within 24 hours, after a free 1-minute test edit.

Channel size

From under 1K subscribers (Mr. Marticson, 834) and small to mid-size channels (ThatNoob 4.9K, Crazz 10.7K, DakBlox 82.6K: 0 to 2M+ views in six months) up to 2M+ (Rex 2.29M, Puff 1.83M, Mud 1.26M)

Turnaround

First video in 1 to 5 days, then 1 to 2 days; revisions back within 24 hours

Track record

Proven YouTube results: 1,250 videos tracked on YT Jobs and 20 reviews from 19 client channels, 17 of them 10/10. Long-term work: Mud since March 2025, about 3 videos a week.

Who you work with

Kevin Tabares, directly. I review every video before it reaches you.

Channel language

English or Spanish

Terms

Paid in USD by PayPal or USDC. No contract, no minimum.

Proof in this niche

“I Became a GYARU ANGEL in Japan for 24 Hours” on Scarlett Mae, 970K views

The beauty video I can show you

In beauty, my proof is one client, Scarlett Mae (297K subscribers), and one transformation video: I Became a GYARU ANGEL in Japan for 24 Hours. Seventeen minutes, published in June 2026, 969,712 views as of October 2026. A full makeup, hair and outfit transformation, filmed in Japan over 24 hours.

That video is on my list of viral YouTube videos I edited, and there is a short page on who edits Scarlett Mae's channel. The rest of the 1,250 videos tracked on my YT Jobs profile are in other niches; the by-niche pages show where. So if you run a beauty channel, judge me on that one video and on a free 1-minute test on your own footage.

Before and after: protecting the reveal

A transformation video is a promise that the ending will look nothing like the beginning, and the edit's first job is to protect that promise. I establish the before clearly and early, face, hair and outfit as they are, so the viewer has a reference. Then I hold the finished look back. Detail glimpses are fine on the way (a lash, a nail, a reaction); the full reveal is not.

• The before gets a clean beat, not a rushed one, so the after has something to be measured against.
• No flash-forward to the finished look. A flash-forward to the hardest step builds anticipation; one to the result gives away the ending.
• The reveal gets room. When the look is complete I let it play close to real time, then cut back to the before shot or put the two side by side so the distance is obvious.
• The thumbnail is a promise too. If it shows the finished look, the video has to deliver that exact frame, and the path to it has to be worth the wait.

In Scarlett's video the look comes together in stages, makeup, hair, outfit, and each stage is a small reveal on the way to the big one. That is how I cut a build like that: every stage ends on a change you can see.

Close-ups of the application, cut to the moment

Makeup is applied in small movements, and the raw footage has far more of them than the video needs. I cut to the close-up at the moment a product changes something, the first line of liner, the blend of a contour, the lash going on, and cut away once the viewer has seen the technique. Wide shots carry the hands and the face as a whole; close shots carry texture and color.

• The talking that explains a step stays, even when the footage of that step is shortened underneath it.
• Repeated motions (the second eye, the other side of the face) are compressed; the first time is shown in full.
• Product names go on screen only if you want them, in one consistent position so nobody has to hunt for them.
• Application sounds, breathing and plosives near the mic are cleaned, and music sits under the voice, never on top of it.

Skin tone that holds between cameras and locations

A beauty video is judged on whether the makeup looks the same on screen as it did in the room. A 24-hour transformation filmed away from home, like Scarlett's in Japan, is not lit by one light from start to finish: the look is built under one light and worn under another, often on more than one camera. I match the shots so skin tone, the foundation shade and the lip color read the same from cut to cut.

• I grade for accuracy, not for prettiness: whites stay white and the shade you chose stays that shade.
• Exposure and white balance are leveled between cameras and locations, so a cut never reads warmer or cooler than the shot before it.
• Light blemish cover is fine if you ask for it. I don't smooth skin into plastic: texture is what makes the before and after believable.
• Subtitles and graphics use colors that don't fight the look.

More on how I handle this on long videos: YouTube color grading.

Pacing a 24-hour transformation into 17 minutes

A 24-hour format has long stretches where nothing visible changes: waiting, travel, the same step repeated. The job is to keep the shape of the day without making the viewer live it in real time. I structure the edit in movements, with the transformation as the spine:

• Setup: who you are today, what the look is, why it is a challenge.
• The build: makeup, hair, outfit, each stage ending on a visible change.
• Out in the look: the part of the day where the transformation is tested in public.
• Wrap: the full before and after, and then out. The reveal is the ending, so the outro stays short.

Music follows the stages: lighter and steadier while the look is being built, a lift when you step outside with it. The parts of the day away from the mirror I cut the way I cut vlog and travel videos: what you say carries the story, and the b-roll fills the gaps.

How to start

Send your channel link and one raw transformation (every camera, the audio, and the title and thumbnail idea if you have them) with the Start a project button on this page, and I'll send back a free 1-minute test edit on your own footage. No contract, no minimum. English or Spanish channels.

• First video in 1 to 5 days, depending on how much footage there is and how many cameras. After that, 1 to 2 days per video.
• Revisions: as many as it takes, each back in under 24 hours.
• Paid in USD by PayPal or USDC, with an exact quote within 24 hours of the test.
• If after two revision rounds the edit still isn't right, you don't pay the second invoice.

Want to know who you'd be working with first? Read about Kevin Tabares and the 20 YT Jobs reviews from 19 client channels, 9.8 out of 10 on average.

Videos I edited in this niche

Listed from my YT Jobs profile and delivered projects; views as shown on YouTube in October 2026.

• I Became a GYARU ANGEL in Japan for 24 Hours · Scarlett Mae · Jun 22, 2026 · 969.7K views

FAQ

Do you edit beauty and makeup YouTube videos?

Yes. The proof in this niche is one client, Scarlett Mae, and one long transformation video, the 17-minute gyaru angel video in Japan, 969,712 views as of October 2026. The rest of my work is in other niches. If you make makeup, GRWM or transformation videos, send one raw recording and judge the free 1-minute test.

How do you keep the makeup color consistent between shots?

I level exposure and white balance between cameras and locations and grade for accuracy, so skin tone and the shade you chose read the same from cut to cut. Light blemish cover is available on request. No heavy skin smoothing: texture is what makes the before and after believable.

How long does a 15 to 20 minute transformation edit take?

The first video takes 1 to 5 days, depending on how much footage there is and how many cameras were used. After that, 1 to 2 days per video. Revisions come back in under 24 hours, as many as it takes.

Do you also cut Shorts from the transformation?

On request. Long-form is the core of what I do, and when you want Shorts I cut them from the finished edit, usually around the reveal, so they match the main video.

Does my channel need to be a certain size?

No. Channels of every size are welcome, in English or Spanish. Start with one video and a clear brief: the planned title, the thumbnail idea, and the moments that must stay in.