Alper Kabadayı
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About
Makeup artist known for his tutorials and half-face before-and-after videos, as well as his skincare and astrology content. Based in Istanbul, he has earned more than 430,000 Instagram followers and 210,000 TikTok followers and has posted vlogs to his Alper Kabadayı YouTube channel.
Before fame
He joined Instagram in August 2013 and has said he worked a corporate job before becoming a content creator. One of his earliest TikTok videos, posted in August 2020, showed off a smokey eye look.
Trivia
One of his most-viewed TikTok videos, an eyeliner tutorial for people with low eyelids, has earned more than 8.9 million views. YSL Beauty named him its first-ever Makeup Artist of the Year at its international seminar in Miami in April 2025.
Family life
He grew up in Adana, Turkey, and introduced his mother to viewers in one of his vlogs.
Associated with
He met Instagram star Celine Bernaerts, whom he has called one of his earliest inspirations, at a makeup masterclass in April 2026.
