yeah, u are right...
but i think its mainly Lahore, karachi and islamabad that has these amazing amazing artists and beauty parlors, that are well known by everyone (specially Lahore, thats like the best place to get married in )...other smaller cities like multan, saahiwal, jehlum, faisalabad etc still do have a shortage of makeup artists of that caliber... i am not saying that there are none in those cities...but definitely not the same thing as lahore for example...and they are not as well known ...
it totally depends on who you get for your makeup...
desi beauticians, living and working in US and Canada i think are the worst (yes i am generalizing but thats the norm)...mostly these aunties are infact using inferior quality of makeup (as buying good professional makeup is an expensive investment, and they dont wanna make the investment) , and they arent even properly trained, sure they claim they have done this course or that from depilex or what not from back home, but when u go to them for trials u realize how lacking they are in good professional makeup supplies, and also u realize they have taken this makeup business up as a career only after moving to US and arent properly trained...
so compared to these ladies, i think the makeup artists in pakistan are still much much better... if u have concerns about looking ghostly, then go for a trial, and see what foundation the artist puts on, and how it looks in pictures and in reality..
Im from Jhelum so now im worried lol