A common stereotype is that women
should only be able to use beauty products such as makeup. I believe that
anyone (boy, girl, non-binary) can express their confidence using makeup and
other products like wigs. No one should be restricted from doing what they
love.
Many
successful men in the makeup scene have Youtube channels, make music, and have
their own makeup brands. For example, Jeffree Star is a singer along with being
a makeup artist. His makeup brand, Jeffree Star Cosmetics, produces long wear,
vegan, and cruelty free makeup. He began this business after being a makeup
artist at M.A.C and being a full-time youtuber. His love for makeup began when
he was thirteen. He would mimic makeup styles seen in magazines using his
mother’s makeup. Because of his newfound love, seventeen years later he has
become a successful makeup artist and business worker.
Some people
believe that everything has to be gendered. Why is that? What is wrong with a
boy wearing a dress or a girl wanted to try out football with some of her
friends at school? Many people, including me, have been told that I could not
do something because it would be against the norm. Slowly, more people are
becoming more aware that it is okay to not follow the definitive. No one wants
to feel alienated and not accepted, but when someone wants to be different,
they get put down and told they are wrong.
Even though
there is hate in the world, it doesn’t stop people like Jeffree Star, Manny
Mua, Patrick Starrr, and Bretman Rock from doing what they love. I really do
look up to them and see how accepting their families have become based on their
choices to experiment and create a living out some something that typically
accepted. Do what you want to do! Don’t let anyone tell you what you can and
cannot do because being yourself is way more fun than being like everyone else.
Patrick Starr:
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