I’ll just be over here in the closet corner panik. Still cis tho.

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    Plenty of men wear makeup. Embrace your inner goth.

    Personal note: this is one of the many gendered things I simply refuse to acknowledge as gendered. There are plenty of instance where it’s perfectly normal (thus mentioning goth) and it shouldn’t be gender specific to want a more uniform completion.

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      Cis straight white male here (Though I am Aro…) I color my beard, and I wear some eye shadow occasionally, have done various things with makeup, its a fun time!

      edit: By “color my beard” I mean big, vibrant colors, not like “I’m greying and color it to avoid looking like it”. My favorite combo is Green on one half, and Blue on the other half.

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          If you decide to color I highly recommend Mofajang hair wax, rinses out immediately, stays for as long as you don’t rinse it out.

          I’ve bought most of their colors, so I can mix and match and do crazy things with it. My wildest was a sunset from top to bottom, black and stars on top, dark purple, then lighter and lighter to sky blue on the bottom.

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      I wear emo makeup and I can’t tell if I love it because it’s emo or because it makes me feel girly when I put on eyeliner…

      I absolutely agree that it shouldn’t be considered gendered, makeup is awesome.

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      Thanks!

      I should make it clear I didn’t mean to imply that men can’t wear makeup, just that this… err, character is interested in the girly kind.

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        I assumed as much but I still find it a bit silly that it’s explicitly a gendered act when it’s used by professionals in many fields. If you want to be flagrantly neon pink lipped, I really don’t think of all things gender should be the measure of if it’s alright.