And speaking of Asian males who wear makeup:

JOSE FROM LOVE & HIP HOP ATL WHICH TRAGICALLY AIRED ON VH1 AND REVIVED ALL MANNER OF STEREOTYPING.

HotGritz said:

JOSE FROM LOVE & HIP HOP ATL WHICH TRAGICALLY AIRED ON VH1 AND REVIVED ALL MANNER OF STEREOTYPING.

GRITZ! This is horrendous though. The lipstick's too loud, the nails are badly done, yellow (the fuck?), that's not even a good androgynous look.

What about Robert Smith from the Cure? My husband insists that he must be gay! But he so isn't! I used to have a lot of heterosexual male goth friends who would borrow my makeup when I was a teen!

beatriceau said:

What about Robert Smith from the Cure? My husband insists that he must be gay! But he so isn't! I used to have a lot of heterosexual male goth friends who would borrow my makeup when I was a teen!

Yeah Robert's a pioneer of the androgynous goth stuff. He's definitely hetero lol he's been married to the same woman for over 20 (or 30) years now.

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Beautifulstarr123 said:

I am in total agreement about Prince and adding some more names to the discussion.

is still a stigma, at least in the western world

people (by "people" I basically mean straight guys/girls/men/women) laughed the hell out of me (I heard the words queer, faggot, Mr.Vain, Mr.Hamilton, so many times that I gave up),

"are you an actor?", that's another line I frequently heard ... No I'm not a friggin' actor, just a guy influenced by Prince, I guess, lol

"is not really necessary" another line I heard everytime someone "discovered" I had make-up on; yeah, it may not be "necessary", but damn: it WORKS, specially if your lifestyle only allows you to sleep 6 hours (7 if you're lucky)

now I only use some make-up for friday-saturday nights...it gives me that xtra confidence/glow and ladies (in general) seem to appreciate it as well...

JoeTyler said:

is still a stigma, at least in the western world

people (by "people" I basically mean straight guys/girls/men/women) laughed the hell out of me (I heard the words queer, faggot, Mr.Vain, Mr.Hamilton, so many times that I gave up),

"are you an actor?", that's another line I frequently heard ... No I'm not a friggin' actor, just a guy influenced by Prince, I guess, lol

"is not really necessary" another line I heard everytime someone "discovered" I had make-up on; yeah, it may not be "necessary", but damn: it WORKS, specially if your lifestyle only allows you to sleep 6 hours (7 if you're lucky)

now I only use some make-up for friday-saturday nights...it gives me that xtra confidence/glow and ladies (in general) seem to appreciate it as well...

I can imagine. Even putting on nail polish makes people go "wait are you gay dude?" Like what does putting on nail polish gotta have anything to do with what I do in the bedroom?

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

is still a stigma, at least in the western world

people (by "people" I basically mean straight guys/girls/men/women) laughed the hell out of me (I heard the words queer, faggot, Mr.Vain, Mr.Hamilton, so many times that I gave up),

"are you an actor?", that's another line I frequently heard ... No I'm not a friggin' actor, just a guy influenced by Prince, I guess, lol

"is not really necessary" another line I heard everytime someone "discovered" I had make-up on; yeah, it may not be "necessary", but damn: it WORKS, specially if your lifestyle only allows you to sleep 6 hours (7 if you're lucky)

now I only use some make-up for friday-saturday nights...it gives me that xtra confidence/glow and ladies (in general) seem to appreciate it as well...

I can imagine. Even putting on nail polish makes people go "wait are you gay dude?" Like what does putting on nail polish gotta have anything to do with what I do in the bedroom?

I just cannot understand some folks; one time, I even received snide remarks about my "perfectly" shaved face ,

mad world indeed

JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

I can imagine. Even putting on nail polish makes people go "wait are you gay dude?" Like what does putting on nail polish gotta have anything to do with what I do in the bedroom?

I just cannot understand some folks; one time, I even received snide remarks about my "perfectly" shaved face ,

mad world indeed

Yeah people are weird lol

dseann said:

Beautifulstarr123 said:

I know, but he/she was referring to this website, dedicated to Prince, and he's rarely without makeup

I am in total agreement about Prince and adding some more names to the discussion.

Adding to this discussion, who can forget the King of Pop

Beautifulstarr123 said:

I thought Mike had a skin condition and became "naturally" enhanced. Lol

dseann said:

Beautifulstarr123 said:

Adding to this discussion, who can forget the King of Pop

I thought Mike had a skin condition and became "naturally" enhanced. Lol

Didn't he have tattoo'd eyeliner?

Timmy84 said:

beatriceau said:

What about Robert Smith from the Cure? My husband insists that he must be gay! But he so isn't! I used to have a lot of heterosexual male goth friends who would borrow my makeup when I was a teen!

Yeah Robert's a pioneer of the androgynous goth stuff. He's definitely hetero lol he's been married to the same woman for over 20 (or 30) years now.

[img:$uid]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9xy5j0gfc1ryeltso1_500.jpg[/img:$uid]

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Asian Goth boys are also very very striking.

I love the way Goth men look on the internet but don't know any that look like that in my neck of the woods.

Deadflow3r said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah Robert's a pioneer of the androgynous goth stuff. He's definitely hetero lol he's been married to the same woman for over 20 (or 30) years now.

[img:$uid]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9xy5j0gfc1ryeltso1_500.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8iclop0xy1r0wwqto1_500.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6su7a9pdQ1rzrtxyo1_500.gif[/img:$uid]

Asian Goth boys are also very very striking.

I love the way Goth men look on the internet but don't know any that look like that in my neck of the woods.

Well if you live in an area where not too many look like that, seeing one will probably stand out from the crowd. I saw my share of goths in high school.

dseann said:

Beautifulstarr123 said:

Adding to this discussion, who can forget the King of Pop

I thought Mike had a skin condition and became "naturally" enhanced. Lol

SUPRMAN said:

dseann said:

Beautifulstarr123 said: I thought Mike had a skin condition and became "naturally" enhanced. Lol

Didn't he have tattoo'd eyeliner?

I remembered reading something like that.

Timmy84 said:

beatriceau said:

What about Robert Smith from the Cure? My husband insists that he must be gay! But he so isn't! I used to have a lot of heterosexual male goth friends who would borrow my makeup when I was a teen!

Yeah Robert's a pioneer of the androgynous goth stuff. He's definitely hetero lol he's been married to the same woman for over 20 (or 30) years now.

[img:$uid]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9xy5j0gfc1ryeltso1_500.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8iclop0xy1r0wwqto1_500.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6su7a9pdQ1rzrtxyo1_500.gif[/img:$uid]

He always reminded me of the Joker

SUPRMAN said:

dseann said:

Beautifulstarr123 said: I thought Mike had a skin condition and became "naturally" enhanced. Lol

Didn't he have tattoo'd eyeliner?

No, I don't think he did That would be a little extreme. That was just another rumour. I believe James Brown did though, or eyebrows...but wasn't that because something had happened.

On topic with the thread I think that if a guy can wear make up right and don't go full out drag its really sexy. I dig the androgynous look.

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Don't forget this male:

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kpowers said:

Wasn't Edward scissor hands based on him? Tim burton was a big fan of robert smith!

aardvark15 said:

Don't forget this male:

[img:$uid]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/77422322/RuPaul+PNG.png[/img:$uid]

He's ALL kinds of fabulous!

beatriceau said:

kpowers said:

He always reminded me of the Joker

Wasn't Edward scissor hands based on him? Tim burton was a big fan of robert smith!

I believe so.

Timmy84 said:

beatriceau said:

kpowers said: Wasn't Edward scissor hands based on him? Tim burton was a big fan of robert smith!

I believe so.

The resemblance is undeniable in the second pic

beatriceau said:

kpowers said:

He always reminded me of the Joker

Wasn't Edward scissor hands based on him? Tim burton was a big fan of robert smith!

Tim Burton made a movie about me

kpowers said:

beatriceau said:

kpowers said: Wasn't Edward scissor hands based on him? Tim burton was a big fan of robert smith!

Tim Burton made a movie about me

We're talking men in makeup not masks.

SUPRMAN said:

kpowers said:

Tim Burton made a movie about me

We're talking men in makeup not masks.

Joker wore make up

kpowers said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah Robert's a pioneer of the androgynous goth stuff. He's definitely hetero lol he's been married to the same woman for over 20 (or 30) years now.

[img:$uid]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9xy5j0gfc1ryeltso1_500.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8iclop0xy1r0wwqto1_500.jpg[/img:$uid]

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He always reminded me of the Joker

I know this is a very old thread,

but none the less I wanted to say something about it.

When people thing of "men in make-up" they think of YOUNG MEN.

David Bowie pretty much stopped wearing so much after his mid 30's.

Like women, as you get older heavy make-up makes you look goulish.

Buuuut

in my opinion, Goths might be the ones who can pull it off,

Because, isn't it not O.K, for Goths to look a bit goulish even when young?

So,

Marilyn Manson, more metal than Goth, was recently on tour,

He wore make-up,

mostly skillfully applied to camoflage his double chin,

but it did not look so bad.

Other than him, Prince, Little Richard, I can' t think of anyone else who is rocking the older man in make-up look.

The late Quentin Crisp probably did it best.