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China's male beauty vloggers go viral as gender attitudes shift
Blushes, eyeshadows and concealers are no longer found in a woman's cosmetic bag as more and more men in China discover the power of makeup.
The popularity of male beauty vloggers is leading a(n) in China's male cosmetics market, estimated to grow to a huge $2.4 billion in 2022. It's also paving the way for more young Chinese men to with gender-bending makeup and clothes, in a culture with a long history of swaggering, masculine stereotypes, and where the trope of the ancient male emperor with multiple wives is still going strong.
Even in 2018, parents can young sons in training camps to teach them to be tough and manly. Single men looking to marry face pressure to fit certain norms – be the breadwinner and own property; multiple houses are a(n) .
The change in gender ideals has been influenced by South Korean pop culture, where male celebrities and boy bands have a softer, effeminate look. With Chinese celebrities and regular boy-next-door types adopting a more appearance, the fad has its own slang – xiaoxianrou, or “little fresh meat.”
Wang Zilu, 22, has used makeup for three years – after realizing how just a little could “change the shape of your eyebrows, the style of your lips”. He learned via other vloggers before starting a social media account to post his own before-and-after videos.
“The first time I put on makeup, it took me an entire afternoon,” he recalled. “The most difficult part was eye shadow – how to mix and match different colors without making it ugly.”
Makeup, for some, has gone from a fun hobby to a profitable –China's most popular beauty vloggers reportedly can in as much as 10 million yuan a year (£1.2 million).
But even with more young Chinese men trying out a bit of blush, not everyone's used to it just yet.
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