Manny MUA Quotes

Men are just jealous because they can't wear makeup.

My first real memory of makeup was when I was a teenager and I kind of had some acne issues and I wondered why it was OK for girls to wear foundation but boys weren't allowed to wear makeup.

Breaking gender norms just comes instantly as soon as a boy is comfortable and confident enough to put on makeup.

It takes a lot of guts to put on a face full of makeup, being a male in the world where a lot of people still think that cosmetics are only for women.

Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.

I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'

I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know.

I dress like a boy most of the time because I like what's comfortable, so sometimes when I have to wear dresses and makeup, it's kind of comedic.

If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.

I do tons of feminine things.

I didn't understand why people cared about my hair or my makeup or my clothing. It was like, 'I'm a prosecutor. I'm not a model. I'm not an actress.'

I'll have men, or I'll have women say that I'll never be a woman because I don't menstruate, or because I'm not made up like Kim Kardashian. So in that sense, I use makeup for a little bit of confidence. But for the most part, day-to-day, I wear makeup if it feels good.

On the ground, I am a professional cricketer - I don't need to wear lipstick. If I want to look good, I know when to wear make-up. I do not accept it being put on my face when I am wearing the India kit.

The piles of makeup and the insistence on frills and ribbons and bows was not at all attuned to my feminist views.

It's funny when guys don't like to talk about makeup. I'm like, "You know you're wearing makeup, right? We all are."

I, like most women, I dress for other women, I think. If I was going to dress for men, I think in general I would be just wearing, like, a fitted black T-shirt and tight jeans every day.

If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.

I think women should wear whatever makeup they want for themselves. Makeup should be fun.

I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, 'I'm a boy, but I wear make-up sometimes.' But, you know, to me, it doesn't really matter.

I was raised as a tomboy with boys, and I never really feel like myself when I am really dolled up at premieres and showbiz events.

You don't have to conform to a very specific aesthetic today, whereas 1950s women definitely had to.

I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup.

Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.

I was stuck with looking like a girl. As soon as I got out of music it was straight off to the hairdressers.

I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for fashion and style. They were passions I kept secret because I didn't understand I could love clothes and hair and makeup and still like girls.