Posted on 10/20/2016 8:51:06 AM PDT by rey
One of the most compelling people on Instagram these days is a guy who matches his makeup to his snacks.
His name is Tim Owens, but online he goes by Skelotim, and he is a bald, perma-stubbled man who knows his way around a contour kit. Last week, he posted a video of himself applying dark purple eye shadow, sky-blue eyeliner, fluttery fake lashes and a bold grape lipstick. Then, after shooting the camera a succession of saucy glances, he raised a packaged Smucker’s Uncrustables peanut-butter-and-grape-jelly sandwich, revealing his culinary inspiration for the day’s look.
Watching Skelotim at work is mesmerizing. He slickly sets his makeup routine to pounding pop music, transforming from a regular dude into a sparkling vision of the fabulously strange. It’s just like Cinderella twirling around and around until she finds herself wearing a poufy blue ballgown, except Skelotim is changing into a Flamin’ Hot Cheeto. In the age of the selfie, what more appropriate canvas is there for an internet artist than his own face?
Skelotim is one of a handful of young men who have primped and preened their way into the female-centric world of Instagram and YouTube makeup artistry. Angel Merino (1.2 million Instagram followers), a celebrity makeup artist, rocks glam, high-gloss looks and possesses an almost supernatural grasp of flattering camera angles. Jake-Jamie Ward, YouTube’s 24-year-old Beauty Boy, favors a more naturalistic approach; his popular video primer “Makeup for Men” includes tips on blemish concealing and beard navigation. And Patrick Starrr films elaborate makeup tutorials for YouTube (where he has 1.7 million subscribers), then heads over to Instagram to post pictures of himself frolicking in Las Vegas and Bora Bora.
No matter what these guys are doing, it feels a little bit electric. A man celebrating himself in makeup is subversive.
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Lol, I was just thinking of Poison! I loved those guys from Day One; I was in 6th or 7th grade when “Look What the Cat Dragged In” was released.
Before I was into Poison (and Def Leppard, etc.), Culture Club was my favorite group. I guess boys in makeup didn’t bother me back in the 80s! *Now* on the other hand....yuck.
What about Lover Boy? They were rather effeminate.
The Kid Is Hot Tonite
Loverboy
We just heard of a brand new wave
And we hope it? s here to stay
We? ll have to wait and see
If it? s half of what they say
We heard he opened up a brand new door
Well you know that? s what I’m lookin? for
We? ll have to wait and see if it makes you shout for more
How do you like him so far?
How do you like his show?
How do you like the way he rocks and the way he rolls?
How do you like his image?
How do you like his style?
How do you like the way he looks and the way he smiles?
The kid is hot tonight
Whoa so hot tonight
But where will he be tomorrow?
The kid is hot tonight
Whoa so hot tonight
But where will he be tomorrow
Her caboose is repulsive.
Just a fan of the face.
I liked Loverboy pretty well, but they weren’t FAVORITES like the others I mentioned. I like them more now than I used to, though. I still listen to Lovin’ Every Minute of It, This could be the Night, Heaven in Your Eyes and Almost Paradise (not technically Loverboy, I know) pretty often because I have those songs on my iPod, on a thumb drive and in my Amazon Music account.
I miss the 80s, lol!
Odd headline. How, exactly, is this sort of thing “undoing stereotypes?” Reinforcing stereotypes is more like it. Some self-respecting homosexuals should send out a SWAT team to rough these guys up for giving the sisterhood a bad name.
Our wars killed the alpha males. They must be smart,in good health, and battle worthy.
This left the infirm and weak home to procreate. Sure, some great men survived the wars, millions didn’t. We reap what we sow.
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