LGBTQ Participation in the Cosmetics and Makeup Industry
From QueerBio.com
There is a commercial culture to the cosmetics industry that has greatly aided the LGBTQ activist community.
Australia
- Davis Atkin, YouTube makeup artist
- Ruby Rose, spokesperson for Maybelline
Brazil
- Thammy Miranda, spokesperson for Natura
Canada
- Frank Angelo, co-founder of MAC Cosmetics
- Gigi Gorgeous, spokesperson for Revlon
- Frank Toscan, co-founder of MAC Cosmetics
Germany
- Wolfgang Joop, creator of his cosmetics line
- Christine Kaufmann, creator of her cosmetics line
India
- Cyril Feuillebois, Founder and President of Kronokare Cosmetics Pvt Ltd.
Malaysia
- Safiey Ilias, cosmetics business owner
Mexico
- Luis Arturo Aguirre, makeup artist
The Netherlands
- Nikkie de Jager, YouTube makeup artist
Phillipines
- Bretman Rock, YouTube makeup artist
Sweden
- Jean-Pierre Barda, makeup artist
United States
- Kevyn Aucoin, makeup artist
- Ellen DeGeneres, spokesperson for CoverGirl
- Drew Elliott, Global Creative Director, MAC Cosmetics
- Jason Grenfell-Gardner, manufacturer of cosmetics
- Amanda Lepore, model for MAC Cosmetics
- Dylan Mulvaney, spokesperson for Maybelline
- David Frank Ray, makeup artist, founder - Beauty Artists Hall of Fame, creative director of several cosmetic lines
- RuPaul, spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics
- Jeffree Star, makeup artist, Jeffree Star Cosmetics
See Also
- Expert LGBTQ Perfumers
- LGBTQ Jewellery Designers
- Gay Menswear Fashion Designers
- Creative Directors of Fashion Houses Who Are LGBTQ
- Prominent Furniture Designers Who Identify as LGBTQ
- LGBTQ Interior Designers