Yes, Men In Hollywood Wear Makeup - Here Are The Brands They Use
- Crazy Staff
- Sep 23, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 24, 2025
Even if you don’t realize it, Male celebrities wear more makeup than you think. We’ve rounded up the best face products - primers, foundations, concealers, mascaras, brow pens, and eyeliners for a natural, matte, masculine finish.
Quick Take
Darren Criss, Harry Styles, Pharrell Williams, Gabriel Luna, and Austin Butler have all admitted to wearing makeup.
These products deliver a subtle, natural finish—lightweight, matte, and masculine.
Build a simple kit: primer, foundation, concealer, mascara, brow pen, and eyeliner.
Primer
The Base for Everything
A primer smooths the skin, blurs pores, and helps makeup stay put longer. It’s the invisible layer that makes everything else look cleaner.
The Ordinary High-Adherence Silicone Primer
A lightweight primer that smooths texture, controls shine, and grips foundation for longer wear.
Shakeup Let’s Face It BB Tinted Moisturiser
A multitasking formula that hydrates, evens skin tone, and delivers natural coverage with SPF protection.
Glow Recipe Watermelon Niacinamide Hue Drops
A brightening serum that minimizes dark spots, smooths skin, and adds a natural dewy tint for an instant healthy finish.
Foundation
Even Skin Without Looking Painted
Foundation evens out skin tone, softens redness, and gives a uniform base. For masculine makeup, lightweight formulas are best for a natural look.
The Ordinary Coverage Foundation
A full-coverage yet lightweight foundation that evens out skin tone with a natural, semi-matte finish.
Dior Backstage Face & Body Foundation
A versatile, buildable foundation that delivers a natural matte finish, designed to withstand heat, humidity, and long wear.
Concealer
The One Step That Changes Everything
Concealer targets small problem areas—dark circles, blemishes, or spots—without covering the whole face. It’s often the easiest entry point for men new to makeup.
NYX Professional Makeup HD Photogenic Concealer
A lightweight, blendable concealer that covers dark circles, redness, and blemishes with a natural-looking finish.
Recipe for Men Anti-Blemish Stick
A targeted concealer that reduces redness and camouflages breakouts while calming irritation.
Horace Concealer
A creamy, easy-to-blend concealer designed to mask dark circles and blemishes while maintaining a natural, skin-like finish.
Mascara
Subtle Lift for Tired Eyes
Mascara darkens, lengthens, or defines lashes, instantly making eyes look more awake. The trick is choosing formulas that enhance without looking heavy.
Shiseido ControlledChaos MascaraInk
A buildable mascara that adds volume and definition, leaving lashes bold yet flexible with no clump.
KIKO Milano 30 Days Extension Night Treatment Booster Mascara
A targeted concealer that reduces redness and camouflages breakouts while calming irritation.
Brow Pen
Shape Without Overdoing It
A brow pen or gel fills gaps and shapes brows, giving a structured but natural look. Strong brows can change the whole face without looking like makeup.
MORPHE Micro Brow Pencil
An ultra-fine pencil that creates precise, hair-like strokes to shape and define brows with a natural finish.
Benny Hancock Beard and Brow Set
A dual-purpose kit that fills and defines brows while taming beard hairs for a polished, natural look.
Eyeliner
Quiet Definition
Eyeliner defines the lash line and sharpens the eyes. For masculine makeup, a subtle stroke along the lashes is enough to add intensity.
Dior Diorshow On Stage Crayon Waterproof Kohl 1.2g
A long-lasting kohl eyeliner that glides on smoothly, delivering intense color and waterproof wear for subtle or bold definition.
Celebrity Context
Harry Styles uses tinted moisturizer and eyeliner as part of his masculine makeup look on stage.
Pharrell Williams has highlighted how makeup adds glow and definition under bright lights.
Darren Criss, Gabriel Luna, and Austin Butler rely on subtle masculine makeup routines for film and red carpets.
These six categories define a masculine makeup kit: simple, natural, and made to enhance—not mask. Start with primer and concealer, then expand as you go.