3 Male Beauty Influencers Talk YouTube, Fans and Finally Getting Brand Recognition

With millions of subscribers, it's about time

Big beauty brands are finally recognizing the boys in the business.

With the recent announcement of CoverGirl's first CoverBoy, it seems like major brands have finally come to accept these players in the beauty space. But it hasn't been easy.

"Brands started approaching me once I had 800,000 YouTube subscribers," said Manny Mua, a male beauty influencer. "Some girls were getting offers with only 300,000. We just weren't being taken seriously for a long time."

He currently has almost 2 million YouTube subscribers.

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