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Gutierrez during the virtual presidential town hall about vaccine hesitancy, 2021
Personal information
Born
Manuel Gutierrez Jr. [1] [2]

(1991-04-04) April 4, 1991 (age 33) [3]
San Diego, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Education San Diego State University
Occupations
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers4.85 million [4] [5]
(January 2022)
Total views563 million [5]
(January 2022)
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Manuel Gutierrez Jr. (born April 4, 1991), [6] known professionally as Manny MUA, is a make-up artist, YouTuber, entrepreneur, and beauty blogger. [7] In 2017, he was the first male brand ambassador in a campaign for the "Big Shot" mascara of the make-up brand Maybelline. [8] [9] In 2018, he founded his own cosmetics company called Lunar Beauty and launched his own cosmetic products. [10] [11]

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Career

Gutierrez told Teen Vogue that he first became interested in make-up after watching his mother do her make-up during his childhood. [12] He later worked at Sephora and MAC. [1] He began his YouTube channel in 2014. [13] He regularly posts make-up tutorials, make-up first impressions, and beauty tips. [13] He has collaborated with Makeup Geek on an eye-shadow palette, Morphe Cosmetics on an eye-shadow palette, OFRA Cosmetics [14] on lip products, and Jeffree Star Cosmetics on two highlighters and 2 lipsticks. [15]

In 2017, Gutierrez and fellow YouTuber Shayla Mitchell were announced as brand ambassadors for Maybelline, specifically Colossal Big Shot Mascara. [1] [16] He is the second male to be chosen as a spokesperson for a beauty brand after James Charles who had been previously announced as a spokesperson for CoverGirl in October 2016. [1] Later that year, Gutierrez and Jeffree Star announced a collaboration for Star's make-up brand to debut in April. [17] After the announcement, Black Moon Cosmetics sued the duo for copyright and trademark infringement alleging that they had copied their logo without permission. [18] The lawsuit was later resolved. [18] In April 2017, Gutierrez was the only male to make People magazine's annual "Most Beautiful" list. [7] [2] In 2018, he was named to Forbes ' annual list of "30 under 30" in the Arts and Style category. [2] In 2018, Manny appeared in season three of Escape the Night as the Record Producer.

In 2018, Gutierrez started his makeup line called Lunar Beauty and launched the brand's first eye shadow palette, Life's a Drag. The palette includes 14 shades of bright and neutral eye shadow colors. [19]

In 2021, Gutierrez asked Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci some questions during a virtual presidential town hall about vaccine hesitancy. [20]

Filmography

Personal life

Gutierrez grew up in a Mormon family and has two younger brothers. He is Mexican-American. Before deciding on a career in beauty, Gutierrez planned to attend medical school with aspirations of becoming a plastic surgeon. [1] [15] He has a Bachelor's degree from San Diego State University. [2]

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  7. 1 2 Trainor, Michelle Ward (April 21, 2017). "Makeup Guru Manny Gutierrez (a.k.a. Manny MUA) Is The Only Male To Make PEOPLE's Most Beautiful List". People. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Die 5 besten männlichen Beauty-Blogger". Vogue Germany (in German). 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2023-06-30. Mit seiner Maybelline-Kampagne für die "Big Shot"-Mascara ist er als erster männlicher Markenbotschafter
  9. ↑ "Schwuler Beauty-Blogger wirbt für Wimperntusche". queer.de (in German). 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2023-06-30. Der Kosmetikhersteller Maybelline [...] hat erstmals einen männlichen Markenbotschafter für Mascara verpflichtet.
  10. ↑ "A Day in the Life: Manny MUA Shares the Beauty of Working as a YouTube Star". E! Online. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2023-06-30. Like, say, testing out swatches for Lunar Beauty, the company he founded in 2018
  11. ↑ Spörri, Anna Lea (2020-02-16). "Immer mehr Männer schminken sich auf Youtube". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-06-30. Ausserdem macht ihn die Beauty-Marke Maybelline 2017 zum ersten männlichen Kampagnengesicht. Manny Mua gründet [...] ein eigenes Kosmetikunternehmen mit dem Namen Lunar Beauty.
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  19. ↑ Donahue, Rosemary (May 28, 2018). "Manny MUA Launches Lunar Beauty's Life's a Drag Eye Shadow Palette". Allure. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Manny Mua does virtual town hall with Biden on vaccine hesitancy". MSN. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
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