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CoverGirl, Others Aim To Feature More Men And Boys

Makeup companies are starting to include more men and boys in their promotional campaigns. One of the more prominent is CoverGirl, which recently selected its first CoverBoy: 17-year-old makeup artist and social media star James Charles of New York.

Charles’s friend and fellow beauty influencer, 19-year-old Thomas Halbert of Asheville, North Carolina, joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to talk about what the move signals for the future of beauty.

Here are more of Halbert’s looks:

You can also watch the tutorials mentioned in the segment:

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Guest

Thomas Halbert, beauty influencer and makeup artist. He tweets @ThomasBeautyy and is on Instagram @thomashalbert.

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(Courtesy Thomas Halbert via Instagram)
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(Courtesy Thomas Halbert via Instagram)
(Courtesy Thomas Halbert via Instagram)
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(Courtesy Thomas Halbert via Instagram)
(Courtesy Thomas Halbert via Instagram)
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(Courtesy Thomas Halbert via Instagram)