Make-up artist Phillip Mureithi popularly known as Creative Phil has refuted gay rumours. Since he joined the online space, Creative Phil has been associated with LGBTQIA+ community due to the nature of his work.
Apart from working on his makeup clients, the makeup artist has won makeup boldly. The online community has consequently assumed him to be gay.
Creative Phil who is one of the top MUAs in the country has gained a huge social media following. Addressing the gay rumours circulating online, he said,
“It’s not true. I am not gay. But I have no problem wearing makeup in public. I feel very comfortable, brave, and confident with it. Whatever you want to make of it is up to you. I will not stop you from judging me. If you think I’m something I’m not, whether you’re right or wrong, that’s not for me to say. ”
Creative Phil Falls in Love With Makeup
The make-up artist says he fell in love with makeup during a video shoot of rapper King Kaka. He shared that he saw the musician having his makeup done before going on set.
He said, “I didn’t know that men did makeup, that intrigued me but what also caught my attention was the Sh7,000 the MUA was paid for the service. That seemed like a lot at the time and I thought I could do that too and earn that much,”
The Mombasa-born MUA started doing makeup on himself after he opened his own makeup studio. He got the idea from watching videos of makeup artists some who were men. He narrated,
“After getting some training from Makeup by Rose, I decided to open a makeup studio. (Actress) Dorea Chege sold me the idea and we partnered to open my first make-up studio which was located at Kimathi House,”
Creative Phil shared the idea was to market his makeup services since he had just opened the studio when he started it. He didn’t expect to end up on a trend.
“I never heard of trends until I did my first video with makeup on. I woke up the next day and my social media pages were buzzing with everyone hurling insults at me and calling me gay. I didn’t see that coming. I didn’t understand why people were being mean. For some reason, I was trending in Tanzania. That got to me, I fell into depression and quit the makeup business four months ago as I tried to come to terms.
