Male Idol’s Makeup Draws Attention for Looking Like Female Idols

NCT Wish’s Riku is facing tons of buzz over his bold new makeup look. The controversy began after Riku posted pictures sporting makeup usually seen on female idols. Fans quickly noticed his dramatic eye makeup, including contoured and highlighted aegyo-sal, elongated eyeshadow liner on both top and bottom lids, plus colored contact lenses. His skin looked flushed and dewy with soft colored lips.

Many reacted strong, surprised a typically feminine style worked so well on him.

Riku’s eye makeup got especially big reactions for how pretty it made his eyes look.

“His eyes are seriously so pretty. Can’t believe eyeliner like that suits him.”

“Kind of amazing that it actually works on him lol.”

“That day was the first time he tried eyeliner like that, and the reaction was really positive.”

“Oh, I thought it was a bit over the top, but seems people liked it. It does suit him.”

“Not really my taste, but his face can pull off anything, seriously.”

Fans are split but overall intrigued at Riku’s makeup experiment pushing typical boundaries.

The situation sparked major chatter on Instiz and other K-pop forums as fans debate this gender-bending makeup style.