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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Bretman Rock Sacayanan Laforga is a Filipino-American beauty influencer and social media personality based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He rose to fame as a creator on YouTube and Vine after one of his contouring videos went viral in 2015. Rock is known for making makeup tutorials and his humorous views on life. He has starred in his own reality TV show, MTV's Following: Bretman Rock (2021), has featured in several music videos, and in October 2021 was the first openly gay man to appear on the cover of Playboy.
I think I've always been fascinated by women, colors, and makeup and the whole art of vanity because I would always watch my grandma get ready for church. And I was five or six at the time, maybe even four. I've always just loved admiring my grandma get ready and seeing how a touch of makeup made her so much more confident.
I don't want to not be normal.
One day I decided I was a star and I would walk to school with my head held high. I would walk to school in my stilettos and high heels, listening to 'Lucky' by Britney Spears.
You only get hate if you let yourself get hate.
I don't think people experiment enough with clothing because society tries to tell them what they can and can't wear. I love playing around with different aesthetics and/or mixing around aesthetics to create a totally new look.
I get to escape this crazy world that I live in. I think that's the true beauty of running.
I like to wake up and not know what I'm doing.
When I say I came from nothing, I really came from nothing.
When I first started with social media, there were a couple of us that were men in makeup. I didn't have anyone that I looked up to at a young age. Now, it's so accessible. You just go online and see all these amazing men in makeup. We share the same passion, but we all have different goals and we come from different places.
I wake up when the time is double digits - 10, 11, 12 - and I make myself a cup of coffee and think about what I'm gonna do that day. Either I'm gonna set my house on fire or I'm gonna take pictures. I'm random.
I would love to design clothes. Bretman clothing would be a good reflection of my personality, with a super-extra, nonbinary, and non-gendered clothes that are made with quality sustainable fabrics.
Our dynamic is different from other siblings. We're always fighting but we know that we love each other and we get along. People don't see that. If my sister didn't want to be in my videos, she would've told me.
Drag Race' was, like, my outlet and finally being able to see myself in television and that was through Manila Luzon, who was a 'Drag Race' contestant. Manila was the first Asian queer person that I ever saw on mainstream media and 'Drag Race' really did that for me.
I was making videos on my Mom's phones since I was eight years old.
It's crazy to me that we call it a beauty industry when it's not beautiful at all.
My dad and I's relationship before he cheated on my mom... I think it was such a healthy father and son relationship. He always knew I was gay, and he never ever shamed me for being gay or anything. He shamed other people for if they had anything to say.
Growing up in the Philippines, I wanted to be so much like my dad. He taught me simple survival stuff.
I was wearing blush when I was in third grade, so honestly, I just grew up with people who accepted me.
I do sleep next to my makeup because I don't want any makeup nightmares.
I think people are always surprised to learn that I'm actually nice.
I would always tell people I'm going to have a reality show, I'm a star, or I'm rich.
I was fortunate enough to be raised by parents who were very accepting. They were never afraid to let me do my thing and let me live my life.
I usually wait for opportunities and act on them if I like them or I like to really think through any new ideas I have.
I just know I'm made for the camera.
People value makeup differently. Some people see makeup as an artistic expression, some people use makeup as a boost of confidence. I just think makeup is so beautiful and that it really is art. That's why I do makeup.
As long as you are doing things with a smile on your face, and you are having fun, then you are being unfiltered.
I don't need drama to stand out.
Beauty will always be a part of Bretman Rock.
You do not need millions of followers to know and to feel that you have a platform. I feel like everyone should realize that they have a platform regardless of how big their audience is.
If I show up without brows, it means I'm sick, I'm dying, or both my arms are broken.
To be honest with you, I feel like a lot of people don't realize that sometimes the best products are the drugstore products. You do not need a $600 moisturizer to get rid of your acne.
As long as you carry your makeup like you got it done by the biggest celebrity make artist, then everyone will see that.
Third grade, I plucked my eyebrows.
I have always been skating, either with skateboards, ripsticks, longboards - so it's been really easy to get used to the electric board. And no, you don't have to wear certain shoes. I love to wear my crocs!
I've always loved being in front of the camera.
Makeup is all about creativity to me.
Being in the beauty industry, since there wasn't many men in makeup it was weird and obviously at beauty events we would get weird looks. But over time it's been amazing seeing how accepting everyone is when it comes to boys wearing makeup.
We were basically camping my whole childhood because we were so poor.
I mean, I will always be that beauty boy, and I will always wear makeup 'til the day that I die.
I don't read Internet comments because I have other things to do, like walk my dog. And I don't really like reading, so if you're going to hate on me, send me a video. I don't have time to read a whole novel about how I'm going to hell.
I really love it when brands get very creative with products.
My first-ever social medium was actually MySpace. But my first video ever was on YouTube - that's when I thought I was a fashion guru - posting fashion stuff. I deleted all of those videos. And I regret doing that today, because I want to look back and see how baduy I was in seventh grade!
I know some brands second-guess working with me because I'm a boy that likes makeup. I think brands shouldn't just appreciate boys that wear makeup, but they should embrace it. And I feel like some brands forget they need personality. I have plenty of it.
I really don't think there's anything in my life right now or any accomplishments that I have that I didn't manifest.
I think my struggle with acne just kind of triggered the skincare junkie in me. I just wanted to find the best products out there.
Hawaii is a melting pot of people and my school specifically has a lot of diversity that personally inspires me in everything I do.
Me just putting on whatever I want to wear today, people find confidence in that. But to me, I'm just coping.
Now that I'm older and wiser, and I know what that word means and what it possesses... I'm like, 'Yes, I am a mahu and you should look up to me!'
When I run, I don't ever think about my destination.
If I ever see Miss Rihanna wear my sunglasses, I would probably die.
We can watch only so many reality shows filmed in L.A. It gets boring and repetitive.
You need SPF wherever you are in the world.
I'll always be wearing makeup. It's not gonna ever stop.
I definitely really wanted to go to college and live my mom's full American dream fantasy of her son being a nurse.
I started Instagramming and YouTubeing without the knowledge that I could make this as a career one day.
I'm, like, really cute.
I wanted to make peace with my dad. I didn't get to really make peace before he passed away and so I'm hoping to connect to him spiritually. I feel like he's always guiding me.
To be honest with you, I just loved making videos.
I'm a Leo, I'm always cute.
I just don't like how the beauty industry became so much about money and so much drama-driven.