The man said that, over the eight or nine months he’d been working there, his managers never found issue with his makeup — in fact, some complimented him. But things changed when they went under new management. “Earlier on in the week I came to work as my fabulous self and was told to take off my make-up,” he explained. “I was quite shocked. … Obviously I'm not going to take off my make-up when all my other (female) colleagues are able to come to work as their fabulous selves.” He refused, but was told to “tone it down” regardless.