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| frankr |
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t's official. Men are now wearing makeup. Don't believe me? Next time you're at the mall, take a look at the cosmetics section, where entire shelves are now dedicated to men. Guys have gone from secretly filching some of their girlfriends' moisturizers, to owning enough beauty products to make most drag queens blush. How and why this happened remains more mysterious than Keanu Reeves' Hollywood success.
So I asked 25 men out there -- all hip urban professionals -- the question, "Should men use cosmetics?" and the answers surprised me. Five of them answered in the positive. 20% is too high a number for me to breathe a sigh of relief. Here are two replies that I got, from both sides of the camp:
the schism of manhood
Editor's note: Names have been changed to protect participants' identity.
"Today's sophisticated man should be concerned with how he looks, since it is his appearance that people first see and remains a major factor in how they gauge him... Men's cosmetics are there to help him look his best."
- Zack Bonilla, 32, New York, NY
"Men wearing makeup is proof positive that manhood is doomed. When more and more men take on the things that are associated with the opposite sex, they gradually cease to be men. Being a man is about brains, brawn and work, not about looking cute."
- James Thaddeus, 36, Santa Barbara, CA
Zack and James both describe themselves as modern, stylish men, who lead active social lives. But this is where their similarities end.
Zack is a self-confessed "metrosexual," the newest buzzword to hit the gender studies glossary. Essentially, he is a straight man who indulges in traditionally feminine pursuits. Zack likes to shop for clothes. Every morning he applies a concealer stick that hides razor nicks and the dark rings under his eyes. At night he scrubs his face with a cleanser, then soaks it in a pore diffuser. On special days he'll treat himself to a facial and a manicure. And in case you're wondering, no, he's not gay.
James, on the other hand, is a more traditional man. He has a "small but complete" wardrobe, which he renews every leap year, or so. While he likes to dress well, that's where he stops. "I've never smeared any kind of cream on my face, and I never will," he says.
Posted by: 5-Mar-2008
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| Leo Craig |
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I have a friend of mine which is gay, and don't get me wrong, he don't be cracking onto his friends, and he doesn't use make-up. Guys are meant to be drag queens. But anyways I'm pretty sure they use the same make-up, although there are some websites for guys only make up.
Posted by: 5-Mar-2008
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