If there are any guys who use makeup, is it something you have to do for your job or to get ahead? Or is it to make you more attractive?

I think it’s ok for guys to use makeup, but I think it is a horrible idea. The last thing we want is another thing to do in the morning. I do not personally use makeup, nor have I ever colored my hair or nails. I get haircuts only when my hair gets so long and raggedy that I can no longer ignore it. Then I have it cut as short as I can without adopting the bald look.

Most make-up wearing men that I know of are in the entertainment business. They wear small amounts of it to hide blemishes and look a little more refined on camera and such. There are other guys (usually younger) that wear make-up because they think it makes them look better and because it attracts attention. I’ve never worn make-up and my personal opinion is that it’s a bit ridiculous but, whether it be positive or negative, attention is attention I suppose. To each his own.

GUYS wear makeup??!? News to me!

Most guys I know who have worn makeup have done it for professional reasons, for example acting or other stage performance. However, with the exception of the“metro” crowd, most guys just aren’t vain enough to hassle with applying makeup every morning. (Heck, if it weren’t for trying to woo the fairer sex most men would probably give up shaving.)

Most gays I’ve heard of wear make up. ADAM LAMBERT and Paul Oscar (páll óskar) of Iceland
These guys wear make up a lot!

Well first off yes, guys do wear make up. Especially those who care a lot of their looks and want to look good.
I am pretty sire the most of make up that they use is foundation and concealer and some powder, eyeliner, and mascara and chapstik :)

Ok I think I am done now.

I painted my face for a hockey game once. Does that count?

This isn’t unusual at all. I work in a large shop and we sell soooooo much stuff now that maybe 15–20 years ago would have been unheard of. Seriously though, men are encouraged these days, and I think it’s a good thing, to look after themselves more and this has gone from health, through to appearance too. We sell moisturisers, (which you can buy tinted to even out skintones), even things like toners and cleansers are being marketed towards the male market now. There is a chain here called “Superdrug” who have been selling a range of male cosmetics aimed specifically for the male customer, including “manscara” and “guyliner” for quite a while, you can see an article here.

Also @gamefu91 if you look here honey you’ll find some video tutorials, and there is a really cool site here which is designed specifically for men with lots of tips etc in links down the side of the home page. Something most women have taken for granted for years, the concealer, cool for covering spots, blemishes, dark circles under the eyes (I look like a panda so I couldn’t live without mine) well the concealer has been redesigned for men too, you can see it here.

I’ve just read my fellow jellies comments above, and honestly guys, make up, skin products, hair products, all of them have been designed, produced and marketed for men. It’s a huge market these days and it wouldn’t sell if there weren’t customers out there. I work with younger guys and lots of them think nothing of using a sunbed, or any of these products, and I’m talking football/rugby playing big Scots blokes guys here, so saying that it’s a market aimed at gay men is pretty insulting, both to gay men and to lots of my customers actually, who buy this stuff every week with their shop, why is it wrong for men to feel good about themselves? I’ll never be able to get my head round why it is that some folk feel it’s ok to judge others like this. “Men aren’t supposed to wear make up”.... says who? We’re living in a whole new millenium here guys, maybe most men don’t look after themselves (or their appearance) because they’re too lazy lol, but that doesn’t mean they should disparage anyone who does. @gamefu91 Hope the links help honey,
hugs xx
Edit: found another really interesting article here honey, it’s from channel 4 <hugs> xx

I’ve seen guyliner applied on occasion….not by myself I hasten to add. Not that there’s anything wrong with it at all, just not my bag baby :¬)

While playing in punk bands back in the 80’s on more than one occasion I donned what is best described as theatrical makeup. Not an entirely unpleasant experience, but definitely not something I would want to feel compelled to do every day.

(As a side note, during that particular time period I also did a few head shots with me in full makeup to assess the feasibility of doing a video in which I would play the part of all musicians in the production, including the part of a female keyboard player. I actually pulled off the look pretty well with the exception of my obvious lack of cleavage.)

Gotta support the team
I’ve used makeup once to cover up some bruises on my face after a night of moshing. I was afraid that my parents would freak out and I would never go to concerts again. I didn’t apply the makeup myself, my sister applied it for me. I’m not ashamed.
I don’t care if a guy wears makeup. So what? Fuck gender norms. Fuck what men or women are supposed/not supposed to do. Fuck that shit.

@Michael_Huntington well said and GA <hugs>

I wonder if lipstick and blush will be next? Fun to watch and see what unfolds.

“The clothes make the man.” Now, “the face makes the man?”

God, I hope not. It’s bad enough that women feel they have to get all made up in order to…. well, whatever it is they get made up for. From what I understand, it’s for other women, mostly.

Well, I don’t care what other men think I look like. But even more importantly, I think it would be probably one of the more stupid things I could do if I were to feel I had to put makeup on in order to step out the door. If you every find me doing that, please do the kindness of putting a bullet through my head. It will mean I have been taken over by the blob, or something.

I think it’s quite cool actually that guys wear make-up… just saying… a bit of guyliner can look great

@nebule I agree, and I think its great that guys are making an effort, it means they’ll have a better understanding of why it takes us girls a little longer to get ready to go out for the evening. @wundayatta different strokes for different folks, you know, also I think it’s an age thing too. It’s the younger guys who are really taking an interest in their appearance, certainly I haven’t seen it to the same degree in guys my age, although I do have male customers at work in their 40’s and older buying moisturisers and skincare products like these it doesn’t make them any less of a man, and there certainly isn’t any stigma attached. I don’t see any reason why men shouldn’t be allowed to treat themselves, to feel better about their appearance, I think it’s great. hugs xx

@bunnygrl It blows my mind to hear the word “treat” in the same sentence as makeup. You must be seriously motivated to do this. My daughter loves to do “makeovers” with her friends, but that’s a social activity. Her brother lets her give him a makeover, too, just because he absolutely adores her.

But my goal is to spend as little time as possible getting ready for the day. The thought of putting on makeup makes makes me shudder in horror. It sounds like hell. So calling it a treat…. well…. for me it’s more like torture. I don’t really like it when my wife fusses over my clothes and all she does is straighten my collar.

Makeup is for actors as far as I’m concerned. I’m just fine as I am, thank you very much, and you know what? You are too! In fact, you’re better than fine, au naturel. But as you say, “different strokes.” It seems to me that most of the people I hang out with, male or female, don’t wear makeup very often. I prefer it that way.

I actually don’t wear make up all that often, not like when I was younger and worked in offices a lot. For work I wear concealer to cover the panda circles under my eyes (I’m very aenemic is that spelt properly? getting sleepy, but my iron is always pretty low) and maybe a tinted moisturiser, but thats it. If I was to just get out of my shower, pin my hair up, pop on my uniform and go to work, they’d send me home thinking I was ill, because without a few tweaks (such as hiding my under eye circles) I look like a zombie, honestly just awful.

By treat, I was referring to the products most often bought by my gentlemen customers around my age or older (mid 40’s onwards) which is normally things like moisturisers to treat dry patches on skin (men who work in offices will notice, just as I always did that the too warm air dries the skin on your face out so much it feels like leather), or after shave balm which hydrates skin and soothes irritation caused by shaving. Bigger companies like Loreal, even Dove and Nivea have entire ranges all devoted to men now. It’s not about having layers of panstick on your skin, it’s about using products to address things like dry skin, to 1. help you feel better and by doing that 2. have more self confidence. Men in their late 30’s onwards don’t tend to wear make up (although younger guys do, and good for them) but these 30+ men do, increasingly, buy skincare products. When you spend all of your time thinking about your family and their wellbeing, it must be great to spend even one minute in the morning rubbing on a dot of cream that you know will soothe your skin or will just make you feel better. That’s what I meant by a treat, something that someone does, just for themselves, that’s all.

I’m probably the least motivated person when it comes to make up, I’m not a salesperson (I work in a store but it’s not my job to promote any particular product/s) but I do love hearing someone say they feel good about themselves. I chat to my customers all day long, and as I’ve said, I’m seeing men’s products more and more as part of the weekly shop, I just think it’s great that men can spend money on themselves, by way of the occassional “treat” as much as women can :-) apologies, I’m probubly not explaining very well, I’m getting really sleepy, and I think my brain has already decided it’s bedtime.
hugs xx

I certainly believe in using products that make your skin feel better. Although I really do count the things I have to do in the morning, and while I would feel better if I put lotion on my dry skin, I only do so when it starts to feel bad. I consider it a chore. Maybe if someone else put it on me…. :)

As we speak (so to speak), my hands are particularly dry. I don’t know if I have any lotion at work….

What do you know? I do. Smells really weird.

I get that all the time, really dry skin on my hands I mean. I think they keep the shop far too warm, because I have very dry patches on my face sometimes as well. I’ve been using dove shower stuff because it’s supposed to have some kind of cream mixed through it to hold in moisture in your skin, and when I can I rub hand cream in before I go to work. I understand what you mean about counting things to do in the mornings too, I have rhuematoid arthritis (and they’ve decided something called fibromyalgia? too) so some days its all I can do to have a shower, get to work and finish my shift, so on the good days I use my creams so that the shop doesn’t entirely change my skin into leather lol, thats kinda what I mean by a treat to myself. It makes me feel better and sometimes I even feel a bit more like my old self. I tried to explain to a friend once how much little things like taking a minute to use my hand cream, can make my day so much better. Stuff I never used to stop and think about before, they seem like a victory now on bad days, so I suppose I appreciate it more? I don’t think she understood, anyway, off to bed, nice chatting, and sweet dreams,

There is a great deal of historical precedence for male cosmetics.

And whole eras where men had more make up on than women did.

I, pesonally, hate make-up and don’t wear it. If you wear it too much, it will ruin your skin, something you might have heard of. I will accept lotion, but just casual type(NOTE: Lotion is NOT make-up!!). Don’t wear perfume.

Second, I’d say it was okay for a guy to wear make-up. Just not too much. For women, I think they should lay off it. By the time they’re thirty, they’ll be looking older than they are. My grandma looked pretty good for her age(50), because she wore make-up occasionally. I’d say a guy can wear whatever he likes. Who cares? The world runs on chaos. If I were a guy and wanted some make-up(I don’t), I would choose from to wear, eh, eye-liner(seen many wear, who are famous), minerals(not really make-up, but it is because you do put on face to hide pimples, and it’s better. I would accept it), definitely not lipstick or mascara, and that’s about it.

Don’t be self-conscious about it, if you are a guy and considering.

I think that guys could, if they wanted to. People always judge you by your cover, but why does anyone care? It’s immature and annoying, wouldn’t you say? Without ‘freaks’ and ‘weird-dos’, where would the thrilling, rich sense of diversity be? So, yeah, guys and girls should do whatever they think they like because they want to and to express themselves.

I think it’s rude that people judge bi-people(I’m not one), because it’s a free-country and people should live the life they want. Now when I’m saying this, I’m not saying that you’ll look gay, if you are a guy and considering, or guys will look gay. Just as long they don’t put stupid, pointless things like blush(the blush hides the real blush inside), mascara, or anything of the sorts, I’m sure it wouldn’t kill them.

I once had a plan to dress up for a concert. I had my hair dyed black and styled everywhere, my beard dyed bright red and I wanted that sunken eye “Entertainment” style eye shadow or whatever that shit is too. I had one of my female friends do the eyes, but I think she had no idea what I was trying to do, because it didn’t turn out like anything I wanted. I was going for a Metalapoclypse look and she gave me David Bowie.

Needless to say I washed it off, lol.

There are specific lines of makeup for men, but they are usually applied by makeup artists, rather than the do it yourself kind.

Men’s makeup has increased in popularity and is becoming fairly commonplace, thanks to Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, Adam Lambert and others.

If wearing it appeals to you, check out the kinds of makeup that don’t hurt your skin or cause breakouts http://www.best-mens-skin-care.com/mens-makeup.html