Made-up men reflect changing $50bn male grooming industry

Financial Times ^ | February 4, 2017 | Lindsay Whipp

[C19fan]

Maybelline’s Big Shot mascara campaign features a model with impeccable eye make-up, thick eyelashes and . . . well-groomed stubble. ...

[honurider]

I saw this the other day and over the last few months hve heard and seen more.....

You have got to be f**king kidding me, what a sick bunch of meat-sacks lacking testicular fortitude, pretty soon you might see gossamer wings sprouting from their backs.

I mean, the make up I see them use on the ‘talking heads’ of cable news is bad enough. Crap is so thick it has got to be water proof.

Come on you gotta admit it, some of the dudes adorned with toupees or obvious use of hair dye, does cause a chuckle.
Thanks to HD tv.

[AndyJackson]

Your eye-liner doesn’t match the sad of your pink hat with the kittycat ears.

[ought-six]

These products are meant for the “men” who have to sit to pee. Unfortunately, America is producing more of these creatures than ever before.

[batterycommander]

Is that you, Shep?

[Tax-chick]

I wonder how much of the $50 billion “male grooming industry” is something other than shaving products, soap, and shampoo.

[IronJack]

This is dead out of the box. Only purse-carrying limp-wrist Manhattanite swishes will buy this crap, which will sink it faster than the Kursk’s lifeboats.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

When this starts to seem normal, go watch a Dirty Harry movie and you’ll be normal again.

[Bob]

You’re thinking of Film Actor’s Guild.

[hal ogen]

The title should have read: made-up metrosexuals...not men. People should stop insulting and degrading men.

[certrtwngnut]

Where have all the Dirty Harry’s gone? We are all here at fR.

[bk1000]

A man should have only a hairy bar of soap, and perhaps some shampoo in his shower. Each additional product puts him one step closer to Chardonnay and a Liza Minelli film festival.

[CyberAnt]

This happened because of the SISSIFICATION OF OUR MEN.

[jmcenanly]

Is that a man, a woman or something that just crawled out of the uncanny valley?

[Phillyred]

The 80s are back!

[Drew68]

Is that a man, a woman or something that just crawled out of the uncanny valley?

"Human Ken Doll" Rodrigo Alves

[OldMissileer]

Are the lives of hipsters and millennials that empty and lacking that they need this?

Yes. The age of cell phones and computers has withdrawn these people from society and they hardly ever interact with each other while being at the same physical location.

I believe people like this are so lonely their actions are a cry for some kind of real relationships, be it friendship or love, or both.

[Ransomed]

I remember lots of chicks just loving those Poison guys. The first time I saw that album cover I was like ‘oh man another gimmick chick band...’

Freegards

[Chode]

they might be male, but they sure as hell aren't men...

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

As Solomon once said "There is nothing new under the sun." Fifty years ago the cosmetic industry tried to get men to wear makeup. You can see the result in this scene from ROSEMARY'S BABY(1968). The man with makeup is behind the blond girl in the furs. It is clearer on the Big Screen

[az_gila]

And three years later in Clockwork Orange -