Fashion/Cosmetics For Men Is A Joke

[Syzygy]

compared to feminine beauty products.

starting with clothes, they only look good on good bodies. bodies are controlled by genes. a thin guy can workout or an overweight girl can lose weight but it's impossible to change the bones your genes gave you. bones make a body shape. a thin guy who works out will still have narrow clavicles and not have the ideal body shape. an overweight girl can lose weight but if her hips are not wide compared to her waist she will not have the ideal body shape. this problem plagues both genders. however there are solutions to faking gene quality that are available almost exclusively to women. corsets and body shapers are commonplace, making it easy for a woman who does not have the ideal body shape to create the illusion of it easily.

for guys? sorry boyo you're out of luck. get used to hearing that as a guy with flaws as a result of dna.

what makes faces attractive? indicators of health are key. that means prominent and well developed bones, clear skin, and dimorphic features (which would be a wide chin on a male or positive tilted eyes for a female). a very common issue many people have with their faces that rob them of attractiveness is recessed or weak bones/facial structure. want to cover that up as a man? sorry boyo, no solution to that. better save up thousands for plastic surgery if you want to fix anything.

want to cover it up as a woman? no problem, with makeup it's easy to create the illusion of prominent cheekbones, a streamlined face, and ideal facial proportions and fat distribution with the act of contouring. virtually any flaw is easy to cover up with some form of makeup, mascara on eye lashes, eye brow gel, etc. etc.

[xXoblivionXx]

you bring up a lot of true points. I guess it's just the way things are now a days. it's easier for a woman to change her body shape because society says to have an hour glass figure- to be smaller. while guys are "suppose" to be more broad and muscular. it's harder to make something bigger or appear more broad. if that makes sense

Ultimately it's not looks that count but I suppose as humans we still take that into account. In my opinion, even if you don't have "the right figure" keeping yourself clean/put together is attractive. A guy may be thinner and doesn't have a six pack but if he takes care of himself in other aspects he's just as good as a guy with "the right figure" (according to what society defines as an attractive male)

[Desuetude]

Many men contour their faces with make up too you know. Make up shouldn't be specific to women. You might say that it's 'all good' for women because they have the resources there to 'sort their faces out' but that's only because it's expected of them. They're expected to cover up flaws and imperfections with make up to be socially desirable to men and just accepted socially as a whole. Do you think women want to go through that whole process of buying corsets, struggling to get in them, the pain of being in them, spending thousands on make up, the time and effort of applying it daily etc. etc. (on a different note, I've seen body shaper garmets for men online as well as women). So if women have to use make up to clear up their 'dna flaws', then what's stopping men from doing the same thing?

There are many youtube videos explaining how to contour for men specifically, here's a 'tips and tricks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPT0FFZX4r0)' one, 'contour/restructure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ4qT_Z3Jok)' and supposedly 'contouring your face correctly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ab1TwKWKZk)' (I don't know how good these videos are, I watched 2 of them but because I don't wear make up I haven't got a damn clue). There's so much information online that could help you and it's all trial and error but instead of getting yourself down about not being able to do anything until you've saved thousands of pounds for plastic surgery, try out some other methods of making yourself feel better. You said it yourself, virtually any flaw is easy to cover up.

[Syzygy]

Many men contour their faces with make up too you know. Make up shouldn't be specific to women. You might say that it's 'all good' for women because they have the resources there to 'sort their faces out' but that's only because it's expected of them. They're expected to cover up flaws and imperfections with make up to be socially desirable to men and just accepted socially as a whole. Do you think women want to go through that whole process of buying corsets, struggling to get in them, the pain of being in them, spending thousands on make up, the time and effort of applying it daily etc. etc. (on a different note, I've seen body shaper garmets for men online as well as women). So if women have to use make up to clear up their 'dna flaws', then what's stopping men from doing the same thing?

There are many youtube videos explaining how to contour for men specifically, here's a 'tips and tricks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPT0FFZX4r0)' one, 'contour/restructure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ4qT_Z3Jok)' and supposedly 'contouring your face correctly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ab1TwKWKZk)' (I don't know how good these videos are, I watched 2 of them but because I don't wear make up I haven't got a damn clue). There's so much information online that could help you and it's all trial and error but instead of getting yourself down about not being able to do anything until you've saved thousands of pounds for plastic surgery, try out some other methods of making yourself feel better. You said it yourself, virtually any flaw is easy to cover up.

I have never met any male ever who wore makeup. also it's not as easy for men. for example an attractive masculine jaw is robust and square (how can you fake this with makeup?) whereas an attractive feminine jaw is streamlined and the effect can be achieved much more easier than creating something from nothing. similar to what the first poster said

[Desuetude]

I have never met any male ever who wore makeup. also it's not as easy for men. for example an attractive masculine jaw is robust and square (how can you fake this with makeup?) whereas an attractive feminine jaw is streamlined and the effect can be achieved much more easier than creating something from nothing. similar to what the first poster said

Honestly, its up to you, but just because you don't see men wearing makeup that doesn't mean that you can't wear it yourself. Don't be a sheep. You can create darker shadows under the jawline, giving the impression of a more square jaw. So that excuse is void. I was just trying to help. If someone is that concerned about their looks then they will do something about it to try and ease their self esteem and I think that make up is a good and probably reasonably cheap way to start.

[ImCoolBeans]

The makeup part doesn't bother me personally, but in pretty much any store in the universe, unless it's a men's store, has like 85% women's clothing and 15% men's clothing. It's always annoyed me that women's sections are huge and have everything but the men's section kind of gets pushed aside and doesn't have as much. This is especially true in TJ Maxx or Marshalls. Great stores but they focus so much more on women -- the TJ Maxx near me doesn't even have a men's shoe department, but their woman's shoe section is massive...

[Abhorrence]

I get what you mean about clothing. I go for my own style which makes my body look better imo. I'm a thin dude but I have really wide shoulders so I wear hoodies and stuff all the time to make myself look a bit more bulked out on top and then I just wear super thin jeans because idgaf I love them. But when I'm taken out of my comfort zone (for example, if I have to wear formal wear) I feel like shit. I was trying on suits and stuff not so long back and my hips are super wide so I needed quite wide trousers and then they didn't fit with my thin legs. Also, I need super wide chested suit jackets and large shirts because of my bone structure but my arms and stomach remain super thin, I'm really oddly proportioned and it just makes life annoying. At least with my personal style I know my body looks decent, imo. I think it's just about finding stuff that makes you feel comfortable. Also, with the makeup thing... I wear concealer when I haven't slept in like three days because my eyes end up looking real awful but that's to the extent of what I do. If you wanna wear makeup, do it. But like get good at it, because it seems really fucking difficult haha

[Magus]

Men should wear functional clothes, not beautiful clothes.

I don't want to see you were some tight ass pants cuffed up to your ankle, and wearing some walking shoes.

Wear some goddamn military cargos and boots, nigga. Now do some Krumps.