Do you ever feel like you’re really out of touch with things, and then realize that there’s a push from somewhere in the media that exposes everyone to strange and sometimes bizarre ideas? Like bad ideas are being force-fed to the American public by a sadistic media? Here’s one of those things from the front page of msn.com today (link).
Don’t be surprised if very soon your toiletry kit contains not only shaving cream, deodorant and toothpaste, but concealer, oil-absorbing face powder and brow gel.
That’s because guys are relying on an increasing number of made-for-men products like these to put their best face forward.
“I think men are much more receptive to the whole grooming concept from start to finish. Makeup is sort of the final frontier,” says Wendy Lewis, a beauty consultant and author of The Beauty Battle: An Insider’s Guide to Wrinkle Rescue and Cosmetic Perfection from Head to Toe. “They’re certainly concerned about camouflaging imperfections. The idea of a little light dusting of powder is no longer an extreme measure.”
My comfort zone for male grooming ends at Summer Cuts. Do trim your unibrow (link), if you have one and your culture permits it (link)- hey, CNN apparently took the Reuters story (deadlink here) about Iranian haircuts down. I wonder why?
I was going to say “you’ll be glad men started wearing mascara here when we’re all working in salt mines for the Chinese”, but apparently the Chinese are implementing mandatory dance classes in schools (link):
BEIJING — Dance classes soon will be mandatory for Chinese elementary and secondary students because of worries about increased obesity, state media reported today.
The China Daily said in a front-page story that the dance classes — “to suit the physical and psychological characteristics of students at all ages” — will become compulsory from Sept. 1, quoting a notice from the Education Ministry.
It said the dances will be performed during class breaks or during extracurricular time.
The newspaper cited recent reports that said heavy loads of schoolwork had cut into the amount of physical activity students perform and that “obesity has been on the rise.”
So for today I’ll simply motivate you by saying ”you American men will be glad you put on mascara and did your eyebrows all nice and fancy so you look good when YOU AND YOUR CHUBBY BALLET-DANCING COMMUNIST CHINESE FRIENDS ARE BEHEADED FOR BEING INFIDELS!”