Category: Male Beauty
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Wigs and Hairpieces
Wigs have been worn by both men and women since ancient times. Wigs are worn for a variety of different reasons, including protection, adornment, disguise, ritual, social or professional status, health or hygiene, and religious strictures. Wigs can be used to change hair color as well as make dramatic shifts in hairstyle from short to…
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Vitamins and Beauty Supplements
Vitamins are organic compounds essential for growth and activity in small amounts. Dietary supplements are minerals, herbs, and vitamins taken to help increase nutritional intake and daily food consumption. Today, American consumers spend millions of dollars each year on vitamins and supplements that promise everything from sexual vigor and increased body mass to clear complexions…
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Tattoos
A tattoo is a type of body modification in which dye is injected into the skin to alter the pigment. Tattooing is prominent throughout the world, and there is anthropological evidence of some sort of tattooing for the past 10,000 years. Techniques vary, but the most common form of tattooing involves pricking the skin and…
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Tanning
Tanning refers to the natural or artificial process of darkening one’s skin color. Typically, tanned skin is achieved via sun exposure but, in recent years, tanning beds delivering ultraviolet rays or booths that cover users with a topical spray that mimics a natural tan have become increasingly popular. History The debate about altering one’s skin …
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Men’s Skin Care Lines
Men’s skincare, like all aspects of male grooming, has a long and complicated history. In the ancient Egyptian world, men practiced a beauty and health regimen that included the application of skin conditioners and moisturizers. Cosmetics, especially those intended to protect, shadow, and enhance the appearance of the eyes, were also routinely used in life…
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Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was an American reality television program developed for the Bravo television network that ran from 2003 to 2007. After its debut in 2003, the show became a surprise hit, and its rights were purchased by NBC. The program’s executive producers, Dave Collins, who has been in a gay relationship …
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Piercing
Piercing is a type of semi-permanent body modification. In the technique most commonly used by piercing professionals today, a hollow-point needle is inserted in the skin to cut a small opening for the display of jewelry, usually a ring or a stud. Although vulnerable to infection, the flesh surrounding the puncture wound tends to heal…
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Male Models
While the profession of the male fashion and underwear model is a relatively recent invention, men have served as models for centuries, primarily in artists’ studios and academies. In the 18th and 19th centuries, formally trained artists regularly conducted studies of frequently nude, living models, both male and female. Artistic institutions, in this period, especially …
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Metrosexuals
The term metrosexual, which was first coined by British cultural critic Mark Simpson in a 1994 article for the Independent and in a 2002 discussion of the English soccer star David Beckham written for www.salon.com, burst onto the American scene with three specific developments in 2003: the publication of a New York Times article titled …
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Men’s Health
Men’s Health was launched in 1987, under the editorial leadership of Mark Bricklin, as a general health and fitness magazine for American men. The president of Rodale Press, Robert Teufel, conceived of the magazine as a workout and healthy lifestyle magazine in keeping with the philosophy of its founding company. J. I. Rodale created Rodale…