Citations:manscara

English citations of manscara

Noun: "(slang) mascara designed for and/or marketed toward men"

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• 2008, Renyi Lim, "Nailing the Look: Men", in "Graveyard Glamour", Quench (Cardiff University), Issue 72, October 2008, page 24 (approx.):

  With the invention of male cosmetics such as 'guyliner' and 'manscara' by Superdrug, fashion-conscious young men have no excuse to avoid this autumn's dark romantic goth trend just because they don't have a girlfriend to steal eyeliner from.

• 2009, Lara Fox, Miss Understanding: My Year In Agony, Hodder Children's Books (2010), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  Dad had dyed his hair and may even have been wearing manscara.

• 2009, Book review, Families (Solent East), Issue 23, July/August 2009, page 21:

  Real men didn't eat quiche and they certainly didn't wear guy-liner and manscara.

• 2010, Ellen Rakieten & Anne Coyle, Undateable: 311 Things Guys Do That Guarantee They Won't Be Dating Or Having Sex, Villard Books (2010), →ISBN, page 35:

  Bronzer, manscara, guyliner, male polish...whatever. It's abnormal. Remember...you're a guy.

• 2010, Jennifer Harb, "Has equality become fashionable?", The Spectrum (University of Buffalo), Volume 60, Issue 15, 6 October 2010, page 3:

  Russell Brand continues to popularize "manscara."

• 2010, Mark, "What Maketh A Man?", Who's Jack, Issue 42, November 2010, page 57:

  In today's metrosexual world of tight jeans, manscara and guyliner, sometimes us men need a bit of guidance, a rugged example to look to and define what it is to be a man.

• 2011, Laura Ingraham, Of Thee I Zing: America's Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots, Threshold Editions (2011), →ISBN, page 59:

  A study in the Daily Mail recently revealed that more than three million British men wear makeup in public. One in ten use their female partner's cosmetics. And though American men are probably less likely to don the guyliner and manscara, as I look around, I think the Yanks are making up for lost time.

• 2012, Juliette Astrup, "Booming Grooming", Vitality, December/January 2012, page 56:

  'I think false eyelashes are a gimmick. I remember when manscara came out, it was about four or five years ago, and it bombed,' he says.

• 2012, Kamilla Baiden, "Same Difference", Live Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 9, Winter 2012, page 41:

  But we have yet to see something generated for the guys out there who wear female-inspired clothing, be it your skinny jeans, ultra-fitted tops or 'manscara'.

• 2012, Sophie Hay, "Metro-sexy: The Rise of the Metrosexual", Redbrick (University of Birmingham), Volume 76, Issue 1407, 17 February 2012, page 21:

  In 2008, Superdrug launched TaxiMan, a brand of makeup specifically designed for the every day man and although the range proved a flop, Boots and other stores will stock makeup for men from guyliner to manscara […]

• 2012, Matthew Robinson, "Beauty's Last Taboo", Industry (Oxford Fashion Society), September 2012, page 44:

  In many cases this marketing is no less antiquated than the original male stereotype that cosmetics such as 'manscara' and 'guyliner' appear to reject.

• 2013, "Blokey Beauty: guyliner?", The Courier (Newcastle University), Issue 1282, 2 December 2013, page 19:

  Annah Baines and David Leighton discuss their views on whether they think a bit of 'manscara' and 'guyliner' is acceptable, or whether it's a crime against hu-man-ity