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Some good makeup can make you look fly even if if you like yourself
It's not so cut and dry as that
Can it make an overweight, depressed, self loathing guy in his late thirties feel fly? Asking for a friend.
It doesn't have to be makeup, but caring for how you look can help you feel fly, too. A haircut that fits. Face treatments or creams with nice scents feel good. Finding the right products for you can make you feel good. I helped my husband find the right soap and shampoo for his skin and hair type, got him to use moisturizer and better shaving products. His acne that he had for years vanished completely, his skin is nice and smooth now and he feels so much better because all the dry skin was uncomfortable. He also goes to a barber shop now that massages his head and gives him a haircut and beard trimming and he loves having a little spa time.
It won't magic magically cure your depression or reduce your weight, but it will help you feel better in your body.
No, because the thing that makes a person feel good when they wear makeup is the anticipated reaction of their peers. Per modern grooming standards, straight men (assuming you are straight here) are expected not to wear make up, and thus will garner quizzical or negative reactions from the average person. You already know this, and if you didn't, it would quickly become apparent once you started interacting with anyone. And once you noticed others' negative judgement, you would not "feel fly".
Instead the way to "feel fly" is simple, if not easy - hew better to culturally agreed-upon beauty standards. Cultures and subcultures differ in exactly what this entails. But common things are wearing clean clothes without obvious wear that fit well; getting a good haircut; taking care of your skin; eating a healthy diet, getting exercise, and sleeping well to improve mood and energy levels; unabashed self-expression within cultural constraints through clothing choice, haircut, hair color, tattoos or piercings, or accessories. And, most importantly, by not being overweight.
If it makes you feel more confident and happy about what you see in the mirror, then yeah it’s going to help.
You’d probably get some detractors who won’t be able to help making remarks but all they’re really telling you is they’re not your friend.
You can also do something natural looking that most guys don’t recognize as ‘makeup’ but helps improve your look.
There’s more men who do this than you might realize, e.g. anyone behind a news desk on tv
Yes. Source: experience
For real though. I did rocky horror picture show a while ago with some old friends who did theatre, and I dressed up as a gender bent version of Columbia in the gold sequin jacket. They contoured my face, gave me cats eyes, and dyed my beard bright red. I felt fly as fuck, I look damn good in fishnets and makeup. I also got to experience feeling hot; that night I learned that my body type has a number of admirers in the gay community, and quite a few people in attendance made sure I knew it. All around one of the best things that has ever happened to my self esteem
Fuck, I want that. RHPS isn't a thing in Europe, unfortunately. But I am happy for You. Envious but happy.
Go to the gym, it will make a world of difference. Lifting weights is not even difficult (like cardio, I hate cardio and never do it). But the extra muscles will help burn fat and make you want to eat better to get nice gains.
You are not going to be depressed when you start to get a nice body.
Depends very much on the source of those problems. Looking better can absolutely help in most cases. Maybe not for you.
Fair enough, there's most probably some room for ethical consumption of cosmetics and make up. But by far, the large majority of this industry is driven by the capitalist need for consumption and misogyny
Why would the capitalists want misogyny? They don't care about women's self esteem - just their money.
Yeah, but this this kinda hatred drives consumption even more.
A recent example would be how the advertising and tracking/recommendation algorithms at Instagram recognised that when teen girls were deleting their selfies, that is the time to shove cosmetic ads to them.
I mean one could argue that there isn't any real intent to misogyny from the capitalist ruling class, but I'd be more inclined towards believing that this is done with some intent. Keeping the people divided and whatnot
it's like trimming your beard to accentuate your face (yes i know men are physically able to wear makeup), it's not necessary but i quite like looking in the mirror and making finger guns like johnny bravo