Jean Paul Gaultier

Jean Paul Gaultier’s long-awaited line of man makeup, Monsieur is now out!

Monsieur has ‘officially’ come out this month, although it is a re-launch of the same idea from 2003(makeup for men) and I read it was called everything from Tout Beau Tout Propre to Skin Styling. (Don’t blame me! The only makeup I knew about 5 years ago was glitter nail polish!) Anyways, the man makeup is back, five years later, renamed and repackaged.

In fact, they say,

‘A Monsieur lies hidden in every man. Monsieur is sophisticated and elegant without fuss or complication, but of course not without humor’.

The line includes “aesthetic enhancement” products like a cleanser, toner, shaving products, concealer, eyeliner, brow grooming gel and a bronzer.

Alright, here’s my two cents worth – to each their own, but I’m unsure of this line! The product types seem pretty reasonable – eyeliner (or ‘guyliner’) is really nice when done right; and if a guy has a zit he should be able to use concealer to cover it up. However, the bronzer seems very fake looking to me, and the brow grooming gel seems unnecessary – tweeze those monsters instead! If the line branches out into lipstick and mascara, though, then I’d be a little freaked out!

Boys, will you be buying from this line? :-P

Image NYmag.com

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