Do not let me down: guys and makeup

Beauty editor Tatyana Yakimova - about guys who use eyeliner.

Last week, while dining at a cafe, I couldn’t take my eyes off a pretty bartender of about 25. Not because I fell in love at first sight, but because I couldn’t understand: it seemed to me, or in fact, the handsome people had eyes summed up, and so unobtrusively and skillfully , like the guy just visited my favorite makeup artist Lesha Molchanov?

“Let the Moscow guys not get painted,” Molchanov told me. “When Gautier’s makeup appeared (that is, eight years ago), there were some attempts, frankly, inept ones. You can ask Danila Polyakov, let him give you a couple of tips, how to walk around our city with eyes down! "

Still, the bartender just enjoyed liner. We, beauty journalists, do not catch it.

If you believe Lesha (and he should be trusted) - this bartender can be considered one of the first Russian brave souls who have picked up the fashion for the gayliner, which has already won the world.

It is clear that this trend was not born yesterday. All rockers do it. And punks. And the goths. My personal ideal of beauty is Jack Sparrow, and if you remember the sad vampire Edward Cullen ... I rummaged in my memory and found a whole bunch of straight-handsome men with an airliner. Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Pete Doherty, Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy, husband Ashlee Simpson), Brandon Flowers (The Killers), TV star and fiance Katy Perry Russell Brand, illusionist Chris Angel, Joel Madden (husband Nicole Richie), Brett Michaels, Axel Rose, Billy Idol, Jared Leto and other women lovers do it both on stage and outside.

^{1. Jack Sparrow 2. Green Day frontman Billy Joe 3. Peter Doherty 4. Fall Out Boy frontman Pete Wentz 5. The Killers group 6. Jared Leto, actor and leader of 30 Seconds to Mars}

The site WikiHow give detailed advice to everyone. The main thing is that the liner should be black or very dark, without glitter and nacre ("otherwise you will look like Boy George"). After applying an even thick line, it must be shaded - to get the image of a rock star on stage and a couple of days later. Required attributes: informal dress, casual hair, creative profession and a beautiful woman nearby. "This is not gay culture," explains Los Angeles makeup artist from Los Angeles. "This is a street look, androgynous fashion, grunge ... It does not contradict masculinity, not at all. Not gay but cool!"

And you know, I agree with him. I'm really sure: failed eyes go to brutal guys. With the same Molchanov, we recalled the models in the Armani men's show: skillfully applied deep brown shadows around the eyes gave their views depth, and their faces - spirituality. And it was evident that the guys themselves also liked it - many of them did not take off their makeup after the show, but quietly took to the streets.

Although the same Bradwin Jones adds: "But when they try too hard, this is not very."

^{For ten years Tatyana Yakimova worked as a beauty director of L'Officiel, now she is the chief editor of TsUM magazine and beauty director of Sex & The City magazine, as well as columnist L'Officiel. He considers that the best friends of beauty are love, a smile and suitable cosmetics, and the worst enemy is despondency.}