Chocolate Blog

Another normal week at Swansea, had somehome work, did some readings, rescued baby from burning building on my faithful steed Uni (The Unicorn)

Massive Issue Two Revamp

After many hours of discussion, even more arguments and even more sackings, the editors have decided to have a complete overhaul of the blog and our favoured format (see pic) is being discarded and revamped to a more snazzy design. So from now on, we'll see less of the tired old, and more of the happy new. Enjoy...

Men and Makeup.

Men and Make up? Whats next, Women and Working? Well although the latter may be a little outdated, the former is still a bit taboo. If I was to ask any of my friends is it OK if I wore makeup, I can only assume the answer would be in the form of a bit of light violence and the questioning of my masculinity.
Well is it OK for men to wear makeup? Is it really a new "thing?" Do women think its acceptable for men or will they think we've all turned a little bit lah di dah?
I suppose, like most things, its all about the situation, context, the when, the where and the who? David Bowie in the 70's with a multicoloured face was probably received as cool at the time. The Spider and web painted Legion of Doom smashing seven shades of poo into Kiss inspired Demolition at WrestleMania was definitely cool. These were 20odd stone giants beating crap into each other yet they wore a full face of make up. Would you tell them they was "a bit gay?" Probably not. Unless you wanted you wanted your face rearranged to look like the elephant man's uglier brother.
Nowadays we see a different kind of slap on a mans face. Think of Big Brother loser John James with his eyeliner and nail varnish, or former 80's pop star Pete Burns looking like a million facial surgery accidents complete with more makeup than a Boots counter.
Is this cool? Is this the way forward for men? I hope not. What will be next? "Im just off rugby training love, seen my high heels.....?"