Lip balm is a gateway make-up. It leads to the hard stuff.
Yes throughout history men have indeed been stupidly stubborn about this. Gee it would be awesome if they were super smart self conscious like women and support a billion dollar codependant cosmetic industry.
Finally! Maybe the distraction of beautiful makeup creams will satisfy men’s lust for control long enough for women to seize from them the secret of the ultimate enhancement technique: THE JELQ
Meanwhile, what? Hairy ape guys are rolling around in poon?
Thanks. I think I’ll pick one out and try it.
Maybe I’m biased as a former hairy ape guy, but I think excessive hirsuteness is one of relatively few appearance deficiencies that men can’t fix by caring just a little bit.
I don’t know any women who like hair guys, and I believe studies support that physical attraction decreases as hirsutism increases. On the other hand, lot’s of women I know think shaving or waxing is either weird and vain, or they just find a man with stubble all over his body unappealing.
I fixed the issue permanently with laser hair removal, but it cost thousands of dollars. I used to be really insecure about it as a teen / college student.
I actually don’t mind. Really, really do not mind at all. Hot guy = hot guy, hairy or non-hairy. Most healthy people look good to me just the way they are.
But stubble… no. Can’t snuggle with stubble! (This should be embroidered onto cushions as a reminder.)
You know how you often hear guys saying they like all kinds of women (big boobs, small boobs, they just like boobs)? It’s kinda like that. I like men, all kinds.
Just don’t be stinky and be healthy and it’s all good. 
So I’m sorry you were insecure about it as a teenager. It must’ve been pretty tough, especially as it is (I think?) not as easy to talk about as many similar issues for women.
I guess nobody remembers the 70s and 80s. Men were using some serious makeup in those days. Mostly ‘women’s’ makeup but still.
These days, marketers have figured out that they can scare men the same way they scare women, with the idea that everyone will hate us because of a blemish or misplaced hair. It takes a little more effort to make men worry about their appearence but the woman’s market is saturated so they are going after the other half. Part of the problem for marketers is that men have hair on a big part of the usual makeup area, hence the 5 blade razor.
For me, when they invent some product that will tame the weird old man hairs that come out of my eyebrows and ears, I’m going to wear makeup.
My boyfriend carries:
tablet
ipod
keys
wallet
cell phone
Those are on normal days. If we go traveling he often brings the GPS and puts it on pedestrian method. And then on vacation also, I don’t want to always carry his stuff like tissues, advil, lip balm, etc. He brings the bag along and carries all his own stuff, and this way I can also take a small purse and not have to carry a diaper bag.
I sense a little sarcasm. Sure, we are supporting it, but I don’t really see what is inherently bad about that. The cosmetic industry provides something we like, and we use it. Using it too much is bad, especially if it’s more than we can afford. So is too much of everything. The rest of it is supply and demand - basic economics. If we don’t do anything “extra” we may as well go back and live in their caves.
I mean, we don’t need 90% of the stuff we buy.
Thanks, I appreciate that. Although I really wasn’t scarred by it emotionally. I’m glad I could afford to do something about it early in adulthood.
Pro tip: there are quite a few women who aren’t wearing makeup because we’re self conscious. Some people actually like it and think it’s fun. Men, too. Would you believe that?
No
i have some “moisturizer” that is green tinted so when you put it on red skin it sort of neutralizes the red and makes it look more normal. I get a little red from shaving and being out in the sun a lot. I guess this is sort of like makeup.
That’s called primer and yes, it is makeup.
I’m wearing primer? That doesn’t sound good. I prefer to call it “moisturizer.”
You can call it whatever you’d like, of course, but the point is you’re still priming your face by neutralizing the color.
Ok I’m gonna go with aftershave then. Sounds more masculine. 
Well i bow to your superior knowledge, but looking at those pictures did not make me think it was worth the bother.
:dubious: Wouldn’t selling those and putting the money towards an iPhone lighten his load while covering all the same functions? That would free up space to carry his own lip balm and a couple of Advil.
no shit. I saw that and thought “he needs all four? is he really that dumb?”
If I’m going somewhere that I’d want to use it, I’ll have either a tablet or laptop plus my iPhone. Fortunately, I have a purse. I’m not sure that it’s so ludicrous that someone would want to carry multiple things with them. I doubt you’d be putting your Nexus 7 in your pocket or anything anyway.