Sunday, 1 April 2012

Infuriating!

I was just watching Sunday Brunch and they were showing a product on there called 'mantyhose'. I'll give you 10 guesses as to what it was...

You've got it! Pantyhose for men AKA tights for men. Apparently they're really big in Japan and China. I'm not sure if that's true.

It's not that I have an issue with men wearing tights - okay it'd be a bit weird at first, but if they're comfortable I really don't care what someone wears. What I do have a problem with, however, is the labeling of such products.

It doesn't make the product anymore masculine to add 'man' to it. The 'guy' in 'guyliner' certainly doesn't scream manly to me. If you're male and you want to wear those products, do it. But for the love of God, STOP trying to make it sound more masculine than it is.

If 'guyliner' or 'mantyhose' were made differently to eyeliner or tights, I'd totally understand the whole thing - but they're not. So just quit it. I'd have so much more respect for a guy if they admitted they were eyeliner, instead of them trying to persuade me they were wearing guyliner and that it was somehow different to eyeliner.

It's not a new thing for men to wear eyeliner or nail varnish (which is another thing that people have tried to make manly), so why do people now feel the need to label it differently?

(Image courtesy of Daily Mail's website)

Johnny Depp's been spotted wearing it. Thousands of women still fancy him, so is it really something that needs to be spruced up and made 'manly'? No. Quit it. Just stop. Now.

Alphanail have produced a matte nail polish collection for men, because apparently that's more masculine. Newsflash; thousands of women wear matte nail polish. It's quite the thing. It's not any more or any less manly than a shiny polish. They've also named them things such as: "Burnin' Rubber"; "Smoke"; "Concrete"; "Cocaine"; and "Benjamins". Their metallic polishes have names like; "Pirate Gold" and "Gasoline".

I literally cannot put into words how much this annoys me. Seriously. It's the same product a woman would use. Stop trying to make people think otherwise.

I'm so annoyed I can't even think straight to write this properly...

Friday, 30 March 2012

Justin Bieber - Boyfriend


I've never really understood the hype around Justin Bieber. He can sing but he's hardly the most talented male singer on the planet, in my opinion anyway. This song just proves me right. It's awful. I'm fairly certain he couldn't sound more like Justin Timberlake if he tried - although Justin Timberlake's better.

Usually with songs, I try and listen to the lyrics as much as possible but after the "rapping" at the beginning of the song, I struggled to even pay attention to the most of the song. I'm aware that he's young and wants to try new things but he should probably stick to what he's good at - singing. I'm also aware of the fact he's growing up, so he's bound to sound different vocally compared to his first released - 'One Time' - but it seems like he's losing what made him special. I'm not entirely sure what that was in the first place either.

The beat's catchy and it's probably going to get stuck in peoples heads however, unlike other songs, it's not something that's ever going to grow on me.

Overall, it's about a 1/5.