Meanings
- slanguncountableMascara designed for and/or marketed toward men.
Dad had dyed his hair and may even have been wearing manscara.
2009, Lara Fox, Miss Understanding: My Year In Agony, Hodder Children's Books, published 2010, →ISBN2 more examples
With the invention of male cosmetics such as 'guyliner' and 'manscara' by Superdrug, fashion-conscious young men have no excuse to avoid this autumn's dark romantic goth trend just because they don't have a girlfriend to steal eyeliner from.
2008, Renyi Lim, "Nailing the Look: Men", in "Graveyard Glamour", Quench (Cardiff University), Issue 72, October 2008, page 24 (approx.)Annah Baines and David Leighton discuss their views on whether they think a bit of 'manscara' and 'guyliner' is acceptable, or whether it's a crime against hu-man-ity
2013 December 2, “Blokey Beauty: guyliner?”, in The Courier, number 1282, Newcastle University, page 19
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