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The Manly History of Makeup

Here's a peek into the podcast episode I recorded with Rob and Dan of Softcore History, and the products I'd recommend to modern men who want to make their caveman ancestors proud.

Cristina Montemayor
Jul 23, 2025
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Beauty is primarily a woman’s pursuit, which is one of the many reasons why I love it. My first internship in college was with a blog that had a predominantly male audience. At 19 years old, I became fluent in the male gaze. Male attention is its own kind of currency, and business was a-boomin’ in the early to mid 2010s.

Luckily for me, the blog also ha…

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