Metrosexual Males

Metrosexuals, according to the New York Times, "are straight urban men who are willing, even eager, to embrace their feminine sides." They love to shop with their gal pals. They wear designer jeans, fashionable tops and have long conversations about thread counts. Some even wear makeup and nail polish. They sport the latest in fashion trends, and caring for and pampering their bodies ranks high on the list of priorities. Being a metrosexual means being sensitive, intuitive, and fashion conscious. Tell-tale signs include buying and using skin-care creams and fragrances. A metros bathroom medicine cabinet is not complete unless it contains: bath oil, liquids and additives, conditioners, hair gel, mouse, spray, firming cream, and self-tanning lotions.

The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis - because that's where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference. Particular professions, such as modeling, waiting tables, media, pop music and, nowadays, sport, seem to attract them but, truth be told, like male vanity products and herpes, they're pretty much everywhere. A man concerned with self-image, self-indulgence and money.(Usually urban, heterosexual, probably affluent). A man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals, but is in fact heterosexual.

Beyond, soap and shampoo in the shower, these guys are into a full range of cleansing products, shaving essentials, and moisturizers. Medicine cabinets are full of facial foams, scrubs, shaving foams and gels, balms, and creams, to name just a few. Be careful though if they start adding the word "product" to their vocabulary!