One study has found that men look more masculine when they are wearing makeup.

The findings showed that male faces were rated as being higher in attractiveness when presented as wearing makeup as well as having an increased perceived masculinity.

Guess it’s time to get the guy-liner out in full force.

The study, originally published in PLoS ONE, set out to examine whether the ‘positive effect’ of makeup in regards to women can also be extended to male faces.

To go about answering the question, researchers Carlota Batres and Hannah Robinson got together a group of 20 men who they photographed twice.

The first shot showed the individual without wearing any cosmetics while the second showed the same man donning make up that was applied by a professional makeup artist, Carmina Cristina.

Carmina was told to sort the 20 men out with some super subtle makeup without making it too noticeable that they were wearing it.

The paper details that she was instructed to: “Increase skin homogeneity, decrease facial contrast, and accentuate the bone structure without it being too obvious that the targets were wearing makeup.”