In the February 2012 issue of Cosmopolitan, Johnny Depp was featured wearing nail polish.

Certain polish brands are starting to market lines catering to men. For example, AlphaNail gives its hues manly names like Gasoline, and EvolutionMan's lacquers have the tagline "for the no-nonsense rebel inside all of us."

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