--- title: Men Like Snoop Dogg Are Getting Manicures description: Even men like Snoop Dogg enjoy some buff and polish canonical: https://time.com/21564/the-latest-in-manscaping-salon-manicures-for-men/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-12T18:59:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:43.533Z og:title: Men Like Snoop Dogg Are Getting Manicures og:description: Even men like Snoop Dogg enjoy some buff and polish og:url: https://time.com/21564/the-latest-in-manscaping-salon-manicures-for-men/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Men Like Snoop Dogg Are Getting Manicures twitter:description: Even men like Snoop Dogg enjoy some buff and polish twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Latest in Manscaping: Salon Manicures for Men by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 12, 2014 6:59 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 12, 2014 6:59 PM UTC There’s a new trend in manscaping–and it’s not[ beard transplants](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/25/beard-loving-hipsters-give-razor-sales-a-shave/) or chest waxing. Rapper Snoop Dogg (also known as Snoop Lion) sparked some strong reactions when he flashed his French manicure on Instagram–even getting some [criticism](http://www.policymic.com/articles/84977/snoop-dogg-s-gorgeous-french-manicure-is-reinventing-hip-hop-masculinity) from industry peers. But Snoop is just the most recent celeb to put the _man_ in manicure. Salon nail care has been gaining popularity with men, and although most consist of a simple buffing and clean-up, adding color–like Snoop’s black and white tips–are becoming more common. Stars from Johnny Depp to David Beckham have [sported colorful nails](http://www.entertainmentwise.com/photos/69822/1/Men-Who-Wear-Nail-Polish-David-Beckham-Seal-Johnny-Depp-More), and now more nail salons are catering to gentlemen clientele. Take the recent Hammer & Nails “nail shop for guys” in Los Angeles that opened this past September. The salon is [described](http://www.details.com/blogs/daily-details/2014/02/men-and-nail-grooming-is-entering-new-territory.html) as a “man cave” with free beer, oversized leather chairs and personal TVs. “I’d seen photos of men, including athletes Floyd Mayweather, Kobe Bryant, and Deion Sanders, getting manicures in women’s nail salons, so we knew they were doing it,” Hammer & Nails CEO Michael Elliot [told PRWeek](http://www.prweekus.com/article/nail-salon-lures-men-beer-sports/1280660). “The goal was to launch our flagship and then quickly franchise and grow into a national brand.” Looks like a trip to the nail salon may no longer be a just a girl’s night out trip, but a chance to hang with the bros. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/21564/the-latest-in-manscaping-salon-manicures-for-men/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/21564/the-latest-in-manscaping-salon-manicures-for-men/"},"headline":"The Latest in Manscaping: Salon Manicures for Men","datePublished":"2014-03-12T18:59:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:43.533Z","description":"Even men like Snoop Dogg enjoy some buff and polish","url":"https://time.com/21564/the-latest-in-manscaping-salon-manicures-for-men/","keywords":["Living","Newsfeed","beauty","Snoop Dogg"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/21564/the-latest-in-manscaping-salon-manicures-for-men/","name":"The Latest in Manscaping: Salon Manicures for Men"}}]}] ```