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22 September 202610 pieces
- GroomingHands and nails, sorted in two minutes a dayClippers, a file and a decent cream fix almost everything. The part most men get wrong is when they do it, not what they buy.
- GroomingSmelling good at arm's length, not across the roomThe fix is rarely a better fragrance. It's fewer sprays, cleaner basics, and knowing which notes carry and which sit close.
- GroomingThinning hair rewards early action and punishes waitingWhat the evidence actually supports, what the marketing oversells, and a three-minute routine that survives a real morning.
- GroomingThree ingredients do the work and the rest is packagingSunscreen, a retinoid and a decent moisturiser. Everything else in the bathroom cabinet is optional, and most of it is optional forever.
- GroomingYour neck line is doing most of the workA beard reads as deliberate or accidental within a second, and length has almost nothing to do with it.
- GroomingStop shaving your neck the way you shave your faceRazor burn on the neck is almost never about the product. It's about closeness, direction and how many times the blade goes over the same patch.
- GroomingSay It To Your Barber Once And Stop Explaining Every TimeMost bad haircuts come from a vague sentence at the start, not bad scissors. Give a specification instead, and write it down.
- GroomingPick the haircut your hair will actually holdMost bad haircuts are fine haircuts on the wrong head. How to choose one your hair, your mornings and your barber can all live with.
- GroomingThe haircut that still looks right on day eighteenMost men pick a haircut based on how it looks leaving the barber. Judge it by how it behaves three weeks later, before you've touched it.
- GroomingThe haircut you keep is the one your hair already wantsStop bringing photos of other men's hair to the barber. Work out what yours does on its own, then cut with it.