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Fine Hair Looks Fuller With A Blunter Cut And Less Product

Most thin-hair advice sells you a shampoo. The actual fix is three inches of length, a blunt line and ninety seconds with a dryer.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The rise is why your pants keep sliding under your belly

Fix the waistband first, then the shirt hem, and a midsection stops running the whole outfit.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Read the prescription label before you leave the parking lot

The sig line, the fill date and the warning stickers tell you most of what the doctor didn't have time to say. Ninety seconds, in the car.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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Men's Grooming6 min read

Buy The Motor, Not The Attachment Count

A 22-piece kit and a bare clipper both cut hair. Only one of them is still cutting hair in year four.

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Your trouser hem is probably an inch off, and it shows

Break isn't a style opinion, it's a measurement. Get the back hem and the leg opening right and the front takes care of itself.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Chronic pain and what works when the pills stop working

Pain that's lasted months doesn't respond to the same playbook as a sprained ankle. The stuff that actually moves the needle is smaller and more boring than you'd think.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Beard oil, balm and wash, and which one you can skip

Two of the three earn their shelf space. The third depends on how long your beard is, and nobody selling it's going to tell you that.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Build a whole wardrobe for five hundred dollars, line by line

Eleven purchases, one tailoring budget, and the order to buy them in if you only have a hundred bucks this month.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How much walking actually counts when you've got kids

The 10,000-step number came from a pedometer ad. Here's what a real walking habit looks like for someone with a job, a family and 40 spare minutes.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Beard Itch Peaks Around Day Ten, Then It Quits

Ninety seconds a morning and three cheap things fix the worst month of growing a beard. Most men quit right before it ends.

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GuideWoodworkingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Build a cedar sauna bench and a backrest worth leaning on

Every fastener goes underneath, every edge gets rounded over, and nothing gets a finish. The rest is just careful ripping.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your first three weeks back after surgery should feel too easy

Come back from illness or an operation without blowing it up in week three, when you finally feel good and do something stupid.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Shine By Noon Is A Product Problem, Not A Washing Problem

Oil isn't dirt, and scrubbing it off at 7 a.m. is why your forehead is a mirror by lunch. Ninety seconds, three products, one habit.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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GuideTools & OrganizingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Shed Kit or Build From Scratch, and What Each Costs

The foundation isn't in the box, the door is always too small, and one of these two routes will cost you a month of Saturdays.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

Fitness6 min

Five health checks worth doing before you turn 30

Men's Grooming5 min

Round face, long face, square jaw, three different beards

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideTools & OrganizingNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

The Home Tool Kit Every Woman Should Own and Where to Keep It

Twelve tools, about $350, and a hall closet shelf beats a garage full of stuff you'll never carry upstairs.

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$Shin splints or a stress fracture, and how to tell them apart$

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Shin splints or a stress fracture, and how to tell them apart

One hurts along a stretch of bone and warms up as you run. The other hurts on a spot the size of a dime and gets worse. Learn the difference before you lose a season.

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