Men's Grooming

Hair, beard, skin, scent. Ten minutes a day that everybody notices and nobody mentions.

GuideDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Your lather is too dry and that's why the shave hurts

Brush, soap, thirty degrees, no pressure. The real fix for razor burn is water, and most men are using about a third of what they need.

GuideDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Most dry, flaky skin is the soap, not the weather

Two swaps, ninety seconds a morning, and the flaking on your cheeks is gone in about two weeks.

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GuideDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

When Everything Stings, Cut Down To Three Products

Most sensitive skin isn't allergic to much. It's reacting to a shelf full of stuff it never needed in the first place.

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The Retinoid Goes On Tonight, The Sunscreen Goes On Tomorrow

Two products carry almost all the weight on a forty-something face. Most of the rest of the shelf is expensive lotion with good lighting.

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GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

The Three Numbers Stamped Inside Your Glasses

Face shape charts are a tiebreaker at best. The fit numbers printed on the temple arm are the real answer, and the pair you own already tells you yours.

GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

One pouch, nine items, and nothing leaks

The TSA decides half your travel kit for you. The other half is admitting what you actually use at 6 a.m. in a hotel bathroom.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

What Actually Stops Body Odor And What Just Covers It

Antiperspirant at bedtime, soap that stays on long enough to work, and the laundry mistake that turns a clean shirt sour by ten a.m.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Four Weeks Before You Touch The Mustache Scissors

The first two weeks look rough, the shaping comes later, and wax solves a problem most guys don't actually have.

GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

The first haircut, the first deodorant, the first shave

A stage-by-stage plan for handing a boy the job of taking care of himself, plus the three mornings he'll remember for the rest of his life.

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GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

How To Find A Barber Worth Driving Past Three Others For

The right chair saves you five minutes every morning for a month. Here's how to audition one, and how to keep him once you've got him.

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GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Cracked winter hands, and the two minutes that fix them

Splits at the thumb knuckle aren't bad luck. They're a water problem, and the repair happens at night while you sleep.

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GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Nose, Ears And Brows Take Four Minutes Every Other Week

The three spots your razor never touches, the tools that actually work, and the mistakes that leave you looking permanently startled.

GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

The Home Haircut That Doesn't Look Like One

Ten minutes, one corded clipper, and a neckline you leave alone. The mistake that ruins a self-cut is almost always the same one.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

The three honest ways to handle going gray

Leave it, blend it or cover it. Each one has a real cost in time, money and how it looks on week three.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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Grown men get acne, and scrubbing harder makes it worse

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Spit, don't rinse, and other things the box won't tell you

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GuideTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Sunscreen that survives sweat, a hard hat and eight hours outside

A forty-second morning, one stick in the truck, and the four spots almost every outdoor guy forgets until a dermatologist finds them.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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The bumps arrive two days after the shave that caused them

Razor bumps, nicks and jawline breakouts are almost always an aftercare problem, and the fix takes about ninety seconds at the sink.

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