The Self-Employed Man

Be your own boss and still pay the bills: clients, pricing, taxes, tools and time for your family.

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Cap the edge and your manicure makes it to Friday

Home polish usually fails in the same four places. Fix those and you get seven days out of a bottle you already own, no lamp required.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Your Wave Dies In The Seven Minutes After The Shower

Wavy hair sets while it dries, not while you style it. Fix the drying and the rest of your morning gets easier.

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

How to dress for a graduation, a baptism or a christening

Three ceremonies, three different problems, and the folding chair in the sun is the one almost everybody gets wrong.

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Fine hair and thin hair aren't the same problem

One is about strand thickness, the other is about how many you've got, and the cut that fixes one makes the other worse.

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Your Flakes Aren't Dryness, And Conditioner Won't Fix Them

Four active ingredients do the work, the rest is perfume. What to buy, how long to leave it on, and when the flakes mean something else.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Dress your family for a photo you'll still like in ten years

The clothes that date a family photo aren't the cheap ones. They're the trendy ones, the shiny ones, and the ones that didn't fit.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Fillers, lasers and peels, before you book anything

What each one actually does, what it asks of your calendar, and the two questions that tell you whether to keep your coat on.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Haircut Goes Five Days Out, Not The Night Before

A day-by-day plan for the week before a wedding, an interview or a photo, and the four last-minute moves that wreck it.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Fix the clothes you own before you buy anything new

An hour with your closet, one trip to a tailor and about sixty bucks will do more for how you look than another jacket will.

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Makeup after fifty is a contrast problem, not a coverage problem

Your face didn't get worse. It got lower contrast and more texture, and most of the products in your drawer are solving the wrong one.

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

The Same Face Works Monday In A Tie And Thursday In A Hard Hat

One ten-minute routine, two finishes, and the ninety seconds in the truck that separate a bid meeting from a tear-out.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Linen, Short Sleeves and Staying Presentable in the Heat

Most summer shirts fail in the same two inches. Fix the sleeve, pick the right weave, and you can look put together at 95 degrees.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Five products, six minutes, and you still look like yourself

What to buy, what to skip, and how to keep a daily face from turning into a project you resent by Thursday.

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Wet It, Aim It, Set It, And Thick Hair Behaves

Coarse hair that stands up all day isn't a product failure. It's a drying failure, and the fix takes about ninety seconds.

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Most accessories fail on fit, not on taste

BRO for Her5 min

Thick hair doesn't need heat, it needs sections

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Give The Patch Eight Weeks Before You Give Up

Most guys judge a beard at day twelve, about six weeks too early. What fills in, what never will, and how to tell which one you've got.

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Why nothing off the rack fits your shoulders and thighs

The size that clears your chest comes with four spare inches at the waist. That's a grading problem, and a tailor fixes most of it for pocket change.

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