How to Tame the Beast

So last week’s post was all about maintaining your facial hair and doing that’s all well and good but it got me thinking. What about the rest of our bodies? What are we supposed to do with the multitude of hair growth that engulfs the male form? Do we simply leave it to grow? Do we trim it like our facial hair? Or do we just remove it completely?

Honestly gentleman I can’t give you an answer it’s all about personal preference. Some men view body hair like facial hair as the epitome of the masculinity and others, just view it as a nuisance.

Now personally I have two views on the topic of body hair, depending on whether you’re wanting to keep it or remove it.

Firstly if you’re wanting to keep your body hair I’d recommend regularly trimming it with clippers, as I recommended for facial hair. As personally I like having some body hair but if you don’t trim it, it just looks wild and messy. Trust me on this one gents, the ladies will appreciate the effort.

Secondly if your going to remove your body hair, do it right. By this gentleman I mean don’t just get your razor and shave, all this will lead to is patchwork body hair, razor burn and itchy stubble. Instead gents, either get the hair waxed professionally (don’t do it at home unless you’re prepared for one of the most uncomfortable experiences of your life) or use a hair removal cream such as Veet. Both methods, will leave your skin not only hairless for longer but smoother, without razor burn and without itchy stubble.

So keep it trimmed or lose it gentleman, there’s no one answer to the question of body hair. Like I said it’s all about personal preference but never just leave it to grow wild, it’ll just make you seem unkempt and you don’t want that stigma attached to you. Best of luck gents.

Taming the Face Jungle

Should we shave or should we grow the manly beard? This question has plagued the male race since the beginning of time but what is the answer?

Now I’d say the clean shaven and fully grown out facial hair looks both have their appeal to men worldwide, however according to women worldwide neither are desirable.

Instead women prefer men to have the well groomed designer stubble look, which can be achieved by clipping your facial hair down to an equal length once every three to five days.

By clipping the facial hair we create a well groomed yet manly look, which contrasts the wild look of the full grown beard and the baby faced nature of the clean shave. Let’s face it gentleman we all want to portray this manly mystique but at the same time we don’t want to resemble Chewbacca and we definitely don’t want to look like we haven’t hit puberty.

So the answer to the question gentleman is simple, keep the facial hair but trim it regularly. It couldn’t be any simpler.

The Bank Holiday Hangover

The sun has been shining, the days have been long and the beer has been flowing, yes gentleman it is the last day of the bank holiday weekend and that means only one thing, we’re gonna have a hangover in the morning. Definitely not what we need on the first day back to work, university etc. So the question is gentleman how can we beat this hangover, and this post is going to tell you all the answers.

We’re going to look at two aspects of beating the bank holiday hangover, the physical appearance of the hangover and the internal side effects of all that alcohol.

First let’s deal with the physical appearance of the hangover. When consuming alcohol in any quantity it has a dehydrating effect on our bodies, which causes a dull fatigued look the morning after and of course the tell tale baggy eyes that epitomise that hungover look. Now to beat this dull and baggy eyed appearance gentleman the solution is simple, simply moisturise your face and body before going to bed and apply again in the morning after showering. This will reduce the effects of dehydration by by adding moisture to your skin, making the baggy eyes less noticeable and your skin generally more vibrant. An extra tip for beating the baggy hangover eyes, is to use an anti-fatigue eye gel that will add caffeine to the eye area and in doing so reduce the visibility of baggy eyes.

Now to deal with the internal side effects of alcohol, I know there are numerous hangover remedies out there but honestly guys the easiest method to reduce the internal effects of a hangover is to just drink water and have some food before going to sleep. By drinking the water you are rehydrating your body, which will counteract the dehydrating effects of alcohol which causes most of the common hangover symptoms and by eating some food you’re making sure your stomach has something in it other than alcohol, which is often the cause of nausea the following morning.

So there we have it guys, an easy way to beat the bank holiday hangover. I hope this post helps reduce the toll of all the partying this weekend and makes getting up tomorrow just a little more bearable.