There’s a face mask revolution in progress spurred on by wellness selfies on social media and our increased desire as a species to look our very blimmin’ best 100% of our waking lives. But some men who haven’t dabbled as yet are understandably a bit wary. “I...
What is it about wintertime that turns our immune systems to mush? Even if you’re not in the depths of winter common colds can spread like the bubonic plague. Primary care physician Dr. Marc Leavey explains that the cold weather isn’t what’s making us sick—it’s what we...
I once believed that vigorously brushing my teeth for long periods of time kept them extra-clean: I was wrong, and my dentist was furious. Overly-thorough brushing, it turns out, isn’t only unnecessary—gentle scrubbing for two or three minutes at a time is more than enough to remove...
Bathing a pet is almost always an unpleasant experience for both parties. The animals we often keep around tend to have an aversion to being forced into porcelain prisons and subsequently drenched with water, so washing them can prompt a spirited freakout that inevitably results in pet...
In Elizabethan England, a time when ruffs were hot and Shakespeare was composing an endless string of dirty jokes, dudes worshipped makeup, caking their faces with pearl-white powder to make themselves the height of style. And although 400 years have passed since this heyday of male makeup,...
There’s a reason some animals just say “screw it” and hibernate through winter, but while it might force you indoors and freeze your eyeballs, the cold has some surprise benefits, too. It Literally Freezes Your Ass Off The cold boosts your body’s production of brown fat—which burns...
Sex has the potential to be astonishingly dirty, and while I mean that figuratively, I also mean that quite literally. Look, fervently bumping bodies involves producing and swapping a hodgepodge of bodily fluids that inevitably linger around your nethers until the next shower. Which, for many, has...
Some say having soft skin is a sign of emasculated weakness. And to those people, I say: Put on some freaking moisturiser! Your skin looks like a piece of beef jerky old enough to have watched the dinosaurs eat a giant asteroid! Okay, so I may have...
Dermatologists have told us time and time again that popping a pimple is just about the worst thing you can do. But when you have a colossal yellow honker growing from your forehead, something needs to be done, so I spoke with several skincare experts about their...
Unlike teeth, the stoic gatekeepers of our mouths, a succulent pair of lips has an inviting presence, enticing others to press their own kissers against them. Unfortunately, their subtle and delicate makeup also leaves them prone to being cracked, discoloured and mangled. On the upside, whatever shape...
Often mistaken for being older than you actually are? Spotted your first grey hair the other day? Having an existential crisis about the meaning of life and/or which kind of soup you should heat up for supper? Whatever the reason you want to look a bit younger,...
Shaving a single chin can be hard enough to get right, let alone a double, so we spoke with our resident barber Asia Jackson about how to shave around that extra chin skin. First, though, Jackson says men who feel insecure about their double chin could consider...
