Here’s the secret behind how to shave without getting cut: Use a fresh blade, silly! While a sharp blade can make you bleed for longer, an old, dull blade—combined with a less-than-stellar shaving technique—can cause cuts to happen more frequently. As your razor ages, water and pressure...
When you share a bathroom with a partner, it’s inevitable that you’re going to end up sharing more than just toothpaste. Our bodies are constantly crawling with bacteria—some good, some bad—and the bathroom, a room dedicated as it is to both dampness and nudity, is the perfect...
It’s tempting to zip through a shave without repeatedly rinsing the razor when you’re rushing out of the house in the morning. But you’re not doing your face any favours by doing so. According to Tyree Hicks—a man who’s shaved his head a grand total of 1,560 times...
When I was just a young boy, I slammed my thumb in a car door. That fingernail proceeded to fall off about a week later, revealing a brain-like section of skin that both intrigued my boyish self and absolutely terrified every normal adult who had the misfortune...
Winter officially blows. Frigid temperatures boom down from fearsome frosty skies with the sole intent of elevating your heating bills and playing havoc with your hair and scalp. It’s not our job to help with the former, but we asked hairstylist Natalie Rose Dixon for some tips on...
Rather astutely, we’ve gathered that it’s “still cold outside”, men are still “growing mad beards” and “these two things might go together to from some sort of winter type article. Or something. Oh yes: “How about putting together some cool looks for all those peak-fluffy winter face-cardies?”...
Waxing hurts: Anyone who’s seen The 40-Year-Old-Virgin knows that. But some body parts are notably more painful to have waxed than others, so to help better understand what kind of pain you might be in for, I asked Melanie Mari, owner and licensed esthetician at Bare Skin...
Like a run-down Fiat Punto, the human body requires more and more maintenance the longer it hangs around. This means you’ll find yourself tacking additional tasks onto your grooming routine as you age. Even by your 30s, you’ll discover a bi-yearly pluck no longer keeps your ears...
There’s no shortage of lessons we humans can learn from animals: Cats remind us to get plenty of sleep; dogs teach us to love unconditionally; and chimpanzees show us how to accurately throw handfuls of fresh poop at unsuspecting strangers. These lessons also extend into the realm...
On the lengthy list of things you might be inclined to do after an exhausting day (sit on the couch; lie down on the couch; pass out on the couch), washing your face probably hovers somewhere near the bottom, if it made the list at all (it...
Your skin is like the night sky. I am not on drugs, honest. Please just hear me out. Your skin is like the night sky—peppered with various otherworldly spots that confuse and bewilder the majority of us and usually remain unexplored and unnamed for the whole of...
83 percent of guys trim some or all of their body hair, according to a recent survey our friends in America conducted. What they may not realise is that manscaping is good for more than just feeling silky smooth: It actually reduces body odour, too. Here’s how...
