Cleve McMillan, stylist and DSC’s resident hair expert, weighs in on your burning questions about the mysterious adventure that is getting a haircut. What should I say or do if I hate my haircut? Before you say anything, you need to decide whether or not your barber...
Here’s what you need to know about separating laundry: Separating by colour matters because dyes can bleed, with red and blue fabric causing the most trouble, according to Mary Zeitler, a consumer scientist at Whirlpool Corporation’s Institute of Home Science. “However, after a few washes, dyes become...
Hairstyles are much the same as beards in that, for maximum effect, they should fit the contours of your handsome mug. To help you get it right, we asked hairstylist Natalie Rose Dixon for some tips: The Best Hairstyles for Round Faces Round faces are defined by...
Step #1: Know How Washing (and Drying) Affects Your Clothes While washing and drying your clothes keeps them looking and smelling fresh, it also slowly pulls apart the material. “Every time you put clothes through the laundry, the system imparts microscopic damage to the fabric,” LA-based stylist...
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?”...
Couples tattoos are usually one of two things: Cute or cringe-worthy (the latter being infinitely more likely). They’re also risky—a lasering specialist told HuffPost that roughly half of the laser removals she does each year are couples tattoos. “Most of the time, people come in because their...
“Why do I get pit stains?” you ask? Here’s the super simple answer: Aluminium. This is the active ingredient in most antiperspirants, and it chemically reacts with the protein in your sweat to cause underarm yellowing. Cotton shirts are also made up of protein, which only adds...
Are you one of those guys who wants to look stylish but finds it doesn’t come all that naturally? We feel you. Don’t fret: With some advice from LA-based stylist Rayne Parvis, we’re all going to learn how to dress a little better. In this edition, we’re...
Here are the most important two things you need to know about how to trim a beard neckline: If your beard is shorter, you can take your neckline higher. If it’s longer, you’re better off allowing the hair to grow lower down your neck. With that out...
Part of growing a beard is working with what you’ve got, which means styling and shaping your beard to fit the contours of your face. To help you out with that, we sat down with beard stylist, Travis Fields, for a brief lesson in matching face shapes...
Let’s get one thing straight: Once a tattoo has fully settled into the skin, it’s exactly the same as non-tattooed skin, meaning shaving is A-okay. That said, shaving tattooed skin during the healing process can damage the tattoo, so you need to be careful. “You run the...
