It started with a simple question: Do straight men exfoliate? I asked it on Twitter, half honest inquiry, half joke that, like, of course straight men don’t exfoliate. I tapped it into my phone just after washing my face and before continuing with my morning skincare and...
Beards: Are they hot? (Sometimes.) Do they always make a guy better looking? (No.) Do women prefer them? (Some.) Are men with beards more likely to be sexist? (Yes.) Does having one signal to women your desire to commit and have a baby? (Yes.) Is there such...
Kristina Reed has been cutting and coloring men’s hair at Fritz’s, one of the original hair salons for men in Louisville, Kentucky for more than 13 years. Her clients include men in their 30s to men in their late 70s, all of whom are trying to cover...
Electric toothbrushes are better than manual toothbrushes: Fact. An analysis of 56 different studies published in 2014 found that not only do electric toothbrushes reduce dental plaque by 21 percent more than manual toothbrushes, they reduce gingivitis by 11 percent more, too. There’s one downside of electric...
To the casual observer, perhaps, a beard or mustache is just something bristly on one’s face, but for the men on Beard Board, it’s a “Journey,” or even a trusted friend. In a world where competitive facial hair is a thing, it makes perfect sense that men...
The other day I got a hearty whiff of myself after a workout, only to come to the terrifying realization that I now have the same body odor as my father. I have vivid memories of walking by my dad’s soiled jogging clothes as a kid, and...
In this edition of “Step Into the Chair,” Cleve McMillan, stylist and DSC’s resident hair expert, weighs in on your burning questions about the mysterious adventure that is getting a haircut. I can’t figure out which hairstyle suits me. Is there one hairstyle that looks good on...
For the more socially awkward male, getting a haircut is a double whammy of discomfort: Sitting facing a mirror for an extended period of time, and having to make conversation with someone with whom the only thing you have in common is a shared interest in not...
If we’re being completely honest, it’s not exactly uncommon for a man who’s been soaking in a warm tub for a while to end up playing with, well, something more than his rubber ducky. But a recent survey we conducted, asking men what they like to do...
As you’d expect, a lot of dudes use nail clippers to trim their nails—86%* of them in fact. But there are also a lot of men out there who are either feeling way too stressed, or just unable to break out of bad childhood habits, with 23%...
Step aside, Aquaman: According to a recent survey we conducted, four percent of men spend 15 minutes or more in their daily shower. Now, granted, 4% is not a lot. Even so, we had to pause a moment and wonder how anyone finds the time to spend...
We’ve known for some time that grooming habits are changing—your grandad, in fact, probably wouldn’t even recognize most of your bathroom routine. With more and more guys taking their grooming cues from YouTube rather than their dads, moisturizer has become far more mainstream for men, as reflected...