If there was one really annoying thing about shaving, it’s the unfortunate tendency to wind up with irritating little red bumps on the parts of your face where the prospect of irritating red bumps is most likely to maximize that annoyance. The neck, the crease around your...
In the final months before Al Gore lost the 2000 election, John and Catherine Walter sent the incumbent vice president an advanced copy of their 25 page report, which they titled “The Hair Part Theory.” It was such groundbreaking research, they believed, that if Gore would simply...
I have tattoos scrawled across my entire body, stretching from my fingers to my toes. My hair is long enough to touch my shoulders, where it commonly shrouds my pierced ears, except for on the days when I decide to wear it up in a bun. I...
Using a single styling product might well do a fine job of holding your hair in place, but hey, everyone’s hair is different, and maybe you need a little something extra. If you want to achieve the pinnacle of good looks, a mastery of charisma and anything...
Congratulations, you conquered puberty and (hopefully) no longer have to deal with persistent pimples and perpetual voice cracks. But despite the promise of being able to grow an impenetrable beard once your hormones finally finished kicking in, here you are, a fully developed man, staring wistfully at...
If you have a prominent woman in your life or have ever stopped into a hair salon, you might at some point have heard a bit of grumbling about split ends. They seem to be a frustrating thing, and they happen on heads; you can tell that...
For many of us, “snow” isn’t just this weird thing that happens in the winter, or a predictable thing that goes on in the men’s room at a Miami nightclub — it’s more of an evergreen phenomenon, and it’s happening on our heads. I’m talking about the...
The holidays are here, and that means anyone who has a new partner should expect to meet their future in-laws for the first time and hopefully live to tell the tale. Preparing for such a delicate occasion can be daunting, no doubt, and even more so when...
Shaving head hair off completely can be a daunting prospect, even when you’ve committed to the idea. How should you prep your head? How do you shave the parts you can’t see? How do you know when you’re finished? Aren’t you at risk of little fuzzy patches?...
Nearly 30 percent of guys are regularly trimming their pubic hair, according to one of our surveys. In related news, the number of pubic hair-grooming injuries increased fivefold from 2002 to 2010, so it sounds like a few of us could use a lesson in wet shaving...
One of our greatest collective aspirations is achieving the appearance of eternal youth. Our depleted wallets, brimming bathroom cabinets and Botoxed foreheads are just a few testaments to that — the global anti-aging market is predicted to exceed more than $271 billion within the next five years....
Anyone who lives with dandruff understands the plight of having dried scalp flakes endlessly rain down onto your shoulders. Unless you tackle your dandruff at the source — which is easier for some than others — each and every day revolves around routinely looking to your left...