It’s been nine months since the pandemic began and that’s a long, long time to go without a decent haircut. Some have chosen the trimmers and buzzed their heads, hoping for the best. Some have become mountain-less mountain men and let it grow out. But a lot...
As you may have noticed, Dollar Shave Club sells a handily bundled collection of grooming tools in our Tool Kit, and I would very much like you to buy them so I can remain employed and continue to feed my dog the good stuff. Oh, and also...
Part of growing a beard — and, y’know, just life in general — is working with what you’ve got, which often means styling and shaping your beard to fit the unique (in a good way!) contours of your face. To help you out with that, we sat...
If you think shaving your own back is impossible, you’re wrong. It’s only mostly impossible. Unless you have a constantly updating 3D map of your back and the fine motor skills of a brain surgeon, it will always, always be easier to have someone else do the...
A vaccine may finally be on the way, but we still have plenty of time left to worry about COVID-19. One danger you might not have thought of, even after all these months, is the possibility that even though you’re wearing a mask religiously, coronavirus might end...
Often mistaken for being older than you actually are? Spotted your first gray hair the other day? Having an existential crisis about the meaninglessness of life and/or which kind of soup you should heat up for supper? Whatever the reason you want to look a bit younger,...
The Body Part: Hair The Gift: Your hair is one of the first things people notice about you, which is why a giant industry has arisen around making it look as good as possible. Healthy hair means cleaning, hydrating and conditioning it first. Afterward, you can shape...
Despite what my drunken, albeit convincing, college roommate Jimmy grumbled while shaving off a single eyebrow at exactly 2:36 on a Tuesday morning back in 2015, science shows that brows are our most important facial feature. They help us convey emotions, and according to studies, we recognize...
Whenever people talk about stress and gray hair, they always talk about the presidents. They come into office with a head full of black, brown, or blond hair, and eight years later it’s all shot through with gray and white. It has to be the stress of...
Some of us are cursed with Sasquatch hands (SFW, but alarming). It’s a real problem, since hands are usually one of the first things people notice about you — something one Reddit user found out the hard way, writing: “A couple of days ago I was driving,...
Like a run-down Ford Pinto, 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...
Hairstylist Cleve McMillan weighs in on your burning questions about the mysterious adventure that is getting a haircut. My barber always trims my sideburns perfectly, but I can never maintain them. How do I keep them even? First off, you must own a pair of electric clippers...
