Humans have gone to some pretty drastic lengths to look good through the centuries, including slicking their hair back with bear fat and replacing their eyebrows with strips of rodent fur. Even those folk might think twice about the beauty regimens practiced by 17th century Japanese geishas,...
If there’s anything we Americans are obsessed with, it’s hygiene. In fact, the average American showers every day and some even shower twice a day, according to a recent poll. Dermatologists have long held that showering every day essentially wrecks our skin, but what’s more important: Silky...
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...
Genetic luck dictates that are three outcomes when it comes to sweating: You smell good, you smell bad, or you smell neutral. Existing research has found that unless you won the neutral sweat lottery (i.e., you’re among the 2 percent of Europeans or the majority of East...
We’ve debated before about whether or not giving your feet a good scrub while showering is required, but this is the first time we’ve actually reached out to you guys to find out who’s skipping this step. Turns out, 28% of you don’t consider it necessary to...
Sorry, dentists: Only a little over a third of the men we surveyed are diligent enough to floss daily, it turns out. Nearly half are split between “a few times a week” and “rarely,” while a handful admit to doing some last-minute flossing right before a dental...
It’s easy to think washing your hands after a trip to the restroom is optional—after all, you only touched your own body parts in there, right? But one of our recent surveys showed that less than two-thirds of men consistently wash their hands after peeing, which is...
Got stuffing stuffed between your teeth? Dentist Michelle Ashcraft’s flossing routine will have it out in no time. If you have any grooming-related questions that make you say “OH, FAQ!“, email us at bm@dollarshaveclub.com and we’ll answer it in an upcoming post.
When you’ve got one foot propped on the shower wall, the other trying not to slip on the wet floor, allowing soapy runoff to clean your feet suddenly seems like a reasonable option. Is that enough to prevent stinky toes? Do we really have to scrub our...
While it’s always nice to squeeze a half-bottle of shower gel into your hand and work up a lather that would make an Ibiza foam party jealous, the truth is, most of us are using way too much of it. According to Dollar Shave Club’s resident product...
Brian Foster needed a manly name for his new line of masculine grooming products. Without one, he was worried that men would be less likely to buy the small-batch pomades he had developed with his wife. Luckily, the thunderbolt struck with macho force — it would be undeniable that...
