At-home male grooming tips you won’t need the barber for
Written by:Viola Levy
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Posted:20/04/2020
Written by: Viola Levy
If you find yourself stuck at home and can’t frequently get to a barber’s, it can be easy to let your normal grooming routine slide. But it’s important to keep your facial and body hair in check, if you don’t want to turn into Captain Caveman overnight! Here are some simple tips to make it easier.
Trim before shaving
If you’ve let your body hair grow to a considerable length, whether on your face, chest or back – you should ideally cut the hairs to a stubble length with scissors or clippers before you take a razor to them. It will be much less fiddly (and painful!) in the long run.
‘Manscape’ your body hair evenly
If you’ve been trimming or shaving the hair on your chest, it might look at bit obvious if the rest of your body (e.g. your stomach) is still hairy. Make sure if you’re going to trim one area, you keep it consistent all over, so it’s more or less natural looking.
Growing a beard? You still need to shave your neck
To avoid a complete ‘love rug’ situation from your chest to your face, it’s a good idea to shave your neck from just below your Adam’s apple down to where your chest starts so that your beard has some structure. Put your clippers on a lower setting to trim the remaining hair on the top part of the neck up to the jawline, so there’s less of a stark contrast with your beard.
Hot weather? You might want to trim under your arms
If temperatures have skyrocketed, you might want to avoid sweat-soaked underarms leaving wet patches on your shirt. Trimming the hair under there will reduce both sweat and odour (with a final dash of body spray for good measure). Job done.
Don’t forget your eyebrows
Easy to overlook, those bushy arches can take on a life of their own if you’re not careful! If you find trimming them with scissors a hassle, you can just use your clippers on a low setting (start with half a centimetre and go shorter if necessary).
Remove any stray hairs that grow above your beard line.
To keep your beard looking clean and neat, it’s a good idea to get rid of any cheek stragglers by either shaving or plucking them (if you’re brave enough!). Putting some ice on your face beforehand will help numb the pain if you’re braving it with tweezers.
Remove any stray hairs that grow above your beard line.
To keep your beard looking clean and neat, it’s a good idea to get rid of any cheek str[H2] Avoid cutting your hair if you can help it!
Home haircuts are a tricky business, and however hard you try, you probably won’t get a neat short, back and sides the way your barber does it. Your options are either to grow your hair out, occasionally trimming it with scissors – otherwise, put those clippers on their lowest setting and just go for a complete buzz cut!
And now for those last finishing touches
Once your grooming ritual is complete, you need to take care of the delicate skin that’s probably sensitised by the razor. Pop on a soothing aftershave balm to calm any redness, and a few pumps of your go-to cologne – because there’s no point looking freshly groomed if you don’t also smell great! Fragrance can also help your agglers by either shaving or plucking them (if you’re brave enough!). Putting some ice on your face beforehand will help numb the pain if you’re braving it with tweezers.
At-home male grooming tips you won’t need the barber for
Written by: Viola Levy
If you find yourself stuck at home and can’t frequently get to a barber’s, it can be easy to let your normal grooming routine slide. But it’s important to keep your facial and body hair in check, if you don’t want to turn into Captain Caveman overnight! Here are some simple tips to make it easier.
Trim before shaving
If you’ve let your body hair grow to a considerable length, whether on your face, chest or back – you should ideally cut the hairs to a stubble length with scissors or clippers before you take a razor to them. It will be much less fiddly (and painful!) in the long run.
‘Manscape’ your body hair evenly
If you’ve been trimming or shaving the hair on your chest, it might look at bit obvious if the rest of your body (e.g. your stomach) is still hairy. Make sure if you’re going to trim one area, you keep it consistent all over, so it’s more or less natural looking.
Growing a beard? You still need to shave your neck
To avoid a complete ‘love rug’ situation from your chest to your face, it’s a good idea to shave your neck from just below your Adam’s apple down to where your chest starts so that your beard has some structure. Put your clippers on a lower setting to trim the remaining hair on the top part of the neck up to the jawline, so there’s less of a stark contrast with your beard.
Hot weather? You might want to trim under your arms
If temperatures have skyrocketed, you might want to avoid sweat-soaked underarms leaving wet patches on your shirt. Trimming the hair under there will reduce both sweat and odour (with a final dash of body spray for good measure). Job done.
Don’t forget your eyebrows
Easy to overlook, those bushy arches can take on a life of their own if you’re not careful! If you find trimming them with scissors a hassle, you can just use your clippers on a low setting (start with half a centimetre and go shorter if necessary).
Remove any stray hairs that grow above your beard line.
To keep your beard looking clean and neat, it’s a good idea to get rid of any cheek stragglers by either shaving or plucking them (if you’re brave enough!). Putting some ice on your face beforehand will help numb the pain if you’re braving it with tweezers.
Remove any stray hairs that grow above your beard line.
To keep your beard looking clean and neat, it’s a good idea to get rid of any cheek str[H2] Avoid cutting your hair if you can help it!
Home haircuts are a tricky business, and however hard you try, you probably won’t get a neat short, back and sides the way your barber does it. Your options are either to grow your hair out, occasionally trimming it with scissors – otherwise, put those clippers on their lowest setting and just go for a complete buzz cut!
And now for those last finishing touches
Once your grooming ritual is complete, you need to take care of the delicate skin that’s probably sensitised by the razor. Pop on a soothing aftershave balm to calm any redness, and a few pumps of your go-to cologne – because there’s no point looking freshly groomed if you don’t also smell great! Fragrance can also help your agglers by either shaving or plucking them (if you’re brave enough!). Putting some ice on your face beforehand will help numb the pain if you’re braving it with tweezers.
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