Grooming might seem an easy task, but it actually requires military discipline to follow. Since your goal is to feel fresh and look sharp, a strict grooming regime should be intertwined in your daily life.
From brushing teeth to washing face. From dressing for office to returning to base till you finally bed, grooming is an inextricable part of every male’s routine.
Grooming is all about self-care personal hygiene, and presentation. It is a nonstop process for men who take pride in striking the best impression not only on women, but on everyone else.
The problem is, most men overlook these small things, which, others pick so easily and make a final judgement about you. Positive or negative.
So, if you wish to be the centre of attraction, an inspiration for everyone, then read on. Below are cherrypicked grooming tips for every aspiring and inspiring stylish man.
Facial Hair Care
Facial hair, especially beard needs frequent cleansing over a day. To rinse dirt, sweat and other specs a few rounds of washing is necessary. Even at work, specifically when you a need to commute through public transport or walk in the open.
Just use fresh and cool water. This routine will not only sooth your skin but protect it from germs and itch.
Conditioning also softens hair and enrich them, using conditioner twice in a week should suffice. Application of moisturizer after a shower, once you dry up, will further enhance the health and feel of beard.
Balanced Diet
Grooming is not only an outward expression of a man’s personality. The type of food and intake equally matter for all-round grooming.
- A healthy diet in protein is top requisite for skin and hair. Eggs, lean meat, nuts and green vegies should supply you with sufficient protein dose per day.
- Plenty of water anywhere from 3-4 liters a day is bare minimum. Water hydrates body quickly and replenishes the lost mineral treasure.
- Fruits and leafy vegetables support with antioxidants, minerals.
- Vitamins such as A, C and minerals like zinc are essential elements to boost skin, hair and other body functions.
Skincare Routine
To invigorate skin, you may need to stick to fundamentals of science. Style principles that healthy and handsome men have lived by for centuries. Showering is the start point for every day.
This might bring back the childhood memories when your mum would wash you several times a day to ensure cleanliness and safety from germs and diseases. As an adult, it’s your responsibility to continue the same custom or run into an untidy routine wherein, you might resort to suppressing putrid body odour with a heavy spray of scent, draining half bottle a day.
- Whichever type you are, showering twice a day lies at the minimum, it revives skin, removes impurities from skin, and opens pours. Cool fresh water is best to recharge energy and dehydrated upper skin layer.
- Sufficient intake of drinking water is next formulae to adhere to. Our body is 55-65 % is water. That is enough logic to explain how desperately our body needs water. Proper water supply to body means a shiny hydrated skin too.
- Washing face comes next. Rinsing removes dirt and oil from skin, eyes, nose and eyebrows. This is a subroutine to ensure complete skin routine.
Dry skin may wrinkle and develop rashes. Apply moisturizer to restore hydration to skin. It refreshes skin over. A moisturizer with suitable SPF should shield your skin from the scorching heat.
Hair Care
Hair is undeniably the most crucial aspect of a man’s personality. Clean, luxuriant and arranged hair can make you appear like a crown prince. On the other hand, grubby, frizzy and haywire mass of hair could mean you have just landed on the earth. As far as the prudent and immaculate men are concerned latter option does not exist.
First and foremost, decide on a hairstyle that is befitting for your face shape. It should also match your very lifestyle. That is to say, your profession, usual manner of dressing and how you want to represent yourself.
But don’t stick to one hairstyle for lifetime, keep trying new looks. Switch from long haircut to medium, or short hairstyle to long styles to ooze innovative and contemporary vibes.
Nail Care
Nail hygiene. To remind you, it is more than cutting fingernails and toenails. So, if you are too busy to pay your kind attention to nail care, you are probably risking catching an infection or a tarnished image.
And yes, this applies to every gentleman who either winks at or does not know what personal hygiene refers to. So, wait yet! Don’t pull out your scissors and start cutting nails haphazardly.
Soaked nails become softer, and therefore, are easy to cut. Shower also removes grime stuck in cuticles and which is otherwise difficult to get rid of.when they have grown past the point where you can accidentally cut either . And that too only comes into notice when our nail
Dental Care
Teeth keep us alive and shape the face. But they don’t live with us and deteriorate fast. It is one of the most delicate parts of human body and require constant care.
May be the number-32 make us think that we can make do even after losing a few. But if you are used to thinking this way, then soon you will have to count down to zero.
Therefore, if you are reading past this point, we are sure you care about yours. For the wise men dental care comes effortlessly, and at a very nominal cost.
Primarily, brushing is the most basic and indispensable form of cleaning. Two rounds a day, morning and evening is a must. Next comes flossing, which is cleaning between teeth. It removes stuck particles.
To prevent plaque deposit, natural brushing is also recommended. A soft twig of Neem or Miswak could do the job perfectly. Twice a day should be enough.
A biannual visit to the dentist, once you are past 35, will increase the lifespan of teeth and help identify any gum infection or decay.
Exfoliation
Exfoliations is the process of removing dead skin to promote growth of new cells, remove trapped dirt and other contamination. This can reinvigorate skin by opening clogged pores and getting rid of dead skin.
Again, to achieve best results, perform exfoliation after a shower or soak feet for 10-15 minutes in lukewarm water, if your skin is hard and the area is thick- heels or toes.
This is a vital step of mani-pedi. Always use natural tools like clay exfoliator that does the job without causing any injury or damage to the skin.
Lip Care
Lips are the centre of attention for good reasons, but without proper care these soft fleshy petals can crack and lose the gloss. Water is the first essential element to hydrate lips to maintain moisture and natural shine.
Lips also dry fast in both hot and cold weather. So, they call for regular maintenance.
Eye Care
Ideal eye care starts with sufficient sleep. Constant in action, our eyes ache and dehydrate fast. Take enough sleep to refresh them. Furthermore, long exposure to computers and mobile devices causes strain weakens vision.
To improve performance and minimize damage, take breaks during prolonged sitting. Shift glance from screen and look at a distance to soothe nerves.
Splashing water on eyes can mitigate discomfort, rehydrate and relax eyes.
While moving out wearing sunglasses can significantly save eyes from harmful sunrays. Choose a type of shade that will fit your face and cover the eyes completely.
Shaving Tips
Shaving process varies with length of hair, thickness, efficiency of the tool, and finally, condition of your skin- acne, roughness. Not all conditions meet for every man, but considering these factors can ease and enhance your shaving regime.
For most men shaving is a badly timed task, that means they will usually shave before the shower or separately. Although, the results vary strikingly. Facial hair is thick and hard, moreover, the skin is far sensitive than anywhere else.
- If you want a smoother experience, try shaving post shower when the skin is softer and clean. So, when you are moving razor, it will require minimum strokes with less effort.
- Direction is also important. Start in the direction of hair growth to reduce friction and pain.
- Damp skin for few minutes before shaving, if it is not accompanied by a bath.
- Deploy a high-quality sharp blade with ergonomic design to attain a soft and clean face.
- If necessary, trim the beard to remove excess growth. It will give you an edge and optimize the shaving process.
Sleep Habits
Sleeping allows body to recover and regain the vitality. No grooming routine is complete if it lacks enough sleep hours. In general,7-9 hours of sleep each night is adequate to relax all body parts- especially vital organs- brain, eyes and heart. Sleeping also reset us to defaults and enables us to start with full energy.
Sufficient sleep helps us flush toxins and negativity by rejuvenating the whole system.
Fragrance
This one grooming undertaking works the other way around. When you wear a fragrance, you automatically allow others to feel attracted or repelled. While an exciting fragrance will arrest your audience, a bad one will force people to run like a bat out of hell.
Choosing a fragrance can be tough, though, but if you pull it off, there will be a shower of compliments and admiration.
Beware of fake scents and steer clear from cheap ones. Perfume is an investment, but with a great return.
