Grooming

The Routine | 5 Ways to Sharpen Up

The Routine | 5 Ways to Sharpen Up

Tired and lethargic? Lost your office sparkle? Sharpen up your career prospects with our pre-work grooming tips.  [Read more...]

Grooming

Want List | Guerlain L’eau Boisée

Want List | Guerlain L’eau Boisée

When Thierry Wasser, the current master perfumer at French house Guerlain, created the brand’s original Homme Eau de Toilette in 2008, he was inspired by the humble mojito cocktail. [Read more...]

Grooming

The Edit | Bold fragrances

The Edit | Bold fragrances

The latest grooming craze is for big, bold fragrances. Apply sparingly, for all our sakes. [Read more...]

Grooming

The Fix | Eye Bags

The Fix | Eye Bags

 

If you’re stressed, tired, dehydrated or just very pale (like most of us, much of the time) chances are you’ve got some unsightly black bags lurking beneath your eyes. Caused by engorged blood vessels in the fragile skin beneath the eye — which show up due to toxins built up from lack of sleep — dark circles put on years and reduce confidence. What to do? Other than a good night’s kip and a few less shandies, there are a whole host of new products designed to pep up your eye area. [Read more...]

Grooming, Style & Grooming

The manliest manicure set ever

The manliest manicure set ever

There’s nothing overly masculine about pruning your fingernails. At least, there wasn’t, until Czech & Speake introduced their ultra slick gentleman’s manicure set. Looking like something James Bond might keep in the false bottom of his briefcase, it’s an exquisite leather-bound kit housing an array of scissoring, tweezing, filing and tweaking implements made by Czech & Speake’s craftsmen in Solingen, Germany. [Read more...]

Grooming

The Esquire body MOT – lunchtime workout

The Esquire body MOT – lunchtime workout

There are many things that put people off going to the gym – the sweating, the Euro house, the proliferation of dead-eyed men in singlets – but perhaps the biggest obstacle to building a regular workout into your routine is time. [Read more...]

Grooming, Style, Summer skills

The airport-proof washbag

The airport-proof washbag

Cavity searches conducted with Marigolds, x-ray machines that let bored officials see through your clothes and queues of screeching kids destined for the row of seats behind yours – airport security is a place no man hopes to visit more than once. This summer, prevent Gary on treadmill six binning your bottle of Odin Owari and airport-proof your weekend-away wash bag. Here’s how. [Read more...]

Grooming, Style

The barber of Savile

The barber of Savile

If you prefer a proper gentleman’s haircut rather than look like a cast member from Hollyoaks (or worse, Limahl), you will be interested to know that one of our favourite barbers in London, Pankhurst, has just moved to the thoroughly appropriate address of Savile Row. [Read more...]