After the festive bustle of the New Year, you can finally return to normal mode and start publishing new interesting articles. I want to share my observations. I was always amazed at the excitement going on in hairdressers and barbershops before the New Year. It's good if you are prudent and make an appointment in advance, but if not?
In this case, we will consider 7 tips for personal care that will allow you to delay the trip to the hairdresser a little, and at the same time not look unkempt and overgrown.
We try to spend the winter season more in warm rooms and public places, since walking in subzero temperatures is a short-term pleasure. It is one thing – a hermit's way of life, another – is constantly in a society where an unkempt, unshaven and unshorn look frightens off more than it finds welcome and understanding. So, consider 7 tips for personal care that should be kept in service, of course, not only in winter.
Correct your beard and mustache
There is nothing wrong with a large beard or mustache, especially if you are allowed to wear them at work. But they must be straight and framed correctly so that they don't look ugly and sloppy.
If you once abandoned the razor and think that it will no longer be useful, you are mistaken. In those areas where the beard and mustache line ends, it is necessary to shave off everything unnecessary. Thus, you highlight the area of the face where the beard is and where it ends. As a result, the beard and mustache look neat. This is especially important if your beard is not very thick and is easily confused with 3-day stubble. How often to shave off excess? The answer is simple – the faster it grows, the more often you shave off =) It has grown 2-3 mm, so it's time to shave off.
Try to straighten your beard and mustache a couple of times a week.
In addition to the line of the beard and mustache, it is necessary to level the beard itself with the mustache. There is no need to immediately run to the barbershop. It is enough to pick up a trimmer and shave off the prominent hairs on the beard and mustache, having previously combed them. You stand in front of the mirror, with your eyes you outline the shape of the beard and mustache that was a couple of weeks ago and carefully shave off the excess. The left and right sides should be the same and this is perhaps the most difficult task.
In defense of barbershops, it should be said that after 1-2 of your adjustments, you still have to go to a professional. It is unlikely that you will be able to shave evenly and symmetrically all the hair on the beard and mustache, especially in hard-to-reach areas. And, in order not to run your beard and mustache, go get a haircut to a professional.
A neat beard and mustache will distinguish a well-groomed stylish guy from an overgrown tramp with a beard. In my opinion, this is a great motivator to devote at least half an hour a week to the beard.
Straighten your stubble
Nowadays, male stubble is more attractive to women than a clean-shaven face. This is confirmed by numerous studies of various universities around the world. But just not shaving for a couple of weeks does not mean having beautiful stubble.
Straighten your stubble for neatness
To make the bristles beautiful, you need to even out the length of the hair using a trimmer with a nozzle. The length of the bristles is selected individually, but I think that the length should not exceed 7-8 mm.
To avoid having a 'hangover' look, smooth your stubble a couple of times a week.
Pay attention to your eyebrows
'Quiet, quiet guy, you get carried away along the way. Why would a man pluck his eyebrows ?! ' – you tell. I want to reassure you and first present a couple of arguments and reflections on this matter.
Eyebrows are one of the details of our face that catches the eye when meeting face to face. With our eyebrows, we express many emotions and send dozens of signals. That is why beautiful and well-groomed eyebrows are the way to clearly expressed emotions.
It is enough to remove excess black hairs on the bridge of the nose and temples to make the eyebrows look well-groomed.
Excessive facial hair – in most cases, when communicating, it causes discomfort for the interlocutor. Well, remember some professor who is standing in front of you, and his hair is not only sticking out everywhere, but it also curls up. Personally, I was very embarrassed at this moment and it seemed that the professor had not been at the hairdresser for a couple of decades and had not crawled out of the walls of the reading room. The neat eyebrows and the absence of protruding facial hair is a pleasant appearance.
Today there is more and more understanding among men that it is worth at least a little, but to take care of themselves. This also applies to eyebrow attention. In men's fashion, you do not need to pluck a straight line of eyebrows and make them like women's. No, I am not calling you to this. It is enough to remove the extra black hairs on the bridge of the nose and temples, while slightly correcting the very loose hairs along the natural eyebrow line. The goal is to keep the eyebrows natural, but to give them a well-groomed look and to avoid accreted eyebrows.
I repeat once again: you do not need to blindly pluck all the hairs in a row, giving an unnecessarily correct shape of the eyebrows, when both light and dark hair are removed, giving a clear line. It is enough to remove coarse dark hairs from the bridge of the nose, so that there is sufficient distance between the eyebrows and to remove the extreme hairs on the temples, if present. In addition, loose eyebrow hairs should be removed. It so happens that one or two hairs stick out separately from the rest. And that's all, in principle!
I also want to pay attention to the tools for adjusting the eyebrows. Get a small set of eyebrow tweezers, small scissors, and a nail file. In most cases, this is enough for a man to take care of himself.
Manicure set of four tools for men
A little tip: if it is too painful to pluck your eyebrows, steam the skin with a warm towel and repeat the procedure.
Remove nose hair
Have you ever met tall men, looking at whom the first thing to look at is the hair sticking out of the nose in all directions. How do you look? =) Personally, I'm not very good at it.
A special nose trimmer with a rounded head is available for sale. It will take no more than 1-2 minutes to clean your nose from hair, but it will certainly give you a well-groomed look.
Round head trimmer is much better than tweezers
By the way, for some time after the procedure, you will feel free breathing in your nose. This will be especially noticed by people who have difficulty breathing through their nose.
Remove hair from your ears
Some people grow too much hair in their ears, therefore, the side view is poor. We use the same round head trimmer, but now for the ears.
The round head trimmer is also suitable for trimming ear hair
General rule for nose and ears: the tips of the hair should not protrude beyond the visible limits of the ears and nasal cavity.
Shave your neck hair
Have you noticed, sitting at the hairdresser, how he, when completing a haircut, passes the trimmer along the front and back of the neck? Most men's haircuts end at the back of the head, and everything below the hairdresser shaves off to make the haircut neat. Likewise, you should keep your entire neck neat between going to the hairdresser.
If you wear dress shirts and a suit, then you should definitely take advice on board. There is nothing worse than the hair sticking out from under the collar of a shirt.
Use a trimmer or razor to remove hair from your neck
How to shave the hair on the back of your neck? All the same trimmer with a 1-2 mm nozzle. It is possible with a razor, but this requires skill.
Cut the hair around your ears
If you have a haircut that does not involve long hair, then you should trim the hair around your ears. Beware of cases where the hair grows back so much that it begins to descend like a springboard around the ears. It is even worse when the hair is curly and ends in the ears. This is just the standard of sloppiness.
Ideally, your ears should be clearly visible from both sides so that not a single hair extends behind the pinna. Of course, it's best to have a hairdresser cut the hair around your ears. It is much more convenient for him to cut from the side and make the right frame.
On the other hand, with a little skill, you can cut some excess hair before going to the hairdresser at home. There is nothing difficult here, just move the ear a little and carefully shave off the protruding hairs with a trimmer.
How often to take care of yourself and what tool you need
So, concluding our article, you need to understand how often to take care of yourself in the part of the hair on the head and what we need for this:
- Try to devote some time to your beard and mustache every 3-4 days, adjusting their shape (if any).
- Trim nose and ear hair and remove excess hairs weekly to reshape facial brows. If you are not afraid of difficulties, then cut off excess hair on the neck and around the ears.
- Use a quality trimmer with hair attachments. Purchase the small nose and ear trimmer with round attachment separately. If you don't already have a gentleman's set with tools such as eyebrow tweezers, manicure scissors and a nail file – get it. Cutting your hair with clerical scissors and biting your nails isn't cool. I hope you get the message right.
