Can’t imagine stuffing your boyfriend’s/husband’s/brother’s stocking with manly make-up or an exfoliating scrub? Well get ready, because new research from Mintel Beauty Innovation shows male grooming is picking up heat bigtime – as are the sexier male results!
Mintel Beauty Innovation has seen a dramatic increase in the number of new personal care products launched for men. So far in 2008, they have tracked over 500 new men’s personal care products in the …read more

Party Season has arrived and it’s time to get those suits out. For the
perfect ensemble, no man is complete without a signature fragrance – and when
the dress code is black tie, your cologne should be just as elegant.
For your go-to on this season’s top fragrances, check out this guide from DETAILS:
http://men.style.com/details/blogs/knowandtell/2008/12/the-best-scents.html

Do we want our men to have hair on their heads?
Hells yeah.
Hair on their legs? Sure.
But when it comes to the back, and some other areas, we start to want to introduce them to our neighborhood waxers.
My friends at Shobha Threading in NYC recommend having our man do the “twirl test” – If you are uncertain about your man’s manscaping needs, you can do a test, which is quick, easy and painless. Simply try to wrap a piece of his body hair (in a region that concerns you ) around your pinky finger. If the hair can wrap more …read more

So, if you live in a major metropolitan city – or not – you may or may not be dating a metrosexual.
My best friend’s guy has been known to get his brows threaded before every special occasion so that they are perfectly shaped, and my baby-faced little brother will never go to bed before well-moisturizing from his toes to the tips of his fingers.
When is it too much? And when is it just…good manners?
The truth is, male grooming is sometimes just good manners: Neanderthal man is long gone, the time when male body odor was the only fragrance required is …read more