MEN DESCRIBE THEIR GROOMING ROUTINES

The Huffington Post asked eight men of different ages, ethnic backgrounds, locations and occupations about their grooming routines. Here are four of the men.
(pics and more details here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-much-money-men-spend-on-groooming_l_6033e263c5b66dfc10207eaa)

– Anthony Mugnolo, 33-year-old content operations and production professional from Los Angeles: “I shower using body wash and a loofah, then take two minutes to apply body lotion. I take five minutes to brush my teeth, floss and rinse with mouthwash and another five minutes to wash my face and apply skin care. Three minutes are spent on hair grooming and deodorant. Once a week, I take a 30-minute bath. I wash my hair once or twice a week and use a hair mask once a week. On days I work out but do not want to wash my hair, I use an apple cider vinegar hair rinse. I trim my facial hair once a week using a standard pair of beard clippers and after I shave I exfoliate my skin. I clip my own nails and about once a month I get a basic mani/pedi ($75). I get professional facials ($150-$200) once a quarter or when I am traveling to a nice hotel.”

– Nawaz Khan, 32-year-old software engineer from San Francisco: “I shower at least once a day (* AT LEAST???), using a bar soap I brought over from India, and I moisturize with Vaseline. The soap is kinda expensive, it’s about $100 for a pack of 25 bars. In the morning I wash my face with the same soap (using a different bar on the body and face) and follow with witch hazel; then Vaseline lip therapy on my lips. Occasionally I’ll make a homemade face scrub using honey and coconut brown sugar. Once a week I make a mix of oils (pumpkin seed, tea tree oil, organic coconut oil and argan oil) and wash my hair out with Pura D’Or Advanced Therapy shampoo and conditioner.

– Eric Lahr, 32-year-old entrepreneur from West Palm Beach, Florida: “Every morning I wake up, shower with an unscented white soap, brush my teeth, shave, moisturize, apply cologne, put pomade in my hair and apply natural deodorant (because I hate yellow stains on my white shirts) and I’m out the door. My cologne is one of the few products I don’t buy at Target ― I get four 3.3 oz. bottles on eBay (Givenchy Gentlemen Only Casual Chic, 4 bottles for $310). In the evening I trim my beard, before showering (* Again with the shower.), and then use an anti-aging cream mixed with a little bit of Differin gel because I get closed comedones and have oily skin. When I have the energy, I’ll do a mask and use a cold roller along with a retinol specially formulated for me by my esthetician under my eyes. I get a weekly haircut ($30), which takes about 30 minutes. When I feel like treating myself I will get a mani/pedi ($120). I go to the Russian bath house in Miami Beach almost every weekend for a few hours and sit in the sauna or steam room followed by ice water plunges and maybe a full body mud mask.”
* I gotta get me an esthetician. I gotta get me a dictionary so I can look up “esthetician.”

– Rex Chatterjee, 34-year-old creative director from Amagansett, New York: “I shave my head and my face every other day, using Gillette’s ProGlide Shave Gel and a Gillette Mach 3 razor. I shave in the shower, because the steam from a hot shower loosens up the pores and makes it easier to get a close shave. For aftershave, I use plain 70% isopropyl alcohol. It seals pores, disinfects any nicks and is the strongest way to fight razor burn that I’ve ever encountered. I use a face wash from Hawthorne that’s customized to me and my skin.”
* And I thought the hours chimpanzees spend grooming each other was overkill.
* Doesn’t the Huffington Post know anyone who makes less than $120,000 a year?
* [Perform this with a hick accent] Clevis Bushing, (your town): “I rinse off in the self-serve car wash for 75 cents, sometimes I spring for the hot wax to slick back mah hair if’n I have a date. I let the cat groom mah beard when he’s lookin’ fer crumbs in there. If’n I want a sauna, I spend an extry half hour in the milkin’ barn with the cattle on a cold day. Sometimes I git a mud mask, but that’s only when I slip and fall in the sheep pen.”