Beauty care and tips are not restricted to the female gender alone.
After all, we all need to look and feel good with our outward appearances. Our men need to look peng and all godly too. Take our breath away please, if you may!
Maintaining one’s beauty may seem like a chore, but the truth is that, it is an essential. We all need it.
Here are the essentials for every king out there, who desires to take his beauty routine seriously. Below are a few actionable steps.
- Body Wash
A shower gel or body wash bar, is your best bet for washing of all the dirt’s you may have come directly or indirectly with during the course of your day. You can use this along with an exfoliating sponge depending on the kind of day you’ve had or how sensitive your skin is.
It is advisable to take a bath at least twice daily taking note of areas where dirt’s cling to secretly such as; behind the ears, navel, and in-between the toes, underneath the butt cheeks and the armpits.
- Body Moisturizer
Scientists have revealed that, taking a bath rids the body of its essential oils. However, you can’t go about smelling awful with sweaty and sticky bodies, hence, a bath.
A body moisturizer is to be used immediately after taking a bath to moisturize and revitalize the body essential oils washed off during the bath. Go for body oils and creams that are high in Vitamins E, A and contains up to SPF-30 which helps protects the skin from the sun’s Ultra-Violet rays.
- Hair moisturizer or “Pomade”
So, allegedly a lot of guys tend to ignore their hair which is just not right.
Although your hair is made up of dead cells – just like our fingers – they require constant care and grooming. The two listed above help moisturize the hair and prevents it from drying out which can lead to hair breakage. For the beard gang kings,there are beard care kit for maintaining and grooming one’s beard. Opt for moisturizers which have water as the first ingredient or pomades made from petroleum jelly; whichever one works best for you.
- Nail cutter or Emery board
Unkempt nails can be an eyesore. Wouldn’t you agree?
Maintaining clean nails isn’t a heavy burden. With a nail cutter or an emery board and a spare time of ten minutes, you are good to go. A nail cutter is idle for those who do not wish to keep nails at all. An emery board shapes the nail smoothly and can be used as finishing after using a cutter to cut or trim your nails.
Your nails say a lot about you, read here to find out what yours are saying
- Antiperspirant / Deodorant
Listen kings, How you smell cannot be overestimated.
Antiperspirants help to reduce body perspiration while deodorants destroy or masks unpleasant odors. Having at least one or both products is a necessity; your body scent is capable of etching a memory on whoever you come in contact with.
If allergic to heavy scents, then go for the unscented products.
- Shaving Tools
Clippers, razor, scissors, shaving cream or powder etc. are for the removal of unwanted bodily hairs. Unless, you prefer to keep them. if this is your choice, then you must note that they need to be groomed properly; Trimmed down with a scissors.
- Body Fragrance
According to realmenrealstyle.com, “Smell – or a man’s scent – has been proven through experiments to be the #1 factor for women when it comes to selecting a potential partner.”
So, it might be safe to say that men’s perfume attract women. C. Joy Bell says, “You are never fully dressed without a perfume”.
A man who wears a perfume leaves a bold statement. Next time you’re picking up essentials, go for the masculine fragrances that leave a trail wherever you go.
- Lip Balm
Lip balm help cater to soft and healthy looking lips. A proper replacement for saliva.
Dear kings, please stop licking your lips to get them moisturized; they’d only get drier causing them to crack. Lip balm helps to keep the lips looking attractive while keeping them moisturized.
Your lips don’t have to be all shimmering when you apply it, just a thin layer should do, unless during the dry season. Read more on maintaining healthy lips .
- Cleanser / Exfoliate
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Your skin pores are small openings on your skin surfaces.This is where sweats are emitted via their respective glands. Your daily activities can expose you to dust and dirt that clog onto these pores leading to buildups that causes acne and blackheads which are quite a chore to get rid of.
Body wash or bathing soap is not enough to unclog your pores. You need a cleanser and/or exfoliate soap or scrub to go that deep.
- Eye Cream
Dark circles, puffy eyes, eye bags, wrinkles and fine lines. These are reasons why you need an eye cream.
L’Oreal Paris reveal that under eye cream is a mandatory addition to your skin care regimen. They keep under the eyes from drying out and soften the skin that surrounds the eye, reviving it. Eye creams that contain SPF-30 and Vitamin C should be your goal.
There you have it. Your beauty kit must-haves as a man and don’t forget to aim for quality to get the best results.
Until next time, let us know what your kit contain? what do you need to add?