The Guide

  1. Get Off the Bottle: 5 Non-Messy Alternatives to Goopy and Sloppy Sun Protection

    Tired of big-bottle SPF that take up valuable counter space and explode in your suitcase? Try these travel-friendly alternatives for clean, efficient, and portable sun protection.

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  2. My Borderline Obsessive-Compulsive Oral Hygiene Regimen

    Our Birchbox Man editor and in-house perfectionist Kyle takes us on a journey through his exhaustive (albeit entertaining) daily routine.

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  3. Spiked Skincare: One Man’s Paean for the Boozy Grooming of Yore

    In the age of the space race and the IBM Selectric, firewater ruled the grooming kingdom. Those days are over, and we now know better than to slap drying alcohol on our faces. Being guys in 2013, we get to fake it with products that channel the old-school booze while delivering much more potent results than say, O’Doul’s.

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  4. May 2013 Box Preview (Spoiler Alert)

    It’s Birchbox Man’s 1st birthday! To celebrate, Martin and Kyle hit the couch in their finest duds to talk about May’s assortment and what it means to be all grown up.

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  5. Month in Review: April 2013

    April was all about turning up the volume on everything. Here’s a recap from The Guide and beyond.

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  6. 14 Tips For Turning up Testosterone

    We’ve spent the past month tearing through our advance copy of fitness expert John Romaniello’s forthcoming book, Engineering the Alpha: A Real World Guide to an Unreal Life. Here’s a short excerpt featuring Romaniello’s and co-author Adam Bornstein’s tips for boosting your testosterone levels (one of the keys to looking, feeling, and being your best).

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  7. Joe Levy X Birchbox Man: The Playlist

    As the editor of Billboard and a former editor at Rolling Stone, Joe Levy knows a thing or two about music. We asked the eclectic aficionado to share some of his favorite songs.

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  8. How To: Get Rock Star Hair

    For a stage-worthy hairstyle, you need a little push from the right product. To help, we’ve assembled a righteous lineup of rock star ‘dos and what you need to get them.

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  9. The Things He Carries: The Coachella Packing List

    Before heading out to the desert, we asked our Birchbox Man editor Kyle to show us the right way to get festival-ready.

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  10. How To: Become Your Own All-Natural Haircare Mixologist

    Nothing worked to tame our author’s head hair beast. Until the day he became his own personal haircare alchemist.

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  11. 6 Tips for Turning Up the Volume on Your Spring Style

    Our apologies to T.S. Eliot, but April is the coolest month. Why? Because it signals the proper start of the spring style season. Now’s the time to shelve those musty woolens and embrace duds meant for windows-down weather. Here are six surefire tactics for turning up the volume on your spring wardrobe.

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  12. Low Cut Connie X Birchbox Man

    Known for their retro-rock sound and raucous live performances, Low Cut Connie has quickly become a band to watch in 2013. Check out members Adam Weiner and Daniel Finnemore discussing everything from James Brown to cummerbunds.

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  13. My Culinary Essentials: Jesse Boykins III

    The rising star in R&B dishes on cooking for a love interest, treating sandwich makers with respect, the best snacks to have when you’re on the road, and more.

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  14. The BB Man Agenda: April 2013

    With our April Birchbox Man shipments out the door, the real fun begins. In addition to putting your new supplies to good use, we’ve got a few ideas on how to spend your time this April.

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  15. America’s Next Top NCAA Mascot: Crowning a Champion…on the Grounds of Good Grooming

    There are countless methodologies for filling out your bracket. Why not skip the stats and base your choices on which team’s mascot is most convincing with a martini in his, her, or its hand? We made our NCAA tournament picks this year on the grounds of each mascot’s style and grooming, and we couldn’t have scripted the Cinderella story that unfolded if we’d tried.

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  16. The Game of Thrones Get the Look: Littlefinger

    This week we examine Petyr Baelish, Master of Coin on the Small Council. He may have betrayed Eddard Stark, but his looks betray no shortage of knowledge about good hair.

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  17. Perfecting ‘Je ne sais quoi’: 7 Essential French Style Icons

    The Italians may have invented "sprezzatura", but the French patented being too cool for fashion altogether. Hold onto your berets—here are seven stylish Frenchmen that put the ‘gall’ in ‘Gallic.’

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  18. Peace, Love, & Grooming: The Modern Concertgoer’s Guide to Style

    With music festival season upon us, we’re in a Woodstock state of mind. There’s a lot to learn fashion-wise from our tie-dyed forefathers, so here are seven staples of flower child fashion, updated for the present day.

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  19. Jesse Boykins III X Birchbox Man

    The charismatic R&B/soul singer stopped by to talk personal style, musical influences, proper sandwich ordering etiquette, and the meaning of “schwaza.”

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  20. Reclaiming Patchouli from the Deadheads

    Earthy and herbaceous patchouli oil has been a staple for the tie-dye set for decades. Now it’s showing up as a sensual—and sophisticated—balsamic base note in all kinds of colognes, perfumes, and unisex blends.

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