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Retro Drugstore Score: Vitalis Hair Tonic
The word “tonic” calls up the image of a carnival huckster atop a crate hawking the latest miracle snake oil. We’re dubious. But considering that this particular hair tonic formula has existed for decades basically unchanged, we had to give it a spin.
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Retro Drugstore Score: Pinaud Clubman Styling Gel
Founded by French perfumer Edouard Pinaud in 1810, Pinaud “can be found in virtually every barber shop and men's club across the United States,” according to its website. Now, that’s a claim we look forward to testing on a zany cross-country grooming road trip one day! For now, we’ll take their word for it.
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A Guy’s Guide to Washing Your Hair
Being told how to wash your hair is sort of like being told how to eat a bowl of cereal, right? You just do it. Grab the shampoo bottle, lather up, and rinse clean. Turns out there’s a bit more to it.
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Luxe Multitaskers
When you think of double or triple duty cleansers, you're usually picturing something mass market from the drugstore. Something that comes in a tub the size of a Big Gulp, right? Well, in this day and age, the most luxurious shower supplies are multitaskers, too. We present the Cadillac(s) of shower time savers.
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The Reluctant Groomer: Dry Shampoo
If you really want to hone in on an ideal personal grooming routine, you have to be willing to step outside of your comfort zone and try something new occasionally. In the spirit of discovery and humility—and just a pinch of sadism—we send our fearless writers to the outer limits of the grooming-verse to gather intel about new, exciting, and extreme products and practices. In this installment of The Reluctant Groomer, BB Man correspondent Nick Fauchald tries dry shampoo for the first time.
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How to Get Ahead of Hair Loss
The market is flooded with enough hair loss treatments to make you lose your mind. Before you spring for something prescription-strength, make sure you have the basics of a front line defense: a diet, styling product, and shampoo that will beef up the hair you still have. Here, we've got a few simple, proactive, and inexpensive strategies for preserving your mane.
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The Best Shampoo for Your Hair
Whether your coif is fine and slicked back or an eruption of curls, this trusty guide will help you find the shampoo that works best for your hair type.
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Video: The Side Part with TOWELDRY Gel Styler
A Don Draper-caliber side part requires some finesse. Here's how to pull off a clean and tight side part with the help of TOWELDRY's Gel Styler and a fine-toothed comb.
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Video: Oribe Crème for Style Product Snapshot
Learn how to use this lightweight styling cream to get flexible hold.
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Styling the High and Tight
Victor Macias is the Co-Founder of MaleStandard.com, a site devoted to such pressing issues as “Are you using the right razor?” and “What’s an exfoliator?” We know a kindred spirit when we see one—plus we were impressed by his August Birchbox Man Haul. We tapped Macias for his grooming knowledge, starting with some hair inspiration.
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The Guy Who Styles Springsteen
Michael Acord, known to the grooming community simply as “Vaughn,” has styled the hair of Hollywood and Washington’s elite. He told us how regular guys can land great haircuts, plus what it's like being the boss of The Boss’ hair.
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The Benefits of Blow Drying Your Hair
Most guys think of blow drying—if they think of it at all—as a superfluous step in one’s grooming routine. But the truth is that those gale force winds hold the key to many a gentleman’s styling woes.
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The Best Styling Product for Your Hair
Last month, we showed you how to match your hair type to the right shampoo. Now that your hair is clean, you’re ready to coax it into something presentable. Find the right styler for you (by way of one of three possible celebrity doppelgängers).
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How To: Cut Your Shower Time in Half
Preparing and eating a grilled cheese sandwich...reading the hundreds of pages in Moby Dick dedicated solely to whale physiology...training for a Tough Mudder challenge—these are just a few ways you might want to spend all the extra time you'll have once you start using these luxurious multitasking shower products.
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Shampoo Silver Bullets
A lifetime of good hair days starts with choosing a shampoo formulated for your mane’s specific peccadilloes. Whether you’ve got excess oil, dandruff, or hair that’s starting to thin, pick a targeted shampoo and you’ll stop your hair troubles in their tracks.
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Shine Control 101
From sunglasses to sports cars, the matte finish look is everywhere these days. It was only a matter of time before grooming products caught on as well. Here’s an easy guide to keeping oil and shine in check with the best mattifying gear on the market.
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7 Secrets to Styling Thin Hair
When we tapped Garrett Bryant, senior stylist at Arté Salon in New York, for some tips and tricks for styling thin hair, what we got was a master class in contrarian hair care. Prepare to forget everything you thought you knew about taking care of thinning hair.
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Birchbox Man Q&A: Mr. Carmine
Yonkers-based custom hairpiece craftsman Carmine Pisacreta told us how to prevent hair loss, how the industry has changed over his half-century in business, and the (unsurprising) movie star every guy secretly wants to look like.
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The Modern Man’s Guide to Hair Gel
Despite gel’s reputation as a goopy crisping agent for 90’s boy band bouffants, the proper hair gel can be used to achieve styles both cool and contemporary. The key to making gel work for you in 2013 is choosing the right product and styling appropriately. Here’s how.
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4 Tips for Conquering Hat Hair
Unless you commit to keeping your cap on indoors, winter leaves you with a terrible choice: unfortunate hat hair or a frozen skull. Heed these tips from a professional stylist to avoid the static, flatness, and general disarray that results from cold-weather headwear.
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