Vintage Skincare: Man Cream, anyone?
Look at his face! You and I both know he’s not using that hand cream for ‘rough fingertips and red, sore knuckles’. Man Cream indeed. This an ad for ‘Chap-ans’ hand cream for men. Printed in 1948 and found here. Modern day ad-execs take note, I would totally buy that hand cream for the poster [...]
Review: Guyliner at River Island
It’s been a while since I’ve done a cosmetics review, hasn’t it? Guyliner is a new line of cosmetics aimed solely at men that’s set to be launched across River Island stores in the UK. I’d say this is pretty major news; to have a mass-market store like River Island pick up the brand shows [...]
Review – Giorgio Armani Moisturizing Bronzer
A few years ago, I used to work at the Giorgio Armani cosmetics counter and the Skin Minerals Moisturizing Bronzer was by far our most popular product for men. Women bought it for themselves as well as boyfriends/husbands/brothers/sons, men threw it in with fragrance purchases and the amount of phone orders we had were astronomical. [...]
A Shaving Cream that reduces stubble?
My first electric shaver - Braun MobileShave.