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Every morning it is the same struggle: how to take care of your skin and still keep things time efficient. As a man, your face is your visit card and year after year you need to take care of it. Naturally men tend to spend less time on beauty routines. In the morning every second counts, generally taken by shower and coffee! In order to help you keep things efficient, here are the 3 essential gestures you need to do and how.

1- Exfoliating your face: the essential gesture that every man forgets

Your skin is the largest organ on your body, made up of several different components, including water, protein, lipids, and different minerals and chemicals. If you’re average, your skin weighs about six pounds. It’s job is crucial: to protect you from infections and germs. Throughout your life, your skin will change constantly, for better or worse. In fact, your skin will regenerate itself approximately every 27 days. Proper skin care is essential to maintaining the health and vitality of this protective organ. The epidermis is the thinnest layer in your skin, but it’s responsible for protecting you from the harsh environment. The epidermis has four layers of its own: stratum germinativum, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum, and stratum lucidum. The epidermis also hosts different types of cells: keratinocytes, melanocytes and Langerhans cells. Keratinocytes produce the protein known as keratin, the main component of the epidermis. Melanocytes produce your skin pigment, known as melanin. Langerhans cells prevent foreign substances from getting into your skin.
In order to keep your skin healthy, the advice would be to get rid of dead cells regularly so your skin can “breathe” and you keep a healthy look. For your face some beauty advisors would tell you to exfoliate your face twice a week. Obviously this can be challenging for us men that are still struggling with the basics. So we would advice to use a gentle exfoliator once a week and you can use it while taking your morning shower. It will be much easier to wash off the product. Here are our top 3 best facial exfoliator for men.

Clinique For Men Exfoliating Tonic

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Daily exfoliator for normal to dry skins. De-flakes and smooths skin’s surface to reveal clearer skin, prep for shave. Unclogs pores and minimizes oil build-up.

ClarinsMen Exfoliating Cleanser

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Deep-cleansing microbeads water-activate into a silky mousse that gently removes embedded sweat, oil and spent surface cells. Pores open. Ingrown hairs rise up. The ultimate pre-shave prep.

Aesop Purifying Exfoliant Paste

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A pre-mixed, deeply cleansing facial exfoliant. Purifying Facial Exfoliant Paste, when massaged gently into damp skin, removes dead cells and unblocks clogged pores to help skin glow. This exfoliant combines finely ground Quartz, to slough away tired surface skin, and Lactic Acid, to dissolve grime and oil. Exfoliating also allows skin to best absorb your preferred moisturiser. Rosemary Leaf, Lavender and Evening Primrose oils work to lightly hydrate skin.

2- Shaving: learn how to do it right!

There is one specific beauty routine that only men do: it is shaving. For some men it is a daily gesture, for others only twice a week and for a few…. Well, beards are still trendy. In any case it is something you need to take care of and not all men know how to handle it properly. First things first: do you need to shave and how often? These questions are crucial and every man should start by that. Then, how do you want to shave? Some men are fans of modern shaving electric machines and others are ild school manual aficionados. We observe that generally most of men who need to shave almost every day will choose a shaving electric machine whereas men with a shaving habit around twice a week (or less) will opt for a manual shaving. A lot of men just rush through shaving and they commit a big mistake. Ideally you should prepare your skin to welcome the razor. You should always shave on a clean skin. See above about exfoliating. But shaving after shower will change your life for the best (trust us on this one). Then you need to use an appropriate shaving cream/foam/oil to protect your skin while shaving. It will also improve sliding and therefore speed. Multiple products are available in the market depending on your taste, type of skin and even type of shaving. Here are our top 3 best shaving products.

Nivea Men Sensitive Shaving Gel

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By far one of the best shaving products you can find everywhere. It protects your skin from irritation while shaving. The shaving gel contains 0% alcohol and does not burn. The extra gentle formula is fragrance-neutral and enriched with Chamomile and Hamamelis to care for the skin before you shave.

Clinique for Men Shave Gel

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The Clinique shave product is one of the must haves of the brand. Its aloe-infused gel elixir remains one of the market’s best, producing incredible lubrication that that softens the thickest scruff to leave skin clean and smooth with every shave-through. Notable ingredients like hyaluronic acid and chamomile provide moisture and soothe skin to eliminate razor burns.

ClarinsMen Shave Easy oil

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Even the toughest whiskers can have a sensitive side. ClarinsMen’s comforting shaving oil — with essential oils of Rosemary, Eucalyptus and Mint — softens stubble to banish razor burn. That means no more grunt work. Just a close, clean, friction-free shave from now on. Use alone or prior to Smooth Shave.

3- Moisturizing: it is not that difficult and is so capital!

No matter if you are a man or a woman, every beauty expert will tell you that the best thing to do in order to prevent skin aging is MOISTURIZING! It sounds simple but it is the truth. It all start by a simple gesture: drink enough water. In deed, every efficient skin moisturizing starts from the inside. We need to drink between 1.5L and 2.0L of water everyday. This will supply the natural moisture your metabolism requires. Of course bringing some help is always a good thing. You need to choose carefully the best product as your skin type and the way you will use it might be important. So here a quick recap of different skin types.

  • Dry: Avoid use a moisturizing cleanser and follow up with a rich moisturizer. As long as acne is not an issue, oil-based lotions are a good choice, especially at night.
  • Oily: Avoid any heavy or oil-based formulas. Instead, use an oil-free or mattifying moisturizerin the morning and just a lightweight serum at night.
  • Normal/ Combination: The trick to treating this variable skin is creating balance. Aim for a medium-weight product that maintains moisture but doesn’t add oil to already shiny areas.
  • Sensitive: Avoid irritating ingredients, such as alcohol, fragrances, dyes, and preservatives (parabens). Moisturize twice daily with mild products specifically designed for sensitive skin.

You might already say: wait a minute, should I use an after-shave product and a daily moisturizer? How to find time for all these steps in my male beauty routine? Easy! If you do not have the time you can use your daily moisturizer as after-shave. You just need to make sure you avoid any formula containing alcohol. You should avoid alcohol anyway. It feels fresh but it will dry your skin. Here is our top 3 best moisturizers for men, most of them with global formulas, so all type of skin.

ClarinsMen Super Moisture Balm

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Up your moisture game. ClarinsMen’s soothing balm comforts skin after shaving. Energizing formula softens, tones and moisture-perfects while shielding skin with a patented anti-pollution complex. Main ingredients are Galanga, Alpine Sea Holly and White tea.

La Prairie Swiss Cellular Time Release Moisturizer

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The ultimate quencher for parched skin. Cellular Time Release Moisturizer Intensive breaks the time barrier with 16 hours of continuous moisture, just in time for those who need a concentrated hydration boost. Incredibly, it triples the skin’s moisture level, delivering a steady dose of highly effective hydration while guarding against moisture loss. With regular use, see smoother, softer skin.

Sisley Sisleÿum for men – Global Revitalizer

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Sisleÿum is a global revitalizing anti-aging skincare product for men. Its formula has been designed to increase the skin’s resistance against daily harmful effects (shaving, cold, stress, pollution…). It has many different actions; it firms, corrects wrinkles, hydrates, fights razor burn and fatigue. The skin is immediately soothed, hydrated, and softened (white horehound and wild pansy extracts, shea butter). Skin is visibly more resistant and appears less tired (a cocktail of active ingredients rich in oligo-elements). Fine lines and wrinkles are reduced and the skin is firmed (extracts of alkekengi calyx, padina pavonica, and white willow).

It is said that the eyes are windows to the soul. For a man, his face is his visit card and how is he living his life. So you better present a great face if you want to make a good impression. With the above beauty secrets, it will be piece of cake to keep up the game on a good level.

If you wish to learn more about the above products you can visit the following websites:

You deserve the best, especially if you can get that angel face.

José Amorim

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