Steal All Your Grooming Tricks from Ryan Reynolds, GQ

I love combing through old photos of celebrities, looking at the way they evolved from a 20-something heartthrob to a bonafide Hollywood star. Along the way, you get weird haircuts, curious goatees, a gelled tip or two, but also lots of strides. Ryan Reynolds gives good grooming timeline. While he’s not as adventurous with his hair as Brad Pitt or as beard-curious as Bradley Cooper, Reynolds has played things closer to home—a lot like Idris Elba —in that he’s refined himself these past two decades with slight variations of the same thing. He knows that his hair’s natural texture holds a lot of potential, whether cropped short or slicked back. He’s not one to sport a bushy Wildman beard like...