Everywhere you look these days, you see a lot of bearded men. That's an interesting situation for a brand like Gillette that's built its entire existence on not having a beard. You may recall that its recent moves have been to target more sensitive men and those who like it hot and expensive. Now, however, the kings of shaving are making a play for the beard market with a beard trimmer, a range of beard-related balms, beard oils and other beard-related stuff, as well as some more traditional razors for edging and shaping your beard. The name of the new range? King C Gillette. The King C Gillette range is named after the founder of Gillette, who was quite literally called King C. Gillette...
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For Louisville's black barbers and salons, COVID-19 shutdown is more than loss of business Tanita Washington's salon runs like clockwork. On a normal week at Defining You, a "beauty emporium" on Durrett Lane off Preston Highway, regular clients sit across from nail techs or leaned back into a shampoo bowl, and they know when another woman has missed her appointment. It's the kind of salon where clients often come to talk with the girls, not just get their hair done. They have deep, real-life conversations, Washington said. Her beauty parlor is a healing and empowering space for women. It's for that reason why the COVID-19 shutdown that indefinitely closed all beauty salons in Kentucky ...
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As we enter our sixth week of coronavirus quarantine, many of you guys are beginning to resemble Mr. Burns during his Spruce Moose phase. And while letting your locks flow free during this time of physical isolation can be liberating for a while, do you really want to emerge from your mandatory staycation rocking the “Grizzly Adams but hikikomori ” look? No, my friend. No, you do not. Besides, you’ve got nothing but time right now, so why not spend a bit of it pampering that noggin of yours? Even if you are getting a bit shaggy, there’s no need to take immediate drastic action. “I think it's just essentially knowing right off the bat, what you're getting yourself into, and how to prepare...
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We each have a beauty habit or two we’ve given up during lockdown haven’t we, maybe it’s self-tan or caring as much for our brows? Seeing as none of us is getting into a hair salon any time soon, there is little we can do about roots and hair lengths, that will just have to be ignored for now. But it seems as though a lot of us are going one step further, skipping what is basic grooming, 88% of them in fact. A company in the UK has taken a sample panel of 2,405 people from different countries to find out what had changed with their day to day beauty routines. Even Kim Kardashian has admitted that she doesn’t get the chance to shower everyday because she four children...
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Beards don’t just sneak up and appear out of nowhere. They take their sweet time to grow, not accounting for the days spent pondering whether you wanted to stop shaving in the first place. For this reason, you’ve got plenty of time to stock up on the beard-growing essentials, to arm yourself with the best conditioning, taming and styling products. These come as oils, balms, soaps, combs, brushes, trimmers and even shears. And the top-tier products will elevate your beard from rookie status to Best in Show. It’ll be free of itching, flaking, splitting, breaking and tangling. Like a well-trained pet, it’ll sit and stay exactly as you tell it to. It won’t scratch your significant other, nor...
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