the smell of sephora makes me sick

there is pretty much nothing i hate more than the idea of having to deal with the sickening stench of 1000 perfumes to get some decent shave cream or face stuff. i don’t believe in some hour long 18 step skin care process, but if you want to age gracefully you need to consider at least a little skin care. all you need is a decent face wash, shaving creme and some protection. you already wash your face and shave. it’s no big deal to do that with slightly more considerate (and by considerate, i mean to you and to nature) stuff. then all you gotta do is rub one more thing on your face before you’re out the door and done. we’re talking 10 more seconds max then you already spend in the morning. but picking up these toiletries can be a pain in the ass if you don’t live in a city with fancy pharmacies or high end mens stores, or you don’t feel comfortable going into them. so i’m happy to see a site opening up that offers some nice face care stuff at reasonable prices. details for men sells all of my favorite brands (except for sharps) at affordable prices. next time you run ou of edge gel or whatever, pick up something that will treat your face a little better.

buy from details for men (check out baxter)

buy from sharps

men with guns

a guy can only have so much flowery script and happy monsters in his wardrobe. yes we all need t-shirts and hoodies, but how about some friggin masculinity – a little testosterone. which is why i’m way pumped about the future relic sale. dude, futre relic’s logo is a little kid with a handgun. need i say more? their t-shirts are badass, but they have a logo polo that looks like it shouldn’t be missed either. some of my favorite tees are some assembly required and monkey see, and take a look at reality tv too. i love their warped sense of humor.

buy from future relic

watch me change my stripes

i once lived in cowboy country, where people wore belts with buckles the size of small platters without a drop of irony. you know what? it’s really uncomfortable to sit down if you’re wearing a huge belt buckle. why do you think all those hipsters wear theirs twisted to the side? but the cowboys and hipsters do have a point, there’s nothing wrong with expressing yourself – with adding a little flair – on something as normally dull as belt. i mean if you have to dress up in boring business duds, don’t you deserve to spice it up a little? and who better to spice it up with than paul smith? a man whose variable width stripes are synonymous with mod, and i’m sorry but mod never goes out of style. so next time you have to slip into a something a little less comfortable to impress a big client or that special date, i say put on a belt that holds up your pants but doesn’t hold back your self expression.

buy from eluxury – sorry, sold out

if i see one more flyer with tony robbins

t-shirts are a staple of any modern man’s wardrobe. so in order to set yourself apart, you have to look for something out of the ordinary. sometimes that means finding a unique design, other times there’s something else unique about the shirt. in this case, it’s the actual technique. instead of screen printing, softservice embroiders (sews) their designs into the shirts by hand. so every one is a little different and every one stands out (literally). and right now, they’re clearing out last season’s designs for $40. i know that’s pretty much the upper limit of what any reasonable guy would spend on a t-shirt. but check ‘em out. i think they’re worth it. the only sad thing is they’ve already sold out of this baddass design that had an old challenger busting around a corner. i think the escalator design is cool, but a bit too trite, so i say if they have your size left, check out the newspaper boxes. they kinda look like robots too. don’t they?

buy from softservice – sorry, sold out