Hands get dry and rough during the winter, but smelling like perfumey hand creme is enough for most of us to just ignore it. Hydro Salve Hand Cream from Baxter should suffice, and not just because it's odorless. It's loaded with aloe, Shea butter, and avocado oil to repair dry skin and deliver nutrients to rough and chapped areas.
It's important to keep clean and smell good, but dudes don't want to smell like a bed of flowers or cheap cologne. The Bourbon & Leather Everything Bar Soap from Das Boom keeps you clean and features two scents that most guys gravitate towards — bourbon and leather. This unique product is made in Los Angeles using nature-based ingredients and can be used for shaving or for a head to toe wash.
Only the manliest of men get clean using black soap. That's exactly what Rebels Refinery Wealth Of Man Oil Bar Soap lets you do. Made in Toronto in small batches of 500 then hand-wrapped, strung, and sealed, this unique bar contains organic coconut oil, organic palm oil, soy protein, charcoal food coloring (for that dark as night color), and sandalwood oil to leave you smelling great.
Add a bit of German essence to your cleaning regimen with Frank Leder Bavarian Sausage Handsoap. Made in small batches in Austria, this unique hand soap is made with traditional recipes in mind, using natural ingredients and scents to leave you with a marjoram and black pepper smell that's manly and enticing. Presented in a handsome 250ml glass bottle with a Bakelite screw cap.
Ideally, you'd have all your favorite skin care products at your disposal after a busy day. But whether you've been traveling, working, or exploring, real life seldom works out that way. Which is why Ursa Major created its Essential Face Wipes. Individually-wrapped and infused with the company's 4-in-1 Face Tonic formula, these bamboo wipes will remove oil and grime, exfoliate, heal, and hydrate your skin, all while leaving behind aromatic traces of orange, fir, and lavender. The result is fresh, clean skin that's ready for whatever the rest of your day holds.
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If you're trying to track down the most sought after spirits of 2014, chances are you're out of luck — unless of course, you know about Caskers. A one-stop shop for liquor connoisseurs, Caskers tracked down the bottles that you and other boozehounds searched for the most in 2014 — based on millions of searches — and has them available right now, while they last. So instead of driving all over town with no guarantee of finding that small batch bourbon or premium single malt, look no further than Caskers for the best of the best, easy on the wallet and delivered right to your door.
The products you use every day, like shampoo or shave cream, should always be the best. But drugstore pickings are slim, and online shopping is risky when you don't know what you're paying for. That's why Birchbox Man lets you try before you buy. Subscribers receive a monthly box of grooming and style essentials, all tailored to match their personal profiles. Think woodsy beard oil for the urban lumberjack, or a wool knit tie for the sartorially inclined. If you like what you get, you can buy full-size versions in the Birchbox Shop, with perks like free shipping to sweeten the pot. No more letdowns, duds, or compromises: Just a sink ledge stocked with greatness.
Tough day getting things done out in the yard? Just rub some dirt on it — or get good and clean with some Good Clean Mud. Made from bentonite clay,coconut oil, olive oil, citrus, and essential oils, there's no more natural way to get the grime off after a tough day toiling in the soil. It works to soften and lift away grime, letting you easily rinse off any mess you might have acquired during your chores. It's completely free of any nasty chemicals — setting it apart from your typical soaps — so you don't need to worry about putting the wrong stuff on your skin.
If you care about living a healthy life, it's not just what you put in your body, but what you put on your body that matters. That's why Red Beard Brew Bars are made with the best all-natural ingredients — essential oils from avocado, coconut, and olives — as well as great, home-brewed beers. No chemicals and no unnatural fragrances. Each batch is made in small quantities, with special care paid to every bar, so you know you'll feel great after every shower or bath. Choose from combinations like rosemary mint hefeweizen, peppermint coffee porter, and woodsman india pale ale, or join the soap of the month club and get new seasonal varieties throughout the year.
It's no secret that a close manual shave can be rough on the face — nicks, cuts, razor burn, and dried out skin can all make for a lousy way to start your day — and most aftershaves meant to soothe your skin leave you smelling a bit like your grandpa. But not The Men's Soap Shop Aftershave. With scents like vetiver, lemongrass and ylang-ylang, cedar wood and patchouli, and several more, you'll smell fresh and manly every morning. And with ingredients like witch hazel, aloe vera, and natural essential oils, it'll leave your face feeling cool and refreshed, without all the irritation and discomfort you're used to after shaving.
Shaving can be a real pain — both figuratively and literally — it's an obligatory chore for most of us that can leave your face feeling razor-burnt and raw. But there are steps you can take to make it more of a pleasure, steps like the Baxter Hot Towel Solution. All you need to do is soak a towel in hot water before your shave, and spray it with the contents of this bottle, then do the same after your shave using cold water instead. The hot water opens up your pores, while the cold water closes them back up again, making it easier to get at those stubborn hairs while helping prevent irritation. And the natural ingredients in the solution take your shaving prep just a step further, with menthol, rosemary, eucalyptus, camphor, and more all helping to tone your skin.
Forget its cancer causing effects and frequently nasty smell when burnt — anyone who's ever stepped into a pipe and cigar shop can tell you that tobacco can smell great when used properly. And Chiefs Tobacco Man Wash is a great example. Made with organic coconut, olive, and palm oils, it also adds in tobacco fragrance and charcoal for a little added smoky smell. Available in soap, wash, face wash, shaving cream, or convenient bundles.
If you're the kind of guy who would rather spend his weekends outdoors — climbing, skiing, hiking, backpacking, canoeing — rather than hanging out at the newest club, the way you smell probably isn't top of mind. But at some point you've got to get clean, so you might as well do it with something made from simple, natural ingredients that won't dry out your skin — something like Sasquatch Soap. Available in a range of manly recipes, you can choose between pine tar, gold moss scrub, cedar citrus, cool fresh aloe, and more, each handmade to suit guys like you.
Sure, we should moisturize our hands more often — after every trip to the wash room would be a good start — but we're guys. We just don't. Sometimes that leaves us with chapped, red, gnarly-looking hands. And when that happens, it's a good idea to have a rub of Weather Ready Hand Repair Balm handy. This healing product includes natural oils, beeswax, Calendula extract, Myrrh, and Bentonite Clay, all of which combine to get your hands looking and feeling like normal in no time.
It may have been developed for the Swedish Military, but you don't need to be a soldier to enjoy the benefits of Hudsalve. Well adapted for use in cold weather and wind, this balm is great for protecting your lips, as well as your face, hands, joints, and feet. And as with any great multi-use substance, it's become popular for more than just skin protection, being used as mosquito protection, weapon grease, and even leather treatment. Just don't go looking for it in cherry or some similarly silly flavor.
Body washes, cleansing bars, exfoliating scrubs, moisturizing creams — come on guys, do we really need all this? After all, we're still men. So get clean like a real man, with Chiefs Pine Man Wash ($29). It's all you need for your morning ritual, with a smell like fresh pine, and organic coconut and olive oils for a lather that will get you clean without leaving you feeling dried out. It's also non-toxic, biodegradable, and made in the USA, all while coming in one of the largest bottles on the market (16 ounces). So ditch all those extra bottles cluttering up your shower, stick with the basics, and keep it manly.
Think of Tattoodo Tattoo Designs ($60 and up) as a sort of Threadless for the tattoo industry — it's one part open market for tattoo artists to share and sell their work, one part opportunity for customers to hire artists to create custom, one-off designs. If you know what you want, but don't have the artistic skill to come up with your own design, all you need to do is start a contest, set a budget, and artists will submit work for you to evaluate. If you find something you like, they'll send you the work to take in to your local shop. If that's not your style, you can browse hundreds of designs from various artists, purchase them on the spot, and go get inked.
Fight back against the damaging effects the dry fall and winter weather has on your skin with Kiehl's Ultimate Man Soap-On-A-Rope ($15). It's made with natural oat bran, oat kernel, and pumice, giving it an abrasive surface that works well to exfoliate dead, dry skin, keeping your skin healthy in the process. It also has a great citrus scent that's really refreshing on a cold, dark morning, helping get you moving when you'd rather stay in bed. The convenient rope helps you get a handle on the bar, while letting you hang it up in between uses.
Everyone loves the smell of freshly-cooked bacon in the morning, so it stands to reason that adding the smell of bacon to your morning shower routine could only make it better. With Bacon Soap ($10), you can do exactly that. Made from natural, vegan ingredients (that's right, no actual pigs went into this soap) like coconut oil, avocado oil, castor oil, and olive oil, it works up to a nice lather, leaving you feeling clean and smelling great. Each bar is dyed and shaped to look like a slab of bacon straight from the butcher, and comes wrapped in a burlap bag, adding to its rustic appearance.
Don't worry — it won't leave your mouth smelling like beer. That said, Atlantic Farms Hops Lip Balm ($7) is made using that favorite of beer flavorings, hops. The process starts by steeping citrusy, potent varieties of hops in virgin olive oil, which is then blended with coconut and hempseed oils, as well as organic beeswax. Finally, the mixture is enriched with vitamin E, has its flavor added, and is then finished with finely ground hops to improve the texture and provide a hoppy finish — just like your favorite IPA.
Tired of your hands smelling like cucumbers, orange blossom, or whatever other feminine fragrance happens to be in the soap around your house? Pick yourself up some ManHands Manly Scented Soap ($6). These uniquely scented, handmade soaps come in amazing manly scents like beer, cash, bacon, bonfire, top soil, baseball glove, fresh cut grass, and muscle rub. The only downside? They're bar-only, so if you're looking for a pump soap to replace the liquid lavender by the bathroom sink, you're SOL.
