Camping Essentials

Camping Essentials

Camping season is here! Before your head into the great outdoors, stock up on grooming and lifestyle essentials to make your camping adventures a bit more comfortable and convenient.  Baxter of California Oil Free Moisturizer, SPF 15 Before starting your day, nourish your skin with a protective SPF moisturizer to fight damaging UVA/UVB rays. Pair it with a full body SPF sunscreen to keep your skin well-protected from head to toe. Walton Wood Farm Waterless Power Shower No shower? No…

Camping Essentials

Camping Essentials

There’s still plenty of time left before the summer camping season comes to an end. If you have a campsite booked in the upcoming weeks, we have some products that can enhance your camping experience.  No showers? No problem. The Walton Wood Farm Waterless Power Shower is designed to give you a good cleanse without needing running water. Use the pump dispenser to apply on skin and rub in until it is dissolved.  Don’t forget the deodorant! A deodorant spray, like the…

A look into Milan’s Barbershops

A look into Milan’s Barbershops

During our recent trip to Milan, we stopped by a few different barbershops to share an authentic view of Italian wet-shaving and grooming culture. From traditional to modern and everything in-between, Milan has some of the best barbershops we’ve ever seen. Antica Barbieria Colla di Franco Bompieri Milan’s original and the most recognized barbershop is that of Antica Barbieria Colla di Franco Bompieri. Founded in 1904, their knowledge and experience remains unmatched. In the center of Milan, you’ll find their unassuming…

Train Travel – Plan Your Next Trip

Train Travel – Plan Your Next Trip

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Unless you grew up or live beside a noisy train track, to some people, a train whistle is the loneliest sound in the world. Someone even wrote a song about it. On a loosely related musical note, “One is the loneliest number” according to the lyrics of Three Dog Night, but let’s not concern ourselves with that. We think train whistles signify adventure, speed, and excitement – possibly sleep, even. Station to station; check out these possible train trips across…

Canada’s Top 14 Beaches for a Summer Day Trip

Canada’s Top 14 Beaches for a Summer Day Trip

No summer is complete without a trip to the beach – plane tickets and passport not necessarily required. Canadians (and travellers to Canada) are in luck, because this contains some of the world’s most beautiful coastline – and that means more amazing beaches than you can shake a stick at. With more than 2 million lakes and 10 million square kilometers of water, it’s a great place to vacation this summer (and don’t worry, it doesn’t snow all the time). Our list of the…

Learn how to start geocaching for fun

Learn how to start geocaching for fun

Scavenger hunting is fun – some like to pick through garages and dumpsters, but if you’ve got a GPS handy, you can go geocaching. Don’t compare it to hunting for Pokemon. This is much better. If you like exploring, hiking, searching for hidden clues, and are a decent navigator, it might be the hobby for you. Did we mention that it’s pretty much free? The goal: find hidden containers called geocaches with the help of a smartphone or GPS, then…

How to get into birdwatching

How to get into birdwatching

(This is part 3 in our new travel series. Read part 1 on cottages here, and part 2 on sailing here.) Remember the movie The Big Year starring Owen Wilson and Jack Black? They competed to find or hear the most bird species in one calendar year. But even if you don’t have a year to spare on a grand contest, that doesn’t mean that birding can’t be your next summertime hobby. Here now are 7 reasons to become a budding birder….

A New Hobby: Learning to Sail

A New Hobby: Learning to Sail

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(This is part 2 in our new travel series. Read part 1 here.) Sailing is an ancient pastime that mankind has enjoyed since we first started lashing logs together to form basic rafts. And although modern boats are a little more complicated to man, the essence of the sport remains the same: an open body of water, the sea air, and a kind of freedom that doesn’t come in any other way. This association with freedom and the wide open ocean…

Be the Ultimate Cottage Guest

Be the Ultimate Cottage Guest

Wrangled yourself an invite to someone’s cottage this year? Nice one. You must be doing (or did) something right. Read our list and tips and tricks to be the best temporary cottager you can be and guarantee a golden return ticket for next year. Staying at someone else’s cottage is almost like moving back home: there are basic rules you should follow if you want to have a harmonious weekend under the same roof. Be gracious, don’t complain, and help…

Win a Wet Shave Travel Kit

Win a Wet Shave Travel Kit

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January is a long, dark month. As it stretches on, our thoughts invariably fly to warmer places closer to the equator. That’s why this week we’re giving away a wet shave travel kit. That includes a travel razor and travel shaving brush, a case, and a bottle of body powder (why include that? Well, you know how much chafing hot weather can lead to…) Contest begins January 27, 2017, and ends February 17th. Enter below for your chance to win….

Travelling and Wet Shaving: How to Get a Great Shave on the Go

Travelling and Wet Shaving: How to Get a Great Shave on the Go

Your trip is booked and you’re excited for that long-awaited adventure with your friends and/or signification other, but you’re worried about one thing – your grooming routine! Which razor will you bring? What about your soaps and brushes? Will you be forced to forego shaving and grow a beard? Whether you’re taking a weekend road trip or traveling to Europe for the summer, we’d like to offer some wet shaving travel tips to make sure your experience is a smooth…

We’ll always have shaving in Paris: Part 3

We’ll always have shaving in Paris: Part 3

The amazing thing about visiting Paris is the many faces of the city. While most of our time was taken up with shaving-related explorations, and for the travel between those shaving events, on the last night we took the opportunity to the “real” Paris, the city of the people who live and work there. It’s a beautiful place to travel, but it’s easy to get caught visiting some of the world’s most famous tourist sites, and miss the small streets…