“What’s the difference between Deodorant and Antiperspirant?” This is one of the questions we’re often asked as customers navigate their grooming routines. Wanting to combat both sweat and odour, choosing between deodorant and antiperspirant can be a bit of a challenge if you’re unsure of which products to use. Here’s a quick reference guide to help you choose ⬇️ It’s also a good idea to alternate between brands of either deodorants or antiperspirants as your body can stop responding to…
Category: Advice for Men
Celebrate Earth Day with a Sustainable Shave! 🌎
We’re getting ready to celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd! ♻️ Even a small change, like switching from a disposal razor to a safety razor, makes a difference in reducing waste that ends up in landfills. If you’re curious about making the change, or investing in sustainable shaving and grooming products, we have listed a collection of sustainable collections to help you get started. Safety Razors Eliminate plastic from landfills by switching to a safety razor. These models last years…
Post-Workout Grooming🏋️♂️
Whether you’re working out in the morning, midday, or evening, it’s imperative to keep skin cleansed and dry after each session to avoid irritation and maintain healthy skin. Follow these steps to keep skin looking and feeling fresh. Wash Your Face Sweat creates oil buildup, clogging pores and trapping dead skin. You might even unknowingly be touching your face between workout sets, increasing the amount of bacteria on your skin. Soon after your workout, wash your face to remove bacteria…
Winter Skincare Remedies
❄️ Is Your Skin Winter Ready? ❄️ Winter weather can wreck havoc on your skin. Cold temperatures dry out skin, leaving it dull, cracked, and sometimes in pain. Hydrate, moisturize, and revive skin throughout the season with nourishing products designed to keep skin healthy. Face Moisturizer Relieve tight, dull and flaking skin by moisturizing your face twice a day. Apply moisturizer on clean, dry skin, morning and night to lock in hydration all day and night! Hand Cream Cold air and…
Break In Your Shaving Brush
New year, new grooming routine, and maybe a new shaving brush? If you’re new to wet-shaving or not quite sure how to properly prepare and care for your shaving brush, we have some quick tips! Soak Your Brush – Pre-Shaving For both natural bristles brushes, you’ll need to soften the bristles to ensure you whip up a rich, luscious lather. Soak natural bristles in warm warm for a 2-3 minutes. Hot water will damage bristles so it’s essential that the…
Shaving Soap vs Shaving Cream
Shaving Soap or Shaving Cream? Which is right for you? Shaving soaps and shaving creams can be used interchangeably but there are subtle differences between the two. SHAVING SOAP Formula Shaving soaps, the more traditional option, have a hard consistency and measure about three inches in diameter. Formulated with either a glycerin or tallow base, shaving soaps provide a lubricating cushion for a close, smooth shave. Their nourishing formula will also help keep skin hydrated long after a shave and…
Product Spotlight: Elvado After Shave Lotion
Your post-shave routine is just as important as your shave. Often overlooked, the care you provide to your skin after shaving can harm or help you skin and shaving routine. Elvado’s After Shave is one of many post-shave products that helps renew and replenish skin post-shave. Premium Ingredients With is distinguishing ingredients of premium plant bio-actives, your skin stays nourished and hydrated throughout the day! Shea Butter & Mango Seed Butter: To hydrate and condition skin. Jojoba Oil & Aloe…
Sensitive Skin? Follow These Shaving Recommendations
Shaving with sensitive skin can be a challenge if you’re not using the right products and techniques. To get the best, and closest shave with sensitive skin, follow the techniques and product suggestions below. Pre-Shave & Shave Products Before picking up your razor, you should be prepping your skin! Softening hair and providing extra lubrication for skin reduces irritation and allows the blade to easily cut through hair. A great prep includes a shaving oil or gel and pre-shave cream…
Find Your Hair Type!
Simplify hair care by choosing the best products for your hair type. To help you better manage your hair, we’ve put together simple hair care tips for basic hair types. Hair Types by Texture Thin/Fine Hair:Thin or fine hair have a small cross-section and usually sleek, shiny and easy to maintain. The downside is that this texture lacks volume and body and often looks flat. Medium/Normal Hair:Easy to manage, medium to normal hair is shiny and can be styled almost…
Shaving Solutions; Recommendations for Normal to Coarse Hair Types
From fine to coarse hair, we’re listed the best products and tools to help you achieve a close and irritation-free shave. NORMAL HAIR TYPES Those with normal hair types don’t have to be too picky when selecting their preferred shaving and grooming tools. With the widest selection of products available, those with normal hair types should match their tools to their wet shaving experience level. Fendrihan”Dixon” Chrome Plated Double Edge Safety Razor – A closed comb head gives a mild…
Shaving Brush Maintenance
Preserve your shaving brush and extend its lifeline with a proper maintenance routine. Consistency is key when it comes to maintenance. Along with rinsing your shaving brush after each use and allowing it to air dry, your brush will need a deep clean every few weeks. Gentle Cleansing Natural and synthetic bristles can be treated in the same way you would wash human hair. Gentle hair shampoo and conditioner, or other gentle soap, are suitable for use on shaving brush…
Can I Melt My Shaving Puck?
This is one of the questions we receive often. The short and simple answer is: no. While some manufacturers approve of melting certain types of soap pucks, we advise our customers against melting or heating any type of soaps. Heating or melting a shaving soap can change the soap’s overall properties and composition. Such changes can affect: Overall performance Lubricating and moisturizing ability Lather ability, and Fragrance strength and quality In melting your soap, you risk letting it overheat or…