Male grooming

As you may have guessed, we’re quite excited about the new Mansome movie. We love that male grooming has finally become a mainstream focus thanks to Hollywood heavyweights like Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Morgan Spurlock.

To celebrate the release, we thought we’d focus on Spurlock’s iconic horseshoe-style mustache. He claims all his power and creativity come from his well-maintained facial hair.

If you’re a keen reader of this page then you may have noticed that we’re quite excited about an upcoming film called Mansome that explores the definition of what it means to be a man in the 21st century.

Mansome is all about the freedom men have today to express themselves in whatever way they choose to, which is kind of what our whole blog is about. Here are a few reasons why we’re looking forward to seeing the film.

You’d have to have been sleeping under a rock recently not to have noticed the buzz around the French film The Intouchables, a comedy about the unlikely friendship that forms between Philippe, a frustrated wealthy disabled guy and Driss, his lively young caretaker.

What we loved about the film is that it’s all about trying something different, trying something new. Philippe employs Driss because he’s sick of being patronised in his life and wanted “no pity”. The Intouchables is a great example to men of how changing things up a bit in your approach to life can make life a hell of a lot more interesting. The way we see it is that this doesn’t have to be something radical like paragliding or racing off from the police in a Maserati as the fellas in the film do (we wouldn’t recommend trying the latter unless you love prison food).

It’s often said that dogs look like their owners. It’s scientifically proven, in fact, that when shown a photo of the owner members of the public could predict which breed of dog they owned twice as accurately as they should be able to.

Whether your Adrien Brody-esque nose resembles a Doberman or you’ve got a mop of curly Poodle-hair, the fact of the matter is that humans are predisposed to “anthropomorphism”, which is attribution of human characteristics or features to animals.

Male body hair is a tricky topic. Some women may like their men particularly hairy all over (so do check personal preferences before taking drastic action), however, and I feel I am speaking for the majority of my gender when I say, that most women like it at a minimum. We’ve already discussed why women love a clean shaven man, so let's start moving south.

We go through a lot!

Smooth, hair-free skin is a lot of hard work guys. Our beauty routine is timely and sometimes a bit painful.

Growing up eh? One minute you’re a tiny terror riding around town on a cool trike mowing down strangers’ feet, and the next minute you’re standing in front of the mirror wondering how the heck you got so hairy. But body hair shouldn’t be something for men to be embarrassed about, it should be celebrated! Our body hair is one of the few features that connects us to our animalistic past, a time when we were free to be hairy and to run around hunting and howling at the moon.

Here’s a celebration of male hair that grows everywhere.

Gentlemen, it’s time we destroyed some commonly-held beliefs about male grooming.

Sure, you’ve probably Googled some of these rumors in the past but we know search engines can be an information overload. We’ll get you sorted so bookmark this page and read on to see if you’ve fallen for any of these popular grooming legends.