Everyone knows a soul patch from a goatee, but there are finer points of facial hair, which beard specialist Allan Peterkin and grooming guru Nick Burns illuminate in The Bearded Gentleman (Arsenal Pulp Press, $14.95). From the basic (avoiding ingrowns) to the very specific (achieving the ultimate Klingon), the definitive manual offers advice and instructions for dozens of looks. Our suggestion? Leave the Fu Manchu to the amateurs and use this book to coin your own signature style.
Even though your teenage days of acne are behind you (we hope), your face still needs more than just soap and water. Unsightly blemishes and uneven skin certainly aren't going to get you anywhere in any social circle, so start with your face's basic necessity for cleanliness and use any five of these cleansers to ensure your skin gets the polishing it needs and deserves for all you put in through.
Remember, the bases for any well-kept face is a clean start, whether you shaving, grooming a beard or just finishing a workout at the gym.
Oh the woes of winter: less sunshine, biting cold -- and dry cracked lips. During the chillier months the weather is unforgiving on your skin, especially with those more delicate epithelial areas like your lips.
Thus, they need to be well protected at all times. Out.com's got your labium covered with five of the best lip balms that will make sure your lips are nourished and supple. Valentine's Day is right around the corner and who's going to want to kiss you with skin flaking off your face?
50 Cent is releasing a male cosmetics line. It will include moisturizers and supplements, which supposedly make the line more butch. We understand. Gunshot residue can be terrible for your face. [Yahoo]
Clay Aiken will judge an episode of America's Next Top Model. When he came out, he came out with a bang, didn't he? [Jezebel]
Remember the I DIE and BANANAS t-shirts from Christopher Sauve we were all DYING to have? Well, it turns out we aren't getting them. Rachel Zoe's lawyer has issues a cease-and-desist on Sauve saying the phrases are trademarked. BANANAS!! [The Cut]
Who's really not going to make it through the recession? Celebrity fashion lines. A silver lining at last! [AdAge]
Botox is on sale, boys! Get excited! But don't show it! Because you can't! [WSJ]
A few weeks back we gave you Out.com's picks for best shaving creams and foams, so, naturally, you need the instrument with which to utilize said creams and foams. Thus, this week Out.com is happy to bring you five of the best razors that will work with those facial emulsions to turn you from bear to, well, a hairless bear! Or just keep you looking like the smooth twink that you are. Whatever your shaving needs, now you have the tools on either end to maintain your various manes wherever they may sprout.
Following Marni's footsteps, Valentino will forgo a Milan runway show this season. And the black cloud continues to descend upon Fashion Week. [WWD]
Rumor alert: Britney Spears (pictured) to appear on Project Runway? Heidi Klum was at B. Spears' 27th birthday, and speculation says Klum was talking shop. Please make it work! [MSNBC]
Now you can suck in your spare tire with LumberWear, basically a girdle for men. They're being marketed for men with back pain, but they are sooo obviously for those gays out there who have always wanted to try on their girl friend's Spanx. [The Cut]
We'd never expect such behavior from a gay, but dermatologists warn against washing your body with shampoo. Being that shampoos are designed for oily hair, they strips your body of essential skin oils. Pass this info along to your straight brother. [Dermatology Blog]
Open for Business:Versace in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, as part of the company's 45 million euro plan to open eleven new stores in Asia.
As her contract runs out, rumors are abound that Anna Wintour is mulling over retirement. At 59 years old and with a magazine in decline, we love you Anna, but we'll love you even more if you bow out gracefully. [NYP]
Not only is Madonna appearing in the new Louis Vuitton ad campaigns, but she's get $10 million for it. With an upcoming divorce settlement in the works, she'll need a bit of cushion.[NYP]
Christian Siriano wants to get married to his boyfriend...and be on Gossip Girl. We're all happy for your engagement, of course, but we're dying to see Christian elevator Serena and call her Hot Mess Van der Woosen. Has a nice ring to it, no? [E!] In Paris, A giant retrospective exhibition dedicated to Yves Saint Laurent is being readied. The Foundation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent has some 5,000 couture
garments plus some 15,000 accessories, sketches and assorted objects
spanning Saint Laurent’s 40-year career that will be featured. Now that's a legacy. [WWD] Men's grooming brand Baxter of California will now be sold in Urban Outfitter stores. Once hardly found outside of places like the exclusive Freemans Sporting Club, Baxter's goods will be launched at 10 Urban Outfitters locations, including stores in
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto. [WWD]
Dubai has opened the largest mall in the world. Inside among the designer label stores you'll also find a 10-million-liter aquarium, an amusement park and an ice skating rink. [Material Interest]
We know gays love their female models (because we want to be one), but would you ever invest in one? One company, Beauty Holding, is allowing consumers to buy a stake in a model and
you'll get a share of her earnings for the next year. If we can't get a piece of Jessia Stam, we're hardly interested. [Urban Daddy]
Are high-end labels immune to the woes of the economy? It turns out they're not, and some are looking for new investors. So if you've got a few bucks left over from your Jessica Stam purchase you know where to put them. [The Cut] via [WWD] The H&M Commes des Garcon line dropped in Tokyo and it was Japanese mayhem. H&M made a video documenting the uproar. Witness the carnage. [The Cut]
Smell this: Mark Eco is debuting fragrances for men and women, with the men's scent hitting shelves as early as next fall. [WWD]
Turns out Bergamot is a natural deodorant. So spray it on and try to avoid those unsightly pit stains. [BellaSugar]
At a recent cocktail party, Harper's Bazaar helmstress, Glenda
Bailey, was seen chatting with Project Runway finalist Kenley Collins. Apparently Kenley's collection was Bailey's favorite. Might we see her designs in a well story coming soon? [NYP] Beauty industry insiders speculate on what type of foundation Obama (pictured) and McCain used at the debates. While the verdict is still out on both, they're leaning towards MAC for Obama. And does it really matter for McCain? [Lucky]
Michael Kors was spotted at the CFA Iams Cat Championship this weekend with an unidentified man at his side. Could cat hair jackets be all the rage for Fall 2009? [Fey]
Fetishes aside, no man likes funk in the junk. Introducing Man Junk, an organic scrotum wash specially formulated with maximum odor control and moisturizers. We're all for being kind to our nether region but perhaps this is going a bit too far? [AdWeek] -- SETH PLATTNER
Gay men love fashion, and fashion loves gay men. Is it something in our jeans? Celebrating this long tradition, Truman Says exists to offer advice, tips, and the occasional catty observation on celebrity style coups and faux pas.
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