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The 3 Best Ways to Get the Man in Your Life to Take Care of His Skin

Author: Amitava Sarkar
by Amitava Sarkar
Posted: May 21, 2015

It seems like only a select few men understand the importance of proper skin care, and that you can’t just wash your face with the same moisture-stripping bar of soap you use to wash your body in the shower. If your husband, boyfriend, son, brother, father or any other man in your life is among those don’t take proper care of their skin – and yet are surprised when they deal with acne, dry skin, or premature wrinkles – it falls to you to educate them. Healthy, glowing and youthful-looking skin isn’t exclusive to women. If the man in your life is leery of flowery-scented beauty products taking up room on his bathroom counter, you’ll simply have to take another approach.

Start by talking to him about what bothers him the most about his skin. Is it how dry it feels? Is it the acne? Is it a ruddy, uneven complexion? Together, come up with skin care goals and a general diagnosis of his skin type. For example, if he suffers from frequent acne breakouts, he has oily skin. If wrinkles are a problem, he probably has dry skin. It’s possible he also has skin that’s a combination of balanced and oily in his t-zone, which is his nose and forehead. Once you know his skin care goals, you can formulate a plan of action.

Buy Him a Gift Set

Someone who’s never or rarely used skin care products before can be overwhelmed at the idea of where to start and what to use. You could start him off easy by giving him a facial cleanser, but a facial cleanser isn’t enough to totally revolutionize his skin. Buying him everything he needs in one gift set makes the shopping easier on you and gets him to start associating skin care with a multiple-bottle process. Plus, the skin care products in the gift set are matched with products with which he may be more familiar, such as shaving products, so it won’t feel totally "alien" to him.

Shop for a Masculine Brand

As important as buying the man in your life a complete skin care gift set is buying the right gift set – one that’s specifically formulated for his skin and one that will look at home among his toothpaste, razor and bar soap. Bright, bold colors and simplistic designs are the hallmark of the brands most likely to tempt the reluctant man into taking better care of his skin.

Number His Bottles

If you’re new to skin care, it can get a bit confusing. Perhaps you figured out the cleanser comes first, but what follows, it, the after-shave or the cream or the toner? Go over the process with the man in your life the first time you introduce him to the gift set, but remember you can’t always be in the bathroom with him making sure he got it right. It’s easier to label the bottles with tape and a bright marker, so he knows which product to use in proper order. If he uses it correctly, he’s more likely to see results, so it’s important he gets the hang of it quickly.

After only a few weeks – perhaps even only a few days – the man in your life is going to be so happy with his skin, he’s going to wonder why it took him so long to pay closer attention to the care of it. Sometimes the most stubborn people need a little nudge in the right direction. Doing the shopping for him is the easiest way to get his him to improve his skin.

About the Author: Penny Bedard is a skin care consultant and a blogger on makeup and fashion trends. She recommends anyone shopping for men’s skin care buy Rod’s Royal Treatment products.

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Author: Amitava Sarkar

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