Boost Your Skincare Game

Here’s a few game-changing tricks to take your grooming to the next level.

A solid skin-care routine is the cornerstone of every refined gent. This means fewer breakouts and less irritation. But an effective grooming regime takes more than just washing your face. Some extra TLC is required to look your best. My secret is to appear understated.

Here are four of my grooming habits.

Your Face Mask Selfie Just Got Better

Face masks are like serums— it contains concentrated ingredients. My all-time favourite, a peel-off mask — which I apply to dry skin, leave it on for 15 minutes (it deep cleanses into my pores and removes built-up dirt and debris), and then I peel it off gently. Face masks are infused with various active ingredients. If you’re oily or acne-prone, look for ingredients like charcoal, clay or salicylic acid. If you’re have combination skin , soothing ingredients, like vitamin E, hyaluronic acid and aloe vera are your best bet. For maximum effect, use once a week.

Give Your Brows Some Attention

When I groom my eyebrows I don’t like making dramatic changes. My goal is to accentuate the shape of my brows. I use Tom Ford’s brow definer to thicken and shape my brows in less than a minute. But if your eye brows are unruly, all you need to do is get rid of some stray hairs and making the sweep of your eyebrow more distinct. Use tiny scissors to delicately trim unwanted hairs or a tweezer to plug the most obvious stray of hairs, then comb your brows neatly.

Tame That Beard

If you’re growing a beard—maintenance is key. I love a beard brush it keeps my unruly hair into place. Facial hair scissors work well for trimming and on moustaches —cut any hairs that stand out or hang over the lip and use a beard trimmer on your neckline if your scruff starts making its way down towards the Adam's apple. Then you want to apply a beard oil, try the Gentleman’s Beard Club Cuban Smoke Beard Oil once a day and focus on working it into the skin beneath the beard.

Let’s Make Eye Contact

If you have been skipping on sleep, have work stress or relationship drama—it can show up on your face, especially around the eyes. Skin Republic’s under-eye masks are one of my go to eye products to use at night. Similar to a face mask, under-eye masks help nourish your under eye area. Active ingredients like caffeine, green tea and vitamin C help reduce the appearance of dark circles and under eye puffiness. If you’re looking to fight off fine lines, look for ingredients like Retinol, peptides and vitamin A.