‘He needn’t be a committed groomer to appreciate these’Men’s grooming gifts have improved vastly in recent years. Those novelty beard-care kits,naff Victoriana shaving stands and moisturisers got up to contemplate like engine parts still linger, but there’s a great deal more wheat than chaff. Less desperate-seeming gifts abound, and he needn’t be a committed groomer to appreciate them. Hugely practical is the Bearded Colonel razor subscription service: just sign him up (from £3.33-£10 a month),and thereafter he’ll receive a razor and regular postal top-ups of barbershop-quality German blades.
There’s no more practical and indispensable a grooming tool than Muji’s brilliant nail clippers (£3.95 and £5.50, for fingers and toes, and respectively). I’m never without two sets of these ultra-sharp,strong and gentle clippers, which work so neatly and precisely that files, or emery boards and scissors are instantly redundant. While you’re there,the plain black Muji hanging washbag (£6.95) is endlessly useful for the well-travelled man in your life.
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Source: theguardian.com