Male grooming

Welcome to your Philips monthly round up of grooming related news stories from January 2012. These are the stories from the world of male grooming that grabbed our attention this month.

Happily Ever After

Disney is moving on with the facial grooming times and is allowing its staff to grow a beard or goatee, so long as it remains shorter than a quarter of an inch. Previously, Disney has kept its reputation of having one of the strictest dress codes, only allowing staff to grow a mustache like Walt Disney himself. The change is a huge move for Disney; accepting that although it hires its staff as entertainers and requires its staff to be lean cut, the boundaries of clean cut and what is acceptable in society are changing. Find out more here.

Heading into a new year, we decided to look into what styles will catch on in 2012 in an attempt to give you a little inspiration into your grooming rituals in the coming year.

Our resident grooming guru Dr Allan Peterkin, was interviewed recently by the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia for his predictions on what is in store for grooming trends this year. He believes that this year the clean shaven look could make a comeback.

For those of you who want try out a new style but don’t want to go from nought to flamboyant too quickly then why not try growing a Poet’s beard?

The great thing about this style is that it’s an easy look to pull off and it’s a perfect look for those who favour berets and black turtlenecks whilst sipping on a coffee and reading Albert Camus. It’s also a popular look with college students looking to express their new found independence and intellectualism in beard form.

Having come through the head fug of dealing with New Year’s cataclysmic hangover, you might be thinking about a new look to go with the New Year. When you wake up on a January morning and see the same face starting back at you, it can be a little disheartening. So what better way to kick start 2012 than changing things up a bit and turning this January into the first month of your self-expression journey!

The great thing about the abundance of hair on the male form is that there are so many ways to alter the way you look; this might mean a change of hairstyle, new facial hair or, ahem, simply sprucing up your undercarriage.

2011 was a great year for celebrity styles, with John Hamm, Ryan Gosling both giving a great example of how it should be done and then there were also some male celebrity who were shining beacons of how not to groom.

We take a look at some of the worst celebrity grooming mistakes of 2011:

January is upon us and with a new year comes new opportunities to brush up on a few life skills and what better way to start than mastering the art of the perfect wet shave? Here are few easy steps to help you on your way: