Manscaping: it’s big business now

ElMeroKeeQue
ElMeroKeeQue Posts: 546 Member
edited December 2022 in Chit-Chat
And mens personal care items are a whole section in grocery stores now. Shampoos, beard balm, body wash and grooming items for the nether regions. They even sponsor UFC.
So what’s the consensus??
Good, bad, indifferent?
Does it make or break physical encounters or is it just unnecessary?
Do men actually prefer to groom or is it more manly to have a bearded woodsman look all over?

Discuss.
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  • TwitchyMagee
    TwitchyMagee Posts: 4,579 Member
    I keep getting ads for ornament trimmers & I don’t even own any ornaments
  • Peachesnstuff
    Peachesnstuff Posts: 1,261 Member
    edited December 2022
    . I'll behave
  • ElMeroKeeQue
    ElMeroKeeQue Posts: 546 Member
    . I'll behave

    Aww that sounded like it might have been insightful.
  • cowsfan12
    cowsfan12 Posts: 6,135 Member
    I was once told that it’s just good manners for both parties to be groomed when communicating orally - but idk maybe that’s i myth - I abide by it though- I’m not superstitious I’m just a little stitous 🤷‍♂️
  • ElMeroKeeQue
    ElMeroKeeQue Posts: 546 Member
    Regularstitious seems reasonable.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    What's good for the goose--is good for the gander.
  • ElMeroKeeQue
    ElMeroKeeQue Posts: 546 Member
    A bearded woodman who smells like pine tree it's kinda hot. In all seriousness, a man who takes pride in his hygiene is very appealing to me. Using men's personal care doesn't make you feminine and I think lots of men relate it to that. Use that hair gel. Use that face wash. Please use that body wash!!

    Have you been spying on me?
  • R3d_butt3rfly_
    R3d_butt3rfly_ Posts: 1,585 Member
    A bearded woodman who smells like pine tree it's kinda hot. In all seriousness, a man who takes pride in his hygiene is very appealing to me. Using men's personal care doesn't make you feminine and I think lots of men relate it to that. Use that hair gel. Use that face wash. Please use that body wash!!

    I should have read the post more carefully because I definitely interpreted the title of this thread differently

    But yes, please be clean at least up to the first knuckle

    😂 My brain took me there too
  • R3d_butt3rfly_
    R3d_butt3rfly_ Posts: 1,585 Member
    A bearded woodman who smells like pine tree it's kinda hot. In all seriousness, a man who takes pride in his hygiene is very appealing to me. Using men's personal care doesn't make you feminine and I think lots of men relate it to that. Use that hair gel. Use that face wash. Please use that body wash!!

    Have you been spying on me?

    Quite possibly. It's been a slow Friday for me 😜
  • cowsfan12
    cowsfan12 Posts: 6,135 Member
    A bearded woodman who smells like pine tree it's kinda hot. In all seriousness, a man who takes pride in his hygiene is very appealing to me. Using men's personal care doesn't make you feminine and I think lots of men relate it to that. Use that hair gel. Use that face wash. Please use that body wash!!

    I agree with this.

    However, if a man starts shaving his entire body, having his eyebrows done, whitening his teeth to the point he glows in the dark - hard nope! There's a balance.

    Does having the barber trim the brows count?? Dude if I don’t I could prolly use them things to fly - no joke - and I gotta have that dude hit my ears yo - fugg I really am becoming grandpa - dafaq ??

  • TwitchyMagee
    TwitchyMagee Posts: 4,579 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    A bearded woodman who smells like pine tree it's kinda hot. In all seriousness, a man who takes pride in his hygiene is very appealing to me. Using men's personal care doesn't make you feminine and I think lots of men relate it to that. Use that hair gel. Use that face wash. Please use that body wash!!

    I agree with this.

    However, if a man starts shaving his entire body, having his eyebrows done, whitening his teeth to the point he glows in the dark - hard nope! There's a balance.

    Does having the barber trim the brows count?? Dude if I don’t I could prolly use them things to fly - no joke - and I gotta have that dude hit my ears yo - fugg I really am becoming grandpa - dafaq ??

    GPILF 😂

  • R3d_butt3rfly_
    R3d_butt3rfly_ Posts: 1,585 Member
    A bearded woodman who smells like pine tree it's kinda hot. In all seriousness, a man who takes pride in his hygiene is very appealing to me. Using men's personal care doesn't make you feminine and I think lots of men relate it to that. Use that hair gel. Use that face wash. Please use that body wash!!

    I agree with this.

    However, if a man starts shaving his entire body, having his eyebrows done, whitening his teeth to the point he glows in the dark - hard nope! There's a balance.

    I like my men manly too but please smell good lol
  • Peachesnstuff
    Peachesnstuff Posts: 1,261 Member
    edited December 2022
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    A bearded woodman who smells like pine tree it's kinda hot. In all seriousness, a man who takes pride in his hygiene is very appealing to me. Using men's personal care doesn't make you feminine and I think lots of men relate it to that. Use that hair gel. Use that face wash. Please use that body wash!!

    I agree with this.

    However, if a man starts shaving his entire body, having his eyebrows done, whitening his teeth to the point he glows in the dark - hard nope! There's a balance.

    Does having the barber trim the brows count?? Dude if I don’t I could prolly use them things to fly - no joke - and I gotta have that dude hit my ears yo - fugg I really am becoming grandpa - dafaq ??

    Nope. If they're more perfect than mine... we'll need to talk.

    If da shoe fits ♥️
  • cowsfan12
    cowsfan12 Posts: 6,135 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    A bearded woodman who smells like pine tree it's kinda hot. In all seriousness, a man who takes pride in his hygiene is very appealing to me. Using men's personal care doesn't make you feminine and I think lots of men relate it to that. Use that hair gel. Use that face wash. Please use that body wash!!

    I agree with this.

    However, if a man starts shaving his entire body, having his eyebrows done, whitening his teeth to the point he glows in the dark - hard nope! There's a balance.

    Does having the barber trim the brows count?? Dude if I don’t I could prolly use them things to fly - no joke - and I gotta have that dude hit my ears yo - fugg I really am becoming grandpa - dafaq ??

    Nope. If they're more perfect than mine... we'll need to talk.

    If da shoe fits ♥️

    Aight cool - it’s just clipper over comb kinda thing - to keep me grounded and what not

  • ElMeroKeeQue
    ElMeroKeeQue Posts: 546 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    A bearded woodman who smells like pine tree it's kinda hot. In all seriousness, a man who takes pride in his hygiene is very appealing to me. Using men's personal care doesn't make you feminine and I think lots of men relate it to that. Use that hair gel. Use that face wash. Please use that body wash!!

    I agree with this.

    However, if a man starts shaving his entire body, having his eyebrows done, whitening his teeth to the point he glows in the dark - hard nope! There's a balance.

    Does having the barber trim the brows count?? Dude if I don’t I could prolly use them things to fly - no joke - and I gotta have that dude hit my ears yo - fugg I really am becoming grandpa - dafaq ??

    Guilty. I had to get an eyebrow trimmer because the random 2 hairs look crazy and sometimes get into my sight area and it drives me nuts. And they HURT to pluck because they’re so coarse. Getting old sucks.
  • beachgal0626
    beachgal0626 Posts: 1,912 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    I was once told that it’s just good manners for both parties to be groomed when communicating orally - but idk maybe that’s i myth - I abide by it though- I’m not superstitious I’m just a little stitous 🤷‍♂️

    How are you doing @cowsfan12?! I miss you on the private group from awhile back -- most (including me) don't comment much. No one chats sports with me anymore! :'( Hope all is well with you.
  • cowsfan12
    cowsfan12 Posts: 6,135 Member
    edited December 2022
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    I was once told that it’s just good manners for both parties to be groomed when communicating orally - but idk maybe that’s i myth - I abide by it though- I’m not superstitious I’m just a little stitous 🤷‍♂️

    How are you doing @cowsfan12?! I miss you on the private group from awhile back -- most (including me) don't comment much. No one chats sports with me anymore! :'( Hope all is well with you.

    Ha - it’s been awhile - I’m well thanks -
    Hope you’re good my friend
  • Peachesnstuff
    Peachesnstuff Posts: 1,261 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I'm good.


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    You need help with that thing? I know a girl that's good with tools 😉
  • TwitchyMagee
    TwitchyMagee Posts: 4,579 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I'm good.


    31nSqkcwhiS._AC_SY580_.jpg

    You need help with that thing? I know a girl that's good with tools 😉

    Was it you who had a thing about chainsaws? How do you feel about hedge trimmers?
  • J_NY_Z
    J_NY_Z Posts: 2,540 Member
    I think keeping yourself clean, groomed and hygienic is in the best interest of all men, regardless if you have a partner or not. I suppose that applies to women as well. I can't imagine that if you have a partner(s) that they want to go anywhere near something that resembles a 1970's sex-ed video. I do have a tip for you all: If you are in public, wash your hands BEFORE you use the bathroom. You touch so many surfaces and then touch your relatively clean genitals. That's no bueno. OK carry on with power tool talk. I'm partial to a 7" angle grinder.
  • Thewonderofitall
    Thewonderofitall Posts: 98 Member
    I lost 85 pounds two years ago and so far have been able to keep it off although I've added about 10 pounds of muscle from working out with free weights. I have a set of hair clippers as I like very short hair on my head in the Summer. This year after doing some manscaping in the private areas, I thought about swimmers and bodybuilders shaving all their body hair off. I wasn't ready to go that far so I snapped the #1 guide on the clippers and went to town. It was the coolest I've ever been for Summer. I couldn't believe how good it felt. It was also a lot easier to apply sunscreen as we go to the beach most weekends. I've let all my hair grow back for the Winter for additional warmth, but come next Summer off it goes again! (It's also easier to see my burgeoning abs without the hair!)
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,616 Member
    Once you trim the first time, things start to itch something fierce if you don't keep it trimmed all the time.
  • Thewonderofitall
    Thewonderofitall Posts: 98 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Once you trim the first time, things start to itch something fierce if you don't keep it trimmed all the time.

    I understand that depends on how short you go.
  • Darthloops12
    Darthloops12 Posts: 74 Member
    Use them fellas, we ladies like well groomed nice smelling men. 🥵😍
  • ElMeroKeeQue
    ElMeroKeeQue Posts: 546 Member
    Use them fellas, we ladies like well groomed nice smelling men. 🥵😍

    I’m convinced.