Looking a Bit Beat? These 7 Grooming Products Can Help
Still using whatever’s in the shower? These seven grooming upgrades will sort out your skin and make looking after yourself feel less like a chore
- Upgrade your daily shower with Aesop’s Antithesis Intense Body Cleanser and start your routine with Shiseido Men Face Cleanser.
- Tackle dullness, visible signs of aging, and tired-looking eyes with targeted skincare from DEOPROCE, Biotherm Homme, and SkinCeuticals.
- Protect your skin with La Roche-Posay SPF50+ sunscreen and finish with MALIN+GOETZ Mojito Lip Balm for a well-rounded grooming routine.
From scruffy to sorted
At some point, washing your face with whatever happens to be in the shower stops being a groomingGroomingThe care and maintenance of hair, skin, beard, and nails, including cleansing, shaving, styling, and scent. Once niche, men's grooming has grown into a major lifestyle category, and VMAN's VanityGo to Grooming Glossary routine and starts being a cry for help. Whatever the wake-up call, here’s your invitation to do better.
The good news? You don’t need a bathroom cabinet that resembles a chemist’s or a 12-step routine that requires getting up before the alarm. A handful of well-chosen products will do the job, provided you actually use them.
Aesop Antithesis Intense Body Cleanser
Your shower routine deserves a promotion
If your current body wash smells like an anonymous blue liquid from the supermarket, it might be time to raise your standards. Aesop’s Antithesis Intense Body Cleanser makes an argument for starting with the basics, giving the everyday shower a more sophisticated edge with its woody fragrance.
Of course, a body cleanser will not solve your problems. It can, however, make five minutes under the shower feel like the best part of a Monday morning. Small victories count.
DEOPROCE Vita C Toning Care Cream Moisturizer
For a face that has seen one too many late nights
Your face keeps receipts. The all-nighter, the questionable sleep schedule, the week fueled by takeaway and deadlines: eventually, something shows up in the mirror.
The DEOPROCE Vita C Toning Care Cream Moisturizer combines vitamin C and its derivatives with niacinamide and hyaluronic acid to help improve the appearance of dullness, uneven skin tone, and dehydration.
Shiseido Men Face Cleanser
One product. Two jobs. Absolutely no excuses
A decent face cleanser is the grooming equivalent of a well-cut white T-shirt. It’s not particularly complicated, but get it right and everything else becomes easier.
Shiseido Men Face Cleanser removes excess oil and everyday impurities, while its ability to double as a shaving cream makes it a particularly practical addition to the morning routine. For men who prefer to get in, get ready, and get out without negotiating with six different bottles, the two-in-one appeal is obvious.
La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid
The most important product in your routine, and probably the one you’re forgetting
Sunscreen isn’t the most exciting purchase on a grooming list. Still, if you’re serious about looking after your skin, this is the one you really shouldn’t skip.
La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid offers high-level UV protection in a lightweight fluid formula, with technology designed to protect against long UVA rays. Its SPF50+ rating provides a high level of UVB protection when applied correctly, making it a useful daily essential in Southeast Asia, where the sun is hardly a seasonal guest.
Biotherm Homme Force Supreme Blue Serum
Because skincare isn’t just for your future self
Biotherm Homme Force Supreme Blue Serum is designed for men concerned with visible signs of aging. The trick is to approach anti-aging skincare with a little perspective.
No serum can stop the clock, and no bottle should be expected to erase years of late nights by next Tuesday. What a consistent routine can do is help you look after your skin over time, especially when paired with daily sunscreen.
SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Advanced Eye
For eyes that reveal more than you’d like
You can have a decent haircut and an outfit that suggests you have your life together. Then your eyes give the entire game away.
SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Advanced Eye is an eye treatment formulated to address the appearance of dark circles and wrinkles. It’s a targeted option for men who want to give the delicate skin around the eyes a little more attention.
MALIN+GOETZ Mojito Lip Balm
Because chapped lips are a terrible accessory
For all the attention paid to cleansers, serums and moisturizers, lip care remains the grooming step men are most likely to remember when it is already too late.
MALIN+GOETZ Mojito Lip Balm brings a premium touch to the everyday essential, with a mojito-inspired identity that makes it a little more interesting than the forgotten tube at the bottom of your bag.
The bottom line
You don’t need every product on this list to emerge from the bathroom looking like a different man. Nor should you feel obliged to spend a fortune chasing an impossibly smooth complexion.
Consistency, sensible product choices, and a little attention to detail will get you much further than an overflowing shelf of half-used bottles.
Frequently Asked Questions
Every man should start with a face cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen, then consider adding a serum, eye cream, body cleanser, and lip balm. These seven essentials help cover everyday cleansing, hydration, sun protection, and targeted skincare.
A simple routine for the Philippine climate includes cleansing, moisturizing, and applying broad-spectrum SPF50+ sunscreen every morning.
Men can address dullness and uneven-looking skin with moisturisers containing vitamin C and niacinamide, while targeted serums may help improve the appearance of aging.
Eye creams and serums are optional additions for men who want to address specific concerns, such as dark circles, fine lines, or uneven skin texture.
Daily sunscreen helps protect against sunburn, premature skin aging, and skin cancer, while lip balm helps prevent and relieve dry lips.
