1) Hot bath. I hate the noise of a shower in the morning. I like DHS Clear or Zinc shampoo (no Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, which can cause flaking, and no fragrance), and Hibiclens surgical scrub (rinses clean, antibacterial, neutral smell).
2) Clippers to the stubble along the edges of the goatee and moustache zone. I shave if it's *really* important - Fusion razor, Neutrogena shave gel.
3) If I didn't shave, some kind of beta-hydroxy cleanser. Something that promises to shrink pores and remove blackheads. I'm the color of Xerox paper, so even the lightest clogging makes me look like I'm pockmarked. L'Oreal Men or Neutrogena, either way, not too picky.
4) My serious concession to vanity is that I use La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF 15 Daily Moisturizer every morning between the Spring and Fall Equinoxes. Cheap insurance so I never have to look my age. Anthelios is one of a couple of products in the US with Mexoryl, a very advanced UV filter.
Things I would never use: hair product, antiperspirant, self-tanner.
Things I rarely use: one half-spritz of Givenchy Pi, Joop!, Fresh's Cannabis Santal, Gucci by Gucci or Musk Ravageur by Frederic Malle. We're talking so little that I have to be nekkid and on top of you to know I'm wearing anything. It's like sexy underwears for me - I don't need anybody but me knowing I'm wearing them unless I'm making a point of them knowing. ;0)
2) Clippers to the stubble along the edges of the goatee and moustache zone. I shave if it's *really* important - Fusion razor, Neutrogena shave gel.
3) If I didn't shave, some kind of beta-hydroxy cleanser. Something that promises to shrink pores and remove blackheads. I'm the color of Xerox paper, so even the lightest clogging makes me look like I'm pockmarked. L'Oreal Men or Neutrogena, either way, not too picky.
4) My serious concession to vanity is that I use La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF 15 Daily Moisturizer every morning between the Spring and Fall Equinoxes. Cheap insurance so I never have to look my age. Anthelios is one of a couple of products in the US with Mexoryl, a very advanced UV filter.
Things I would never use: hair product, antiperspirant, self-tanner.
Things I rarely use: one half-spritz of Givenchy Pi, Joop!, Fresh's Cannabis Santal, Gucci by Gucci or Musk Ravageur by Frederic Malle. We're talking so little that I have to be nekkid and on top of you to know I'm wearing anything. It's like sexy underwears for me - I don't need anybody but me knowing I'm wearing them unless I'm making a point of them knowing. ;0)