Author: Male Standard

Men's Grooming, Men's Style

The Best Timepieces for Men

Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch, four things every man should own, and never leave the house without. It’s a well-known rite of passage. Yet, in a world where all phones are connected at all times, the concept of keeping track of where you are might feel outdated but isn’t that […]

Men's Grooming, Shaving Tips

How to Make Shaving Cream at Home

Making your own organic shaving cream is actually dead simple. The benefits of creating your own products are that you know what is inside (so no allergies, chemicals, or weird smells) and that they are often cheaper and of higher quality than commercial shaving creams. As you can make these […]

Beards, Men's Grooming

How to Shave a Beard

It sounded like a great idea at the time, maybe that time was in the 80’s, and now you’re wondering what’s next in the extensive grooming adventure, or maybe you’re just over the itching and always having to check what’s lurking in your facial hair? Whatever reason you have to […]

Men's Lifestyle

Cigar 101: How to Smoke a Cigar

Having smoked thousands of cigars, doing dozens of reviews on The Perfect Draw (my cigar blog) and talking with my fellow cigar smokers (Brothers of the Leaf or BOTL for short) I have learned a number of things that I wish I had known when I started smoking cigars. If […]

Men's Hairstyles

The Best Hairstyles for Grey Hair

If you’re a silver fox or on the track to salt and pepper hair, then you’ll understand the value of what I’m about to say next. Not all men’s hairstyles look good with grey hair. In fact, once you start to grow your hair to a certain length; don’t be […]