I only used beauty products marketed towards men for a week. Here's how I got on.
Men's skincare marketing, on the other hand, discusses products in warlike metaphors. The language is combative. Dryness and sweat are issues that have to be defeated, rather than treated. I truly believe that, despite this gulf, the stuff inside the packaging performs the same basic function, regardless of the gender of the user. With this in mind, I bid a fond farewell to my powdery pink ladies’ products and embraced the black, industrial world of men’s toiletries for a whole week. Here’s how I got on. The 5 in 1 Shower Any shower product that brands itself as a “3-in-1” has long ...