Hi guys, how are you? Welcome back to my YouTube channel. This little world right here is Man For
Himself. If you'd like men's hair product reviews, grooming, skincare, fragrance, and videos like
this, then please do press subscribe right now. Right, I am a big believer in finding your own
grooming rhythm, really, what works for you, how it works, when it works and when to do it.
But, that said, if you do things in the right order, it will mean that you're going to make
the most of the products you're using, the tools that you're using and just get the most from your
grooming routine, especially in the morning. So I have got a few steps that I think are going to
help you. Now, I should say, some of us have got more stripped back routine. Some of us add extra
things in, so take what you want and leave the rest. But hopefully it might give you a little
bit of a little bit of inspiration for how you might be able to upgrade your routine.
Now for me, my grooming morning routine really does start in the bathroom. I'll have exercise,
I'll probably have done my teeth. I'm then going to jump into the shower and this is kind of like
the first step and that's shampoo. Now shampoo will help to cleanse the hair and the scalp, to
remove any sweat from the night before, to remove any product buildup. And I have spoken about sort
of not to shampoo every day. This really does come down to you. Getting through your scalp,
getting through your hair and getting to know when you might need to shampoo. But generally,
I always follow up with conditioner. If I'm going to shampoo, I will use a conditioner.
Now from shampooing, conditioning, I then move on to cleanser. Now, it is so important to wash your
face. Again, in the morning, you will wake up, you're going to have sweat on your skin from the
night before. You want to really prep that skin so that the products you then use are going to be
able to take to it. At the same time I'm generally using a bodywash really just to remove that excess
sweat. I'm finished in the shower, I'm jumping out, and this is when I'm moving on to shaving.
I shave after a shower because the skin is prepped, it's clean, it's warm, so it's open,
which ensures you're going to get a closer and clean shave. Now in this video, I'm really pleased
to be continuing my partnership with Braun. Braun have released a brand new generation of shavers.
The Braun Series 5, the Braun Series 6 and the Braun Series 7. And I have been using these for
just over three months to really get to grip with what they do and how they do it.
You'll actually have seen on Instagram Stories that I went totally clean shaven.
I've also gone slightly longer in the moustache. I've gone shorter. I've had stubble.
And that's because I have been using this. Not only does it look great, the design is always
fantastic with Braun. They've got this ergonomic handle, which means that it fits perfectly
into your hand, but also the functionality and the technology is very much there. They've got
this 360 flex head, which means it moves side to side, also backwards and forwards with the three
blades there. So it means that you're going to get a really close, uncomfortable shave
and comfortable shave. I often find that when I'm electric shaving, and I've said this before.
I find it hard, especially onto the jawline and onto the neck.
It wont really work with it, but this does. It really does follow the contours of your face.
And this has also got something that they've called AutoSense Technology, which really means
this is intelligent enough to know how long that facial hair is and it will change the power to
suit that. Now, if you want a shaver that really does it all, then you can change these heads. You
can take that off, which is the foil shavers. You can replace it with a cleansing brush,
a body groomer to get down here, maybe into the shower, a stubble trimmer, which just goes
on there. And you can change these, so if you maybe want to go for like a five, which is longer,
a 3 or even sort of bald that I've done here, to just give it a tiny bit of stubble. Or
you can use the precision trimmer. And I've been using this really onto the lip because I don't
want any overhanging hairs on my moustache. I just want to really sort of cut along there.
And if you want to maintain a beard, but you want to keep it all neat and uniform,
you can put on a head here, a little clip attachment, and you can sort of shave that
all down. But really the key thing for me is to use the beard trimmer, really to keep that
moustache slightly longer. I go bald really with the foil shavers on the cheek and onto the neck.
And then I use the stubble trimmer really around here. Just so I've got a bit of variation in
length. This can be used wet and dry. So it means if you do want to use a shave form, a lotion,
a cream an oil, then you can do that with this. And also if you want to use it in the
shower with the body groomer, then you can do that just to keep it all neat.
After you've used it, you can also use their SmartCare Centre. The shaver just goes in,
you push the button down and it will clean it,
it will lubricate it, and it will charge it. One full charge will give you up to three weeks of
shaving. And then a quick five minute charge will give you enough for one shave. So really,
it does it all there, but I will link this in the description below so you can check it out.
Then after shaving it's into the bedroom, and this is when I'm going to start on my skincare.
But, as my hair is generally still quite wet, this is when I would use a hair oil or a treatment.
Really, so it's going to start to work, and before I do my hair.
Then it's onto the face. And it's when I start to use a toner.
Now, toners really are about sort of priming the face and getting it ready for all the products
you're going to use after it. And these again, can be tweaked to what your skin needs. I would
say that if you've got dry skin, you maybe want to use something with an AHA, an alpha hydroxy acid,
and they're going to help to lightly exfoliate that skin and really resurface it.
If you've got quite oily skin, then you might want to use something with a BHA, a beta hydroxy acid,
like salicylic acid. Again, this is going to lightly exfoliate the skin,
resurface it. Now with a toner, you really want to be waiting about five minutes so that
the product can work into the skin. You don't want to be neutralising what you've just done.
From there, you can move on to a serum. Now serums really are relatively new for me.
I've been using serums for about the past year and a half, maybe two years.
And I have noticed that these really do work. And again, it's about finding what you need. For me,
I've been using a lot of vitamin C serums to brighten the skin,
but I've also been using hyaluronic acid as a serum. I've been using one with tanning drops,
which I just get straight onto the skin, dab it in and let it absorb. But really, serums are just
highly concentrated products to get nutrients, hydration, antioxidants into the skin.
Once I've used the serum, it's then that I would move on to the eye area with an eye
cream. Now eye creams are generally lighter than the moisturisers. So that's when you put them on
first, they are lighter and then a moisturiser tends to be a bit thicker. So you'll put that
on over the top of it. But again, I like to use a vitamin C product just because it will brighten.
The one I'm using also tends to sort of firm up the crow's feet around my eyes,
but it's just a case of sort of dabbing around and onto the sides there.
Then it's onto the moisturiser. And again, this is about finding what works for you. I've tried
so many different moisturisers in my time, but I know that for me, I tend to have more sort of
oily skin. The older I get it becomes a bit more combination. It's generally quite dry
on the cheeks, but it's really oily in the T-zone, so the nose and onto the forehead.
So I like to use quite a light sort of gel based moisturiser just onto the skin and let it soak in.
And it's also at this point, I'm going to moisturise my body. I know that so
many of us just really focus on here up, but do make sure that you're moisturising your body,
your arms, your legs, your chest, everywhere really. The last thing really you're going
to do on your skin is sunscreen. And this is so important. If you want to ditch the serums, if you
want to ditch the toner, the eye cream, whatever it is, use a sunscreen. People talk
about sort of anti-ageing treatments and creams and potions and lotions. But the best thing you
can do is to use a sunscreen because it's going to help to protect your skin against the sun. UVA,
which is really for ageing, and UVB, which is burning, really help to protect your skin.
That is, if you take nothing else from this, one of the most important things. Protect your skin.
And then you might do your body moisturiser, or you might have done that same time as your
moisturiser and your deodorant. Ready to get changed. I always get changed
before I do my hair. Into sort of hairstyling, if you used an oil or a cream or whatever you're
using at the very start, then hopefully by this point, it's fully into your hair or your scalp.
I'll then use a pre-styler. Pre-stylers for me are one of the most important things in hairstyling
because it's going to help you take your hair from one state into another.
So if you've got overly dry, brittle hair, then you're going to want a pre-styler
that's going to help to really, to smooth that hair, to take away any of the frizz
also to pack it full of moisture. If you've got really fine hair or flyaway hair like me,
then this is at that point you might want to use something thickening. You would then use
a hairdryer and work it with your hands and heat will always help to manipulate the hair,
to change the way it's moving or to help you add volume. Then, once it's dry and not overly dry,
you'd then use your styling product to really, again, help to work in that style. And then
you would use a fixing product, if you want. The longer my hair is the less I'm using hairsprays.
But they're also great just take away any flyway. So just spray on to the hand and then brush them.
And the final step in my morning routine, as if this wasn't long enough is my fragrance.
This is really when I sort of decide how I want to feel in that day. Do I want a dark and moody
oody leather tone in my fragrance? Or do I want something a little bit more sparkly and light
with a bit of citrus, maybe even take a bit of floral. Do I want it green? And this is kind of
when I look at my wardrobe and think like, what is today about and how do I want to smell and feel?
But guys really, that is a very quick rundown of my morning routine and the kind of steps. I would
say again, you don't have to be doing absolutely everything in this. You don't have to be using
all those different product types, but just take what works for you. Do everything in the bathroom,
then shave after that so that the skin is nice and open, it's cleansed it's clean, and then you can
move more onto your skincare and your haircare, really to kind of tweak those little things,
to get what you really need out of them. And I would say that again,
all of this is so personal. Take the things you need,
take the things you want and hopefully it's given you a bit of an insight into this.
But thank you very much for watching. Really hope you've enjoyed this one. Again, I will link the
Braun Series 7 in the description below, so you can check it out. But if you're also new to this
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