Not trimming your nose hair for so long, people mistake it for a mustache.
Not wearing antiperspirant on public transportation when it's 100 degrees outside.
Using a dull razor to try shave your testicles.
Guys, hopefully I've got your attention.
Today's video, five of the worst grooming mistakes that men make.
Mistake number one, gentlemen is not having a routine.
Now, understand having a bad routine is better than having no routine.
You want to be proactive not reactive.
A routine is something that you think through, something that you've got actually things
scheduled that you have planned it that you have organized it and that you can actually
improve over time.
You may have fallen into some habits.
The problem with habits is that we don't think through them, oftentimes they can be bad or
they can be good.
When it comes down to it, this isn't something that you have set up.
Now, daily may not be so much of an issue.
Yes, you shower at some point, you brush your teeth at some point.
It becomes an issue over a longer periods of time for things that need to be scheduled
out farther in advance such as in let's just take the week example, cutting your nails.
If you don't cut your nails every week, you may forget to do it until they're too long.
The issue here is let's say you're going to an interview and then you realized right before
you walk in that your nails are too long.
It may seem like a non-issue to most people, but if it bothers you, it's an issue because
you're not going to be as confident.
I know it seems incredibly small.
And it can be avoided by having a routine every two weeks.
Now, get the back of your neck shaved, make sure that you are trimming your nose hairs,
make sure you're trimming those ear hairs.
And believe me your body changes over time especially this is a big deal as, again, we
get farther out, you want to be setting it up with your barber or your stylist.
Going in every three weeks or every four weeks to get a cut.
Make sure that you look really good versus, again, you having to react to an important
situation.
You've got a big party, you want to look great for it, you realized, oh, my barber is busy,
I'm going to have to go this stylist I've never been to.
They end up messing up your haircut.
Again, these things can be avoided when you actually are proactive, you're setting up
a routine and you are not reacting to just what life is going to throw at you.
Grooming mistake number two.
You're too impatient.
I know we live in a society that says give me now.
Instant gratification, it's everywhere.
But, understand when it comes to your bodies, sometimes things are going to take time.
Let's say that you're having issues with your shave and now you start to document, you've
got a shaving routine you actually have a technique that you're working to improve.
But, you realized, hey, I want to go from, you know, the kind that's coming at being
sprayed out of the can and there's alcohol in it.
I want to use something that's actually going to be a lotion.
Well, the first time you shave, it may not be perfect.
It may take actually a week, it may take two weeks, it may even take a month for you to
start to see all of the improvements with this new type of shave.
You can't expect instant gratification.
Anyone that's grown a beard, you know that that first week or two weeks after you start
to grow that beard, what happens?
You get this itchy beard.
All of a sudden you want to shave this thing off because it will not stop itching.
And you're just wondering, my goodness, how can I get past this.
Give it time, be patient.
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Grooming mistake number three.
Too little too late.
So, you want to be able to see the future, look at men who are ten, twenty, thirty years
ahead of you and look at ones who you admire what they're doing where they're at in life.
They're exactly where they want to be and they've been able to do that because they
look the part they been able to kick butt in consulting maybe in acting maybe in communication,
entertainment, whatever it may be find out their secrets.
But, what you're going to find is a lot of these guys started putting and this goes back
to point number one, the right routines and started actually taking care of their bodies
in their 20's, in their 30's.
Yes, exercise is important, but so as taking care of the biggest organ on your body, skin.
So, a lot of guys, you know they don't do anything with their skin.
They go out they spend a lot of time out in the sun, what happens?
They end up damaging a lot of their skin.
This happens in your 20's, 30's, 40's and then when you're on your 50's, it's a little
bit too late.
There's simple things that you can do, you can choose anti-ageing creams.
You start to use those maybe in your 30's, your 40's.
Maybe look for skin lotions for face lotions that actually have a little bit of sunblock
in them.
This is going to go really far in making sure you don't mess up your skin.
There's other things that you can do, but it comes down to, gentlemen, actually taking
steps early.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Grooming mistake number four.
Too much.
So, let's talk about too much fragrance.
Guys, you don't want to overdo it.
One spray, maybe two sprays is probably going to be enough.
Pay attention to the concentration.
So, with the toilette, the cologne, the perfume each of them are going to usually have a different
concentration of oil, but practice wearing it before.
Know how much you should wear and how it can possibly the sillage how much, you know, how
much is going to spread to the room because you don't want to walk into a room and have
people running right out because you announce yourself without saying a word. You want to
be discovered when it comes to fragrance.
Now, with hair product.
Don't reach in and use half of that, you know, a huge glob of whatever, you know, pomade
or something like this.
Use a little bit less.
See actually how it looks with your hair.
You don't have to just look like you've got this big -- all this grease up in your hair.
You don't have to go to extremes.
As men it seems like we like to do that.
You know, look at your eyebrows.
Now, it's okay if we're going to break up the unit brow if you're going to get rid of
some stray hairs in and around here.
But, don't be plucking your eyebrows into weird shapes.
On hairstyles, if you're a younger guy I understand maybe you want to try something new.
But, you know when you're in your 40's or 50's and you're going in for a conservative
business interview, don't go to the extreme with designs in the side of your hair.
It's about, you know, not going too much and those are some of the worst grooming mistakes
I see.
Grooming mistake number five.
Drop the martyr mindset.
Now, I respect men who put others in front of themselves who actually are providers and
take care of others.
But, what I don't like is when these guys somehow they they think they're going to be
a martyr and they're just not going to care for themselves, they don't care what they
put on their bodies, they don't care what they put in their bodies.
And what happens is if they really abuse their body, their body isn't going to be around
for, you know, later in life and so, they don't live as long.
Take care of yourself, so that you can take care of others, there's nothing wrong with
this.
And in fact, I mean just a couple of examples.
So, if you've got dandruff, maybe look at a higher end dandruff shampoo which is actually
going to solve the problem because there are different types of dandruff out there and
different shampoos do different things.
So, just because you try one and maybe this one is going to be a little bit pricier, that's
not a problem if you actually take care of yourself.
When it comes to, you know, lotions on your hand, if you work with your hands.
A lot of guys especially they get in their 50's, they get in even in their 40's, they're
working hard with their hands they get cracked hands.
Well, maybe get a nice really good natural hand lotion that solves the problem versus
buying the cheapest stuff, the stuff that, yeah, it sort of does a decent job, but then
you got to keep applying it, you stop using it.
The point being, guys, don't be a martyr.
Take care of yourself, so that you can take care and be around for those you care about.
All right, gentlemen so now it's your turn.
I want to hear from you down in the comments. What would you have added to this video?
What did I miss?
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that's going to really help.
At the end of the day, guys, help you not make any of these grooming mistakes.
That's it, guys.
Take care.
I'll see you in the next video.