If you're like me, the men on your gift list are probably a lot harder to shop for than the women. But perhaps you're ignoring a major gift category: skin care products!
The guys you're shopping for might only spend 30 seconds in the bathroom, but that's all the more reason that one great addition to their regimens could make a world of difference.
Consider some of my favorite gifts for the gents this holiday season:
- Molton Brown's Traveler Set ($100) makes even the most spartan hotel bathroom feel like a home away from home.
- Anthony Logistics Grab and Go Portables ($35) are a great set of travel-size products for nonsensitive skin types on the go - they even come in an airport-friendly package. (These products aren't appropriate, though, if your gift's recipient has acne.)
- For the traditionalist on your list, check out Tom Ford Cologne for Men ($60), a classic woodsy scent by the former Gucci designer.
- Take the men in your life back to a time when shaving was a pampering ritual. The Art of Shaving's Full Size Kit ($100) includes three essential shaving products (with super-hydrating glycerin and antioxidant grape seed, among other nourishing ingredients) as well as a beautiful shaving brush.
- aMENity After Shave and Face Moisturizer ($37) is a great way to get him to moisturize without adding another step in his skin care regime.
- The REN skin care line - made without synthetic fragrances, colors, or chemicals - offers fantastic gender-neutral options. The simple packing and non-flowery scents of products like Frankincense and Boswellia Serrata Revitalising Repair Cream ($55) are masculine enough for him ... and so effective that all you women reading this will want to borrow them, too! They also offer shaving products like Multi-Tasking After Shave Balm ($45).
Wishing you great skin (and happy gift-giving)!
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Dr. Baumann is author of the best-selling book," The Skin Type Solution." To learn more about her revolutionary skin typing system, visit her Web site, SkinTypeSolutions.com.
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