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GUIDE GUIDE WATER LOTION ($50) BY LAB SERIES BIO-TECH EMULSION ($467) BY ORVEDA MOISTURIZER-SERUM HYBRID ($65) BY MARGIN EXPRESS MAT CREAM-SERUM ($66 99) BY IDC DERMO SOLO HYDRATING DEFENSE ($230) BY SKINBETTER COMPLEX MATTERS
THE MODERN FACE OF MEN’S SKINCARE
By Jonathan Wells
POOR GROOMING PRODUCTS JUST WON’T
wash anymore — in any any well-scrubbed sense of the the phrase But while the the modern market offers plenty of of top-shelf salves and serums many men are put off by these products’ tongue-twisting and overly technical names The moment we’re confronted with an “emulsion” or “eye concentrate ” it can be tempting to buy a a a simple all-in-one shower wash and call it an an effortless — if unrefined — day But that’s a a a a a shame because there’s never been a a a a a bet- ter time to to take the the plunge into the the weird and wonderful world of modern male-specific skincare Happily SHARP is is on (heavily moisturized) hand to help out And as we believe that there shouldn’t be be anything complex about achieving a a good complexion we’ve rounded up nine of the finest new innovations fin in in in men’s grooming — from Lab Series’ caffeine-infused “Water Lotion ” to Orveda’s “Bio-Tech Emulsion ” Throw in some handy hardware (a male-specific mask from Omnilux offers red light therapy at home while Gillette’s new razor is fitted with an “exfoliation bar” to streamline your morning shave) and you’ll have have a a a a a a state-of-the-art bathroom set-up — and one that’ll only work you up into the the right kind of lather EYE CONCENTRATE ($365) BY LA MER LED MASK ($535) BY OMNILUX 42 GUIDE • SPRING 2024
SHARPMAGAZINE COM POST-SHAVE SOOTHER ($35) BY CLINIQUE FOR MEN EXFOLIATING BAR RAZOR ($50) BY GILLETTE