Monthly Archive for October, 2007

Upgrade Your Fall Jacket

The weather is obviously getting colder here in New York, and it’s beginning to get close to that time where every man needs his jacket wherever he goes.

Now any normal jacket that keeps you warm and comfortable pretty much covers the requirements of a functional jacket, but what about the guys who want to be “ridiculously good-looking” at the same time?

There’s just something about cold weather and a well-made coat that makes a man look sexy. I can’t really tell you why, I can only tell you the right coat gives a man bulk – which makes him look powerful on a subconscious level.” - Isabella Snow

Not having the proper jacket can ruin what can otherwise be a nice outfit, it can make your well put together outfit underneath look like a mess.

Colder Weather = Another Layer To Showcase Your Personality

Your jacket will be the first thing people see when you step out of a room and into the cold this fall.

A jacket can be considered the wrapping paper of your outfit. To be as presentable and fashionable as possible, you want to keep that jacket stylish.

Most of all, you want it to convey your unique personality, along with your access to resources. That means displaying you have access to the latest trends, styles, and up to date information.

It could also mean that you have a lot of money, and have enough to spend on clothing. It doesn’t actually have to cost a lot, it should just look damn good on you. This shows alpha male characteristics and that you are able to provide a variety of value to a woman.

You’d be surprised how a woman and her friends will respond to a guy who looks high value. Some of the guys I know get make-outs after the first 30 seconds of interaction, and the girl’s friends are totally okay with it.

She doesn’t even know you! She thinks she does though, because she can instantly categorize you as a sexy guy.

A jacket can also be the showoff piece of your personal avatar.

Take for example…

The Leather Jacket

A leather jacket ALONE will instantly make a woman put whoever wearing it into the “biker guy,” or sexy “bad boy” category.

So wear a leather jacket if you want to convey a more dominant attitude.

Be well groomed, and back it all up with an alpha attitude, and you’ll spark attraction in no time.

Hollywood always shows that in our culture a leather jacket is the staple of “cool”. It always carries with it, a tough attitude, and a bad boy edge.

The Suede Jacket

Another form of leather, suede, is also big this season. Suede jackets are big in earth tones, especially black. It’s the leather look with a classier touch. Women love the feel of suede on a man.

A lot of women have told me they love the smell of leather. Women tend to associate the deep rich smell of leather to masculinity.

The Pea Coat

The pea coat was originally worn by sailors of the European navies. Pea coats always manage to make any man looked refined. It’s clean-cut but still carries that tough masculine weight with it. It’s like your a navy sailor ready to defend her from harm.

The classy coat shows you are style savvy and is bound to get women looking in your direction. I personally know a lot of women who have gotten their boyfriend a pea coat. Women just love the way these coats look on a man.

The signature pea coat always has two columns of buttons. Along with the classic black, they usually come in other great colors such as rich charcoal gray and camel color.


The Denim Jean Jacket

Jean jackets present a great advantage for men who want a versatile jacket to go with every outfit. They also make an outfit more casual, an attribute that can be considered both an advantage (for those nights on the town) and a disadvantage. The denim jacket:

This fall… go for a jacket that catch attention:

For example this Bround Sound Donovan Coat is not something you would see everywhere and it would instantly show you have great taste in style.

Indie Style Jackets & Hoodies

Energie Sweater You can put together a great jacket & hoodie combination by taking a normal jacket and adding a contrasting color hoodie underneath. Pull the hood out and behind the jacket, creating a more casual but sporty look. There are also jackets with a hood already attached.Example:

The Trench Coat

Another great way to grab attention is to wear a trench coat. The trench coat is always a fall staple.

So this fall, find the jacket that quickly displays your unique personality just like your other clothing, so that you won’t have your old, bland, out of style jacket mute the well put together style you have underneath it.

Stay warm,

Jae

How To Groom Your Eyebrows

Hahaha. This movie (40 Year Old Virgin) is hilarious.

It’s funny how for most men, “grooming” seems to be more of a big event than a normal part of their self-maintanence; like brushing their teeth, showering, etc.

It’s clear that some parts of society will frown upon men who pay too much attention to their grooming habits. Grooming is better associated with the metrosexual guys and the gay community.

The truth is that all men know the inherent benefits of being well groomed. It’s evolutionarily wired into human behavior to be more attracted to people who look healthier and more appealing. The only difference is that gay men have more social acceptance in paying extra attention to their appearance than straight men.

Screw that idea, and pay more attention to your personal grooming habits. You have to make the most of everything you have - taking care of your grooming habits will tap into your greatest potential for looking healthy and appealing.

We all have our opinions on what is acceptable for men - the way they should fit into their gender roles and stereotypes. Times are changing, and the women today pay a lot more attention to a man’s grooming habits than ever before.

All of my female friends have confirmed that no matter how unattractive a man is, if they are well groomed, they always catch their eye. The more details in hygiene and grooming a man fails to take care of, no matter how attractive he man is, the more points lost in a woman’s eyes.

Paying attention to your grooming will only increase your attractiveness.

Today I will talk about eyebrow maintenance.

Eyebrows are so important in framing your whole face. It makes you look polished when well taken care of.

Of course it depends on your current brow situation.

If you have really bushy eyebrows, you might want to consider having your brows waxed professionally to get exactly the shape you want.

Then you can more easily tweeze the strays as they grow in.

If you have ANY hair above your nose, it MUST GO.

Unibrows are highly unattractive.

If you want to do it at home yourself, it’s highly recommended that you do not shave it.

It’s proven that shaving doesn’t make hair grow in thicker or faster; Although hair will still look thicker because the ends are no longer naturally tapered but blunt. It may also cause the hairs to grow out in odd messy directions.

A better option would be to buy yourself a nice pair of tweezers, the better the tweezer the better it will be at grabbing fine hairs. There are tweezers on the market that are specially designed for tweezing eyebrows. They cost a bit more but make the experience less painful. You can find a nice pair at your nearest Sephora store.

Wash your face to get rid of dirt and excess oil before you pluck, this will make it easier for the hairs to come out.

Make sure you pluck the hair in the direction that it grows. Do not pull them in any direction that you want. Otherwise, the root of the hair gets trained, and it starts to grow in the direction that you are pulling.

As a man, you want your eyebrows to look great but still you want them to look as natural as possible. Overshaping them will only make you look girly and super metrosexual.

If you don’t have any craziness going on up there, and your eyebrows look pretty normal, you only need to take a few steps to make them look better.

First, brush your eyebrows up from the bottom with small brush to groom and shape. After you shaped eyebrows, tweeze those hairs that OBVIOUSLY lie outside of the eyebrow’s natural shape. One hair at a time. Last step is to trim them gently with scissors over brow brush that helps you control brow length.

And that should be enough for the most of men.

Here is a quick video I found for you visual people, to demonstrate how it’s done:

VideoJug: How To Tame Hairy Eyebrows

For those who have very faint eyebrows, and want them to look thicker, and stronger, check out this website for examples on using filling them in:

http://www.eyebrowz.com/mens/eyebrowstatement.htm

(the powders seem to work best for a natural look)

If you don’t want to do it yourself, you can always get them waxed at a salon, or threaded. Threading your eyebrows gives you a better result than waxing or plucking because it pulls an entire row of hair from the follicle to achieve a more straight-looking line of hair.

Keep yourself well groomed!

Jae