Men can be pretty funny about grooming products. Some love ‘em, moisturize religiously, and even have their own hair straighteners. Others will moisturize but hide the products so their friends don’t know they’re, like, totes metrosexual.
If you’re trying to get your boyfriend or you yourself are a dude who wants to find quality hair and skin products – it can be hard. You can’t exactly ask your buddies what sort of hair product they’d recommend without them laughing in your face.
Plus, all that the media really tells you is to use L’Oreal products so you can look like Matthew Fox and Patrick Dempsey, or AXE which apparently causes women to throw themselves at you, tits first.
Dove have male grooming products, but have conveniently left out any sort of foo-foo lotions, and it seems that Australian company Moosehead have pretty much done the same thing. (Plus, their name is Moosehead. How manly is that? Grrrr! Arrrrggggh! Huuuuaaarh! *strikes manly pose*)
We’ve had our resident BitchBuzz male test out Moosehead’s new products for all of you BitchBuzz men (and boyfriends/man-friends of BitchBuzz lady-readers) so you don’t waste your money on products you don’t like, or - more importantly - don't just end up buying more bloody AXE.
Grim Blasting Face Wash
Containing aloe vera and tea tree oil, this minty-fresh face wash smells like Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum, but will clean any dude’s face just as well as your girly, flower smelling stuff would. Our resident Dude says that it’s not at all harsh like other tea tree face washes he’s tried and that his face feels fresh and clean. So, it does what it says on the tin.
Dude Verdict: Thumbs Up
Alluring Deo Spray
This “alluring” deodorant is meant to give you “long lasting protection” and freshness, however, I personally think it just smells like any regular man deodorant. The Dude says it smells pretty neutral to him, and that he’d probably pass on it, even though it does work pretty well.
Dude Verdict: Sideways Thumb
Gritty Styling Clay
This clay is meant to add texture and definition to shorter hair, and it has “grainy fibres” to give a guy’s tresses a matte finish look. This stuff smells like coconut tanning lotion and look like, well, clay – but it’s pretty damn awesome.
Our dude was pleasantly surprised with the results:
If you can get past the coconut smell, you will definitely like this product!
Dude Verdict: Two Thumbs Up
All Moosehead products range from £1.49 – £4.99 and are sold at Sainsburys, Waitrose and Tesco. Cheap and quality! Delicious!