The Male Hygiene Package

When it comes to personal hygiene, there are two things most important to a guy in my opinion: deodorant and facial hair care. As a guy who regularly has to trim, cut, and shave his beard, it can be a bit of an economic strain buying new razors and shaving cream every few weeks. On the deodorant side of things, you want to pick a deodorant that smells good, stops perspiration, and doesn't irritate your skin.

To embark on my journey to fulfill these requirements on a budget, I hopped in my preowned 2002 Hondo Accord and cruised on down to the local CVS Pharmacy.

Finding the right deodorant as a guy can be a trial and error type of process at times. Do you want to get a gel-type deodorant like Speed Stick? I have seen the dark side of gel deodorants and it involves hair clumping and pain. DON'T DO IT. Other products such as Old Spice simply don't work as well for people with sensitives skin and they have some of the most annoying commercials out there.

 

For my money, Degree deodorant is the best.

This particular Degree example is their special dry protection product, which works best when it detects increases in body temperature--perfect for guys who workout and exercise regularly, and for guys who sweat easily. Also, the price for the twin pack is only $6.79, which means you save about $0.40 per stick.

Guys, you know and I know how annoying it is to be fighting with your facial hair and cutting your face. Some of you are luckier than me and don't have to shave/trim every day of the week, and others can grow a beard in a little under six hours. Personally, I think that shaving with an electric razor and trimmer is the way to go because A) I don't have to spend money on new razors every week, and B) they get the job done just as well as disposables.

The problem is that high quality electric razors are usually very expensive (upwards of $50.00) and sometimes if you don't grow facial hair easily (lucky you), all you need is a quick shave with a straight razor.

That is where these come in handy:

The old and reliable Bic razors get the job done as well as any of the disposable razors with a million different blades and moisturizing strips. Use them with a shaving cream that is effective at raising the hairs and keeping your skin from feeling dry and irritated and you're good to go. Getting 12 razors at a more than manageable price of only $5.29, is almost robbery. Use these once, pitch it, and move onto the next razor in the bag.

Don't let advertisements of multi-blade razors fool you. There's a reason barbershops still use the single blade method: it works the best.

As far as shaving creams are concerned, I usually like to roll with Gillette products. Their slogan is "The Best a Man Can Get" and it is 100% true in my opinion. I've never bought one of their shaving creams and been disappointed.

This particular shaving cream is the current one i've been using. Not too expensive and gets the job done.

Adding it all together, the total price of these three products comes to just $15.77. You get 12 shaves worth of razors, which will likely last the average guy at least two weeks, probably more. You get shaving cream which will last months; and you get two sticks of deodorant, each of which will last at least a month unless you are barbaric with your deodorant application and smear it everywhere.

PS- After shave is overrated in my opinion, there's no need for me to be like Kevin McCalister in Home Alone: