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17/1/2014 18 Incredibly Simple Things Any Man Can Do To Look Better
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1. If you can’t grow a beard, don’t grow a beard.
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Patchy facial hair will always end up looking prickly and slovenly. Time to stop
experimenting with the facial hair and start adhering to your clean-shaven regimen.
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2. Instead of a standard Hanes T-shirt, put on ahenley.Entertainment Weekly
You can unbutton the neck for a better neckline (especially if you’re wearing it
underneath another shirt), they tend to have a slimmer fit, and you can roll the
sleeves up all effortless and casual-like.
3. Opt for slimmer jeans.keepitsimplestyles.wordpress.com / thesartorialist.com
They don’t have to be SKINNY jeans, but a more body-conforming pair of denim will
go a long way to making you look leaner and taller. They shouldn’t cut off your
blood circulation — buy a pair of skinny jeans and size up. Then, find a tailor to take
in the waist. Or, just go to a tailor and see if they’re willing to update your current
jeans.
Three more basic rules: Darker is better, a leg opening of 14”–16” is ideal, and go
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for a mid-rise. Low-rise jeans will make your legs look shorter.
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4. Clean those fingernails and keep ‘em trimmed.Twentieth Century Fox
Getting stabbed with someone’s toe talons in bed is like, the biggest boner killer
ever.
5. Moisturize that dead, flaky skin away.Lions Gate Films
If you have serious flaking issues, exfoliate before you moisturize. This includes
areas of your body, like your weird sandpaper elbows — not just your face.
6. A simple swap: Trade in your Axe body spray for akeen-smelling deodorant.
Not only does Axe smell like a seventh-grade boys’ locker room, but it looks tacky
in your bathroom. Forgo the body spray or cologne altogether and rely on your
deodorant instead. It’ll enhance, not cover up, your natural smell.
7. Ditch the white socks.Pablo/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES
They look chunky and awkward. Black trouser or crew socks are where it’s at.
8. No tennis shoes unless you’re at the gym.HBO
They don’t really go with your new drawer full of black socks, anyway.
9. Treat that bacne.RCA / mtvhive.com
Get some tea tree oil body wash, or try some activated charcoal soap, and go over
your back with a loofah or sponge in the shower. It’s that easy!
10. Clean up the stray hairs between your eyebrows.FOX
Consider it very basic maintenance. Pluck your unibrow, and if you happen to be
cursed with the ever-sprouting mole hair, tweeze that shit too.
11. Important: Trim your nose hair.Cartoon Network
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But use a trimmer, not tweezers. Plucking your nose hairs can lead to the most
painful ingrown hairs you’ll ever experience.
12. Don’t let your mustache grow past your top lip, orcurl near your mouth.NBC
You don’t want those bedraggled strands all up in your mouth, much less anyone
else’s.
13. Shave your neck!Steve Finn / Getty Images
That hair that grows there always seems to look scraggly and unappealing in a
spine-tingling sort of way. And don’t forget the back of the neck.
14. Don’t let your shirt creep past your butt.HBO
Even if you’re a bigger guy, a thigh-length shirt-dress is not going to hide what lurks
beneath. A long shirt will inevitably swallow you up and look sloppy.
15. For the business-casual set: Forgo your short-sleeved dress shirts for rolled-up long-sleeved ones.theportastylistic.blogspot.com
Here is a delightful guide on the *right* way to roll up your sleeves.
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16. Stand up straight.scrawnytobrawny.com
Bad posture will enhance man boobs and make your otherwise well-fitted clothes
puff out in weird places. So remember: shoulders down, shoulders back, chin up.
You can also gauge your posture with the pencil test. It’ll tell you if you’re standing
up straight, or if you need some work in this department.
17. Own a soft, well-fitting sweater or five.artbook.oo.gd
Preferably one that is so soft and delectable, you want to bury your face in it. That is
how people will feel about you when you wear your Special Sweater.
18. Exercise basic hygiene so you don’t emanatedisgusting smells.PeeWee Productions