Travel
Sites
Visit
Goa, Karnataka,
Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
in South India,
Delhi, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh in North India, Assam,
Bengal, Sikkim
in East India
|
|
Fashion
& Beauty Go
To Index
Page
Manscaping
is the latest for men
Melbourne:
Facials are no longer limited to women. Men are also indulging
in the treatments with gusto. The trend for men to experiment
with creams and lotions has even given rise to a new word, Manscaping.
Cleansers and moisturisers are now as important for men as a
razor and shaving cream. Construction project manager Russell
Thompson goes for facials and massages every four to six weeks.
"It has paid off," the Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying.
"I think people guess my age as younger than I am. I go to the
beach a lot and work outside so my skin gets quite fried, so
it seems to offset that," he added. Paul Anderson Mankind, from
Surry Hills salon specialising in male skincare, serves about
500 male customers a month. "The people that come in here don't
see it as a luxury. They see it more as a necessity," Anderson
said. The clientele range from proud metrosexuals to train drivers
to landscapers. "We have train drivers, landscapers, a chippie.
We've even had a few guys who were working on a nearby construction
site," he said. "When we started it was the corporate types
who came but as we've gone along it's been really across the
board," Anderson added. With specialist websites like Himage.com.au
offering male-grooming supplies, more and more men are embracing
beauty products. "We see the guy buy the shave product, then
he comes back two months later and buys the cleanser," said
former accountant Chris Cassar, who developed the website. "They
gradually get into it. We think a lot of Australia right now
is still at that early stage," he added.
-Mar
16, 2009
|
Overseas
Tourist
Offices
Tourist
offices
in India
Helpline
|