Grooming

See which designers channeled Middle Earth, Ken dolls and Flash Gordon.

Say it with me: VA-GI-NA. Goooood.

When you're in your local nail salon getting a manicure and a guy walks in for a treatment, do you judge him? Do you give him the side-eye because you don't want any--eww--males in your serene space? Well, even if you don't do either of these things, guys who go to nail salons feel like you do. That's why one LA entrepreneur is opening an all-male nail salon, called Hammer & Nails.

Forget organic produce and the Tracy Anderson method, we're beginning to think Gywneth Patrow's favorite topic of conversation is her pubic hair.

It's funny to think that a decade ago, very few twenty-something guys living in New York City were getting their hair did at a barbershop. At least not a fancy barbershop. FSC Barber owner Sam Buffa was a big part of the barber renaissance that has swept the nation—in 2006, he opened his first outpost on Manhattan's Lower East Side and now operates a chain four shops—one in the West Village, another in Williamsburg, and a third in San Francisco's Mission District. The latest installment in the FSC empire is Fellow Barber in SoHo, an 800 square foot space right next door to Saturdays Surf on Crosby Street.

When we first heard Tom Ford would be launching a line of men's grooming products, we thought it made a lot of sense. Ford's name is practically synonymous with an immaculate, refined-yet-strong aesthetic, admired by men and women alike. He always looks amazing, but still masculine, which is probably how a lot of guys want to look, and apparently it's all due to his grooming routine--which does include makeup. Men wearing makeup is no laughing matter, however. This latest addition could help grow Ford's beauty empire into a $500 billion business--and attract investors.

Tom Ford is adding some new carefully considered products to his carefully considered brand. And no, it's not a line of baby clothes, sadly.

Dads are sometimes hard to shop for come Father's Day. Mine loves fishing, radio control helicopters, and Agatha Christie--three things I know absolutely nothing about. This is where grooming products come in. Every dad could use a good grooming product but would probably never buy one for himself. With that in mind, we chose products based on their awesomeness for dads as well as their potential attractiveness to daughters who sometimes stay over night. (We're sure your dad will be happy for any motivation to visit him, right?)

Harry's, the new grooming line from Warby Parker founder Jeff Raider and Bain alum Andy Katz-Mayfield, offers a thoughtful, affordable approach to shaving products.