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We saw a first incarnation of this Hot Tub Boat about a year ago, but seems the good people at Sharper Hammacher Image Schlemmerer have raised the stakes a bit. Checking in at 16 feet and including a 8 foot built-in hot tub, this cruising vessel lets any Captain and his crew relax in 100°+ water while cruising the high sea at 5+ mph. At just $42,000, it’s quite a steal.
Had to clue you in while supplies last.
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Whether it’s dark bags, circles or fine lines, every Hollywood-type and regular Joe is on a secret mission to eliminate the most-common peeper predicaments. Below are the answers and info necessary to “terminate” these ocular challenges. We smell an Oscar in our future…
WHY IS SKIN AROUND THE EYES TRICKY BUSINESS?
This skin is thin and delicate and does not have sebaceous glands, the glands responsible for oil production (you knew that though). Without said oil production, skin can get extremely dry and worn out without proper care. All these factors make the eye area quite susceptible to the signs of damage, aging and wrinkling.
CAUSES AND TREATMENTS FOR COMMON PEEPER PREDICAMENTS
DARK CIRCLES
Dark lines/circles can be the result of being a professional football player… or more likely one of the following: lack of sleep, dehydration, smoking, heavy drinking or aging. While you can’t control the aging or hereditary factors, men can stave off these dark circles via: getting 8+ hours of sleep per night, drinking 7-8 glasses of water per day and avoiding smoking or smoke-infused areas. As for products to combat these circles/bags, look for products containing Vitamin K or Lexin.
PUFFINESS
Puffy eyes are usually the result of being punched in the face… but more likely come from: lack of sleep, allergic reactions or fluid retention/dehydration. Easy solutions to avoid such baggage include getting proper sleep (8+ hours), drinking lots of water or applying ice cubes wrapped in a towel to the area for 10-15 minutes daily. Products that do the trick for bags usually contain Chamomile, Cucumber Extract or Green Tea.
AGING
As stated, since the eye area is thin and delicate, it shows wear and tear well before other areas of the face. As a man ages, he produces less Collagen and Elastin, the stuff that keeps skin firm, tight and supple-looking. Wrinkles, etc. sprout from there.
So, what to do to combat this? The sleep and water stuff mentioned above can help, but it’s also helpful to regularly use products packed with Retinol/Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Antioxidants.
HOW TO APPLY EYE PRODUCTS
The recommended technique, while effective, certainly isn’t going to win you any macho points. That said, because the skin in these areas is different from other areas, some TLC is required. Proper application of eye area products entails applying small amounts of the solution under and above the eye area using the ring finger, applying the gel/goo in a light, tapping motion. In addition to taking it easy on sensitive zones, this application method also ensures you don’t mistakenly put the stuff in your eye.
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By Robin Rose Parker, Published: December 31 | Updated: Thursday, January 3, 8:00 AM
My family had run a beauty distribution business. They were salon distributors. My grandfather started the business more than 80 years ago, and while I didn’t really work there, I grew up learning about it at the dinner table and working through summers there with friends. So I’d done that, and my old business partner was a hair stylist. We met up at a trade show where I was helping my family’s business, and after talking for a while, we kept coming back to the same point — that all of what we categorized as our beer-drinking, football-watching buddies were always asking us:Can we get them that moisturizer or that shaving cream? We always went back to these guys and said, “Why don’t you just go buy it?” And the same answer kept coming back: “I feel kind of silly going into the shop — there’s a woman behind the counter, and I don’t want to ask her about the bags under my eyes or a nose hair trimmer.”
Well, a light kind of went on. If these guys, who we didn’t target as the most well-groomed guys, are into this stuff, then imagine what a real professional guy — who’s taking care of himself — imagine what some of the issues he has are or some of the things he wants to take care of. Right before I got married, my wife said: “You’ve got to go get a manicure. Your nails are gross.” I remember going and getting a manicure, and I got it in a typical female-oriented nail spa. I was surrounded by 20 women getting their nails done, and I remember sitting there having had my head down the whole time. I was out of my element; I felt uncomfortable.
When we were going to get our first store, we couldn’t get space from a landlord. Their rationale was: That’s a great idea, but no guy in D.C.’s spending 50 bucks for a haircut. I don’t know what I expected, but when we started the business, I certainly didn’t know what guy is going to be in here at 2:15 on a Wednesday getting a foot treatment. I didn’t know this would happen, but it happens every day of the week. A lot of guys work really hard. They make enough money, and if they can step out somewhere and take care of themselves in a place that treats them right, they are more than willing to do it. I didn’t even realize the power of guys being able to step away and just kind of escape somewhere, even if it’s just an hour.
I got an e-mail [about] a guy who’s been coming here, I think, since we opened. The e-mail [was] from his wife or his significant other. And it was basically saying: “Our relationship had always been the other way around, where he was checking my credit card receipts to say that I had spent too much money at the salon. And the tables have turned. Now I look at him and say — ‘You spent what at the Grooming Lounge?’ ”
