I’m a huge retro video game fan, as anyone who knows me will attest to. Under my TV you’ll find a SNES, Wii, WiiU, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, Original DS, Gameboy Colour and as of today, an N64. I heard about yesterday’s Video Game Market before Christmas, totally by accident either via Google or Facebook (I can’t remember which). It’s held at Doncaster  Dome which is about an hour away from me in West Yorkshire. Don’t worry though, the next one is in August I think – I’m sure they’ll update their site very shortly. Mr. MANFACE and me were up at 7am on a Saturday – which is unheard of for ..read more

Retinoids are probably the best anti-ageing and acne-fighting ingredients on the market that actually create lasting, effective change in the skin. However, before you start grabbing the nearest retinol cream and layering it on, there’s a fair bit you should understand first as getting retinol wrong can cause damage to the skin and a lot of irritation that can take a while to repair. Retinol Terminology: The Retinoid Family The title of this article is ‘Retinol for Men’ which is actually a bit misleading and I’ll use retinoid and retinol interchangeably. It’s also how Google understands it and ..read more

Retinoids are probably the best anti-ageing and acne-fighting ingredients on the market that actually create lasting, effective change in the skin. However, before you start grabbing the nearest retinol cream and layering it on, there’s a fair bit you should understand first as getting retinol wrong can cause damage to the skin and a lot of irritation that can take a while to repair. Retinol Terminology: The Retinoid Family The title of this article is ‘Retinol for Men’ which is actually a bit misleading and I’ll use retinoid and retinol interchangeably. Retinol is just one of, and arguably th ..read more

In my beauty career over the last 16 years, I’ve worked with all of them: The Modern Man was the first sponsor of Manface when I launched back in 2011. I was the early blog editor for Mankind. I used to love working with the now defunct Brummels of London. There just never seems to have been a breakout star of the men’s online grooming world – no one ever really got it right. So when I first heard about Humanery.com, I was sceptical; feeling I’d seen it all before and that I knew its eventual fate. But it was responding to a callout, looking for someone to help them drive the brand forward in ..read more

Disclaimer: if you do not watch Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, don’t worry about any references that might fly past you. My love for the show hasn’t tainted my review of this product but being a fan is what led me to want to try it out. Also, the full product name is the Big Stick Energy Lip Enhancer, but I’ll interchangeably refer to it as the Lip Balm because that’s what it is. Let’s get to it. Who is Lisa Rinna? Soap star to reality star and everything in between; wife of Harry Hamlin (don’t you talk about him!) Lisa Rinna has become an international household name in recent years for an ..read more

As things are hotting up in Summer, you really cannot go wrong with a citrus, Mediterranean-style cologne to cool you down, feel refreshed and maybe even bridge that tiny gap your deodorant might not keep up to. I first discovered L’Occitane Lemon Verbena around 10 years ago when I spent 6 months out in Barcelona. I’d only just arrived, needed some toiletries and there was a L’Occitane a few doors down from the apartment where I grabbed the Lemon Verbena shampoo and conditioner. I immediately fell in love with it. It’s an intoxicating balance of a masculine Acqua di Parma-type cologne but with ..read more

I asked the questions you’re probably asking right now “what on earth is ‘milk musk’!? Can you even get musk from milk? I’ve never had a cup of tea and thought ‘ooh, this tea tastes musky’! “. Rest assured, I too have never bought a pint of milk so Musky it might buy Twitter. But Molton Brown Milk Musk is a delicious accord with unusual notes, that become far more than the sum of its parts. How does one make Milk Musk? Molton’s Milk Musk is a blend of Milk (not actual milk, but a synthetic fragrance) Vanilla, Musk, Ambroxan, Tonka and Resins (Benzoin and Elemi). These 7 ingredients come togeth ..read more

Medik8 Advanced Night Restore cream is a luxurious, repairing night cream that contains a ceramide complex, cell repairing peptide, saskatoon berry and dragon fruit extract. It has quickly become one of my favourite moisturisers and is not just something I’ve reviewed and put away, but use everyday as part of my core skincare collection. Its combination of ingredients help to restore the skin’s barrier function and promote cell turnover and resulting in softer, smoother and more lifted-looking, and feeling, skin. I have been using this night cream for several weeks now and I’m really impressed ..read more

Professional, Japanese scalp exfoliation has become the latest craze in the US and it’s yet to find its way onto British shores. I instantly fell in love with it watching this video from YouTuber Safiya Nygaard – if you’re not familiar, she’s the perfect balance of fun and dry witticisms. I love hair care, and I’ve used chemical scalp exfoliation before with Aveda Invati, but nothing on this scale. So inspired by Safiya, I wanted to give it a go myself and explore deep scalp exfoliation. What is Japanese scalp exfoliation/ head spa? If you’ve never heard of Japanese scalp exfoliation, it’s a s ..read more

I never thought I would find the cure for my eczema, but Cerave SA Smoothing Cream and Smoothing Cleanser duo has done just that! For years, I have been struggling with this skin condition that caused me a lot of discomfort and embarrassment, especially as someone who works in skincare and beauty – it has extra layers of shame because there’s a perception that “I should know better”. But now, after using these two cheap (in the grand scheme of things, around £22 for both) products for only a few weeks, my eczema is pretty much gone! The final layers of bad skin are shedding off and revealing t ..read more