Bathroom Cabinets and Male Grooming

Bathroom cabinets have more demands put upon them as men, as well as women, load up on cosmetic toiletries.

At one time bathroom cabinets were seen primarily for women and their mass of toiletries and cosmetics, but now couples have to invest in even bigger bathroom cabinets as men in the UK are quickly catching up with women. Thanks to the likes of Clive Owen, David Beckham and Daniel Craig, more men are taking care over their appearance. Bathroom cabinets are filled not just with old Christmas presents like bottles of Old Spice, but are crammed with everything from cleansers and moisturisers to exfoiliant and hair gel.

Bathroom Cabinets – Because you’re Worth it

And in some men’s bathroom cabinets you could find anti-wrinkle cream. At one point, wrinkles on men were considered sexy and macho in a Sean Connery kind of way. But now even wrinkles have come under attack. It isn’t just the metrosexual men who are cramming their bathroom cabinets to the brink, even the gruff Vinnie Jones has admitted to using moisturiser. For some men, the idea of spending a huge amount of money on an expensive cream to put in their bathroom cabinet is an abomination. Despite the fact the beauty industry is increasingly targeting men’s bathroom cabinets - the odd crease and wrinkle have certainly done no harm to ageing actors such as Robert Redford.

Time to upgrade your Bathroom Cabinet

But men may have to upgrade their small bathroom cabinets for more substantially sized ones as experts predict the men’s cosmetic industry will be as big as the women’s as both sexes now feel the pressure to look young for longer. TV shows like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and an increase in lads’ mags focusing on male grooming means more men are aware about what they stock in their bathroom cabinets. Between 1998 and 2003 sales of male cosmetics and skincare products grew more than 40% - now it’s considered normal for men to have scrubs, moisturisers and skincare products in their bathroom cabinets.

Vain? Moi?

The launch of a magazine in Wales called Tidy was aimed at the Welsh metrosexual: “men who are more willing to splash cash – and moisturiser – than their fathers". The magazine reflects that Welsh men are more concerned about their image. And yet a generation or two ago, anything more than a splash of water and quick shave was seen as vain and unmanly. Now, some men spend more money on the products in their bathroom cabinets than their partners – as well as more time in front of their bathroom mirrors!

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