Top 10 Wash Bag/ Dopp Kit Essentials
Fitting quality men’s grooming products in a frequent traveller, gym enthusiast or sportsman’s luggage can require too much space. Subsequently, many skin care essentials are left at home on your bathroom shelf. Our focus is of course to keep you looking more Gentleman than Ape, so thought it prudent that we share our Top 10 male grooming products for your Wash Bag (UK) or Dopp Kit (US). It was 1919, when German immigrant and leather... Read More
Great Gatsby Grooming
The Great Gatsby style was inspired by the emerging success and consumerism within post-war (WW1) America. The 1920’s saw an explosion in popular culture, Jazz music and style. Men’s hair was still very military looking. Clean cut, slicked back and held in place with hair creams. Styles also had to compliment and remain unaffected by hats which were a very popular accessory at the time. To get the Gatsby look we enlisted the help of head&shoulders... Read More
The Shelf: After Shave Care
The Shelf is a men’s grooming series by Ape to Gentleman focusing on skin care; designed to assist with common grooming ailments, achieving certain looks and general best practice. Different from our Top 10 or Three of The Best series, The Shelf offers rounded solutions to a variety of topics – resulting in recommended products for your bathroom shelf. Similar Ape to Gentleman series include The Rail (Fashion) and The Room (Lifestyle). The... Read More
Wilkinson Sword Hydro 5 Power Select
Wilkinson Sword heat up the razor market with their contemporary design Hydro 5 Power Select razor - the world’s first customisable wet shave power razor. With every man’s skin being different, customising the razor allows each Gentleman to select the setting best suited to their own skin type and specific needs. Lowering the chance for irritation and delivering a better shave. Like we see across a range of battery powered wet razors the Hydro... Read More
Mühle Shaving
With the reputation of Solingen-made shaving products soaring and the use of double-edged safety razors growing, it is worth shaving aficionados casting their eye east to Saxony in Germany. Since 1945, in the village of Stützengrün Hans-Jürgen Müller GmbH & Co. KG, better known as Mühle Shaving or Muehle Shaving have been combining industrial expertise with a high degree of skilled craftsmanship for over 65 years, to produce some of the... Read More
Shaving with Baxter of California
Super Close Shave Formula Applied with your fingers, or for maximum effect, lathered with a brush in the provided pot, this shaving cream from Baxter of California goes a long way towards achieving a close shave without redness or irritation thanks to the beard softening formula that provides a protective cushion between razor and skin. Botanical extracts of Tea Tree Oil and Witch Hazel combine antiseptic properties to diminish razor burn while marine... Read More
The Razors of James Bond 007
Sean Connery as 007 in Goldfinger During the latest Bond movie; Skyfall, you may have noticed Daniel Craig using a straight/ cut-throat razor. This sparked a renaissance for traditional shaving methods. Many wet shavers opting to shave with straight/ cut-throat razors and traditional safety-razors. We are big fans of the latest Gillette razors but for those with a yearning for more traditional methods, read on. The shaving equipment in Skyfall was... Read More
Mr Natty Frank’s Beard Elixir
Mr Natty Frank’s Beard Elixir is the creation of celebrity and fashion hairstylist Matt Raine (Mr Natty), a proud beard-wearer himself he has created a superb product to keep a man’s beard in optimal form. With an ever growing number of men opting to wear a beard, proper care is essential. We haven’t come across any other beard care solutions, but to be honest haven’t been looking much further than Mr Natty. The Mr Natty Beard... Read More
1000 Miles of Mo
To mark the end of Movember our friends at men’s shaving brand Gillette have calculated that a record breaking 1000 extra miles worth of moustache hair will be shaved tomorrow, as Movember draws to a close. To mark the occasion an equivalent mound of hair has been created outside the Gillette Research and Development Facility in Reading. An average man’s moustache contains 600 hairs which grow at approximately 8.1mm per month. With over... Read More
How to use a Straight Razor/ Cut-Throat Razor
Popularity of the Straight Razor, also known as Cut-Throat Razor is growing exponentially; with many gentleman opting for the enormously satisfying and nostalgic traditional method. For those of us who aren’t fortunate enough to have the guiding hand of a well versed grandfather at hand, we enlisted the help of expert London barber Thom Robins for a guide on how to achieve a great straight razor shave. As you might expect, there is an element... Read More
