Buffalo Bills wide receiver and Men’s Health intern, Brad Smith, has been working overtime. When he’s not on the field training, he’s been testing out and reviewing new gear. Here are some of his favorites.
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Did you know that pomade was developed in the 19th century and was originally made of bear fat? Into the 20th century, the most common ingredients featured lard, beeswax and petroleum jelly.
Pomade in its original form was as natural as any hair product in history. But as styles changed, so did the demands expected of pomade, which caused heavier, less natural incarnations to be developed.
Royal Crown Hair Dressing and Murray’s Pomade are examples of pomade born out of this development and period in history. The effect of those products was the slick, greased back look popular in the 1950s and was heavily dependent on petroleum jelly, its main ingredient.
The pomade from HUE is a return to the original style of pomade, because it has a natural feel and consistency.
The SI story on the Oklahoma City scandal has gotten some serious blowback, but one of the funnier themes have involved the bizarre hair style of writer Thayer Evans. Will Leitch said that it “looks like Darren Rovell got caught in the wake of a jet engine.”
Take a look at this video and see for yourself.
Showtime’s new television series called Master of Sex, is a one-hour drama starring Emmy and BAFTA Award nominee Michael Sheen and acclaimed actress Lizzy Caplan, who will portray the real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson.
The team of Masters and Johnson began investigating human sexual responses in 1957 at Washington University in St. Louis. Their research touched off a sexual revolution and took them from a Midwestern teaching hospital in St Louis, to the cover of Time magazine and nearly a dozen appearances on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show.
If you are visiting a casino in Las Vegas, then in terms of dress code just about anything goes, though most casinos in the UK and in fact throughout Europe insist that their male clients should dress reasonably smartly. Of course you won’t have this problem if you’re playing at an online casino, but when you’re going to town, you better have a quick think beforehand.
Firstly, unless you want to look like a total dork, don’t wear a tuxedo. If you happen to be visiting a casino after a posh wedding, then that is just about acceptable as long as there is a group of you, but otherwise forget it. Only James Bond wears tuxedos to casinos.
The stated dress code in most casinos is smart casual, but that is open to many interpretations. First of all you want to be allowed in, so that rules out things like shorts, short trousers, hooded jumpers and flip flops.
Secondly you probably want to look cool (don’t we all) without looking overly or artificially cool. Starting at the bottom and working up, go for smart clean shoes rather than trainers, wear socks (yes, not wearing socks is supposed to be cool, but take our word for it, just wear them) and not silly socks with pictures of the Simpsons either, they are no longer cool.
Chinos are fine, but smart slacks are probably better. If you are fairly slim then wear a belt, but if you have a paunch (not that you do of course) wear braces. There is nothing as un-cool as a tight belt and overhanging stomach.
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