Henri et Victoria Absinthe Shaving Soap – Finally tested

Earlier in the summer I was lucky enough to make contact with Claude, the mastermind behind the beautiful “Henri et Victoria” men’s grooming line.  To date, I had tried and reviewed a number of their products.  Every time being impressed, if not flat out just knocked out!  The Cognac and Cuban cigar hair pomade, theRead more

TOTAL DETOX Charcoal Face Wash from ‘Dans un Jardin ‘

Charcoal face wash is a big thing at the moment. Actually, pretty much anything with charcoal in it is a big thing at the moment in the grooming-beauty industry.  Charcoal is abundantly available and it has shown excellent properties when it comes to sucking out dirt of tight spots – like skin pores for example. Read more

Seppo’s Automotive Spiced Rum After Shave – A Sweet Surprise

It’s taken me a little while to get to this bottle of after shave but here we are.  Seppo’s Automotive is a garage in British-Columbia (Canada) which recently decided to jump into the making of a few men’s grooming essentials: hair pomade, mustache wax and aftershave.  I recently tried the Super Grip pomade and wasRead more

Shaving Foam and After-Shave Gel by Dans un Jardin

Some months ago, Mrs. Style4men.ca and I were at one of our local Pharmacies (Familiprix) and we stumbled across this awesome perfume for her, called: Mirabella.  This perfume essentially smells like a sophisticated, refined and complex candy.  There were also notes of sweet fruits.  I know!  How else would like your lady to smell?! 🙂Read more

Seppo’s Automotive Super Grip Pomade

The past few days  have been intensely humid here in Ottawa.  Thus making pomade testing somewhat of a challenge.  Challenging, but not impossible!   And bottom line, these very hot and humid days are the “new climate reality” so testing hair fixative in “real” conditions is pretty much what we want. The pomade under testRead more

A delicious natural sweet orange deodorant from Rocky Mountain Barber Co.

Like most people, I am becoming more and more concerned about making healthy choice in the grooming product I apply on my body.  We only get one of those and taking good care of it seems like a good insurance policy.  One of the grooming products that is notoriously controversial is the almighty antiperspirant. WeRead more

The impressively natural MALECHEMY shave suite

This morning I had a few treats to test.  The shaving suite by the folks at Cocoon Apothecary.  Cocoon Apothecary is Canadian company out of Kitchener in Ontario.  As you can imagine, I am totally psyched to be trying out a Canadian product set.  Under the Cocoon Apothecary branding you will find an impressive line ofRead more

Henri et Victoria Absinthe After Shave Splash – Amazing!

Lately, I have been swamped with product tests.  Some taking longer than other and  have been running somewhat behind on the regular pace of post output.  One of the products that has been waiting patiently on my test bench is the Henri et Victoria after shave splash.  Having been thoroughly impressed with the Henri etRead more

Crown Shaving – Part 3, Body Products

Overall Style4Men.ca score: In this third installment of the Crown Shaving “Grooming”  immersion process, we will cover the “Body” category of products offered by this brand.  A great big “shout out” goes to our friend Dino at Crown Shaving for trusting us for these reviews as well as his continued support of Style4men.ca. 🙂 HereRead more

Brompton & Langley Luxe and Rich Shaving Cream – Smooth Luxury For Your Mug

Overall Style4Men.ca score:   This morning I tried a surprising shaving cream.  A product going by the name: Brompton & Langley – Luxe and rich Shaving Cream.   The jar is fairly inconspicuous in dark grey.  I picked it up at Winner’s on my last visit.  This isn’t a brand I knew or recognized, but consideringRead more