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by Beau H.

The Sunday Sale: Subscribe and Save on a Trio of the Best Men’s Grooming Essentials from Caldera + Lab – Caldera + Lab Review

The Good

Some grooming routines are overly complicated, especially if you want a few quick and easy steps to upgrade your daytime and nighttime skincare. Folks, you’re in luck with today’s Sunday Sale. Meet one of the best grooming brands for men, Jackson, Wyo.-based Caldera + Lab. They’re an eco-conscious grooming brand using rigorous testing and research to perfect just three essentials for your daily routine, each designed to work seamlessly alongside each other, and each available for a discount if you start a membership through Caldera + Lab.

Editor’s note: Thank you to Caldera + Lab for providing products for this review. All opinions are my own.

As to becoming a member at Caldera + Lab, why wouldn’t you? The benefits of adding a Caldera + Lab trio to your rotation are exceptional. Let’s dig deeper, starting with the fact that the company is ethically certified as a Certified B Corporation and focused on U.S.A.-made production. On that note, any Caldera Lab review certainly has plenty of ground to cover.

Within the aforementioned trio, you get the Base Layer from Caldera + Lab, one of best face moisturizers. You’ve also got the chance to pick up The Good, the Caldera + Lab face serum, and the Clean Slate, a remarkable facial cleanser. Collectively, if you become a member at Caldera + Lab, you’re saving 20 percent on a trio of the best men’s grooming essentials, and that’s an offer that’s too good to pass up. If you haven’t yet tried a facial serum (The Good is the standout product from Caldera + Lab), fear not — each product on its own is essential and high-quality, but the serum is next-level, as they say.

SHOP: Grooming Essentials from Caldera + Lab

The Clean Slate

Caldera + Lab operates with meticulous care and attention to detail, using wild-harvested organic and rigorously certified ingredients to craft a facial serum that moisturizes your skin, soothes and softens your face and reduces wrinkles. Seriously, The Good is something else, and if you’re a member of this organic grooming brand, you save $20 on your purchase (it normally retails for $97). The Clean Slate is a mineral-rich, plant-based cleanser packed with nutrients your skin needs, with the ability to protect and soothe your skin through a diverse array of safe ingredients. And it’s also on sale through a membership through Caldera + Lab, which knocks the price down to $29 from $37.

Last but certainly not least among the carefully curated and expertly crafted array of Caldera + Lab grooming essentials, you’ve got a prime finishing touch: The Base Layer from Caldera + Lab, a moisturizer that targets everything from environmental stress to blue light pollution. And it might sound too good to be true, but you’re picking this one up for $11 off. When you buy all three Caldera + Lab essentials, you are indeed saving 20 percent on some of the best new grooming products for men. If it sounds too good to be true, it certainly isn’t. You’ll see results nearly right away (I know from personal experience), so starting a membership through Caldera + Lab is the best move you’ll make right now.

SHOP: Grooming Essentials from Caldera + Lab

by Beau H.

The Friday Read: Jack Black Grooming Sets, New Wolverine Boots & A New Shinola Watch

Jack Black men's grooming

Filling you in on the best men’s groming picks from Jack Black right now.

Folks, if you can believe it, we’re back once more with another edition of the Friday Read, and on top of that, it’s the final edition of … October. Wow. Color me shocked, right?? It’s been a momentous and busy few weeks here at The Style Guide’s Brooklyn HQ, if you will — a couple weeks back, I filled you in on how you can get a discount on your new favorite weekender bag from Boarding Pass NYC (use the code BEAUKNOWS to get $10 off any purchase over $70!), and this week, I’m similarly looping you in onto some great fall deals. Let’s talk about the best men’s grooming essentials for a second, shall we? The other week, I had the chance to chat with the team at Jack Black about the Dallas-based grooming brand’s 20th anniversary, to go along with plenty of the best men’s grooming sets. I mentioned Jack Black in a previous edition of the Friday Read, but how about a refresher (literally)? From beard oil to the much-loved Most Wanted Gift Set, the brand is an outstanding resource for the best men’s grooming picks, not to mention the best men’s gift sets and stocking stuffers aplenty. Yes, stocking stuffers. It’s never too early to plan ahead, folks!

On that note, I’ve been busy elsewhere this month writing about the best Christmas jumpers for The Manual, to go along with writing about rugged Taylor Stitch boots at GearMoose. Yes indeed, my friends, if you want to plan ahead for this season and the next, I’d say I’ve got you covered (I’m biased, though!). Aside from menswear writing, I’m looking forward to getting some R&R this weekend and watching — strange as it might sound — some college football, as my beloved Michigan State Spartans take on hated rival Michigan on the road in Ann Arbor. It’s the sort of game that makes me miss Michigan in the fall, but I’ll make the best of it all the same with a cold Oktoberfest beer at a sidewalk bar. Follow along with my writing and my off-duty pursuits via my Instagram, and let’s dive into the rest of the Friday Read below.

Stylish packaging and great coffee? Sign me up.

  • To power my freelance menswear writing, I’m often imbibing quite a bit of coffee. And lately, I’ve been digging what Equator Coffees is churning out (thanks to my buddy Micah for allowing me to test the brand!). Here’s the scoop: Sustainable, high-quality coffee delivered in cool, bright red packaging — always a plus! — and made with a focus on giving back (check out the B’Cause Blend Voting Project, for starters). They also offer subscriptions and gift sets, always a bonus if you or someone you love is BIG into great coffee on the daily. The next time you want great coffee for a great cause, get yourself some excellent beans from Equator Coffees.
  • The headline of this post mentions a new Shinola watch, and that’s exactly what I had the chance to cover recently for Maxim. The Shinola Ice Monster is a burly, rugged and yet stylish watch that draws design inspiration from Michigan’s frigid winters, which I can’t help but remember (sometimes fondly, sometimes not so fondly). It’s here in time for fall and winter, so act accordingly.

As far as today’s Friday Read goes, well, we’re just about wrapped up around these parts. I’ll leave you with one final buying recommendation for fall, and that’s to pick up the season’s most versatile shirt from Western Rise. Head to my blog post here to check out the the Western Rise AirLight Shirt, a shirt that’ll fit right in both on a weekend drive or a weekend park stroll without missing a beat. Make it yours, then reap the rewards. And while you’re at it, amp up your grooming game with the best men’s grooming sets and perhaps a new pair of Wolverine men’s boots to round out your style favorites.

Most importantly: Thanks for reading & stay safe!

-Beau

by Beau H.

See Now, Buy Now: The Duke Cannon Supply Drop Is The Perfect Holiday Grooming Gift

Just one of many standout Duke Cannon grooming products to gift this season.

There are what you might call the expected holiday gifts for men (especially on Cyber Monday, not all of which are, honestly that *great*. Then, there are what you might call some of the best holiday gifts for men, like the essential and jam-packed Duke Cannon Supply Drop (featuring yuletide-themed holiday soaps and more men’s grooming essentials). Today, as you can tell, we’ll be focusing one of the best grooming gifts for men, a well-made collection of downright indispensable grooming goods — available for a Cyber Monday sale deal & made with care right in the U.S.A. If you read the blog regularly or check out my Instagram, you’ll know I’m a HUGE fan of Duke Cannon — these products, from beard oil to richly crafted soaps and colognes, feature bold scents and hardworking design. Seriously, where else can you get a Big Ass Bar of Soap in a variety of scents? Well, you can start with the Duke Cannon Supply Drop as a great men’s gift or as an early treat to yourself, and no one’s going to be disappointed with the results (again, especially on Cyber Monday!).

SHOP: The Duke Cannon Supply Drop 

Yes, these soaps have a distinct holiday theme — that’s for the best, as they smell great and perform very well.

So, what’s inside this action-packed men’s grooming subscription box? In short, a bit of everything — it’s going to make whoever gets it a very happy and well-groomed guy. The centerpiece of the Duke Cannon Supply Drop might just be the Big Ass Brick of Soap done up in holiday-themed, limited-edition scents — these soaps smell downright pleasant for the holidays (yes, even the “Lump  of Coal,” made with activated charcoal). They also do a great job at getting you cleaned up. The Supply Drop also features the brand’s famed Solid Cologne, to go along with its Shower Soap and the excellent Emergency Heat + Light Candle (as discussed in this post). Heck, you even get a steel flask in this lineup of the best men’s grooming goods — again, someone’s going to love this. The best part? The Duke Cannon Supply Drop delivers quarterly, ensuring whoever receives it never runs out of crucial men’s grooming gear. This box set is jam-packed, affordable & seriously essential — add it to your shopping list for the holidays.

SHOP: The Duke Cannon Supply Drop