Metrosexual Hair

When it comes to hair on a metrosexual, it is not just about the hair on your head. It includes the hair on your face, your arms, your legs, your chest, and… You know where. We’ll start with the head:

• Head: Your hair style is crucial. There are so many to choose from, and it really just depends on your personal taste and what you feel looks good on you (or what women think looks good on you). There are just a few ground rules you need to know before styling your hair. One is, avoid any foul-smelling hair wax or glue. Try to go with something that smells nice, please, odour ruins everything. Also, do not sport a mullet.

• Arms and Legs: again, it’s personal preference. If your arm hair is dark and very noticeable, get it waxed or shave it. Same with your under arms, it just seems a lot more hygienic if you shave your arm pits. 

• Chest and Back: Chest hair depends. Sometimes it is pretty cool to have chest hair, as long as you don’t look like Chubacca, but generally, it is better to get rid of it. Especially if you’re working out, and have a well-built body, you should just shave it so that you can show it off. Get rid of your back hair though, just get rid of it.

• You know where: Try to get rid of it or at least trim it. You don’t want it to look like a rain forest in there, or like Castro smoking a cigar. Try to get of the hair there; it will make you feel more comfortable as well if it is trimmed and/or shaven. Plus, it makes your junk look bigger.

As for hair styling products, it all depends on what your hair is like. Just make sure that you shampoo and condition your hair 1-2 times a week, preferably with different shampoos and conditioners, not the two in one junk. Also, if you use lots of hair products, make sure you rinse your hair after you’re home to avoid early hair-loss.

Metrosexual Body

The metrosexual body is not about bulking up muscle; it is about staying toned and fit. A survey done showed that women believe that the body of dancers and swimmers are the best bodies. What do these two bodies have in common? They are both lean, but cut. They have fit abs, mid-sized arms, but they are slim. Long gone are the days where it was all about bulking up, it is now about staying fit. Here are some tips to help you maintain a metrosexual’s ideal body:

• Keep moving: Do some cardio. Go for a jog, hop on a treadmill, bike, stair master, whatever.  The goal is to keep your heart pumping by keeping your body moving, that is how you will help yourself lose fat and stay fit. There are many things you can do to keep cardio going. Playing sports is a big one. Go play a game of basketball or soccer, any type of sport where you are constantly moving, squash is another good one. Dance if you like dancing, dancing requires you to keep moving and will help you cut the fat and keep fit.

• Burn that stomach: Crunches. Crunches and sit ups are the best for building abs. Crunches and sit ups do not help you lose weight, remember that! They are good for building your abdominal muscles, and it will start showing when you slim down through cardio. 

• Work Your Upper Body: Push Ups, Pull Ups. Pull yourself up on a metal bar, depending on the way your arm is positioned, you will work out your shoulders or back, you will also work out your arm. Then, do some push ups, this will work your chest, arms and shoulder. The reason why I am not mentioning lifting weights is because your goal is to build long muscles, not bulk up like the Hulk. 

• Work Your Lower Body: Squats. Squats will help you maintain your leg muscles. There’s nothing weirder than having a well-built upper body with some chicken legs. It looks really awkward; you’ll look like a tree or a sign post.

• Eat Right: Proper Diet. You do not have to follow a strict diet, but honestly, just cut out the junk food. That’s the simplest way of eating healthy. Anything that is supposed to be bad for you is bad for you. Just eat some more fruits, good fibers, vegetables, and lean meats. Eating healthy should help out A LOT!

Top 5 Cities for Metrosexuals

Metrosexuals are often associated with urban culture. Sometimes a yuppie and a metrosexual can be confused as the same thing, although they are not. Here are the top 5 cities (in no particular order) for metrosexuals to live in:

Paris, France

o Paris, France. A fashion capital of the world, in a socially liberal country. Metrosexuals are so common in France, that the term almost does not exist. Paris is known for its art, it’s women and its relaxed lifestyle. Paris is a great location for metrosexuals.

New York City, United States

o New York, New York. In a city so large, nobody seems out of place. You can walk around Times Square, and see a man in an orange hat, bright green wedding gown and purple cowboy boots with golden spurs, and not even flinch. New York city is full of metrosexual hot spots, and the fashion is superb. In the city that never sleeps, metrosexuals will find pleasure.

Montreal, Canada

o Paris meets New York. In French Canada’s prized city, Metrosexuals will find themselves in utopia. The city’s superb architecture and its never-ending nightlife make this the perfect spot for the fancy urban metrosexual. Did we forget to mention that it is also known for having the most beautiful single ladies in the world?

Sydney, Australia

o Australia is always so peaceful. Sydney is known for the fashion, the love, and the at-home feeling all around the city. Sydney, Australia is a fantastic place for the metrosexual who just wants to relax and live the good life!

London, United Kingdom

o London, one of the fanciest and most bourgeois cities in the world. The metrosexual can enjoy the fashion weeks, and always be 2 steps ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to looking good. The style is distinct and uncontested; London is for the metrosexual who wants to look better than anyone else.

Metrosexuals and Blogs

Barney Stinson, the infamous metrosexual womanizer on CBS’s How I Met Your Mother is known for his line “Don’t you read my blog?” Metrosexuals were never known for blogging, but why not? Barney Stinson makes metrosexuals think, why not start a blog? It may not seem relevant to metrosexuality, but blogging can be a very useful tool in defining your personality. By starting a blog, you are putting yourself and your thoughts out for the world to see. When you search google for your name, www.yourname.com will show up! When your name is in google, you present an image of success, and being successful is important to metrosexuality. Metrosexuals aren’t just men who care about how they look, they also have other attributes which are important to them, and one of them is success. Being famous, or being somewhat well-known to the public represents some sort of success. People will follow you, and look up to you.

Blogging is not a difficult task to do, you can either start one for free at www.blogger.com, you can pay $10 a year for a .com, or you can make your blog look professional by buying hosting and installing wordpress on it. You can literally blog about anything, just make sure that you promote it! Put it on your business card, www.yourname.com and people will be impressed. Write about your life, write about your thoughts, and write whatever you like. A blog is like your journal, or a memoir, and you’re just writing it for the world to see and get a glimpse of who you are!

Metrosexual blogging can be a great asset to define and re-enforce your personality, so what are you waiting for? Start one!

Metrosexual Budget

 

How do metrosexuals spend their money? Good question. Here’s a chart to show you how a metrosexual divides his money for the week:

The basic breakdowns on a $5000 monthly budget are: 

• Fine Dining: 30%, or $1500. This is not your entire weekly food budget, in fact, that’s a little too stingy for a metrosexual. Food itself should be costing you around $50 a day average. Eat breakfast at home, make some scrambled eggs and toast, or cereal, whatever you like, BUT you must stop at a Starbucks, or Tim Hortons, to grab a fine Latte, Chai, Green tea, or whatever you prefer. Coffee shops are a metrosexual’s heaven. Bring your laptop and do your work to the coffee shop, or arrange informal meetings at a coffee shop. Also, for lunch and dinner, go a little extra and order a fine wine or cognac. This is a metrosexual’s success presentation!

• Style: 20% or $1000 a month. Every other week, treat yourself to a hair appointment, manicure (and pedicure if you wish), and also hit the gym 2-3 times a week, this should cost you around $100-$250 a month.  Then you have $750-$900 to spend on clothing. Yes, this makes sense, you be buying some new clothes; suits, shirts, jeans, shoes, whatever, but this is important for you to maintain your style.

• Savings and Investments: 50% or $2500 a month. The rest of your money should be going to your investments, whether stocks, bonds, real estate, or businesses. Your mortgage should be paid with this money (and mortgages do count as an investment, it is real estate). The rest of the money you should put in some sort of savings, whether stocks or your savings account.

A metrosexual’s spending habits attribute to his success!

Metrosexual Charm

What exactly is metrosexual charm? Metrosexual charm is a combination of elements in your personality that basically make your more likable. As a metrosexual, your charm is important to helping you succeed in life. It will help you socially with women and with people in general, making you more successful. 

Charm is made up numerous personality elements. The most basic element to charm is friendliness. To be charming you must be social, you have to make people feel like they know you. This may sound harder than it actually is; it simply means that you have to relate to people. Just be talkative, not over the top where you don’t shut up, but answer people’s questions and ask questions.  This will keep a conversation going, by both sides engaging in communication. When people ask you a question, do not give them one word answers, just elaborate and explain yourself. When you are done, ask a question that relates to the person whom you are speaking with. In turn, they will do the same, and you will become more likable. Be humorous, but not offensive. Smile, it makes you more approachable.

Another element to charm is your presentation. Make yourself look like you care about your looks. Dress appropriately, and groom, do not look like a bum. Wearing a baseball cap, sporting an unshaved beard, t-shirt, shorts and flip flops may be very comfortable, but if you are trying to be charming, you will look like a bum. Look good, and smile!

Last element to charm is the illusion of success. Travel, study art, etc. You will have stories to talk about, and people will be engaged in your tales of fine living. Do not brag, but every now and then you can relate to a conversation with a story about your adventures in France and your discovery of the history of the Eiffel Tower’s architecture. 

All the elements of charm make you more successful. It will not come to your overnight, but with practice and experience, you will become a pro at being charming. It will help you with your entire life overall!

Metrosexual Manners

Manners are crucial for metrosexuals. If you do not have good manners and cannot carry yourself elegantly, you are never going to earn the title of a true metrosexual. You cannot just turn on and off those manners, and one of the most important times you should use your manners are when dating.

Manners are so important when it comes to dating, it can basically tell the women ahead of time whether or not you are charming or not, and charm is IMPORTANT for dating! First things first, you should make sure you are dressed appropriately (I know you are a metrosexual and can dress well, but you need to dress APPROPRIATELY). By dressing appropriately, I mean that you must make sure that you are wearing something that is right for the dating location. If you are in a fine restaurant; do not come in wearing jeans and a t-shirt, if you are out to the movies; do not show up in a suit. Make sure you are looking good, that also goes for grooming, but I’m sure I do not have to advise you on grooming properly (but just for kicks, make sure your hair is nice, you’ve showered, you shaved and you smell nice). 

Second, you must make sure you are courteous. Pull the chair out for your lady friend, offer to take her coat, offer her your coat if she is cold, etc. Be a gentleman, that’s the trick. If you do not know how to be a gentleman, read the Metrosexual Planet: Guide to Metrosexual Manners, Success and Women for free by downloading it to the right (just enter your name and email, you will receive the download link within minutes). Be complementary, and compliment your date. Tell her she looks nice, this is rewarding for her as she probably spent a lot of time putting together the proper outfit and looking good, JUST FOR YOU! If you are out to dinner, make sure you are taking your time eating (don’t be a turtle though), and don’t spill any food on yourself, etc. It’s embarrassing. Avoid opinionated heated discussions and don’t be rude to her. Don’t be rude to others either! It is okay if you defend yourself or your lady friend from an obnoxious or insulting remarks, but do not be rude to anyone for no reason or if it was a legitimate mistake. This shows a bad side of you!

For more on Manners, read the Metrosexual Planet: Guide to Metrosexual Manners, Success and Women for free by entering your email on the right panel, and you will receive the download within minutes. The Metrosexual Planet: Guide to Metrosexual Manners, Success and Women is 250+ page eBook with tons of Metrosexual tips!

How to Dress For Your First Date

Looking good on the first date is not actually something that the women wants; they actually want you to look appropriate for the first date. But, that being said, looks can actually help you quite a bit! By looks, I don’t mean that you have to be Brad Pitt or Justin Timberlake, but you have to take care of yourself. Luckily, for the true metrosexual, this is not a problem, but there may be some tips which you have overlooked. Here are a few things you should make sure for the first date:

• Grooming: Make sure your hair is done. Get a hair appointment a few hours before, and make sure your hair is styled to your liking. Make sure you shave the day of your date as well. That does not mean that if your style is a scruffy beard, that you go clean shaved, but shave the parts that should not be there. If you have a goatee, shave the scruff that should not be there. If you have scruff, trim it so that it is not unattractive. Put some cologne on, don’t shower in it, but a couple of sprays near the neck does not hurt (if it’s near the neck, she’ll come closer to you, just a tip). Check your breath, make sure you shower and you should be groomed to go.

• Clothing: Make sure you dress appropriately. Do not be over the top, and do not be too dressed down. Dress to the occasion. Depending on how casual the date is, that should determine how casual your clothing should be. Do not wear a tuxedo to the movie theatre, but do not wear sneakers to a fine Italian restaurant. 

• Jewellery: Jewellery does not matter that much, but if you insist on wearing a watch, or your earring, or any jewellery, just make sure it does not look cheap. Wear a nice watch, not a casio sports watch. Wear a nice thin chain, not a Flava Flav clock.

These are basically the nuts and bolts to dressing up on your first date. Remember though, it is not about how you look, it is all about how you present yourself. If you clean, and look like you take care of yourself, your lady friend will like that. It shows that you care, and hopefully you will put the same care into your lady!

3 Tips To Impress Your Date

Impressing your date is important, whether metrosexual or not. Anybody can take someone out, buy them dinner and leave. Keeping your date is something else! Impressing your date can help a lot, and here are three tips on how to impress your date:

• Focus on her: Make sure that you are paying attention to everything she says. This is really important that she feels that you care. Don’t be scared to compliment her once in a while, do not over do it, but complement her. Compliment her when you first see her to let her know she looks good. Then avoid any physical compliments! Compliment her on her personality. If she tells you a story about a hardship, compliment her strength and bravery. If she tells a story about how she helped a friend, compliment her on her generosity, etc.  Make her feel special and cared.

• Be honest and sincere: Just being simple and honest can go a long way. It will help her, because you will not be giving her any false hopes or lying to her, and it will help you because it will make it easier for you to talk by being honest. Chances are that your relationship will go a longer way, and you guys will be more comfortable with each other if you are just honest. It will also take a lot of pressure off of her to impress you, and you will get to know her better. Honesty is the way to go!

• Avoid conversations about past relationships: Do not talk about any exes, flings, one-night-stands, high school sweethearts, etc. Just avoid it! She already assumes that you’ve had a past relationship, but she does not want to know why it did not work out, and she does not want to be compared to anybody else. Just focus on her, back to tip 1!

These are three simple, yet important ways to impress your date. For more on Dating, read the Metrosexual Planet: Guide to Metrosexual Manners, Success and Women for free by entering your email on the right panel, and you will receive the download within minutes. The Metrosexual Planet: Guide to Metrosexual Manners, Success and Women is 250+ page eBook with tons of Metrosexual tips!

Definition of a Metrosexual

What is a metrosexual? Well, according to Wikipedia;

“Metrosexual is a neologism of the 2000s generally applied to heterosexual men with a strong concern for their appearance, and/or whose lifestyles display attributes stereotypically attributed to gay men. This may also include extreme vanity. Other aspects of metrosexuality may include plucking eye brows and particular attention to skin care, hair style or clothing fashions.”

That pretty much sums it up, especially the part where a metrosexual man is just a heterosexual man with a concern for his appearance and lifestyle is stereotypically attributed to gay men. This does not just mean that a metrosexual is a heterosexual man who cares about his appearance, but it also means that a metrosexual man cares about his lifestyle in general. Metrosexuals also have a strong successful vibe to them. Think of Barney Stinson, Joey Tribbiani, or even Patrick Bateman (minus the serial killer part). These are great examples of metrosexual men. The yuppie is very similar to a metrosexual, a young urban professional who has a strong concern about his looks.

Metrosexuals also have a keen sense of art, of fine-living and of success. Fine living is very important. For the metrosexual, long gone are the days of “beer makes you manly” and now it is “an apple martini with a side of lime is finer”. The metrosexual also dresses in brand name fashion, not only because it looks good, but also because it is expensive and finer than regular clothing.

In my books, metrosexuals are heterosexual men in an urban environment who have a concern for their appearance and enjoy fine living.