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!

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!