subject: Grooming The Groom [print this page] Its only one day, gentlemen that is the primary thought to keep in your head. After the wedding day, of course, you can feel free to spend as many hours as you wish sporting a two day stubble and your hair resembling a flattened squirrel. Well, we should say, as many hours as your new wife will tolerate and dont expect miracles in that department.
For your actual wedding day, however, the groom has just got to be properly groomed or, for the rest of your married life, your spouse will be pointing emphatically at the large framed wedding picture of you two on the shelf and explaining in great detail just how horrible you look and why. She may do that anyway, but why aid the effort?
Here are a few general tips on how to look like a star as you walk down the aisle and, when we say star, were talking Brad Pitt, not Seth Rogan.
It all really happens at the barbershop Make a barber appointment well in advance of the morning of your nuptials so you make sure to get in with your favorite barber at the time you wish to be attended to. And this is not the time for a Supercuts special or a quickie at the mall. Go to a quality barbershop that offers a lot of extras.
Your face will end up being constantly photographed much to your horror. So get a mini-facial, if its available, as well as having what we call The Gents Wax which involves getting your ears, nose and eyebrows attended to so you dont resemble the Wolfman. That would confuse many people, especially if its not even a full moon.
Then, you must we repeat, must have a professional straight razor shave. We dont want to say your face will end up smooth as a babys bottom we really dont like the imagery but a skilled barber will leave you with a soft and silky magnificence. Whereas if you attempt to shave yourself, your nerves causing your hands to shake like Britney Spears in her latest music video, you just might wind up walking up the aisle with little pieces of toilet paper stuck to your various facial cuts. Not a good look.
Finally, lets talk hair. Obviously, this isnt the time to experiment with a Mohawk or the Bruce Willis chrome cranium look. Work with what the Lord gave you and what your barber knows he or she can do with it. You may want to get the haircut a couple days before the wedding, if you tend to want to spend the hours immediately following a trim hiding under your desk at work. You know your hair. You know what works. Go with that and when in doubt, let your barber be your guide.
Make yourself look good maybe even spring for the above treatments for your groomsmen but, whatever you do, dont make yourself look too amazing (if thats an option with many of us, we dont have to worry about that ever being a possibility). Its your brides day to shine you merely have to appear to not have anything wrong with you. Its harder than it sounds but were sure you can pull it off, with the help of a quality barbershop that specializes in serving fine gentleman.
You might as well look your best before you spend the rest of your married life in old sweat pants and that ripped Nike t-shirt watching ESPN. Take it from us - your future wife will love you for it. The wedding day part, we mean, not the old sweat pants part.
