Every now and then, when you’re giving yourself a moisturizing oatmeal mask before bed, you’ll find your dude watching you. His look is a combination of confusion, intrigue, and maybe a little bit of — is that jealousy? You can’t help but pity him because you know how much he would love his post-mask, baby-soft skin, but sometimes he’s so deeply entrenched in society’s prescribed gender roles, that cleaning out his ears with a Q-Tip seems like too much. You want him to join in the fun — it’s FUN to remove dead skin! — but you don’t want to emasculate him. What’s a girl to do? We say, lead the horse to Adriatic sea salt scrub but don’t tell him what it is. Click through for some tips to get him to join you at the Russian bath house or when you’re doing your bi-weekly blackhead removal.
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Mud Mask
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The Treatment: A thick mask that will soften, repair, and brighten up his gorgeous face.
Why He’ll Love It: Because no matter your age or gender, it’s always fun to smear mud all over your face. Plus, who doesn’t want flawless, radiant skin?
How To Get Him To Try It: Invite him to join your Sunday night beauty ritual by telling him there’s mud involved. If that doesn’t work, smear some on his cheek playfully and then say, “Well, we might as well wait 10 minutes before gently washing it off with warm water!”
Blackhead Strip
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The Treatment: Biore pore strips or any other kind of blackhead-removing strip that will empty his woefully clogged pores.
Why He’ll Love It: No joke – guys seriously LOVE playing with pore strips. When Winona was in high school, she had to fight her brothers off every time she used one because they all wanted to try it, and providing enough strips to keep 3 teenage boys’ pores clean was expensive. There’s just something about seeing all the gunk that was residing in his pores standing tall like stalagmites against a clean white strip that’s very satisfying (and a little gross). Guys can’t resist!
How To Get Him To Try It: Either show him the results from your strip (he’ll be so intrigued he’ll insist on giving it a try himself) or challenge him to a blackhead removal competition.
Pedicure
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The Treatment: Pampering his tootsies and making his big, hairy man toes a little more presentable when he insists on wearing flip flops to your sister’s formal wedding.
Why He’ll Love It: As any woman who gets regular pedicures can tell you, it’s one of the most blissful, luxurious experiences a human can have for 20 bucks.
How To Get Him To Try It: We’ve had luck proposing the pedicure idea on vacation — your man is already relaxed and in the mood to indulge. His work colleagues aren’t likely to pass by the salon and see him sipping a mimosa in the massage chair. It’s a perfect opportunity to suggest you both treat yourselves to a soothing pedi (just make sure he knows that pink nail polish is NOT a requirement).
Exfoliating Body Scrub
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The Treatment: An exfoliating salt or sugar scrub that will leave his skin baby soft and glowing.
Why He’ll Love It: It feels SO good to slough off a layer of dead skin and reveal the soft, gleaming epidermis underneath.
How To Get Him To Try It: Turn it into a sexy couples’ activity in the shower. Take turns massaging the scrub onto each other’s backs and work your way down. Trust us, he’ll be on board.
Russian Bath House
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The Treatment: Taking a long, luxurious steam in a sauna followed by a refreshing dunk in cold water.
Why He’ll Love It: This is the polar plunge of beauty treatments. It might ultimately be rejuvenating, spiritually awakening, and good for his skin, but in the moment it feels like a manly challenge that he’ll want to conquer.
How To Get Him To Try It: Reverse psychology, obviously. Mention the treatment in passing and jokingly ask if he could handle it. Before you know it, he’ll be booking his appointment to prove it.
Hair Mask
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The Treatment: A deeply moisturizing hair treatment to tame frizz and amp up shine.
Why He’ll Love It: Guys have bad hair days too, and giving his locks a little TLC can make him feel more confident (and possibly lessen his attachment to that ratty beanie he always wears).
How To Get Him To Try It: Offer to apply it while you’re in the shower together and throw in a slow, sensual scalp massage. Ask him to return the favor. Washing each other’s hair is surprisingly sexy, and you’ll both look amazing afterwards.
Reflexology Foot Rub
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The Treatment: Many foot spas offer divine 15-minute foot massages for around $12. It’s an amazing way to unwind and treat yourself after a stressful work day or a tough workout.
Why He’ll Love It: Hello, who wouldn’t love relaxing foot massage?
How To Get Him To Try It: Either propose popping in for a quick couples’ rubdown when you pass one of these spas on a weekend stroll, or get him a gift certificate for no reason other than he’s awesome and he deserves some pampering. After one time, he’ll be hooked.
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