Holiday Gift Guide: For the XY-Chromosomed Person in Your Lifestyle.

Dudes (and math) are a mystery, but what to buy them for the holidays ISN'T. Here's what I recommend at a broad range of price points:

Anthony Logistics for Men Gifted Grooming Set ($60)
This convenient travel pouch is filled with the best-selling Anthony Logistics essentials: Glycolic Facial Cleanser, Face Scrub, Pre Shave Oil, Shave Cream, After Shave Balm, Sea Salt Body Scrub, Glycerin Hand and Body Lotion. The brand is a fave of my friend Anthony from high school, natch.

Kiehl's Ultimate Man Collection ($135)

Perf for the ultimate man! Kind of expensive, but includes everything he needs to clean up his act in full-sized bottles. Gift Collection includes:
Amino Acid Shampoo

Men's Alcohol-Free Herbal Toner
Ultimate Brushless Shave Cream
Facial Fuel Energizing Face Wash

Facial Fuel
Original Lip Balm #1

Ultimate Strength Hand Salve

All-Sport Foot Cream
"Ultimate Man" Body Scrub Soap

Every Man Jack Body Kit ($10)
The price is nice for a holiday gift during this financial apocalypse, n'est-ce pas? The set (pictured, left bottom) contains their hydrating body wash, cleansing body bar, and moisturizing face lotion, all in the delishly masculine cedarwood scent.

Space.NK's Men Blue Collection ($95)

I love, love, love the way this smells. The scent is a blend of lime, grapefruit, star anise and basil is softened by geranium and amber and settles down onto a clean, woody base of cedar leaf, patchouli and oakmoss. Masculine in a non-high school way. Contains a full-sized shave cream, body wash, and eau de toilette.

C.O. Bigelow Barber Classics Gift Set Elixer Blue ($30)
The Elixir Blue fragrance blends aromatic watery marine notes, lavender and rosemary with hints of clean white musk and woody undertones. This set of Elixir Blue favorites includes: Hair & Body Wash, After-Shave Balm, and Cologne. It also comes with a bonus card he can use toward a future C.O. Bigelow Barber purchase.

He'll be grooming with glee in no time. Which means he'll stop using your limited-edition-from-two seasons-ago-shower gel you've been saving for the ultimate special occasion to wear around the house to watch football.

World Aids Day Limited Edition Kiehls Lip Balm #1

Beauty for a good cause alert: When you buy a tube of Kiehl's PHENOM Lip Balm #1 ($8.50), 100% of net Kiehl’s profits up to $50,000 will be donated to YouthAIDS, which is committed to AIDS awareness, prevention and research.

Kiehl's "Close Shaverettes" Contest

Kiehl's has partnered with a gal with very specific shaving needs. Svetlana Pankratova holds the world record for Woman with the Longest Legs. With 4 feet, 4 inch legs, Svetlana needs to take extra care when shaving, and she’s chosen Kiehl’s “Close Shaverettes” Simply Mahvelous Legs Shave Cream to smooth and nourish every inch of her legs. But imagine how long shaving takes with legs like that! No seriously. Kiehl's wants you guys to guess.

Through March 15, customers in free-standing Kiehl's stores and on Kiehls.com can guess exactly how long it takes Svetlana to shave her legs, down to the second. There will be one winner per store, and one winner from Kiehls.com. The customers who come closest to the exact answer, above or below, will win a full year of “Close Shaverettes” Simply Mahvelous Legs Shave Cream, and can nourish their legs with the soothing combination of Allantoin, Chamomile and Sesame Seed Oil.

No purchase is necessary; entries will be collected March 15 on Kiehls.com, and at Kiehl’s free-standing stores.

Click here to make your guess!

Valentine's Day Offerings from Kiehl's

In honor of my least fave holiday, Valentine's Day, Kiehl’s is presenting a number of alternatives to the hackneyed, yet traditional flowers/chocolates scenario. I firmly believe it should be the spirit of love that motivates a dude to spoil me and not the mandate of Hallmark. But know what? The mandate of Kiehl's sounds FINE to me! Why not a box of nourishing lip glosses, or sweetly flavored lip balm? Or, how about a relaunched Kiehl’s fragrance favorite, that’s suitable for ladies and gents?

Lip Gloss/Lip Balm Sets
Trios of Kiehl’s “Simply Mahvelous” Lip Gloss and Scented Lip Balm #1 are dressed up for Valentine’s Day. For soothing color, choose between a Bright & Warm Set or a Neutral & Cool Set of our Lip Glosses, each featuring one of our brand-new shades (scroll down for details). For nourishing moisture without the color, try our Scented Lip Balm #1 Trio of the three newest Lip Balm #1 scents: Mango, Coconut, and Vanilla. Each set is packaged in a special Kiehl’s heart box, just for the holiday. The boxed sets are available only in Kiehl’s free-standing stores and on Kiehls.com.

LIP GLOSS SET #1
$29.00
Bright & Warm Set includes:
• NEW SHADE!!! Lights on Broadway
• French Rose
• Downtown Peach

LIP GLOSS SET #2
$29.00
Neutral & Cool Set includes:
• NEW SHADE!!! Mahvelous Mauve
• Icy Everest
• Pink Rider


SCENTED LIP BALM TRIO
$25.50
• Lip Balm #1 Mango
• Lip Balm #1 Coconut
• Lip Balm #1 Vanilla
Portable Essence Oils

Kiehl's is relaunching their classic essence oils – dating back to the early 1920s. These highly concentrated essence oils are packaged in an elegant amber glass combined with the ease of portability in a roller ball vial. Choose from essence oils of Musk 1921, Coriander 1946, Vanilla 1968 and Grapefruit 1976 Each date corresponds to the original essence’s formulation year created by Kiehl’s pharmacists for patrons who cherished an individual, enduring scent. These four classic essence oils are some of the 122 unique fragrant oils blended by hand in the original Kiehl’s Pharmacy.
$25.00 each

Four NEW “Simply Mahvelous” Lip Gloss Shades

This spring, Kiehl's is introducing four new colors to the “Simply Mahvelous” range, with adorbs names inspired by Kiehl’s home of New York.

· East Village Vibe Rich, creamy milk chocolate tone
· Lights on Broadway Earthy rose tone with light shimmer
· Mahvelous Mauve Creamy medium soft plum tone
· New York Nude Medium sand dune tone

Formulated with natural fruit extracts, Beta Carotene and Vitamin E, Kiehl’s Lip Glosses offer superb hydration and antioxidant protection to lips, helping to restore suppleness and preserve the healthy appearance of the delicate lip-area skin. $14.50 each