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Kick your routine into dopamine overload from male art to neon colour washes with these gender-fluid trends. Toilette has never been so out there and so acceptable

The beauty of grooming

DOPAMINE GROOMING

Need a boost? Turn to these grooming trends to add daringly cool accents to your routine and raise your happy hormones. The grooming landscape today looks a lot different from a couple years ago. When grooming didn’t stretch past getting a beard trim, using a comprehensive but easy-to-follow skincare routine and choosing cologne over a body spray/roll-on combo — the parameters have been shattered. Given the global movement towards all things that foster a happy state of being, men have been using their choices to not only look on the outside but feel good on the inside.

Taking cues from retro icons such as David Bowie, Kurt Cobain and Prince, who were known for their rebelliously artistic expressions with make-up — there has been a rise in dopamine-inducing trends seen on the red carpets, runways and streets by way of male manicures or “male art” and a graduation in the use of make-up surpassing tinted moisturiser and guy liner.

Today, stars such as Jared Leto, Shawn Mendes, Evan Mock, Kid Cudi and Bad Bunny can all be seen with a spot of glitter, crystalline embellishments and nail art and have not only popularised these trends but become advocates for men grooming however they like, and wearing nail art and make-up with confidence.

A growing trend that is not only breaking the box of what is considered masculine, dopamine grooming is allowing a men to have way more fun without judgment. From subtle eye embellishments to gender-fluid hair the era of dopamine grooming has begun.