12th October 2010
In an article entitled “Writing The Essay: Sound Advice from an Expert", Parke Muth, Senior Assistant Dean and Director of International Admission at the University of Virginia, states that ninety percent of the college admission essays submitted to the u...
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07th September 2010
I had an interesting conversation a couple of days ago with the owner of a very high-end menswear store in Toronto.
He has been in business for over 30 years, and has an established clientele, but I know from the conversations that we have had over the ...
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02nd September 2010
Although I consider myself something of a men's skincare product guru, by virtue of having produced a television series on spas and founding one of the first day spas in the world for men, I still tend to shy away from products that are labelled "moisturi...
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02nd September 2010
I am a fifty-eight-year old male, and I first began to experience acne when I was fifteen years-old and in Grade 11.
The reason that I recall the initial onset of acne so clearly is that I was playing for the Junior basketball team at that time, and we u...
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02nd September 2010
Let's imagine for a moment, that you could only have three face care products.
I know it's a nightmare scenario, but just allow yourself to consider it for a moment.
Just three skincare products.
What would they be?
Okay. I'm kidding.
Conventional wi...
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02nd September 2010
Someone - no one knows exactly who - once said that a daily skincare regimen for men cannot consist of more than three products.
I am almost positive that it isn't one of the Ten Commandments.
Nor do I recall encountering it in the Philosophical Tractat...
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02nd September 2010
I am a member of the Health Club at my local Y, where I swim almost every day, and I have the opportunity to observe the shaving and "after shaving" habits, if you will, of a number of men on a regular basis.
In the locker room of the men's Health Club, ...
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02nd September 2010
The skepticism surrounding the terms "anti aging product" or "anti-aging skin product" is not ameliorated in any way by the fact that there is not even a consensus as to how these terms should be spelled.
Even if everyone were to agree to use only "anti...
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Alan Stransman is a former teacher of English at the high school and university levels and the author of a book on entrepreneurship called "Don't Let Your Dream Business Turn Into a Nightmare". He helps students write essays and college admission essays at:
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