From manscaping to grandscaping: how to get Sean Connery’s eyebrows
<p><em><strong>Over60 community member and regular men’s beauty and style contributor, Stephen Matthews, introduces us to the latest style trend for men over 60 – perfecting Sean Connery’s eyebrows. </strong></em></p><p>Forget manscaping, now there’s “grandscaping”. That’s right, anyone over 50 can tell you what it’s like to wake up with a six-centimetre hair growing out of your left ear. Not nice.</p><p>Well here’s a handy guide, especially for men, women please adapt what you can. </p><p>A few weeks ago I took my handy clippers to my entire body. It took nearly 30 minutes. I figured it had been growing for the better part of 45 years. Luckily, I had a pool excursion that Sunday and for once didn’t feel too embarrassed about my hairy body.</p><p>I’ve also been bathing with a skin lotion and moisturising afterwards.</p><p>You’ll need to get yourself “The Grandscaping Kit”:</p><ul><li>A pair of tweezers</li><li>Precision nose trimmer</li><li>Shaver</li><li>Small electric trimmer</li><li>4B pencil</li></ul><p>But here’s the catch, once you start you have to keep it up. It’s no use trimming the garden if you then let the weeds take over. </p><p>In particular you should trim the back of the neck, the ears inside and out, the nose (inside and out) and anywhere else – ageist hairs can be pretty damn rogue. Get someone to do your back if necessary. </p><p>And what about the most private parts downstairs? Well that’s up to you but again once you hone the family jewels you’ll need to keep them polished. </p><p>If you’re really serious about grandscaping you’ll get all these areas waxed for a longer-lasting solution.</p><p>As for that 4B pencil? Well, I wouldn’t leave home without it. I need to darken these eyebrows. Yes, I there’s a bit of snow on the mountains but I like to pretend I’m Sean Connery and now that I’ve started this charade it’s difficult owning up.</p><p>Simply run the pencil over any hairs you want darkened and rub in with your fingers. It non-toxic and lasts for a few hours. I once bought expensive branded products but why bother? Pensioner’s eye shadow I call it </p><p><em><strong>What do you do to combat your ever-creeping grey garden? Email <a href="mailto:contribute@oversixty.com.au">contribute@oversixty.com.au</a> to share your beauty and style secrets with Stephen or to ask him any questions you have about grooming. </strong></em></p>
