The Manual Selects: Our Favorite Grooming Products This 2021
We round up the best skincare and haircare products, including shampoos, colognes, and cleansers, for 2021.
Product Review: Influencers Love This DIY Skincare Mask. Is It Worth the Hype?
The $85 kit is touted for its hydrating and anti-aging benefits, and has been endorsed by Instagram influencers, and is dubbed the 'Blue Apron of skincare.'
Wrinkles, Eye Bags, and Age Spots: How to Repair Sun Damaged Skin
Here's a quick guide to some of the best ways to reverse sun damage.
The Absolute Best Grooming Products To Buy September 2021
We test countless soaps, moisturizers, colognes, and more to find the best skincare and haircare products for men. Here are our favorites this September 2021.
Gemstone-Infused Water Giveaway: Enter To Win a Vision Crystal Gem-Water Bottle
This Vision Crystal Gem-Water Bottle can be yours for free with our giveaway.
DoorDash Delivers Extra This October
Takeout continue to be our best option for fine dining and DoorDash has you covered the rest of this October.
Where to Buy Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys with Delivery in Time for the Super Bowl
Sunday, February 7th is just around the corner but there is still time to buy an official, replica, or vintage NFL Kansas City Chiefs jersey.
Where to Buy a Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jersey with Delivery in Time for the Super Bowl
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs is sure to be a true cultural event and entertainment spectacle with something for everyone. If you're looking for a Buccaneers jersey to join the Super Bowl fun, look no further.
Feel Like You’re at a Japanese Hot Spring Every Day with the Onsen Bath Towel
The Onsen Towel is the future of drying off. Soft, strong, & large, it dries you and itself more quickly than any other towel, eliminating that musty smell.
The Manual Awards: 2017 Edition
The best restaurants, coffee shops, beers, barbershops and more for each of these eight great up-and-coming American cities.
Celebrate National Hamburger Month With Some Creative Choices
Order up a burger and know that you’re right in style for National Hamburger Month. Of course, it takes more to make a great burger than just shaping a patty and putting it on the grill. We’ve found some restaurants around the country that will solve your burger craving with some unique options. The 21 […]
Move Over WienerMobile, Oscar Mayer Has Gone One Better and Built a WienerDrone to Deliver Hot Dogs
Oscar Mayer is unveiling the WienerDrone to deliver hot dogs to eagerly awaiting customers. It joins the larger Wienerfleet.
Q&A: The Yogurt Guru
Smári Ásmundsson is a native Icelander and the creator of Smári Organics, a brand of Icelandic-style yogurt made in the United States since 2013. Ásmundsson had a lucrative career as an advertising photographer but his love of food and his desire to feed his son a more nutritious snack eclipsed that obsession. Icelanders have long been […]
The Manual’s Summer Bag Guide
Duffel, backpack, briefcase, suitcase, tote, attaché. A man’s bag has many names, shapes and sizes. Whatever your flavor, The Manual rounded up this summer’s best bags for dudes. Let’s face it, having a good bag is not only for the ladies. And all jokes aside we aren’t encouraging you to start sporting a “murse.” Not […]
The Manual Wind: Parmigiani Tonda 1950 Squelette
With just 20 years of watchmaking under their belt, Parmigiani still amazes the watch world. Their latest, the Tonda 1950 Squelette is no exception.
Farm Loops: Enjoying Oregon’s Summer Bounty
Oregon summers are known for their abundance of sunshine and warm, soft breezes. Residents and tourists alike often head to the countryside to take in the beautiful scenery and fresh food. Oregon farm loops offer a unique way to enjoy the state’s bounty, from the fresh produce to world-class wines to beautiful flora. Most are […]
The eShave Guide to Fall Grooming
With Fall around the corner get back your grooming routine bad into tip top shape. Make it easy with eShave's creative take on razors and grooming products.
QOR: Fitness Gear Made Easy
Go ahead and make that New Year's fitness resolution. With the new line from QOR you can start crushing your workouts and trail time with ease.
Meet Up Mondays: Lands’ End
In case you haven’t noticed Lands’ End has been getting a lot of things right lately. Or rather make that the previous winter, when not two but three of this editor’s sharpest looking pals were already sporting the outdoor lifestyle company’s streamlined, surprisingly warm and functional jackets with selvedge denim and then-ubiquitous moccasin boots. The […]
Absolute Performance: The Arc’teryx Veilance Collection
Combing the outdoor styling of their well known climbing and winter gear, the Arc'teryx Veilance Collection is the perfect outerwear line for this winter.
Ursa Major Movember Giveaway
The Manual is supporting men's health by participating in the Movember challenge. Read more for your chance to win an Ursa Major Movember Giveaway
The Manual Is Hiring!
Do you keep up with the latest trends? Do you have an appreciation for the classics? Are you passionate about sharing your style savvy with others? The Manual is looking for an experienced editor to lead our fashion and grooming coverage. If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you!
Shades of Cool: A Guide to the Best Winter Sunglasses for Men
Thanks to reflective snow, winter is sometimes brighter than summer. Check out these winter sunglasses to protect your eyes against the season's icy glare.
The Manual is Looking for Freelance Writers to Join Our Team
The Manual is looking for experienced freelance writers who know a thing or two about what we do here. If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you! You will find complete instructions for applying to the freelance positions on Indeed.
Upgrade Your Wrist For Winter: Introducing the Casio G-SHOCK G-STEEL Watch
Finding the right watch is a tricky endeavor. That’s where the reliable Casio G-SHOCK G-STEEL line comes into play. Balancing weather-ready durability with the type of style that won’t look out of place this holiday season, the GSTB100XA-1A is the watch you need to get on your wish list.
The Manual’s 20 Most Popular News Stories of 2018
While The Manual's goal is to enrich people's lives with a suite of how-tos and best-ofs — to show men how to live a life that is more engaged — we also brought you a fair share of lifestyle news throughout the year. Here is a look back at the buzziest headlines and the coolest things we found in 2018.
REI’s Annual Gear Sale Brings You 30 Percent Off Top Outdoor Brands
The outdoor co-op is offering incredible deals on outdoor brands like Patagonia, Dakine, Arc’teryx, and Columbia.
How to Go from Cooking Novice to Home Chef with One Recipe
With around-the-clock working hours, shopping for groceries and preparing a home-cooked meal seemed burdensome. That’s why I tried Blue Apron. For the first time, I chose a Mediterranean package with creamy polenta and spiced tomato sauce with zucchini and Greek yogurt recipe. Here's my review .
Land Rover’s New 2018 Range Rover Velar Brings Concept Car Tech to the Showroom
Land Rover is eager to capitalize on the rising popularity of high-riding SUV models with their latest model: the Range Rover Velar.
The Manual 2016 Awards
The Manual presents our first ever awards for our favorite spots in eight cities across America, highlighting the best businesses around the country. For the next eight weeks, we’ll be showcasing these locations – so check back for our winners! Atlanta, Georgia Image used with permission by copyright holder The Empire City of the South […]
The North Face’s prototype ‘Moon Parka’ coat is made of synthetic spider silk
Because it’s one of the world’s stretchiest and strongest materials, spider silk has long been considered the holy grail of textiles. If we could figure out a way to mass produce it, we could make some of the strongest ropes and farbrics the world has ever seen. The only hangup is that, so far, no […]
Should your self-driving car kill you to save a school bus full of kids?
It’s the near future and you’re reading this on your way to work in your self-driving car. The human driver of the car in front of yours slams on the brakes. Your car’s reaction time is roughly the speed of light, so it has time to realize that the stopping distance is too short and to […]
Sleeping In Airports ranks the best and worst airports in the world
When it's raining outside, does it rain inside too at your local airport? At Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, your answer may be yes.
These geeky eco-warriors want your old phone to help stop illegal deforestation
That old smartphone you’re considering putting up on eBay, or just leaving in a drawer because it’s no longer needed, could be put to much better use. Forget about making a cheap home security system, or recycling it for parts, it could be instrumental in saving the rainforests. It’s all thanks to Rainforest Connection, an organization […]
Style + Tech = Ray-Ban Shama Shade
Face, meet palm, because you were not the genius to think of putting a solar panel on your sunglasses and turning them into a phone batter – Sayaleee Kaluskar was.
High style + Cutting-edge tech = This
Behold the first-ever content series between Digital Trends and The Manual. The Bromance has begun. Since there are a plethora of brands out there melding style and technology, we thought we would take this opportunity to profile one item per week for the month of October, breaking them down and offering each of our unique […]
Style + Tech = Proof NY Surface Pants
Proof NY is a purveyor of well tailored clothing designed to survive the apocalypse, and with their new Surface pant, you don't need to be a bike commuter or a commuting biker to appreciate them.
Style + Tech = Garmin Fenix
You better hope your wrist is worthy enough to carry the Garmin fenix, a GPS-enabled watch that crunches serious data while looking seriously badass.
Style + Tech = Burton Ion Leather boots
Let's say you've just finished building the most high-performance snowboard boot available, but it's missing a certain something – what do you do? Duh … wrap it in Red Wing Leather.
Style + Tech = Stone Island mesh reflective down jacket
Stone Island has a habit of making clothes that harness technology in unexpected ways, and its new Mesh Reflective down jacket is nothing if not unexpected.
Style + Tech = Mujjo Touchscreen Gloves
Touchscreen gloves are not new; touchscreen gloves that look as good as Muijo's black leather offering are a revelation.