Ritual Men’s Grooming Products Giveaway!
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Every man has their morning ritual. For many it consists of the simple “Tripple S”- Sh**, Shower, and Shave. Well, two gentleman have started a simple line of men’s grooming products that supports every step of the Triple S routine. Their company is called Ritual and they’re offering to giveaway $80 of their product to one lucky Art of Manliness reader.
Here’s what’s up for grabs in this contest:
The Kit- a $79 value
The Kit is Ritual’s entire line of products in a nice wooden box, branded with their ultra-cool old-school moustached man.The Kit includes the following products:
- Nature Calls Toilet Deodorizer Drops. This is for the first S of the Triple S. Just two drops obliterate odor. The woman in your life will definitely appreciate this.
- Trifecta Face, Body, and Hair Wash. The guys at ritual understand men like things simple. That’s why they formulated a product that can be used as face, body, and hair wash. One bottle and you’re good to go.
- The Whip Shaving Cream. A nice rich lathering cream that will feel really nice to apply with your badger brush. Contains aloe, and lidocaine to reduce burning and redness from shaving.
- The Balm Post Shave Gel. The Tea Tree Oil and Witch Hazel will continue to work throughout the day (or night) to soothe your skin and prevent irritation from shaving. It’s the perfect ending to your routine.
- Razor Rinse Shaving Blade Antiseptic. Use Razor Rinse on your razor before shaving to kill the bacteria that causes razor burn and bumps. This is a really cool product. While most shaving products work on treating razor burn and bumps after you shave, Razor Rinse prevents irritation before you even lay the cold steel blade to your face.
The guys at Ritual are also throwing in a few Razor Rinses to giveaway to runner-ups. So, if you don’t win the big prize, you still have a chance to walk away with something. Very nice.
How to enter
So are you ready to get some free stuff? Alright. Here’s how you can enter. You have four chances to enter your name into a random drawing for the Ritual Kit.
- Leave a comment under this post describing your morning ritual.
- Register as a member in The Art of Manliness Forums. If you’re already a member, you’re automatically entered!
- Sign up for RSS or email updates from the blog. A secret code will appear at the bottom of the RSS feed or email update. Email us what the secret code is through our contact form and you’ll be entered.
- If you have a blog, link to this post. Email us a link to your post mentioning the contest so we know to add an entry for you.
Remember, you can increase your chances of winning by doing all of the above, so make sure to get cracking on them.
Deadline to enter is Monday, July 14 at 9PM. The winner will be announced Tuesday, July 15. Good luck!
After breakfast I’ll usually just wash my face and brush my teeth before heading to work. I’m not really a morning person, so I usually shave and shower in the evening.
My summer morning ritual is pretty simple. I walk upstairs, half naked and in a total daze, and usually begin with the first S. I then usually fix breakfast and lounge around for about 30 minutes before a workout followed with the Shower and Shave. I shave with a Merkur razor and badger hair brush, like a real man should. After that, I usually eat again and head off to work.
When my husband gets up,he goes straight for his toothbrush,puts water in his hair and at night he shaves his face and showers. Poor man, grooming non stop!
I usually get up, get a shower, brush my teeth, then shave (usually in that order). More often than not, I skip breakfast.
Weekdays: get up, have breakfast, make lunch, electric shave, brush my teeth, open my eyes
Weekends: Get up, shower, wet shave with a D/E razor (thanks for the suggestion AOM!), breakfast, teeth
Snooze button. Snooze button. Snooze button. Snooze button. Shower. Shave. Breakfast. Brush teeth.
I recently started shaving with a safety razor every morning. My grandma dug out my late grandfather’s old Gillette handle- it was still in pristine condition. It shaves at least as well as my old Mach 3 and feels about ten times as badass. And if it weren’t for this blog, my girlfriend would not have gotten me a badger hair brush for my birthday. Thanks Art of Manliness!
Hit the snooze button at least 3 times. Roll out of bed. Do whatever needs to be done on the throne. Brush my teeth. Shower. Shave. Put on some clothes.
My baby daughter wakes up my husband by yelling at him until he gets out of bed. Kisses us both, takes a leak, drinks water , brushes his teeth and spends the rest of the time before work playing call of duty 4..
i usually get up and take a shower then brush mah teeth, then i go straight to the fridge and eat up . then i check email and such online and then its off to work…cool huh? not really.
i only have to shave a few times a week cuz im not manley enough to have facial hair that grows in every day….i cant wait till that happens when im about 30 or so haha
Well, I shower and shave at night usually, unless I’m unusually hairy in the morning.
In the morning, I get up, urinate, put my contacts in, brush my teeth, and then attempt to tame my mane of hair. Then I usually try and get some clothes to match or at least look kinda good.
I wake up, partake of S1, wash thoroughly, and prepare breakfast. Then I brush my teeth, shower, and enjoy a good wet shave.
In the morgning I go up, and go straight into the shower in order to wake up. In the bathroom I also shave and makes sure that my hair look tidy. I shave with a Merkur razor, just like every man should. After that I eat breakfast, usually oatmeal porridge, kisses my girlfriend goodbye and head off for work.
Wake up. Check my email (I’m addicted). Check AoM. Breakfast-always oatmeal. Brush teeth. Go workout in gym I built in garage. Shower. Shave. Rush to work because I’m always late. Lather and repeat.
I hit the snooze button (twice). I get out of bed, put on running sneakers almost immediately and then go for a jog. I come back, make coffee (black, naturally), and read the newspaper. I take a really hot shower, followed by a wet shave (naturally). I apply a little bit of aftershave, and a little bit of cologne.
Hit snooze button once or twice, shower, brush teeth, get dressed, comb hair, head out the door. Pretty boring.
In the summer my mornings are rarely the same except a few aspects. I get up and brush the teeth, do the first S,, then jump into the shower, in which I also shave. Then usually sit on the computer for a while sometimes with some nice breakfast.
My 12 month old daughter generally wakes me up. I take her to her play pen where she graciously entertains herself while I do the three S’s, the latter with a Gillette Fat Boy and Truffit & Hill soap. I get dressed and it’s time for baby breakfast.
Of course, that’s on a good day. On a bad day I stick her in her baby cage and grab another 20 min or so of sleep on the couch next to her, and then go through the rest of the day unshaven and stinky.
Mornings usually look something like this. Get up from bed and shuffle into the two year old’s room, get him up and sit him behind some ‘O’s’ and a cup of juice. Start some coffee and jockey for position with my wife in front of the bathroom mirror and sink. Merkur and badger hair, and if I am lucky a hot washcloth before and after. Cup of joe and hang out with the boy for a few minutes. Shower if time permits, and the coffee-poo after. If not, it is out the door and up a steep embankment with a 300 stair climb to the garage. Boy to daycare and me to grad school, and unfortunately there to fulfill the dreaded public coffee-poo.
I wake up and put a pot of water on the stove to boil, then go to check my email and what nots. Then the water is close to boiling I take to the bathroom and fill the sink and my shaving bowl with it. I then put my brush in it. I go a head and shower, head to toe in that order. Get out, drain the sink and pour the water out of the bowl. choose my shaving cream, today was T&H 1803. Whip up a lather, shave (normally with a straight but that is out of commission so I use a DE). Put on lotion for my skin. brush my teeth. Dress and head out the door. I really dont eat in the morning now and if I do it is like peanut butter on .
Always shower first, then shave and eat, the third S usually comes around 10:30.
The simple man ritual. Get down, sit down, drop the morning mail. Hot shower, cup, brush, lather, shave. Finish off with lotion containing SPF, maybe a little cologne. Off to a new day.
I am in the USAF and work night shift so my “morning” ritual takes place at 1100 @ night. but same thing everyday — sh** shower and shave … kiss the wife then grab a coke and a smile on the way out the door
Wife drags me out of bed. Take a leak, brush hair, grab breakfast, brush teeth.
Take wife to work, come home and spent the day looking for work (I hate this economy) in the want ads, online, etc.
I dont really have a ritual anymore, depends on the day, either het up, go to gym, come home, shower/coffee/shave (if not late) and get to work.
One constant is, grinding beans and conuming coffee.
On a good day, woken up by my grandaughter.
On a not-so-good-day but amusing, is to be woken up by a cat sitting on my face…
My morning ritual is pretty much set in stone.
Get up, put coffee on, shower, shave, get a coffee/breakfast, brush teeth, grab whatever I need for work that day and hi the road. (with yet another cup of coffee in a travel mug).
the shower first is the key thing, im one of those people that within about 10 – 15 min of getting up I need a shower to wake me the REST of the way up.
this all changes of course when my German Shepherd decides that he doesn’t care what time it is it’s time for me to wake up and I get a 110lbs dog on my chest.
Alarm goes off.
Significant other hits it.
Alarm goes off.
Significant other hits it.
Significant other attempts to leave bed (Restrained).
Significant other begins to take a shower.
Sound of water is reminder to get up.
Get up, go to shower, relieve self, take shower with significant other.
Brush teeth (floss, mouthwash).
Change cat litter-box.
Lay in bed, read book (20 minutes).
Hug/Kiss significant other goodbye.
Feed self breakfast (Mountain Dew + fruit bar).
Read things on internet (comics, slashdot, RSS feeds, newsmap).
Shave, if required (skin is now dry).
Dress self.
Prepare for work (grab any items needed, workout gear, iPod, etc.).
Drive to work (AM radio or iPod listening).
Get to work, fill up water bottle (flavor lightly with lemonade).
Check E-mail (may contain instructions for daily activities)
Work.
I’m definitely a morning person. First thing out of bed, I’m grinding fresh coffee beans. While the coffee’s brewing, I’m in the shower and out for a face shave on every other day. Every three days I shave my head, but in that case I’ll usually do both my face and head in the evenings, post-workout. Then, out of the shower, I’m working on my screenplay or getting my son’s day started with breakfast & PBS. The last thing I do is brush my teeth before heading out the door to work. All hail The Art of Manliness!
The alarm usually forces me to drag my lazy bones out of bed (sometimes I am up before it), breakfast, first S, shave, and brush teeth in the shower, do something about hair, dress, and run out the door
Alarm goes off
Grind some coffee beans and start brewing a cup
Relieve self
Take the dog out for his morning walk fresh coffee in hand
Prepare lunch for work
Shave and wash face
Look at my ol mug in the mirror wishing I had a handlebar mustache
Gather work clothes togther
Put on bathing suit
Leave
Drive to swimming pool. Swim 2000 km
Eat Breakfast
Done
i get up .. take a shower…. put on deodorant… brush my teeth…dry my hair… put on make-up… get dressed…. eat breakfast…. pack my bag for work… and then i’m out the door!
I shi** in the afternoon, shower at night, and shave while I’m in the shower, so my morning routine consists of getting up, brushing my teeth while I check my e-mail, eating some toast, and jumping on my bike for the morning commute.
The quality of my day completely depends on the number of S’s I fit into that morning’s routine.
If I only manage to get out the door with one S under my belt, it’s probably best you stay away.
A much better day would start off with:
Snooze, Surf, Sh*t, Shower, Shave, Sex and a Sandwich.
Wake up to alarm at 4:50 AM (stupid alarm). Tip toe to bathroom in order to not wake up 5 year old. Relieve the pressure that has built up in my bladder. Take a swig of mouthwash and start shower. Shave while in shower. Brush teeth, brush hair and then tip toe out to car, kissing my wife on the way out. Grab a coffee and eat a banana on the way to work.
Oh you guys are goina love this!
This is an actual story based on true events, this is what happens here.
Exuding virility, my manly man comes down the steps to me ( his little geisha) waiting to serve him his morning coffee. After he’s had his coffee while surfing the manly web, he is ready to get groomed for the day. I brush his long, flowing manly hair so he need not exert any energy. He will need that energy should he decide to play with me after he
brushes his teeth
everso meticulously grooms his beard
applies descenter to the underarm area
(if it is M,W or F, he may decide to shower)
Should he decide not to play with me, he then proceeds to our ivory and pink bedroom where his clothes have been laid out for him.
I would get extra kisses should I win this lovely little grooming set with the oh so cute man on it.
**I also registered on the forums so I can chat with you manly men!**
So, for all of my efforts, I have 4 big entries in the manly giveaway!
My morning “ritual” barely counts as a ritual – there are to many variations. Shaving is usually done at night and only every 2-3 days (a stubble is not uncommon in my workplace so I can get away with it). The shower involves a variety of products and I like the idea of the all-in-one. Basically, the first ’s’ is where I usually invest the most time
Toilet (#1), shower, breakfast in front of the morning news, pack lunch, electric shave, brush teeth.
I really need to get back in the habit of shaving with a blade, but I have a few issues with that. It takes longer than the electric without getting noticeably closer. Blades and products cost more money. And my hair grows in thick and fast, so a daily shave requires at least a trim with the electric first to keep the blade from clogging. :p
Oh well. My ritual works for me.
Get up and brush teeth. Put on gym clothes and heads to the gym. Head back home. Then take care of the first S. I am slow at the first S by choice, so I get some surfing done with the best bathroom reading material there is. The “iPhone” I will then start the second S and depending on the mood of the day I will either finish the third S in the shower OR when I get out. Get dressed and head out into the world for the day.
Alarm goes off at 5:30am.
I might do the 1st S….I might not….depends on if it’s ready. It may not be done ‘brewing’ yet. I also might go for a jog….or not….depends on how lazy I feel.
Always do the the 2nd S…don’t feel awake otherwise….and then 3rd S immediately after.
Into the monkey suit for work and then I’m off to the kitchem to make my lunch and have some coffee. Bananna for breakfast–either now or in the car or at work.
The Kids are just waking up around 6:30 when I’m getting ready to leave. I kiss the dog and pat the wife and head out the door.
Woke up, got out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, i noticed i was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
Somebody spoke and i went into a dream
Ah
Get up.
Shower while listening to some music. (Manly music of course.)
Get dressed. (In manly clothes.)
Eat breakfast (3 helpings of bacon, with steak and eggs) while checking my RSS feeds It’s like a modern version of sitting down with the newspaper. (Makes me feel manly.)
I then make my lunch (more bacon and beef) and head to work. (To my manly job.)
Hehe, well, half of that’s true anyway. =)
After breakfast I brush & go.
Brush my teeth and hair and head for work.
Hit the snooze button once, wake up 9 minutes later, shower, brush teeth, fumble around in the dark for clean clothes, pack lunch, out the door.
Immediately get into shower
wash my body
shave with my sweet brush and blade
shampoo
dry off, put on robe
brush teeth
take meds
comb hair
get dressed
pack bag for work
grab some fruit for breakfast
pick a podcast to listen to for my walk to work
head out the door
The triple S (the last S every other day since I have a full beard and only shave the neck), dress, style the ‘do, black coffee and cereal over the morning paper.
Ah the morning routine, I’m like Pavlog’s dog in a sense because once I get my towel on I’ve got to sh** immediately. I do the triple S but the last S every other day because even though I’m almost 30, I just don’t grow much facial hair.
You know this kind of question is very dangerous
Restroom (While the shower warms up)
Brush teeth and shave in the shower
Deodorant
Clothes
Hair
Breakfast
Brush teeth
Wake up to alarm (5:30) or cat poking gently at my head with sharp claws. If cat wakes me up before 4:30, I will sleep through my alarm and this entire ritual becomes moot.
Scoop cat litter box.
Brush teeth
Turn on kettle for coffee. Put grounds in press, grinding beans if necessary.
Read webcomics while kettle heats. Pour hot water into press.
Read rss feeds while coffee steeps, and while drinking first cup of coffee.
Shower. Make lather for shave, apply to face, cover with hot towel.
Read rss feeds while pre-shave lather softens stubble.
Shave with 1962 Gillette adjustable. If I have time, four passes, plus cleanups on trouble spots.
If the weather is good, pack my work clothes in my bag and dress in shorts for biking to work. If it’s bad, dress in my work clothes, and ride the bus to work.
Go to work, one way or another.
Wake at ~6 A.M. Wander downstairs, grab the paper off the front porch, pour a cup of coffee from the pot that just finished brewing from the timer going off at 5:45, go back upstairs and turn on my computers, read paper, check email, drink coffee, return emails, take care of some business from the previous day, look at meeting calendar, take shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, sh**, brush teeth, get more coffee, read a few blogs, go to work. I shave in the evening.
-Prayer
-Morning scripture study
-Exercise for about 30 minutes
-Make breakfast (usually eggs and fruit), read newspaper
-Shower
-Brush teeth
-Shave
-Comb hair
-Iron shirt, while listening to a podcast
-dress
off to work
True to form, I follow the Three S’s closely. I get up, put the dog out, pi**, shower, brush teeth and shave (if needed, usually every other day), sh**, get my lunch together, pour a cup of coffee and make a bagel for the drive to work. Sometimes I end up checking email before I get to work; those days I drag ass and don’t get out of the house on time!
My ritual, or at least the interesting part, involves a nice slow shave with my Merkur 1904 razor and custom Savile Row brush. Pacific Shaving Oil makes for a nice start. The cream or soap changes every day, but QED and Proraso are two favorites. It takes a minimum of 3 passes to be comfortable, but I prefer 4 very light passes. Some Proraso pre/post-shave cream is a nice finisher in summer, or some light Nancy Boy aloe vera aftershave cream in the winter. Shower products vary as well, but I like a nice invigorating shampoo and a natural soap that cleans off easily. Then I fix the hair with some light wax and I’m out the door!
Get up, take the dogs out, eat my multivitamin, stretching and light exercise while thinking about the day’s duties. If necessary, shave. Floss, brush, rinse. Shower. Check animals’ food & water. Dress and head for the office (if necessary).
Well, I won’t describe a typical work morning because I always rush myself stupidly. So how about a day–i.e. the weekend–where I have time to actually put myself together and keep my sanity.
After I wake I up I’ll head to the bathroom and brush my teeth. In the meantime, I’ll run the water on hot for my cast iron bathtub, a wonderful experience I may add. As I spit out the toothpaste, I’ll drop the water from all hot to all cold in the last few minutes. I’ll get in the bath, relax for a few minutes and soak in the hot water.
I’ll use regular bar soap for my body, and on my face I’ll use a facial cleanser. I’ll then shampoo. I rinse off, dry off, and then it’s onto shaving. I shave with my ‘Art of Shaving’ non-scented cream and badger hair brush, something I got into over Christmas. I’ll rinse my face off, apply aftershave, put deodorant on, and a bit of lotion–particularly on my hands.
Afterwards I’ll dress and be ready to go.
I add a couple more S’s to the routine: stretch & scratch
-alarm goes off at 5:45 but I usually dont hear it till 6:30.
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-roll over and turn the alarm off and grab the remote and point it towards the tv and press a few buttons till the thing comes on.
-search for glasses so I can see the tv.
-lay in bed and watch tv for another 15 mins to catch the weather and traffic.
-get up to take care of the first S.
-go to the sink and switch the glasses out for contacts.
-since I take a shower before I go to bed I have to re-wet my hair and put on a ball cap to get rid of the bed head.
-put on boxers and undershirt
-plug ipod in to download new podcast
-dig around in the closet for pants and a shirt
-fix hair
-put on socks and shoes
-take meds and brush teeth
-load pockets up, get ipod
-get my motorcycle gear ready
-head out the door
-take cover off of bike and put in trunk of car
-start bike up, wake up neighbors
-put on helmet, vest and gloves, jacket if it’s cold.
-ride off into the sunrise
5 days a week like clockwork
Let’s see. Monday thru Friday I wake up around 8 and crawl into the bathroom, where I partake in all 3 S’s. Now that I’m wide awake and all cheery I make a bunch of noise around the house thus waking everyone up. Make breakfast then walk to work. On the weekends it’s pretty similar except I have no work and I wake up a few hours later.
I hit snooze one time.
Pet the first cat that came in when the alarm went off.
Pet the second cat, who waited patiently for me to be done petting the first cat.
Pet the kitten, who came flying in late, careening across the tile floor, slamming into the wall before jumping up on the bed.
Get up – always before the alarm goes off again, mostly due to laughing at the kitten.
Go turn on the coffee pot I set up before bed.
Shave (Like a man! DE safety razor)
Shower.
Take my vitamins.
Brush my teeth.
Face the day.
My routine for the week is pretty much the same:
Alarm goes off at 4:40am
Go downstairs, bathroom, then check email
Head to the gym or go outside and run (if I don’t do it the very first in the morning, it won’t happen)
Shower, shave, brush teeth, get dressed (I packed my clothes in my gym bag the night before, so that’s part of my routine, too.)
Head to Caribou Coffee for a medium dark roast, while spending time reading my Bible and getting ready for the day.
4:30- wake up
shave
drink a glass of water
take a sh**
rinse my face
put exercising cloths on
feed dogs
5:00-read (books or blogs)
6:00-run
7:00-eat
shower
get ready for work
8:00-clean room or put stuff away
9:00 leave for work
Ideally:
Get up around 5-5:30am
Put on gym clothes, head to the YMCA to workout
Come home from YMCA, drink coffee, eat breakfast
Pack panniers
Kiss my wife and kids goodbye
Ride to work
Cool off for @45 minutes
Shower in work gym
Get dressed
Every once in awhile I’ll shave. I’ve been going for the grizzly adams look lately.
I like to shower in the evening so I wash the dirt and pollen off before I go to bed, and shaving is a natural part of that. Besides, being showered and shaved at night helps facilitate affection that may come my way from my wife
Get up, take shower, shave if needed. Then I eat, brush my teeth and the go about what ever I need to do that day.
But…I don’t shave. (If God wants hair on my face, that’s cool with me.) So I shouldn’t be in the drawing. However, if there are any “lie in bed for 10 minutes with the alarm beeping” products…
I get up and usually have to take care of the first S. Lately I’ve been lounging around checking email and surfing after that. Then I’ll probably get hungry for breakfast. I might not end up showering and shaving (in that order) until 10 or 11 in the morning!
Get up 45 mins to 1 hour after alarm goes off
Let the dog out so she can take care of her first “S”
Kiss the wife goodbye as she goes to work
Take a shower (and shave in there)
Take vitamins
Eat breakfast/grab it on the way out
wake up, get dressed, eat breakfast (watching the top ten of sportscenter), pack a lunch and then leave. It’s takes about 15 minutes if I do it correctly.
I wake up, and brush my teeth.
I then do 20minutes of H.I.I.T. and some pushups
Then I shower
Shave
Groom (eyebrows, eyelashes, fingernails)
Eat Breakfast
Use the Restroom
Make my bed
And finally go on with the day
The three “S’s” are welcomed when they happen in the order they are intended, but sometimes I just ain’t that lucky.
And, since I grow facial hair like a 10 year-old school boy, I only need to shave every other morning; unless I have a meeting that day – then I shave.
So, the ritual is usually: Breakfast with a side of Sportscenter and local news, Shower, shave (if it is that day). Wake the wife and son. Get to work, then the last “s” typically occurs. Amazing what some coffee will do to the human body.
Let’s see.
Slam off the alarm clock after having hit snooze about three times. Slide out of bed and head for the bathroom. Use the toilet and brush my teeth. Turn the shower on. Fill up a cup with hot water for my razor and brush so they can soak nicely while I shower. Hop in the shower. Hop out of the shower. Lather up, and shave. Rinse my face in cold water and add some after shave and deodorant. Back to the room to get dressed for work. Eat a quick breakfast, grab the paper, and drive off. Exciting!
I brush my teeth, make coffee for me and the wife and watch her leave for work. Then I pray the baby sleeps in.
My morning ritual is to not really have a morning ritual. Everyday provides a unique opportunity. Some mornings I’ll sleep in, others I’ll get up early. Some days I work out for an hour, others I’ll eat a piece of pie with my coffee. So maybe rethink your morning ritual and try something different. Stop by that local coffeehouse you’ve been meaning to try, after all you’ll never see this day again.
Hit the snooze, wish I could afford to break alarm daily. Stumble to the bathroom, and then hit the coffee pot. Check email, read Bible verse, shave (with Power Fusion thinking I am nuts for spending that much on blades), shower, and out the door.
I wake…stumble into the bathroom and sit and read for a bit and see if anything is going on for the first S. then I hop in the shower… get out and shave every other day. It’s not that i don’t need to shave every day… it’s that i don’t have to for work.
Make bed. Use toilet. Shower. Shave. Brush teeth. Five minutes of cleaning something (anything). Read Bible. Eat breakfast. Conquer world.
Wake, stretch the back so I don’t cripple myself, throw on bike gear and head to the trail for a 30-40 minute ride – I live very close to major mountainbike trails :^) Then, shower, shave (or not), make coffee, eat Clifbar and sit down and plug into the Matrix for a fun-filled day of virtual stress.
Up at 5am
Make coffee, pee and check personal emails
5:30a walk to gym and work out
7am return just in time for the morning crap
Wash face with hot water
Apply shaving gel then shaving cream. (Have a heavy beard need the extra stuff for close shave and without the razor burn)
Brush teeth for 2 minutes (timer in toothbrush) while face is full of oil and cream
Shave
Shower
Use face scrub in shower
Dry off and moisturize face with after shave cream to prevent prickly heat
Dress and off to work by 8a
Short ritual: get up, shower, throw together lunch, and get out the door as soon as I can. Takes me 20 minutes on a good day, 30 on a bad one.
I’ve moved my alarm clock into the bathroom since I had a nasty habit of snoozing until the last possible second before getting up and rushing out the door with a hastily applied film of deodorant and a hat to cover my greasy hair. Needless to say my job has no dress code. Now, however, I’m already on my feet and in the bathroom when the alarm goes off so I have time for hygiene. Now if I could just find a barber shop in town to get this mop on my noggin maintained….
My morning starts the same everyday. I wake up and start my coffee (half/caf), I go and brush my teeth, wash my face and put on my contacts. By the time that’s done, my coffee is ready. I pour my self a cup and sit on my favorite rocking chair with my notebook. do my email checkup and wait for the kids to wake up…they wake up about and hour to an hour and a half after me. This is every morning (for many years now)
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There is the morning ritual I wish I would do, and then the reality.
I imagine it would be really nice to wake up and take a long shower. Spend a leisurely fifteen minutes to shave properly (badger and blade), before joining my loved one in the kitchen for coffee and the morning paper. Finally getting dressed and heading to work, finishing the paper, and making notes to myself to prepare the day while sitting on the train.
But I sleep in, or procrastinate (read blogs, or whatever), and so am always running late.
If I shave at all, it’s a hasty electric touch up just before I shower, grab whatever clothes I didn’t wear the day before (sometimes I have time to steam out wrinkles from a shirt, but usually it’s a bit rumpled), before grabbing a fedora and dashing to the corner only to miss my bus and walking to the train station.
I do at least get to read the paper on the train, if its not too crowded. Coffee is acquired at the Starbucks on the ground floor of the building – and I don’t get a chance to really enjoy it, since I’m inevitably nearly late for a meeting.
Any chance the ritual products also add an hour of free time in the mornings? That would be lovely.
First things first – I gotta pee
Then I take the dog out and have a cigarette
Then I brush my teeth and take a shower.
Throw on some clothes… Lock up the gun safe, and I’m off!
My morning is always the same as well.
I get up at 4:45. I head to the shower. I soak my shaving brush and add a bit of water to the shaving soap. I let that sit while I shower. I then make up a lather and shave and then dress for the day.
After hitting the snooze button a few times, I roll out of bed and head for the shower (a big must in the morning). After I get out, I put my contacts in. brush my teeth, shave, take my vitamins (another must) and get dressed.
My mornings aren’t always the same, so breakfast isn’t a definite thing, however I usually do make time for a quick bowl of oatmeal.
After hitting my snooze alarm a few times, I get up, and go check my email and RSS feeds. Next, I grab fresh clothes and set them on my bed, followed by grabbing a towel and heading into the shower. After a long hot shower, I am ready to trim my beard and shave the sides of my face. After that, I take care of any other hygiene issues, like those pesky nose hairs that get too long, and then it is back to my bedroom to dress, grab my wallet, keys and pocketwatch, and then out the door to get to work.
Hit snooze, hit the shower, brush teeth, and run for the subway.
1. Snooze 3 times
2. Shower that includes shaving and teeth brushing in-shower.
3. Contact insertion
4. Hop on bike for ride to work
1. Gym
2. Shower/shave
3. Work
Morn Rit:
Perambulate
Expectorate
Mictorate
Exfoliate
Alarm goes off at 6:25 a.m.
I hit snooze once, but rarley am still in bed when the second alarm sounds (make sure to turn snooze off so as not to wake the wife who gets up about 2 hours later than I do).
Into the bathroom: start shower to get it hot. Stand in front of mirror staring blankly and wondering where my youth went and when did my belly get so big.
Get in shower and just stand beneath the hot water for at least 10 minutes without so much as picking up the bar of soap. Almost always take care of the morning piss right in the shower. Have never understood getting out of the shower to go pee.
After I’m sufficiently wet, I brush teeth and rinse with orange flavored mouthwash.
Then I shampoo my bald head and just use the same shampoo as a body wash. Lather face with shampoo and shave in shower with old fogged up mirror.
Total time spent in shower is usually close to 25 minutes.
Out of shower and dry off. Pluck any stray nose and ear hairs. Wonder if those hairs in my goatee are officially white or gray.
Throw on the same pair of jeans I wore yesterday (since the belt is already looped, the wallet is still int the back pocket and my knife is in the front.
Pick out a clean t-shirt for the day.
Kiss the wife on the cheek on my way out of the bedroom.
Downstairs to feed the dogs and grab my lunch (packed the night before) from the fridge.
Throw on my boots, head out to garage, jump on motorcycle and head out to work.
Depending on how late I awake up ( I have to be out the door by 7:20 or I would be late for class) I omit steps as needed.
1) Roll out of bed (literally)
2) Shower
3) Defecate and or urinate
4) Dry off, get dressed, eat (this step tends to get compounded and they get omitted in reverse order)
5) Select shoes (based on Time To Class less than 20 minutes its Crocs and God do I hope FDR forgives me for admitting that)
6) Haul ass to class.
I like to refer to this ritual as the Trifecta. Sometimes the order is different for the first two, but always, ALWAYS try to have the last S be “shower.” I don’t think I need to explain further.
ln the morning, if my face is a little pufffy,
I’ll put on an icepack while doing my stomach crunches.
I can do a thousand now.
After I remove the icepack, I use a deeppore cleanser lotion.
In the shower, I use a water-activated gel cleanser.
Then a honey-almond bodyscrub.
And on the face, an exfoliating gelscrub.
Then I apply an herb mint facialmasque,
which lleave on forten minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine.
I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol,
because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.
Then moisturizer,
then an anti-aging eye balm,
followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman.
Some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me.
Only an entity– something illusory.
And though I can hide my cold gaze…
and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours…
and may be you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable,
I simply am not there.
I start my day with a visit to the toilet. Then a hot shower, followed by a nice shave. Deodorant? Check. Teeth brushed? Check. Then I dry off, get dressed, and grab some breakfast. Done.
6am alarm
6:01 up, use restroom
6:03 microwave bowl of oatmeal
6:05 shower, shave in shower
6:20 dry off, eat oatmeal with blueberries or bananas
6:20 watch TiVoed show
6:50 dress
7:00 out the door
The three S’s have been very good to me over the years. Anything else is just embellishment.
Wake up (5:50 AM), toilet, brush teeth, shave. Reset alarm to 6:13 AM, go back to sleep for remainder of time. Wake up feeling refreshed, shower, go to work.
Ah, the morning “ritual”!
What follows is the typical morning and mine is anything but the 3 S’s. But as they say, mileage may vary.
My wife wakes me up at 6 AM every morning. I then proceed to the kitchen to make a good pot of coffee. When that’s done, my wife and I sit down to talk while drinking our coffee. Our 6 year old is usually up at this time and if he’s not watching some TV, he’s sitting on my wife’s lap (or mine) getting in some cuddle time before his siblings get up (we have 5 children).
Around 6:30, I get my nice hot shower, you know the kind where the steam is so thick it sort of hangs in the doorway when the door opens. I put my night clothes back on and proceed to the kitchen to make everyone’s breakfast (what can I say, I love to cook).
Breakfast is a wonderful time. By then 4 out of 5 of the kids are up (our 8 year old boy LOVES to sleep in), so we all sit down to eat breakfast together. I really love this time together with my wife and kids before I go off to work; it helps me face the day.
After breakfast, if I have the time, I load the dishwasher for my wife. Then I proceed to get ready for work. If I need to, I shave my neck and cheeks (I have a full beard and mustache which are trimmed every Saturday morning) and then splash on the aftershave. Next come the contact lenses and the teeth and mouthwash. Then come the clothes, nice and pressed, if need be (thanks to my wife).
Then I kiss all the kids and my wife and head off to work. It’s a very relaxing routine, all in all, so there you have it.
I’m the mother of three sons. Two are now shaving. I am sure their morning rituals are horrible and the bare minimum. They would really benefit from winning this.
7:45 alarm
7:50 groggily stand around wondering what I’m supposed to be doing
7:51 shower
8:05 check irc and email messages, ignore them, check programming.reddit.com
8:10 dress and wander downstairs
8:11 eat some cereal while yawning and reading yesterday’s paper
8:25 look in the fridge and pack a lunch for work if anything looks good
8:35 pack shoulder back with laptop, camera, headphones etc
8:40 leave for work
I always get up and go to the can. Read an article or two in whatever magazine I find. Shower, shave (like grandpa used to), bruch my teeth, dress and head to the office where I finish off my routine with coffee and a cigarette. It’s been working so far.
I awake the static of my alarm clock and a tent in my sheets. Then I stumble with my eyes closed to the toilet – standing awkwardly from four feet a way I try to pee while my junk is pointed straight up. Then I grind some coffee straight in to my French press mug. After the caffeine has entered my bloodstream I shower and shave (Merkur Classic, Mug and Brush). The first ‘S’ I saved until later.
I get up, curse the burning orb in sky.
Stagger to the bathroom, answer the call of nature.
1/2 hour shower of power, shave, polish canines.
Attempt to dress myself, stagger out of home and into car.
Run approximately eight people off of road, pull into Dunkin Donuts.
Medium Hazelnut, cream only. Run another four people off the road, pull into work.
Simmer and glare for approximately one hour until wake up.
I shave every other morning and I have recently tried using the straight razor from a previous article on here. It takes some practice for sure. I have been looking for new products to use with the straight razor and these look good.
No real “ritual” here. Stumble out of bed after hitting snooze about 6 times, shower real quick, run downstairs to the laundry room throw some clothes on and get on my way to work.
My morning coffee and oatmeal comes when I’m booting up the computer.
scratch, sniff, pee, poop, coffee, repeat…
My finely-tuned man morning:
- rise before the sun does
- eat a hot bowl of oatmeal
- exercise at least three mornings out of the week (see crossfit.com)
- shave with a brush and safety razor; thickness of lather is the key
- take a utility shower (short as possible while getting the job done)
- change gears and be productive for a half-hour, either with reading, woodworking, praying/meditating, cleaning, or something of the sort
- go face the day with satisfaction that you’ve done more before 8:00 than most jokers do by dinner time
I have to wake up really early for work, so I go all out and wake up at 3am to do an hour of aerobics in front of the TV. It may sound wimpy, but it sure works! I then shower and shave: I don’t grow much facial hair, so I just shave blindly in the shower. I use Neutrogena face moisturizer on my face when I get out. My hair is short, so I just pat it down with my hands. A quick on-the-go breakfast to get me through the first 2 hours of my job (I work in broadcasting), and I have something more sustaining when I get my first break at 7am.
When I get up, I usually relieve myself first, then say my prayers. Then I feed our pets: two parrots, a gazillion guppies, a pygmy frog, and a beta named Horace. Then I water our two outdoor mums, Bonny and Clyde. Then I eat breakfast and read the paper, after which I brush my teeth, shower, and shave. That’s about it.
Every morning I have either two rituals.
One, which involves waking up very early to continually prove myself. I am a rower, and as I’m sure many people know, most rowers are very early risers.
Often my coaches prefer practicing in the afternoon, or evening, but if there are time trials, or a need for a double practice, I wake up at 4:30 a.m. I eat an apple as I get my bag ready, get my clothes on and wake up. I go to practice, row my heart out, and return around 7:30 (later if I drive a friend home), to shower, clean up, and begin my day…again.
However, if I have school, work, or nothing else that day, I’ll sleep in…for a few more hours. Many years of rowing, I can’t often sleep past 9 anymore. I’ll wake up, and shower right away to get myself going. Then I’ll drink a glass of apple or orange juice (water if we’re out) while I check the weather, news, and my email. Next comes a breakfast usually consisting of eggs and toast, though sometimes cereal, or pancakes. Finally, get dressed, and head out to begin my day.
As much as it pains me to say this, the first choice is preferable. Yes, you get less sleep. Yes, it hurts to wake up that painfully early. But the sweat dripping down your face, as you pull as hard as your body possibly can, just as the sun is coming up over the horizon? Nothing, absolutely nothing beats that.
^also, being a somewhat young age, it’s not yet necessary to shave every day. However brushing my teeth always comes after breakfast.
Get up, listen to news. Shower with Dr. Bronner’s soap. Shave with safety razor and brush. Suit up. Take the trolley to the Courthouse.
My morning ritual (until I am rejoined with my family who’s on the other coast…long story):
Go to the john and let nature take its course
Make breakfast and pack lunch
Brush my teeth
Take my vitamins
More nature taking it’s course in the john
Shave
Slap on some cool after-shave
Put on my suit or semi-formal attire for the office
Fix my thick, course asian hair with some spray gel
Spray on some manly cologne
Drive to the office which is 50 miles away
My commute crosses pretty historical sites such as the Battle of Shenandoah. Mighty fine and pretty cool.
Mostly the ritual surrounds the kids. But what I won’t give up is my morning shower. It’s the ONLY place I am by myself for a few minutes. Usually shave there too.
Oh, and at some point amidst all that, drink a pot of coffee!
I live in a 600 sq foot house with my girlfriend and her two teenage kids. Our bedrooms have no doors, only curtains (yeah, not much privacy for anybody). I get up at 5:00 AM for my commute, so I have to do most of my morning prep IN THE DARK. I’ve become quite adept at dressing myself with only the breaking light of dawn lighting my way.
Shower, shave, but the s**t usually has to wait because the sound of the flushing commode will wake everyone up!
Wake up around 11:30 am.
take my meds.
shower first. Nioxin shampoo + Old Spice body wash.
brush teeth. sonic + colgate.
stare at the mirror and do the following affirmation: “In spite of your faults, blemishes and weaknesses, I love you, sundar”, 20 times.
shave — i’m a gilette man.
decide if I feel like working or not.
go work on a cool project.
or go to school to take courses.
Mr. Daniel Mick’s Daily Revitalizing Morning Ritual:
I arise cracking early each fine morning rested and ready for the day. The early bird gets the worm, as they say! After a vigourous CrossFit workout to keep my body tuned and humours balanced, I retire to the bathing room. A hearty scrub leaves me refreshed and my skin glowing. I then proceed to the sink to tame my wild whiskers. I apply a frothy lather to my face and crown and guide my honed steel with the grain as to not irritate the sensitivities of the dermis. I splash with warm water, lather again, and followup then against the grain for smooth and shining features. Then it’s a dash of aftershave to sooth the skin, a dab of medicated tonic to battle unsightly blemishes, and a dallop of cream to leave my features radiant. I then consume my balanced breakfast (with a spoon of cod oil for virility!) and a quick cuppa vigorizes me for the day. I apply deodorant to my underarms to prevent any offending odours, and then don my undergarments, socks, slacks, belt, undershirt, dress shirt, and knotted necktie. After a glance in the mirror to ensure this Daniel is truly dapper, I gather my bags and locute to work posthaste ready for the challenges of the day!
WIsh I could sleep past 6 but the baby doesn’t let me. Wish my husband would take the baby so I could sleep more. No dice.
I shave at night with a merkur double edge razor and one of a few different shave creams I keep around. In the morning my routine is shower, dress, breakfast, brush teeth and head out the door.
Evening is reserved for the shower, as I’m on impulse power in the morning at 0-dark:30… The morning is comb whatever hair is left, brush the teeth with a SpinRite toothbrush, and dry-shave under the neck up to my beardline.
Yes, the dry shave freaks out my 22 year old son.
When my man gets up he has to have 2 hours, mainly just to sit and watch the weather channel (he has issues). Then he does the three s’s. Ya know…Sh@t, Shower and Shave. And then he brushes his teeth, and dresses. And annoys the heck out of me by being too loud and waking up my daughter. Which means my lazy butt has to get up. Oh … too much? Anyway… thanks for the opportunity.
Wake up with no alarm, my room faces east so when the sun rises is when I get up everyday. Hop in the shower with my girlfriend, take the dog out while she’s getting breakfast ready. Shower, shave if necessary with safety razor. Eat breakfast together and talk about the days events and than i go to work to play with apes all day. True story check out the website.
I used to be a really simple shower, brush teeth, shave with an electric razor guy.
Not that huge of a change overall but shaving has become much more of an activity and a ritual than it used to be. It puts me in a great mood to start the day.
Now I shower, brush teeth and shave with a straight razor
Oh, I also now drink a liter of water 45 minutes before any other drinking/eating in the morning. I think I saw that tip in somebody’s comment somewhere here and I’ve really been noticing the effect of it. I almost never get headaches anymore and I have a lot more energy throughout the day.
I wake at 6am, roll over and tell my trusty Lab to wake up (wife sleeps in the other room to avoid my manly snoring – Lab snores too so we sleep together). I feed the pooch and while he’s doing his ‘morning ritual’ in the backyard, I make my lunch. When the pooch returns I hop in the shower. Because I believe God wants us to all have facial hair, my shaving routine consists of opening the shower curtain and using the mirror above the sink to shave under my beard. I turn sideways to make sure my physique is still more Teddy Roosevelt than Teddy Bear (there’s a fine line i will not cross).
After showering I dress for work while watching the mornign news and then go to the kitchen where I try to make something remotely healthy for breakfast. A short meal and leftovers for previously mentioned pooch and I’m out the door.
My final S usually shows up around 10am and I proudly head to the restroom at work with a magazine under my arm. I spend roughly 10 minutes in my other office and dare my coworkers to say a word. After 8 years their silence confirms that i should be ‘out and proud’ and not sneaking off to the McDonald’s restroom on my lunch break.
I wake up at 7 AM every morning to the sound of my alarm clock – only to hit snooze two or three times before actually waking. I hop in the shower, clean up and rinse, and get right out. Afterward, I go over to the sink and shave, getting any stubble that may have appeared overnight.
Next, I cook myself some breakfast – be it a couple of eggs and toast, bacon and waffles, or any other combo of breakfast foods (cereal for those lazy mornings), munch away, clean up, BM if I have to, and bike off to the university or work.
I, for one, roll from my bed, enjoy a hot shower, literally push my hair back, and dash out the door. I save the shaving for night, because an accident while rushing with my Dovo straight would be more than unfortunate
I get up at what my daughter’s used to affectionally call, “The Butt Crack of Dawn,” and what my military buddies used to call “0 Dark Hundred. I meditate for 30 minutes fall back asleep for 30 minutes then really get up. I turn on the shower and while the water heats up sit on the commode and empty my bladder. I hit the shower leaving some soap suds on my face and shave while I’m rinsing off.
I have fun with shaving because this month I am growing a “Zorro” style mustache. I have to shave every day because I am a high school teacher and don’t want my students seeing my grey beard. But my mustache is a different story, they get such a kick out of my different styles. Next, I have breakfast and my digestive system does not kick in until after I have my morning coffee, unless of course I have my Espresso. Then it kicks in pronto and I can’t wait until I get to work to have a bowel movement. Normally, after my coffee it takes about 30 minutes to have a bowel movement, but because I do yoga, walk extensively and eat Flax cereal with Bran, when I do have a bowel it is enormous. But you probably don’t want to go there. So, I practice Shave, Shower and Shit in the reverse order of this time honored tradition. Thanks for asking.
Up at 5 am
set of pushups
set of sit ups
set of lunges
repeat 5 times each time with different form
5-20 reps of each exersizing depending on what kind of workout I have for the rest of the day
Shower and grooming
Read a chapter in the bible- I like the open to the random page method.
Then I read a couple of pages from a disign book by Chan and asociates called 100 ways to peace
THEN Breakfast.
finally my day starts at 7am
my morning ritual: wake up, yoga, shower (sometimes shampoo, always conditioner), brush my teeth, deodorant, shave (sometimes…), and then dress. done.
Wake at 8 in the morning
Relieve self
Brush Teeth
Wash Face
Shave
Apply aftershave
put on deodorant
wax hair (on some occasions)
go to desk to write in daily journal
have breakfast
go to work.
I get up when I get up (early if I’m going to work, not early if I’m not), and head directly for the toilet, then the shower. Afterwards I wash my face, then shave if it’s necessary, then put on after shave, and use a deodorant roll on under my arms. For a finishing touch, I style my hair, and I’m good to go.
Get up, check email, brush teeth, tongue scrape, mouthwash, shave, shower, and go!
Pretty straightforward. Hit snooze about 3 times, shower, shave, make lunch, get dressed, grab gear and run out the door just in time to miss the bus!
Nothing fancy. Get up, drain the bladder, oatmeal, shower (or shower then oatmeal, I love variety!), brush teeth, dress, pack the gym clothes and out the door.
Three S’s say it all….
getting to be my age though, they seem to occur earlier and earlier each year. Now, ready for the day’s action by 6am….
I focus on S1.
It’s usually pretty easy to predict what type of S1 is involved. A review of previous evenings intake helps, but more important is the relative feeling of bloatedness and an aural assessment of any noises coming from the internal pipes.
First, it is essential to allow pockets of trapped air to escape. This in itself is an excellent predictor of what is to follow. Loud and staccato is good, sloppy and silent implies a trickier process to follow.
Taking all factors into account, evacuate completely.
Then get out of bed, get dressed and go to work…..
Get up, feed and let out the dog, pill the cat, make the coffee for the significant other, set up the Pod to update with overnight podcasts, let in the dog, shave (twice a week), shower (which includes face wash and brushing teeth), put in contacts, deodorant, hair stuff, moisturize face, dress, pick up the Pod, make breakfast for both, eat, make lunch if needed, and go …..
Roll out of bed late and grab coffee and breakfast on the run. I used to be more of a morning person, but lately have just been lazy.
Here goes. Wake at 6am. Let the dogs out. Let the dogs in. Feed the dogs. Let the dogs out. Shave before the shower. Let the dogs in. Shower. Iron something for work. Deodorant. Put in hair gel and fix hair. Dress. Gather all my stuff for my pockets: wallet, phone, etc. Proceed to make lunch and breakfast. Eat. If my 3-year old is up, entertain her a little or make her breakfast. If the 1-year old is up and I am on schedule, I will get her up and play for a bit. Teeth brushing. Pet the dogs. Kiss the girls. Kiss the wife. Wish them a good day. Grab lunch and coffee and head to work. This all happens in about an hour and 15 minutes.
Get up, run to the other side of the room where my alarm clock is (I insist there is no better way to get up, anyone that uses the snooze button is WRONG). Stumble into several walls on my way to the bathroom, shave, shower, dress and go.
Terrific contest! My ritual varies, but basically it’s up and into the shower, shave, dress in the dark – and by now my little children may be up and needing attention or may not. If they are not, I slip quietly out the door. If they are up, I grab ‘em and start getting them into their rituals – pee, brush teeth, downstairs to play.
I don’t get coffee til I get to work, usually. But that’s the next thing. Must have coffee.
It always starts with a shower, then after drying off, a shave and into my robe. Breakfast is next, along with the newspaper and then whatever books I’m currently reading. Then comes waking my son and helping him prepare his breakfast. Then it’s time for me to get dressed. I start with cologne, deorderant, burshing my hair, then putting on the shirt, sox, pants, and shoes. Then it’s a quick overview of the stuff I’m taking to work, securing correct change for the bus, goodbyes to my wife and son, and I’m off into the world.
I’m up by 5:00am, I shave my head with a Headblade (back to front then front to back), then shower and get dressed. (I’ve tried shaving in the shower, but it seems to waste a lot of water.) Then off to work.
Morning Ritual:
1. Quick exercises.
2. Brush teeth and scrape tongue
3. Soak Badger Brush in warm water
4. Shower
5. Whip up Castle Forbes or Taylors Shave Cream and enjoy a fine relaxing shave.
6. Dress
7. Plan the most important items of the day
8. Think of some things I’m grateful for.
9. Enjoy breakfast
10. Launch into the day!
Here’s my routine:
5:15 alarm goes off
5:21 alarm goes off
5:27 alarm goes off
5:30 stumble into kitchen
5:32 pour cereal into bowl, add milk
5:33 alarm goes off
5:34 “reading time” while cereal achieves desired sogginess
5:40 eat cereal
5:45 shower, including shave (soap in a $0.25 mug bought from a thrift store + faux-badger hair brush + Gillette Fusion Razor)
5:55 dress
6:00 read, make lunch, play baseball on PlayStation, blog, whatever (as long as it’s quiet and doesn’t wake up the family)
7:15 open front door, forgetting to disarm ADT protection system
7:15:01 alarm goes off
Sometimes I skip the last S (shave). All other grooming is included in “shower” — so, it’s nice and simple — and I’ve been blessed with a natural alarm clock in the form of the first S. Haha!
This product is something that I really need. I like to take care of myself and there’s really no cohesive product line out there for a man like me. I do the triple-s (of course) in that order. I like to put on a nice moisturizer, too.
I mostly shower and NEVER shave in the evening…that way I can spend more time in the morning fog after getting out of bed. Upon waking I stumble to the kitchen for that necessary first cup of coffee (with cream) and the Break-fast of the day…usually just cereal. I then summon up the energy to stumble downstairs where I decide what needs ironing and plug in the iron, while it is heating I wet my hair, brush my teeth and NEVER shave…well if needed I’ll trim up the beard. Then I iron in my underwear and get dressed as I finish each piece. Then it’s the drugs I have to take daily and then the shoes and almost always running to catch-up with my wife who is waiting somewhat patiently in the car for me…
I shower in the evening.
Morning: I get up, wash my face and wet down my hair, shave (electric shaver), put in my contacts, put a moisturizer on my face, eat breakfast, take my vitamins, brush my teeth, pack my pannier with lunch and work clothes, hop on my bike and ride to work or to my personal trainer.
Wake to the music and the sunshine.
Enter the bathroom, double checking for a handy, fresh roll.
Focus. Drain the main vein and then some.
Light a match.
*break* for nicotine rush.
Power-shower, but for no more than a quarter-hour.
Bust a move for that fresh towell.
Get my shave on. Aloe anyone?
Work the pitstick.
*break* for a creative, fast breakfast.
Mult-vitamin, ‘C’, and zinc, 16oz of H-two-O.
Rock the block with some wake up jams.
Put on those treads and paste-up dem purley-whites.
Loop the tie, straighten the collar and get the follicles in order.
*break*
Get the mega-head-start, early-bird, home-court advantage on another righteous day full of success and pure Manliness, oh yes.
7:30 – wake up to deafening alarm clock
7:31 – downstairs to feed the dogs and let them do their business
7:45 – relieve myself, maybe shave (I keep a beard so occasionally it needs a trim), and shower.
8:05 – get dressed, pick out a tie that doesn’t clash too horribly
8:10 – finish brushing teeth, splash on some cologne drive to work
10:00 – realize I haven’t eaten anything yet – grab a late breakfast
1.Wake
2. Pry one eye open, adjust to light, 5 minutes
3. Pry other eye open, adjust to light, 5 minutes.
4. Swing legs over edge of bed, hard, or I’ll decide it’s easier to stay there.
5. Stumble to bathroom.
6. Splash face
7. Brush teeth
8. Stumble to edge of bed, sit
9. Wonder why I don’t sleep more
10. Profit
Well, for me the standard “Triple S” is how I roll. You know, if that involves me shaving with a Badger brush about 4 times in a row because it feels so right! Can I get an Amen!
I´ll tell you what it was like today. Woke up, got dressed, walked out the door to go down the street to get some breakfast.
You know why? Because yesterday, everything I own on this trip to Peru was stolen during the bus ride from Ica to Nazca. I currently have no clothes, no toiletries, and nothing more than what I´m wearing plus my Lonely Planet guidebook and copy of Ulysses. I could really use some nice manly grooming products to pamper myself when I get back home on August 13th. I just thank the good Lord that I´m a guy, and it is possible for me to live without that stuff.
Stumble into the bathroom.
Brush teeth.
Body wash, shampoo, conditioner, and preshave face scrub.
Quickly dry my hair and body, but not my face.
Work lather of Trumper’s Almond with badger hair brush.
Shave.
Baxter of California aftershave.
Get dressed.
Bowl of strawberry and oats cereal.
Sprint to the the bus stop to barely catch the last of one of the two buses I eyed the night before to take.
My morning ritual consists of getting up very early. The dog & I watch the news & read email. About 45 minutes before work, I commence with the 1st “S” followed shortly by the shower. The shave usually takes place the night before.
I usually take care of my first S the at night before bed. When I wake up, I go for a run and then do some strength training with free weights (i’m too cheap to get a gym membership). After that, comes the shower, which I turn on very hot, and then turn down to very cold right before I get out, it’s very invigorating and it wakes me up. Then of course, the old fashioned wet shave(unfortunately with a cheap boar’s hair brush). Then I dress, eat breakfast, and brush my teeth right before leaving the house.
I just don’t feel good if I change something in my morning routine :
Wake up, (think about throwing the alarm clock as far as I can!)
Take my pills (oh disgusting !!! water magnifies morning breath)
Get in the shower (almost drown because I’m still asleep)
Shaving time (try to avoid cutting half of my upper lip)
Too hungry to take a step further without eating : two toasts with Phillie cheese.
Time for the first S. (just isn’t right if I don’t)
Dress up and leave for work.
Don’t mess this order or you’ll get me kinda destabilized for the rest of the day.
Here it goes:
1) 5:30 – get up to my dog (a 6-month old weimaraner) ready to go for her morning pee.
2) 5:35-6:30 – go back to bed.
3) 6:30-6:50ish – shower…Paul Mitchell Teatree Shampoo, Kheil’s Facial Fuel face wash, Kheil’s Ultimate Man body scrubbing bar.
4) 6:50-7:00 – shave…CO Bigelow Shaving Cream and Aftershave, Kenneth Cole Reaction Cologne, Tom’s All-Natural Deodorant.
Toilet, toothbrush, shower, beard grooming.
wake up, feed daughter, check email and news while eating breakfast, shower, shave, dress, done
check email wash up eat breakfast comb hair
Get up. Throw some old clothes on. Go outside and water the plants, feed the dogs, and clean up after the aforementioned animals. Go back inside, shower, shave (wetwshave), dress, say my goodbyes, and go to work.
Morning ritual Haiku:
sulk, shower, sun salute
settle in simplicity
sometimes sin, and smile
My morning ritual? Lately, I wake up about 5:30 a.m. as my husband oh-so-kindly tiptoes around the house, getting ready for work, trying not to wake me. I adjust my big pregnant belly, say good morning to our baby-on-the-way, say goodbye to my man, and try to fall back asleep about 6:00 a.m. I doze in and out of sleep until I’m forced to get up for yet another potty break, and I proceed with a bowl (or three) of cold cereal in my PJs. The rest of my day may be crazy and unpredictable, but I’ve always got my hubby, my baby/belly, my toilet, and good ol’ cap’n crunch to greet me in the morning!
Being a family man it’s tough to squeeze my personal time in so I get up before everyone else does in the home and go out for a nice run. I head back home after a 5 to 6 mile run and do my crunches and push ups. I then hit the shower and shave my face and scalp the old fashion way with a brush and shaving cream. I make my usual breakfast, kiss the wife and kids goodbye and stop at my local Peet’s for a cup of Joe.
For me, it’s all about the freshly pressed coffee, in a French press, of course. I wake up, pee, and make my daily coffee (a cup in the morning and a travel mug for class). I then shower, get dressed, skim the RSS feeds, grab my gear, and I’m out the door.
Then there are the days where I wake up 10 minutes before class, and none of that happens. I throw the clothes I wore yesterday on, grab a Mt. Dew, grab my bag, and head out.
Get up, stumble into door frame, back up and try again, this time getting by the door frame into the “WC,” thereupon doing whatever Nature has decided for me to do this morning at this particular time. (Also depending on whether or not I can stand up or have to squat and pee…)
I then look out the left window to see if the cardinals have hatched or hatcheted their eggs, look out the right window and see if the deer are scarfing up breakfast in the upper or lower pasture, or if they’re running helter-skelter from the coyotes.
Once I have splashed enough water in my face to re-moisturize the Empty Quarter, I stumble in to the kitchen where the “giver of the elixir of life” lives–the coffee machine. I know where this is by built-in radar!
After dumping about “yo-much” coffee into the cute little white cupcake-holder-looking-paper-thingy and pouring about “yo-much” water into the-big-black-water-gulping-plastic-thingy, I collapse onto the couch.
Once I have re-educated myself on the magical goings-on of the TV remote, I turn on the news to see what-fools-have-done-what-to-which-other fools.
(I don’t hear what they say the first 15 minutes anyway–I’m checking out the sexy wardrobe of the gorgeous female newsperson–ain’t that whatcha ’sposed to do? If not, make them wear long dresses with collars up to their necks. I mean, gee whiz, fair is fair!)
By the time I have re-sorted out which planet I’m on, which country I live in, and what my first name is, the coffee is ready. To me, coffee is nothing but black blood–if my red blood isn’t half coffee, it sure isn’t because I haven’t tried–God knows I’ve drunk enough the ‘morning after’ to turn me into the “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”
Where was I? Oh yeah, morning.
Once I’m again amongst the human race (’bout a pot and a half of Holy Nectar later (that’s coffee to you lesser Earthlings)), I do all of that other stuff: shave–mainly, most of it, all that I can reach quickly anyway; I’ll run the electric razor over it later before I go out again anyway, so who cares.
Then, I wet both hands, wipe down both sides of my hair, and out the door to tackle the world once again!
Oh wait; damn. My office is downstairs–where am I going?
Normally, I get out of bed reluctantly in the morning. Go to the head and take care of business. After that, I head to my closet and find the clothes I’m going to wear for that day and lay them out. I cook myself some breakfast (normally chopping up some red, green and yellow bell peppers, onions, eggs and habanero sauceroll in a burrito). Sit down to eat, while watching the news or weather channel. Then head to the shower. After washing, I use soap and a straight razor i bought a couple of years ago to shave, it gives nice straight lines. I pop out of the shower, brush my teeth, get dressed and start my day.
I get up in the morning and hit the shower,dry off, shave (except on Wednesdays), brush the teeth. I then get my clothes together for the day, plug in the iron, go into the kitchen, grind some fresh Trader Joe beans and get the coffee going. I go into the bedroom, iron my stuff. Then it’s time for a bit of coffee and RSS feeds before I have to walk the dog and get my son ready for daycare.
Having a nice set of shaving stuff would probably help my razor burn I get everyday from shaving … damn you military. Haha.
I wake up, turn on the light to my fish tank, cook up two eggs and two pieces of toast, down it all with a glass of milk. Brush my teeth, check my e-mail, brew a cup of coffee, and head off to welding class.
Wake up to first alarm at 7.
Fall back asleep till second alarm at 7:10
Actually get up at 7:15
Shower, Shave, Hit the Road by 7:40
4:51 am hit snooze
5:00 get up and let dog out
5:01 feed dog – he eats while I pee
5:02 he waits while I still pee
5:03 he pees while I wait
5:06 he goes back to bed and I hit the shower, shave and shake
5:15 dry off, brush teeth, get dressed
5:16 kiss wife, pet dog (he is now lying in my spot on bed)
5:17 drive to work…
The three S’s? I usually only do two.
I get up, use the restroom, and shower. I don’t shave everday like I should, so just go slightly scruffy on the days I don’t.
So, I shave (with a Gillete Quattro and whatever cream I decided to buy at the store!), wash my hair and body in the shower (using a fog resisant mirror for the shaving part). If I think I need to smell particularly nice that day, I use Oxy bodywash, which also is supposed to aid against pimples, as does their face wash I use. Now whether it really works or not is another question….
I usually use Pert and some other shampoo such as Suave as well as Proactiv shampoo occasionally to break things up. I often use like Ivory or whatever for bar soap.
After that, I dry off, use some kind of deodorant (often Right Guard, etc.), get dressed, maybe a bit of cologne, and I’m off to work.
If I feel like it, I use a bunch of Proactiv products to attack my pimplifurous face. Very expensive, yes, but what can I say? I’m 19. ‘Nuff said.
Anything more than that, no one needs to know. ;-P
Spencer
Morning Ritual
7 Put baby bottle on to heat, boil kettle for tea and make toast with marmalade for wife ( helps greatly with the morning sickness if eaten before even trying to stand up).
7.10 Give breakfast to wife and feed baby
7.30 Shower, shave, dress
8.00 Have breakfast
8.20 Do house work before leaving for work any time between 8.45 and 9.30 (hurray for flexible working hours.)
I’ll do the 3rd S shortly after arriving into work, I’m convinced the vibrations from my motorbike give my bowels a good kick start in the morning.
Wake up, drink a glass of water, check my email, wake up hubby, shower, make breakfast
I’ve been late so many times I actually jump out of bed when the alarm goes off. I’m a writer, so I write first thing, take a bike ride, read the Bible, check email, take a shower, eat breakfast w/ my family, and take off for work.
I always heard it as the 4 S’s…..
Every morning I cook breakfast [ bacon, oatmeal, apple slices, smoothie], brush my teeth and lotion my face, get my gear on, kiss my girlfriend goodbye and bike to work at the greatest bike shop in Orlando, FL. I usually shave after I shower at night because soon after that is when the smooth face comes into play.
I usually don’t save much time in the morning, so I take a quick shower and run out the door. On mornings when I don’t have anywhere special to be I’ll save some time and have a good shave with my straight razor. If I don’t have time I’ll do a quick shave with a double edge safety razor.
My morning ritual?
I wake at dawn. The air has a stillness and a dryness only found on this plain, only at this time of the season. It feels good in my lungs. I lift the mosquito netting, roll out of the tent, and begin the fire. I prepare the coffee for it. Then gather the water from the salt lick for my shave. The straight razor feels strong and wet across my beard. It is a good feeling. It is right. I continue over the ears, across the top of the head, and down the back of the cranium. I wax my mustache, then apply a salve that the natives have given me of berries, mixed with beetle dung, to sooth my weathered face and scalp. It burns, slightly. The coffee smells strong in the morning breeze. It fills my nostrils with life.
I pick up my rifle, and ready it for the kill. The heaviness of the strap across my shoulder, the smell of the gun oil so close to my face, are full with memories of my youth, tinged with sadness.
The hunt commences. Somedays it’s kudu. Others hyena or rhino. Most days only opossum or squirrel. They like the backyard the best. Gentle reader, do not judge. I kill them not for the thrill. Not for the sake of the killing itself. I kill them to give the squirrels…the opossums…maybe, the occasional salamander…the dignity of a death they so richly deserve! After which, I empty my bowels, almost ritualistically, in the chamber pot. Then I make a morning meal of salt-cured, cold smoked kippers, as I drink the steaming, bracing coffee in the morning air. It feels good to be alive. To be a man.
My man’s ritual-
4:30 – early AM bathroom & then back to bed
8:00 – hit snooze
8:45 – shower, shave, dress in business casual/very casual, eat breakfast
8:55 – leave the house
9:00 – arrive @ work
…actual times may vary, sometimes he doesn’t have to work until 10…
Meanwhile, I’m up at 6 AM to shower, dry hair, style hair, apply makeup, try on 5 pairs of pants to see which one still fits, end up in some sort of acceptable business wear & heels, run out the door with a piece of bread & jam in hand, and make a 30-minute drive to work before 8, thinking on the way about how he kept me up late & is still soundly sleeping…
Not sure yet how we are going to mesh those morning rituals if we decide to take that big marriage leap…
wake up, take shower, brush teeth 3 times or less, work out if time permits, check email, read some of the bible, dress to impress, and the day begins!
When I get up in the morning, here is what I usually do:
Turn on a show for my girls, who get up WAY too early (so my wife can snooze a little longer)
Head to the bathroom with a book (aka the library)
Do my stuff on the toilet, reading my book until my legs fall asleep (I love to read)
Shower, and while in the shower I brush my teeth and shave.
Get dressed. Head out to my home office in the garage.
I usually grab a breakfast bar and drink on my way out and eat when I have a break.
That’s about it.
Thanks!
Jason Ellis
jasonellis@gmail.com
alarm, gum, go!
Alarm goes off at 6AM
Hit the restroom and complete 1st S…
Put on deoderant.
Get dressed.
Put on hat and go to work.
15 minutes tops!
Alarm goes off at 6:30. Breakfast is usually handled by 7. Hit the first S then lather up, shave, and clean the blade. Done with the three S’s by about 8. Get dressed and do some work till 8:40 then out the door.
I wake up, grab some strong coffee
let that work on me for about 10-15 minutes, then head off to take care of the first S
hit the shower, where I shave my dome with my HeadBlade
get out of the shower and shave my face, minus the ’stache and goatee
get dressed, grab some food, kiss the wife and kiddies and I’m off for the day
My boyfriend drinks a glass of water when he wakes up. And then he would wash his face with water (alleging he doesn’t need any more). But i force him to wear moisturizer, and on some days, he agrees on a toner!
Shower, shave, brush my teeth, hastily get dressed, cup of tea, and out the door!
I wash my face with soap and water and I brush my teeth. I’m getting married soon and my fiancee has been asking me to start a regime and moisturize, but I didn’t know what to get.
The ‘triple s’ may be for some men – but not always for me.
Every morning (after the fight with the alarm clock) I’ll take my morning shower.
Every 2nd day I’ll do a shave.
I never seem to have the strength for the third ’s’ though. Maybe I need to do some morning exercises?
Triple-S, breakfast, Sportscenter or a little Mike & Mike, and check the weather before I’m out the door.
Wake up. Make coffee. Boot up my Mac. And then — ideally at least, for best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry — sit down to write. To quote novelist Jonathan Franzen, ” One abiding rule is that if I don’t start writing first thing in the morning, I won’t get any writing done at all.”
Turn over in bed, hit the snooze, and check the blackberry for e-mails and baseball scores.
Roll out of bed and hit my knees for a quick moring prayer. Put on shorts and run outside the get the paper and then read the sports, business, and funnies while taking my morning dump.
Have a shower, get dressed and grab my bible, my bagel, and kiss my baby before locking myself in my home office and having a quick breakfast and scripture read before starting work.
I wake up, call my wife (I am in Iraq), go back to bed. Get back up and run 4 miles. Take a combat shower and use bottled water to brush my teeth. Then check on my soldiers. I can’t wait until I am back to civilization.
I typically get up around 7, brush my teeth and wash my face, eat breakfast, blog for a popular gadget blog, get showered, shave with a single-blade razor (which is great if you haven’t tried it. This site has a good post on it), and then begin my day with whatever I have to do.
“Woke up, fell out of bed, drag a comb across my head….”
OK, so that was just a Beatles reference.
“The day breaks, your mind aches…”
OK, no more songs:
03:50 Clock radio chimes (snooze)
03:59 repeat
04:10 cell phone chimes
04:15 start coffee
04:20 shave (I shower at night)
04:30 dress / while scanning e-mail
04:40 bowl of cereal, vitamins, supplements
04:55 in the car, starting my 2 hour commute.
@ Charlie-
2 hours! Yikes. Just out of curiousity where are you comuting to and from? I’m assuming it’s somewhere in PA.
haha, my ritual is:
Barely wake up. Shave. Take a dump. Shower and brush teeth in the shower.
I wake up first trying to recall what hotel, what city, and what time is my van ride to the airport. Once all that’s figured out its time to get rid of the morning brew, thunder, and gremlin, then into the shower, utilize the free hotel soap and shampoo, less for me to carry every day. Then its a shave. From there its putting repacking my stuff, putting on the uniform, and going downstairs to catch the van, hoping that breakfast is out a bit early or else I may not get a chance to eat for a long time. Van ride to the airport kicks off the rest of the day, all the way to the next hotel.
Morning ritual consists of getting out of the house ASAP before the noise starts. I operate better alone till about 9
Seems normal to me for a Man to prepare himself for the day’s activities, etc.
However, what I don’t understand is why this contest information is so out of date being that it closed July & we are now in August? Or do you guys over in USA work on a different date?
Thoughts’ anyone…?
Mike
@Mike-
We ran this contest last month. It has indeed concluded.
0500 – wake up
- 0505- breakfast/ proitien shake
- 0510- shower and shave ( mirror in shower)
- 0520- press uniform
- 0530- hair done, shoes shined
- 0535- feed fish/ kiss wife good bye
-0545 – leave for work and face the day!/ take on the world!
Get up, Feed the animals, walk the dog, then get coffee
I’ll wake up to the sound of classical music on the clock radio, rise from the bed and do a few “warrior” stretches that I learned back in my youth. Padding across the room to the closet and dresser, I select my clothing. I’ll take a lukewarm shower, then shave and groom in a way that would make my great grandfather who owned a barber shop in Poughkeepsie proud. Dressing in my teacher outfit I’ll go downstairs to start the coffee and make some simple breakfast. like fruit and toast. I remember to brush my teeth and then, If time permits, I’ll join my wife midway through her own morning ritual for a spot of coffee before heading out to my teaching position and she to her work as a nurse.
Morning sex and a bloody mary is the only way to start a day.
I start by throwing the closest thing I can grab at my alarm clock, which sometimes has an unfortunate result, then I wipe the crust out of my eyes, nudge the one sleeping next to me out of the way as I scratch my butt on the way to the bathroom, look in the mirror and recite my personal mantra, brush my teeth, grab my sharp razor and attach the stubble on my face which is an act of faith that I don’t fall asleep in the process, turn on the shower to let the water warm, wash, rinse and repeat. Jump out apply styling product, get dressed to impress and greet the day with bravado.
delay waking up as long as possible, get up have some coffee and eggs, shower, brush, shave, begin a day of greatness
Wake up at 4:30 AM. Brush my teeth. Get into work out clothes. Go for a 3 mile run or 1 hour of gym time depending on the day in my rotation. Come home by 6. Three S’s. Eat breakfast. Get into my Army Suit (Uniform). Kiss the dog, yell at the kids, and kick the wife (maybe that’s not right). Go to work for the day, a month, or a year, depends.
Up early for morning run or weight training session, followed by breakfast. Then a nice warm shower, followed by the manly art of shaving. Nothing gets the beard more ready than this routine. I believe the sweating at the workout session, cool down of breakfast and then the showering set the beard up like no other.
alarm
snooze
alarm
snooze
alarm
off
get out of the bed and straight into the shower
get out piss and shave
put some music on
get dressed
check the headlines
out the door
Well a typical weekday for me involves getting up early for classes. As a student living in the residence halls on campus, SIUC, I get ready and then head for breakfast.
Getting ready includes going to the bathroom, (the first S), shower, brushing my teeth, shaving, and styling my hair. Then I wash my face. Now I can get dressed.
Getting dressed starts the night before, by laying out a t-shirt, underwear, and socks. In the morning, I pick out a dress shirt and tie and iron the shirt if needed. Slacks and a blazer or suit are chosen. Then I’m off to breakfast or class.
Hit the alarm, stumble into the bathroom, put some mileage on the john, quick shower, shave with a badger hair brush and straight blade, coffee and email, brush the teeth, and then out the door.
When I wake up it takes like 10 mins to shave, brush and floss, comb my hair and look decent. So I usually have to spread out those tasks thru out the day.
Wake (wife and young child make snooze a luxury of the past). Turn on shower water. Zone out for about a minute and a half. Wake up from zone out. Shower. Shave. Curse the old blade. Change blade. Shave again. Get Dressed. Read the Bible and pray. Fix and eat scrambled eggs. Kiss the sleeping wife. Walk out the door.
Every morning I wake up and take a hot shower after a loaf of French bread (wheat) and chocolate milk. Stepping out of the shower I lather up my face with my favorite shaving cream and proceed to shave like my grandpa used to, with my newly acquired safety razor, and get dressed to face the day.
Well, I became in such a hurry that my routine became nothing more than the first “S” a quick shower, using shampoo for the whole process I might add, (it was quicker than shampoo and body wash) , then my shave was water on the face and a quick couple swips without any cream with a razor to old to mention. After tripping onto The Art of Manliness site, I read “How to shave like your Grandpa” and it is exactly what I watched my Grandpa do! So, needless to say, I took it to heart and now get up a little earlier, still take care of the first “S” then like a fine oiled machine, same every day(mostly) 1) Brush my teeth 2) Put in contacts 3) Take shower with all new manly products (I dont mean axe or the like) 4) get out of the shower and prep for the manly shave with my newly purchased badger brush and antique safety razor, with the sharpest wilkenson blade, shave, put on some manly after shave and go get dressed for my day. This new “routine is awesome!” Win or not, Thanks for the kick in the arse.
After stumbling to the sink for a glass of water, I start coffee. Then head to the bathroom to empty.
Put on the days clothes
Cold water face wash,
Brush teeth
wet and style hair
I usually shave the evening before in t he shower.
Im 19 and have been shaving since middle school, unlike a lot of my friends who dont seem to have any facial hair, i have quite the full beard. My parents are seperated and i never properly learned to shave and had learn the hard way through trial and error. i wish i had found more about websites like this that can halfway fill in for things that should have been taught by ones parents.