Weddingbee Blog

On Jersey Shore (bear with me), what strikes me is the time, energy, and resources those young gentlemen put into their appearances. In the quest to stay fresh to death, no tanning booth goes untouched, no bottle of gel goes un-squeezed. No collar goes un-popped, no button goes… buttoned.

That’s the situation right there

Women are undoubtedly under pressure to look their very best for their wedding day—have been for ages, right? You can’t flip through the pages of a bridal magazine—or fast-forward through a Sunday night WeTV wedding marathon—without an inundation of beauty advice, dos, don’ts, cautionary tales, and/or the threat of David Tutera knocking on your door to give you a what-for.

But what are the expectations for men?

And have the rules changed since the advent of metrosexuality, the proliferation of male beauty products, and the dawn of the straight-guy-makeover show?

I posed the question to Mr. Potato Head and was surprised to learn that he does think about his appearance in terms of our wedding day. My low-maintenance guy who uses the same $2 shower gel for soap, facial cleanser, and shampoo is nonetheless considering his haircut, his shoes, his body, his nails and how he can look the best he can.

“It’s like training for an event,” he said. “And I want my physical appearance to reflect our life together. I want to look clean, neat, put-together, relaxed.”

All right then. Color me surprised. Mr. Potato Head is either charmingly progressive or the latest victim of male-targeted consumerism. Whatevs, I’ll say it’s the former… expect some fresh-to-death Chips, I guess, is my point. How we’ll go about accomplishing this is another story for another post.

Do sugar-plum ideas of your Big Special Day (BSD®) factor into your day-to-day, appearance-wise? How are you and yours the considering the art of cosmetic maintenance?