NORTH FACE: men-ü skincare products

A small selection of men-ü skincare products (Image: Damien Wilkinson)

I’ve used men-ü products for a few years now and find them an essential tool for daily grooming.

Launched in 2o01 men-ü promotes ultra-concentrated grooming products for men. The micro format cuts down on the product footprint whilst still delivering high performance and duration.

This philosophy is baked into the Brand’s “3R Grooming” of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle encapsulated in a 100ml shave creme bottle which can deliver 165 shaves, uses re-usable pump mechanisms that can be unscrewed and flipped over onto a cheaper new pump free bottle, thereby reducing plastic usage. All packaging is 100% recyclable.

The range of products covers shaving, washing and skin care such as moisturisers, facial toners, shower gels and a quick application facial detox.

All are supplied in reduced packaging which not only cuts down on plastic and cost, but enables a neat travel kit solution. The pumps also facilitate an efficient use of the product, allowing dispensation of the precise amount needed.

Based on these advantages the cost of the product is very reasonable. For example the shave cream currently retails at around £13 (with the refill option £12, or a combo double pack at £24) and provides half of year of usage, providing you squirt the instructed use quantity (you will over-do it to start with)!

The products are mainly odour free and skin friendly and should you wish to test suitability (or indeed travel even lighter) there are various smaller “Buddy Tubes” which provide a 15ml counterpart to the 100ml formats at a fraction of the cost (£4).

Definitely worth a squirt.