The Non-Negotiables

If you only nail three things, make them these: nails, facial hair, and eyebrows. All three sit right in someone's line of sight during a conversation, and all three get judged in an instant.

Nails take two minutes a week — trim, file, push back the cuticles. Facial hair: edges defined, length even, as covered above. And eyebrows are the most overlooked detail of all: leave the natural shape alone and never thin or arch them — just clear the stray hairs between the brows so they read as two, not one.