With Father’s Day on June 19 fast approaching, it’s time to look for those all-important gifts to lick your dad into shape, says Fiona Adams.
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Organic beauty brand Green People, which is based in East Grinstead, now do a men’s range so your dad can also benefit from their products made without the harsh, artificial substances that high street brands often include.
Visit their website; or call 01403 740350.
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Man bags may be on the rise, but few alpha males want to lug about large bottles of moisturiser. Men-ü has come up with pocket-sized products (of 15ml and 100ml) which are all super concentrated, so that – depending on the contents – each one provides between 80 and 265 applications. Moreover each has a locking pump for an accurate dosage. This Ultimate Shave/Skin Kit includes shave crème, face wash, refresh gel, moisturiser and wash bag.
£44.95. Visit their website for more details.
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Want to create a zenlike aura? Then head to Rituals, where you’ll find gifts that are exotic with mystical and tranquil overtones. Indulge your dad with the Bleu Byzantin Eau de Parfum Oriental Essence, designed to conjure up the ‘drifting aromas of bustling harbour life in the ancient city of Byzantium’.
£39 for 50ml. Available from their website or in store at M&S, Camberley; House of Fraser, Epsom; Debenhams, Guildford.
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With the Tour de Yorkshire fresh in the mind and the Tour de France Grand Départ beginning at the end of the month, where better to keep all those goodies than a cycling themed wash bag? At £20, it’s considerably cheaper than a carbon-fibre road bike.
Available on the John Lewis website or try their branches in Croydon and Horsham.
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Classic English company Molton Brown has had a long love affair with pepper, and its latest men’s range –Re-charge Black Pepper Sport Collection – launched in May. Choose from 4-in-1 Bodywash, Energising Body Scrub, Deodorant or Muscle Soak.
From £16. Available on their website or in Guildford & Kingston stores.
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If your papa is the discerning type of gentleman, you might like to bestow upon him a bottle of Jo Malone’s Black Cedarwood & Juniper Cologne. It looks classy and smells divine.
£85 for 100ml. Available on their website or their Kingston branch.
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Not On the High Street, which just happens to have its mothership in Richmond, is the home of the quirky present. Amongst its offerings is the ultimate present for hirsute dads: the Men Rock Beard and Moustache Care Gift Set, £29.50. Perfect for your beardy beloved.
Available on their website.
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If your pop needs a bit of encouragement to get down the gym and tone up his ‘dad bod’, he could start with a little help from fitness guru Joe Wicks. Joe, who is based in Surbiton, is one of the hottest properties on the fitness circuit and is the author of numerous exercise and diet plans. Last year he published Lean in 15, a book of 15-minute meals and workouts. This month sees the launch of his second book, Lean in 15: The Shape Plan, designed to help build a strong, lean body.
Available at local bookstores or through Joe Wick's website.
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