Remington's back with another in-depth investigative report into men's skincare. As we've all come to know, he's as razor sharp with his skincare observations as are the trouser creases on his tux, so we know we can trust him. This time round, he's been checking out a 3 step routine from Zirh, available in Ireland from 4men.ie.Â
So what did he think? Oh dear - he wasn't wildly enthused. He likes the packaging alright (me too, but we can't just judge products on their looks, much as we'd like to)Â but he thinks Zirh might be a bit style over substance, especially for a fella who already knows about skincare and has a daily routine. This what he has to say about the first step in the programme, which is called Clean:
"For starters, the cleanser has the consistency of hair gel. It claims to ‘wash away dirt and oil to prevent the growth of acne-causing bacteria, while triple alpha hydroxyl acids gently lift away dead skin cells to uncover smoother, healthier skin’. To be honest my face just looked washed after I had used it. Might be worth trying if you suffer with acne."Â
It's worth pointing out though that Remington only had a small sample to try, so he may have seen better effects over several more days. I'm often not wowed about skincare initially myself until I can see results. And as a result, he wasn't terribly enthused about the second step either, Correct.
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"The actual purpose of this is kind of lost on me. According to ZIRH it ‘replenishes vitamins to stimulate cell renewal, rejuvenate and improve skin texture’. This also had quite an odd consistency and to be honest I don’t see the point of it at all. I suppose if you had shaved or exposed your face to some particular hardship between steps one and three then the correct might serve some purpose".
Step three is called Protect, and is basically the moisturising stage. Remington tells us that the cream "contains vitamin E and avocado oil, which ‘ infuses skin with protein’." Only a small amount is required, according to the directions, but the thick consistency made it a bit of an effort to spread across the face, according to our man.
All in all, Remington found the Zirh schtick to be a bit on the gimmicky side - "Surely men’s grooming has evolved past the stage of having to trick guys into using a moisturiser", he said,  and he was also concerned that he could find no reference to an SPF in the Protect cream, which he'd consider to be an essential.Â
But he does leave us on a positive note - he says that he'd "buy this for a younger male relative who is new to the whole skin care game".Â
