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The Secret to Perfectly Messy Hair

The perfect balance of polished and undone, without the crunch, grease, or obvious effort.

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We Did a Little Sole Searching for Pickup Season

Your basketball shoes might be ready for the court. But are your feet?

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A Better Way to Bring the Shade

Shibumi Reinvented Beach Shade. Now It’s Coming for the Pop-Up Tent.

3 Ways to Store Cigars Using Household Items

We've all been there: the bachelor party/wedding/birth of your buddy's child where someone hands you a cigar you may want to smoke someday. The problem is if you don’t have a humidor to store it in, that cigar will dry out and become unsmokable in a matter of days. Whatever…

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The Best Products to Help Whiten Your Teeth

We’re mostly about utility here at Cool Material, but sometimes, we need a good pampering. We love a martini. We spend money on good clothes because it’s better to spend up front and keep something for awhile, and we write articles about downright obscenely expensive campers because they make us…

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The Best War Movies Ever Made

While we have no problem agreeing that Bogey and Bergman's performances in Casablanca are some of the best ever recorded on film, the fact that their movie takes place during wartime does not make it a war film. To us, for it to be a war movie, there are certain…

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The Complete Guide on How to Properly Pack a Suit

If you’re the kind of man who travels often—whether for business or pleasure—you know what we mean when we say jetsetting in style is no easy feat. Underwear and socks are easy to roll up and tuck away, but more difficult items like button downs, ties, and suits prove near-impossible…

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The Worst Town in America to Live in if You Love Craft Beer

To give you an idea of how rapidly craft beer has expanded in this country, consider that after Prohibition ended, it took 88 years for America to reach 1,000 breweries again. That's almost a century. After that, it took only another 15 to hit 2,000 breweries, which we did in 2011. Today, less than…

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