一位中年男士的护肤心得
<p><span word="What">What</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="there">there</span>?” <span word="So">So</span> <span word="shouts">shouts</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="I">I</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="for">for</span> 40 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bathroom">bathroom</span>. “<span word="I">I</span>’<span word="m">m</span>, <span word="er">er</span>, <span word="exfoliating">exfoliating</span>,” <span word="I">I</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="merrily">merrily</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="walking">walking</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="fingers">fingers</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pots">pots</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="potions">potions</span> <span word="crowding">crowding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="windowsill">windowsill</span>. <span word="Holy">Holy</span> <span word="Saint">Saint</span> <span word="Francis">Francis</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Friar">Friar</span> <span word="Laurence">Laurence</span> <span word="puts">puts</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Romeo">Romeo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Juliet">Juliet</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="here">here</span>!</p><p>“你在里面折腾啥呢？”我在卫生间呆了足足40分钟后，我妻子在外大声喊道。“呵呵，正在去死皮呢，” 我一边用手找摸窗台上堆放的各种瓶瓶罐罐，一边愉快地回复道。就是《罗密欧与朱丽叶》(<span word="Romeo">Romeo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Juliet">Juliet</span>)中劳伦斯神父(<span word="Friar">Friar</span> <span word="Laurence">Laurence</span>)所说的<span word="Holy">Holy</span> <span word="Saint">Saint</span> <span word="Francis">Francis</span>这类东西，如今的化妆品可谓琳琅满目，真是今非昔比！</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="here">here</span>: <span word="men">men</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="beauty">beauty</span> <span word="products">products</span> — <span word="moisturisers">moisturisers</span> <span word="supposedly">supposedly</span> <span word="optimised">optimised</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="skin">skin</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sold">sold</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="butch">butch</span>-<span word="yet">yet</span>-<span word="metrosexual">metrosexual</span> <span word="tubs">tubs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="science">science</span>-<span word="fictional">fictional</span> <span word="silvers">silvers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="blacks">blacks</span> — <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="undergoing">undergoing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="boom">boom</span>. <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Mintel">Mintel</span>, <span word="sales">sales</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="men">men</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="skincare">skincare</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="to">to</span> £95.1<span word="m">m</span>, <span word="up">up</span> <span word="from">from</span> £85.4<span word="m">m</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="forecast">forecast</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> £96.2<span word="m">m</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017. <span word="Men">Men</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="appear">appear</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="hell">hell</span>-<span word="bent">bent</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="washing">washing</span> <span word="but">but</span> “<span word="cleansing">cleansing</span>”, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="rubbing">rubbing</span> <span word="but">but</span> “<span word="gently">gently</span> <span word="massaging">massaging</span>”, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="introducing">introducing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="skin">skin</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="water">water</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="superior">superior</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span> <span word="product">product</span> <span word="called">called</span> “<span word="aqua">aqua</span>” <span word="And">And</span> — <span word="that">that</span> <span word="holy">holy</span> <span word="grail">grail</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="precise">precise</span> <span word="incantation">incantation</span> <span word="marking">marking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="marketing">marketing</span> <span word="departments">departments</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cosmetics">cosmetics</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="fought">fought</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Advertising">Advertising</span> <span word="Standards">Standards</span> <span word="Authority">Authority</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="standstill">standstill</span> — <span word="on">on</span> “<span word="reducing">reducing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="appearance">appearance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wrinkles">wrinkles</span>”. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="comforting">comforting</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="age">age</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="attractive">attractive</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="endorsed">endorsed</span> <span word="here">here</span>; <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="ageing">ageing</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="holy">holy</span> <span word="trinity">trinity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Tom">Tom</span> <span word="Ford">Ford</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="bumf">bumf</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="instance">instance</span>, <span word="is">is</span>: “<span word="Deep">Deep</span> <span word="clean">clean</span>, <span word="soothe">soothe</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rejuvenate">rejuvenate</span>.”</p>
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