No. 8 in our monthly series of life improvements sees us clearing out the mirrored Schneider two-door and restocking it with some new favourites and old bathroom essentials.
Living mostly out of 48-hour Porter carry-ons, Monocle favours the lean and clean approach to everyday ablutions; we rely on little more than a good hair and body shampoo, moisturiser, deodorant, pomade, toothpaste and a spritz of something cedary.
*Top left to bottom right* **01** Babu showergel **02** Dr. Hauschka body wash **03** Sea Breeze liquid deodorant **04** Malin + Goetz face scrub **05** Environ cleansing gel, toner and moisturiser **06** Murad Razor Burn Rescue **07** Vaseline petroleum jelly **08** La Prairie hand cream **09** Dr Sebagh moisturiser **10** Found anti-ageing cream **11** Muji nail clippers **12** TCP antiseptic **13** French Lover cologne by Frédéric Malle **14** Nivea antiperspirants **15** Muji soap dish and Le Couvent des Minimes soap **16** Muji cotton buds **17** Plaque disclosing tablets **18** Mehaz tweezers **19** Berocca vitamin supplements **20** Försvarets Hudsalva lip balm **21** Kelly Calèche eau de toilette by Hermès **22** Mason Pearson hairbrush **23** Bison Bakkanto bath salts **24** La Prairie eyelift cream **25** Tiger Balm ointment **26** Kevin Murphy conditioner **27** Motilium 10 indigestion tablets **28** Apoliva interdental brushes **29** Nurofen Plus painkillers **30** Sasawashi toothbrush **31** Aspirine UPSA soluble aspirin **32** Matsuyama toothpaste **33** Truefitt & Hill shaving cream **Monocle’s top five pharmacies** **01** John Bell & Croyden, *London* **02** Le Drugstore Publicis, *Paris* **03** Bigelow Chemists, *New York* **04** Drogerie Beyeler, *St Moritz* **05** Matsumoto Kiyoshi, *Japan*
However, when we do get to be home for longer than five minutes, we enjoy spending a little more time under the shower and in front of the mirror. We never depend on pricey panaceas though; we’re bigger fans of trawling the antiseptic aisles of international pharmacies, where we are tempted by the clinical packaging designs and bamboozled by foreign translations.
You can’t beat a roll of Nivea deodorant to keep things fresh, or a couple of Nurofen and Motilium 10 when you’re feeling under the weather, but sometimes we like to fill a basket with wonderful foreign concoctions and bring home some potions, unctions and ointments we’ve found on our travels.
Here’s a little Monocle inspiration for an autumn cabinet reshuffle.
