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101 Last Minute Holiday Gifts - Gift Ideas For Men - Christmas - New Years - Mans Guide
Hi! I'm Antonio Centeno, the founder of Real Men Real Style. Today, I have 101 last minute
holiday gifts, so for you guys out there that have not done much shopping, this post is
for you.
And I say this post because in this video, I'm only going to over a few -- well, quite
a few of the items, but I'm not going to hit 101. And I have a lot more information in
the link to the article right down below, so just go to that article after you watch
this video, especially if you see something you like, and then just follow the link over.
The links are affiliate links, but that helps pay the bills.
A lot of this stuff, by the way, too is over on Amazon and I really like Amazon. A couple
of reasons, great return policy. Also, I'm an Amazon Prime member. And if you haven't
looked at Amazon Prime, I highly advise it. I love it. Basically, you pay a set fee and
there's a student discount and a few other discounts too, by the way, and literally everything
is delivered to you within two days, so you purchase it and it is delivered to you really
quick.
Let me jump into some of the items. These are some of my favorites. The 101 items, I
pretty much either own, have tested, or have had my hands on every single item on that
list.
So the first one, it wouldn't be complete without mentioning Brett over at The Art of
Manliness. Now, this is his book set. If you haven't gotten a copy of this, this is a very
nice gift, and I'll tell you why because you get both copies where you get Manvotionals,
which is a great book. I've reviewed it. And then you have The Art of Manliness actual
book, so this was the original book. And the cool part is it comes in this really nice
cigar case and it really, I think, takes up the level. You don't pay really much more
than what you would. In fact, I think they're a little bit cheaper than buying both books
separately. It makes a great gift for any guy out there.
The next one I'm going to talk about, we're going to get into a little bit of shoe care.
I've got Chamberlain's Leather Milk. Actually, that is the conditioner. It's called Leather
Care Liniment, and then they've got the Straight Cleaner, which they've got handy, No. 2; this
was a No. 1. And then they've got a No. 3, which is a water-protectant. Now, these are
still in the bags because I've tested their other products.
By the way, if you leave comments over on realmenrealstyle.com, I'm probably going to
be sending and picking a few winners and sending them some of these gifts, so you've heard
it hear on YouTube. Go leave the comments at realmenrealstyle.com. I use this and it's
pretty easy to get in there.
I'm also recommending Leather Honey, very different. I would say that what you see over
her with the water-protectant, Chamberlain, it's more water-based. And this over here,
see, I'm not 100% sure it's oil-based, but the viscosity is much -- yeah, this stuff
is like honey, but both of them are great. I've tested both products. I think if you
have a lot of leather products, you're going to want to look at something either Leather
Honey or Chamberlain's Leather Milk.
Now sticking around with shoes and leather, I've also got some Sapphire, I'm going to
recommend, and this is sold at -- Kirby carries this over at the Hanger Project, so I link
to Kirby and his beautiful hangers, which I gave some of those away not too long ago,
but just the Rolls Royce of hangers.
So think about it, you spend $1000 on a sports jacket, maybe $2000 on a suit, maybe $200
on your suit, buy you put it up on a really poor hanger that doesn’t have the right
size shoulder, you're really going to be ruining that suit over time every time you hang it
up really, and this hanger prevents that. So again, this is one for the suit or any
type of jacket, and then we've got this one for trousers.
I'm going to recommend my friend, Raja. He owns Monte Carlo Tailors. Now, you're probably
wondering, "He's a custom clothier recommending another custom clothier." Well, Raja is over
in Bangkok and he went through my style system, a great guy. I've gotten to know him and I
really think that he puts together some good value, quality custom clothing.
If you signed up for that list about the grey flannel trousers, I'm going to be recommending
him because really, to me, that's a hidden way of getting some awesome grey flannel trousers
such as these right here, which he made for me, and I've gone through and looked at him.
I mean, he does a great job with the piping, with all the handwork, really a great pair
of grey flannel trousers.
He makes shirts. He makes suits. I would advise checking out Raja. He's a lot more affordable
than many other tailors out there. Now, if you're not going to travel to Bangkok, you'll
have to work with him remotely, but make sure to stay on my email list because I'll tell
you how to do that perfectly at a later point.
Okay, so what do we have next? Oh, let me go ahead and talk about the guys over at Sharp
& Dapper, so they sent me some really nice suspenders or braces, whatever you want to
call them, and the cool part is that they not only have the braces, but they've thought
about, well, what if you've got trousers and they don't have any buttons, and you don't
want to go through the hassle of sewing on buttons?
Well, they've actually got this cool little automatic button system that will fit right
into the trousers and I thought this was pretty cool, so they sent me this. And in addition,
if you haven't seen, those guys also make amazing shirt stays that connects your shirt
to your socks and in a sense always make sure that your shirt looks like it's tucked in
perfectly.
What else? Okay. I did a review on this a while back, but I think this is great for
$20 or $15 maybe on Amazon, this tiny travel steam iron. Any guy who travels a lot, this
is a must because you show up to a hotel, you've got wrinkles on your shirt, and the
hotel, if you look at their iron, it's got stuff caked like someone used the other one
to make a grilled cheese sandwich. You don't want to be using that iron. Use this iron
that you brought with you.
Deo-Go. Now my friend, Mike, over at RIPT, he actually is helping introduce this to the
United States. Deo-Go is an amazing remover of stains in the armpit area. Basically, it
focuses on what causes the armpit stains, so if you've got $150 shirts or $100 shirts
from Brooks Brothers and they've got stains in the pits, this will get rid of them or
you can get your money right back on that.
Okay. I want to bring up my friend -- and I say friend because whenever I bring up products,
usually I know the owner and I've spoken with them and I've gotten to know that guy. And
this one, Robert over at Vvego, he's got two V's in the pronunciation of it. Robert is
really focusing on accessories. This is a really cool, small, slim wallet that actually
has a money fold or a money clip and a place where it can hold your credit cards, so go
check them.
He's a former pilot and he brings precision to everything he builds right there in Alabama.
He also has these really cool cuff links. I've never seen cuff links like this. I don't
know if you can see these. They've got a turquoise look. They're made from one solid piece, really
unique, very attractive.
He also makes awesome belts. Now, you can look at the prices of his belts and you may
think, "That's a bit higher than I would pay in a department store," but this belt is stiff.
If you conceal carry, this is the type of belt you need to have. He also makes some
really nice alligator belts. Go check those out.
We've got Mike over at the AmmOMug. Now, Mike is a former military guy and he came up with
this idea. What I like about this thermos is that it's steel. I had a thermos and it
was really nice. Well, it wasn't super nice because I dropped it and it used a ceramic
inside and that broke in like a thousand pieces. I love the steel thermos. I also like how
it can open up and clean the inside of it. I've got a Stanley thermos and it's just really
hard to get in there and clean that one. It's pretty cool. It looks like -- I don't know.
What size of shell do you think this is?
Okay. I also talk about working out and staying in shape. What do I use? What are the little
devices? One of them is my headphones. I use the plug. It's made by Koss actually in Milwaukee.
I don't know if they make them in Milwaukee, but I know Koss is based out of Milwaukee,
and I've been using these headsets -- not this one in particular. I've had to replace
them probably once a year, but for ten bucks on Amazon, you really can't go wrong. The
return policy, I'll admit, sucks. But for ten bucks, it's just worth it to me to buy
another pair, and I love how they fit right in there and I can keep them at a low signal.
They cancel out noise.
I also talk about this SanDisk. This thing costs like 40 bucks MP3 player. I didn’t
want to get a shuffle, so this is really nice because it clips right on me when I'm working
out and I can forget about it.
I also talk about this HeadBlade. HeadBlade is really known for their razors that you
can shave your head with. I haven't used that, so I can't talk about that, but their little
grooming kit is actually really nice. Let me see if I can give you an inside look. All
the pieces, they're good quality, much better than I've seen elsewhere. The only thing I
don't like about this is the case could be better quality, but it's at least small and
convenient, and I travel with it. I've only torn one little part of it in the last year
worth of use. And again, the price is pretty good to go.
I fit into that and I talk about as well, what I use to trim my nose hairs with. I love
this little nose hair trimmer in the sense of it's small. It's pretty much human powered.
You don't have to worry about batteries. And this thing, I mean, not that I want to pass
this on to my kids, but this thing is going to survive a nuclear war.
Okay, what have we got? I don't just talk about things in style. I talk about a lot
of other things in that list of 101 items, and one of them is my Makita drill. I've had
this drill for five years and this has done so much work on my old Victorian house that
I just have to bring attention to this drill, a great drill. I talk about the whole set.
I've gotten more than my money's worth out of that product.
I also bring in this Lodge skillet. I think a lot of guys have talked about this. I have
the combo set, so I believe this is the ten-inch pan and it's got another larger pan that fits
on top of it, but yeah, this thing, it's clean because I just washed it because we use it
pretty much every day.
Now, with staying in shape, I've also got a couple of things. I use this by Fitbit and
this is the individual -- just the Fitbit -- I don't remember exactly which one this
is called, but basically this is the little item that fits on your body or you carry it
around with you, and it tracks the number of steps you take in a day. I wear this at
night and it measures how you sleep at night. Basically, it measures how many times you
move, how many times you wake and get up, which is interesting for me because I've got
a daughter that's going through potty training, so it seems like every night, I see a big
spike around two or three a.m. when I get up and go put her on the potty.
Okay, the Fitbit scale. I love this scale. Now, why would I love a $130 scale? I love
it because it hooks up right to my wireless network and it tracks my weight over time,
so I can look and basically see a chart of am I gaining or losing weight. I really don't
care. I mean, Fitbit has got a lot of cool other things, but for me, to be able to see
that chart over time is a constant -- it's an accountability thing. And it's really cool,
again, just to be able to see that. The scale itself is great. You can have I think up to
eight different people on it, so I highly recommend that.
Maxwell Scott briefcase, awesome, dressy briefcase. I also own a Saddleback Leather briefcase.
This is in a different class in the sense of this is more for dress, but if you're going
to be wearing a suit, let's say an overcoat, Saddleback is more of a casual style over
there.
The last thing I'm going to recommend here on the video at least, my friend, Kevin, down
in Texas owns Wiseman Chocolates. This box is empty. In fact, probably hours within receiving
this box of chocolates, it was empty. He sent me some other samples. He makes this chocolate
down in Texas. I don't know what he puts into it, but this stuff is dangerous and addictive,
so I do recommend it, but -- yeah, again, Wiseman House Chocolates, amazing products.
Again, guys, I've got a lot more recommendations in the article down below. I hope you enjoyed
it especially for those of you guys looking for some last minute purchases. And if you're
an Amazon Prime member, you could easily get those before Christmas or maybe New Year's,
or maybe Christmas next year or maybe -- I don't know. Just send it to the person in
January.
In any case, guys, I will see you in the next video. Take care. Bye-bye.