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Rob Lowe has imparted grooming advice for years. Mostly to his two sons, whom he encouraged to start a moisturizing routine well before “the chickens come home to roost, when you’re 40.” But now, he’s serving up the same advice to you as well—an offer worth heeding given that he’s Rob Lowe, glowing at 56 years old.

“If you take care of yourself, you may not see the results right away,” he says, “but you’re going to see them eventually.” A skincare routine actually isn’t just about how you look, he says: “Taking care of how you look is not this narcissistic thing,” he says. “It’s more emblematic of how you’re taking care of yourself holistically.”

Below, Lowe explains how he reached Grooming Gods status, and how you can too.

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Steal These Five Moves From Rob Lowe's Routine Moisturize like a hippie.

Lowe is a big fan of crunchy standby Burt’s Bees. 

Burts Bees "Milk and Honey" body lotion$9

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Keep your eye serum on ice.

“The first place that you look tired is under your eyes,” Lowe says, and recommends fighting that with an under-eye rolling ball serum from his his Profile line. To take things to the next level, keep that stuff in the fridge, so it’s extra soothing on application.

Profile under-eye roll-on serum$40

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Pick up some dry shampoo. 

Lowe swears by dry shampoo: “Most guys don’t know how to do it, most guys don’t know about it...and now you do.”

Living Proof dry shampoo$25

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Shape your hair, then mess it up.

Lowe puts in “tons” of Shu Uemura shaping paste, which is intended to give off a less-studied look. “Look rugged, look more like you don’t give a crap,” he advises. 

Shu Uemura hair putty$39

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Wear a mask to bed. 

Lowe swears by his sleep mask (“greatest invention ever”), because the best way to look well-rested is to be well-rested. 

Wild Essentials sleep mask$13

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