grooming techniques
Personal care practices
Grooming techniques are methods for maintaining personal appearance—hair styling, skin care, nail trimming, and the like.
The phrase also applies to animal care: The book covers grooming techniques for long-haired dogs.
In a darker sense, grooming techniques are manipulative tactics used to build trust with potential victims, especially children, before exploitation or abuse.
- bathingImmersion for cleanliness
- hot towelWarmed damp fabric
- brushingSweeping motion with bristles
- hairstylingArranging and shaping tresses
- combToothed grooming implement
trim · moisturizing · tweezer · hair care · scissors · exfoliation · skincare · clipper · hygiene · mentoring · detangling · split ends · gift-giving · networking · shave · wet shave · reputation management · child safety
grooming techniquesneglect
Failure to provide care
poor hygiene · slovenliness · uncleanliness · sloppiness · unkemptness
grooming techniquesdishevelment
Disordered, messy appearance
unkemptness · scruffiness · messiness · disarray · raggedness
grooming techniquesnatural state
Unmodified original existence
effortlessness · carelessness · artlessness · wild look · roughness