personal grooming
Daily appearance maintenance
Personal grooming is the care and maintenance of one's physical appearance and hygiene—bathing, hair care, shaving, nail trimming, and the like.
The phrase often appears in contexts about standards or habits: She spent an hour on personal grooming before the interview.
A personal grooming kit contains the tools for such maintenance.
- shavingRemoving hair with blade
- hair removalEliminating unwanted body fuzz
- tweezersPincerlike gripping instrument
- nose hairFilaments inside the nostril
- exfoliationShedding surface skin cells
skin care · deodorant · body odor · waxing · pedicure · curling iron · makeup · razor · moisturizer · soap · toothpaste · oral hygiene · fresh breath · floss · nail clippers · manicure · shampoo · split ends
- etiquettemanners, politeness, etiquette, table manners, courtesy
- social usages for menchivalry, gentlemanly conduct, social graces, respectfulness, handshake
personal groomingpoor hygiene
Inadequate self-care practices
uncleanliness · slovenliness · unkemptness · squalor · dirtiness
personal groomingdishevelment
Disordered, messy appearance
scruffiness · shabbiness · messiness · carelessness · sloppiness
personal groomingmedical treatment
Care for illness
medical intervention · surgery · healthcare · wound care · physical therapy