Target younger men influenced by looksmaxxing, support longer hair and facial hair trends, tap into the wellness boom, and use AI to smooth the path to purchase. Rosalia Di Gesu,…
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The Future of Men’s Grooming 2026
"Target younger men influenced by looksmaxxing, support longer hair and facial hair trends, tap into the wellness boom, and use AI to smooth the path to purchase."
Rosalia Di Gesu, Director, Mintel Beauty & Personal Care
Discover the future trends in the global men’s grooming market with Mintel’s Future Of report. The report identifies the key consumer and industry trends that will impact the men’s grooming industry over the next five years.
The most important upcoming trends in the men’s personal care market are analysed and succinctly presented alongside relevant insights from Mintel’s consumer data. So you can understand how consumer demands will change and identify future innovation and growth opportunities.
This report also presents Mintel’s analysts’ pick of the most innovative and inspirational launches in the global men’s grooming market. Understanding the future of the men’s grooming industry has never been so easy.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Where we are now
Mintel recommends: in the next two years
Mintel recommends: in five years and beyond
IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS
Guide men from extreme looksmaxxing to credible, safe performance
Target younger men facing more intense pressure to look perfect
Champion self-acceptance over perfection
Case study: Based Bodyworks
Promote makeup as a less extreme way to maximise one’s looks/jawline
Be inspired by makeup and massage tools promising to maximise looks/jawline
Ride the injectable biohack and peptide wave
Consider injectable peptide, NAD+ and acne innovations
Win in men’s BPC by powering hair growth and normalising removal
Why supporting hair growth and removal matters
Capitalise on longer hair and facial hair trends
Leverage the interest in hair styling as a gateway to skincare
Innovate for varied hairloss resolutions: transplants, ‘tattoos’ and wigs
Improve hair growth with inside-out, microneedling and bespoke approaches
Graph 1: share of men who are focused on preventing premature hairloss when it comes to long-term beauty and health, by select markets, 2026
Lean into emerging inside-out, microneedling and personalised hair growth innovation
Scale innovation for men’s body hair removal
Be inspired by the latest men’s body hair removal innovations
Frame men’s BPC as health/wellness essentials to drive commercial growth
Play a supportive role amid a gender wellness gap, without overpromising
Graph 2: share of consumers who use BPC products to relax/relieve stress, men vs women, by select market, 2024
Extend hormonal beauty narratives from women’s BPC to men’s
Brands reassure that formulas are ‘testosterone-safe’ and invest in testosterone therapy
Educate on and tap into the nascent andropause men’s BPC segment
Improve wellness and BPC outcomes via community and connection
Highlight the wellness merits of ‘slow beauty’ rituals
Capitalise on still-emerging neurocosmetic trends
IN FIVE YEARS AND BEYOND
Prepare for the impact of AI on paths to purchase
Invest in agentic AI to simplify and transform the path to purchase
Keep trust at the forefront in the emerging agentic AI space
Be discoverable on AI assistants through specific and repeatable claims and dermatologist credibility
Simplify men’s BPC choices with clutter-free, trust-led ecommerce design
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