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Warm weather means better weekends. Better weekends tend to have us out later, traveling a little bit, and generally having less time to be in top Monday condition. It’s a wonderful thing. No matter how much fun you had, you don’t want to be the dude walking around the office hearing "You look like you had fun last night," when the work week kicks off. (Also, don’t be the one saying it either.) But, early train rides back home after beach weekends or hardcore benders leave all of us a little worse for wear. It can all be remedied by keeping a few simple products in your desk drawer. Keep them close and you’ll look like a boss, even after your most fun nights and weekends.

Grooming Creme:

Messed up hair is one of the most obvious signals that you had a rough start to the morning. It could be flying in all different directions, frizzed out, messed up, or have that "I barely showered" thing going on. That’s when you reach for the Bumble and Bumble. A dime’s worth of grooming creme, spread out in your palms and worked through hair (dampened in the bathroom if you’re an overachiever) will do wonders. You’ll end up with a little bit of shine, structure and a whole lot more polish. Questions from colleagues about your sordid adventures will turn to compliments. (It comes in handy when you’ve got to go some place fancy after work, too.)

Deodorant:

Sometimes you don’t want weekends to end, so you prolong them by changing travel plans. Instead of getting home late on Sunday, you opt for the super-early Monday morning train, plane, or automobile. The only problem? Your probably short a clean shirt, and prolonged time in any mode of transportation won’t do anything good. A fresh application of deodorant can help. Keep a small aluminum-free (to avoid sweat stains) stick in your top drawer for whenever you’re feel a little ripe.

Face Wipes:

Seen all those wipes in your girlfriend’s bathroom? They stock up for a reason: Those things are pure magic. While you might not be taking off makeup with these, a lack of sleep and a harried morning can make your skin look not so great. But you can easily wipe away all the tiredness with one of these from Ursa Major. Just a quick swipe across your face and you’ll feel refreshed, clean, and completely alive. It’s all the convenience and power of your bathroom sink and face wash in a tiny towel. Give your face the jolt it needs to get through the week (or Monday, at least).

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