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New Limited Edition Luxury Beard Brush

New Limited Edition Luxury Beard Brush

August 13, 2020

I love trees. Drop me in a jungle or forest and I immediately feel at one, I don’t need drugs – this is like a trip for me. My library has a whole shelf of beautiful books about trees and one day I plan to travel around the world visiting some of the 

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Beard Oil or Beard Wax. What's the difference?

Beard Oil or Beard Wax. What's the difference?

July 23, 2020

It seemed like a passing fad when lumbersexuals spoofed ZZ Top in hipster high streets. But ‘peak beard’ never arrived. They just became shorter, groomed, and more normalised through society. Now more than 50% of men wear some level of facial hair.

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Volumising Mousse

Volumising Mousse

May 28, 2020

Mousse...maligned and misunderstood. We blame its upbringing. Right officer. What’s the charge sheet? Aiding and abetting the styling of mullets. Conspiring with

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Thicker Quicker

Thicker Quicker

May 14, 2020

In the olden days, sugar water was a simple and popular fixative used to thicken or hold hair in place. I was given an assignment as a junior in the 1970s to set some complicated wig chignons for a show and to use sugar water.

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What's the Magic?

What's the Magic?

January 31, 2020

Let’s cut to the chase. Instant gratification. It’s one of the most striking evolutions in the human condition of the last 30 years.

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The History of the Brush: Voted No.1

The History of the Brush: Voted No.1

January 04, 2019

Did you ever stop to compare an iPod with the Sony Walkman? Probably not, as the Walkman was already on its way to the V&A...

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