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This young natural cosmetics brand from the Alpine-Adriatic country of Slovenia has focused on just two products. Instead of a large lineup for every possible need, its founder chose to concentrate on one theme: skin care during the sunny season.

Why do we lose hair? Even if you started losing your hair at a young age, the cause is not always genetics. Stress, seasonal shedding, deficiencies, hormonal or age-related changes, chronic scalp tension, or weakened hair follicles — and that is only the beginning of the list of factors. At first, hair starts growing more slowly, becomes thinner, and some follicles gradually switch into an inactive state. If growth is absent for a long time, some follicles may gradually atrophy.

At the end of 2024, the oldest men’s grooming brand, British Truefitt & Hill, released the most luxurious collection in its history — Highgrove. All products in the collection are at least 30% more expensive than the brand’s previous equivalents. Let’s take a look: what is so special about this collection?

Red, yellow or green? This is not a traffic light, but the main colours of straight razor honing paste from the full range. To understand the differences and choose the right one, read our article.

Behind every small brand stands one person. In the case of HAGS, that is Dimitrios Harokopos. The founder of the brand was born in 1989 in California. Later, Dimitrios’s family moved to Greece, where his interests and artistic taste took shape.

Wet shavers go on holiday too. What should you bring, and what’s better to buy locally? How do you save space in your suitcase? How do you avoid hauling unnecessary items and instead bring just the right amount so you can throw away an empty tube on the last day? These rules are written by an experienced traveler who manages with a single backpack even on two-week trips. We hope you’ll find something useful. Bring back memories from your trips, not fatigue!

Few brands among wet shavers enjoy such unquestioned trust as Barrister and Mann. It is practically impossible to find a negative review of this American artisan brand’s products. Their soaps and aftershaves are at least familiar by name to every wet shaver who has gone a little further into the world of wet shaving than Proraso. However, few people know that the company’s founder was supposed to become a lawyer. If everything had gone as he planned in his youth, the world would never have been introduced to soaps that became the benchmark for artisan shaving products.

The niche British manufacturer of premium men’s grooming products, Taylor of Old Bond Street, appeared in London 170 years ago — on September 1, 1854. All these years the company has remained a family business, from the very first day when Jeremy Taylor opened a men’s barbershop on one of London’s most fashionable streets, Bond Street. Today, this street connects Piccadilly to the south with Oxford Street to the north. Since the 18th century, many prestigious and upscale fashion stores have been located on this street.

Japanese style, precision and quality inspire craftsmen and artists around the world and have become a new benchmark. It’s no coincidence that Tatara razors, born in Portugal, also aim for that overseas standard. This fusion of southern European passion and Japanese meticulousness is evident in the concept, design, and construction of each razor, which become objects of desire for wet-shaving aesthetes. They are flawless to look at, and their construction details make Tatara unique-practically «shaving artworks.»

The history of the Italian-Canadian brand RazoRock began with a curious incident in 2009. Two Canadians, Joseph Abbattangelo and Michael Iorio, went on holiday to Italy. The purpose of the trip was a «stone hunt»: Joseph’s father-in-law, a retired Italian barber, asked him to find alum blocks, which were a great rarity in North America — in Toronto, they could not be bought. As a true barber from Italy, he could not imagine how anyone could shave without alum blocks.

In 1945, in the town of Brebbia, near Milan, former Alpine Regiment soldier Dante Bardelli began making soap. He started with ordinary household soap — in the post-war years, no one was thinking about anything more luxurious — which he delivered around the area on his Lambretta scooter. The soap, made according to the traditional Marseille recipe, was well received by customers, sales began across the country, and the following year the soap-making company Saponificio Varesino was registered — named after the province of Varese, where Brebbia is located. That was the beginning of a company that is now considered one of the best producers of shaving cosmetics in Europe.

At the end of 2022, the Canadian company RazoRock, a well-known maker of DE safety razors and shaving products, released the Superslant collection. Its engineers spent 2 years developing it. The manufacturer itself considers this series the peak of its razor range and, in structural terms, the most refined one.

On store shelves you can find women’s plastic razors: pink, red, and even floral. Bright, with «feminine» flowing shapes and stereotypically «female» design, they are harmful to the environment, the wallet, and the skin.

The myth that men should not be given cosmetics, socks, or ties has spoiled many celebrations. It is enough to put yourself in the place of a man who would like to receive a set of good shaving cosmetics, too expensive for an everyday budget, but instead gets anything at all, «just not a shaving set." Can you already picture his disappointment? This article is for women who already know that prejudices are harmful, but still do not know how to choose a good gift for a man from the huge range of shaving or beard care products.

Fatip are Italian razors, with production dating back to the 1950s. The secret of their popularity is simple: they are efficient and affordable. Piccolo with an open head has won a special place in the hearts of wet shavers. But the brand has many other worthy models that sometimes stay in the shade. That often happens simply because the buyer, especially a beginner, gets lost in the variety of Fatip razors.