I’ve wanted to write a piece focusing on the amazing British skin and haircare brands that launched during the pandemic for, well, pretty much the whole of the pandemic, so it was great to be able to do so for GQ recently.
As I say at the start of the piece, launching a brand is hard enough at the best of times but to launch one at the worst of times – with the threat of Covid hanging over us – well, that takes real guts.
I’m not remotely Brexity as a person (quite the opposite as it happens) but now that the U.K. has left the European Union I strongly believe in supporting home-grown talent where possible – and, trust me, there’s plenty of that in the list I’ve compiled for the piece.
So, do lend your support to the brands featured if you’re based in Britain. Even if you’re a reader from outside of the U.K. I urge you to check them out – many offer international shipping and all represent the very best of British!
To read the article click here.
The grooming industry collab is, at best, a bit of a hit and miss affair. Get it right and it offers brands a chance to unravel their particular DNA helix, swap some genetic information and create something new that benefits both. Get it wrong and, well, we all know what happened when Paul McCartney teamed up with Stevie Wonder at that grand piano.
Grooming brand Harry’s are clearly aware of the inherent dangers of collaborating because they do it infrequently and wisely when they do. Most recently they teamed up with US facialists Heyday – a brand big in the States if not the U.K. – to create a superb limited edition Detoxifying Face Mask which sold out even before I got chance to write about it. (I’m keeping my fingers crossed that they bring it back because it was top-notch.) And now they’ve worked with super-chic online publication Highsnobiety to create a very special razor and accompanying stand.
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