A Wooden Beard Comb in Vegan Leather Pouch
If you prefer to keep your whiskers (and many men do due to personal choice, less irritation or religious beliefs), then treat yourself to this wooden beard comb in a vegan leather pouch.
A good beard comb can guide unruly facial hair, and push it in the right direction, which helps to prevent ingrown hairs. Use a gentle shampoo to cleanse your beard, two or three times a week. Just combing your beard should be enough to distribute natural oils, and keep it healthy.
Why avoid plastic hairbrushes and combs?
As well as being made from oil, plastic hair brushes and combs tend to generate static electricity, and cause micro-abrasions on the scalp (if you think it’s your shampoo, it could be your hairbrush).
Static also forces hair cuticles to lift and results in frizzy and flyaway hair, and an increased risk of split ends. Many generic plastic combs and brushes are made with injection moulds, that leave sharp seams and jagged edges that can scratch the scalp.
Where to recycle plastic hair accessories
Salons, offices and schools can order a Terracycle Hair & Body Care Waste Box (a one-off pooled fee) to then send back using the prepaid postage, to get plastic hair goods out of your town forever).
You can include non-pressurised hair sprays (recycle empty pressurised cans, take half-empty ones at your council’s hazardous waste department).
Fun facts about beards and moustaches!
- Pogonophobia is ‘the extreme fear of beards!’
- Hans Langseth grew the world’s longest ever beard, which was over 17 feet!
- In Victorian times, men would protect their moustaches when eating soup, with a special spoon that had a guard on the rim.
- Many other creatures have beards and moustaches. Obviously bearded collie dogs, but also orangutans and goats (hence the ‘goatee’). Walruses have moustache-like whiskers to detect prey.
