The Origins of Shaving: Before the Metal Razor
Explore the origins of shaving and how sharp stone and flint may have allowed prehistoric humans to remove hair long before the first metal razors.
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Explore the origins of shaving and how sharp stone and flint may have allowed prehistoric humans to remove hair long before the first metal razors.

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Precise cuts, lived-in colour and time for every client. Noviella Hair Studio, a hair salon in Skopje, North Macedonia, has joined the Styling Magazine salon directory. The team's work covers cutting and styling, colour, bridal hair and education for young stylists. Five stylists run the studio from a bright, plant-filled space on a quiet side…

Discover the origins of combs, from prehistoric toothed tools to ancient bone and ivory combs that reveal the beginnings of organised human hair care.