Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Obviously you'd use a teacup with a moustache guard. Victorian ingenuity 🥸

To find out more about the Victorian gentleman’s grooming routine, head to our YouTube for our full-length tutorial with Dominic Skinner, and watch him transform into the spitting image of his great great uncle, Thomas Hardy.

And if you’re London-based, come see some a moustache guard in its real-life glory at The Cult of Beauty. Our latest exhibition running until 28th April 2024.

#TheCultofBeauty #beauty #malegrooming #beardstyle #beards #moustaches #wigs #shorts #shortvideo #glowup #bbcglowup #dominicskinner #dominicskinnermua

[Video alt text: We see Dominic Skinner – makeup artist and judge on the BBC show Glow Up – seated on a stool against a blue background and drinking from a pink cup while a make-up artist preens his scalp]

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