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What To Buy This Week: Refresh & Revive
Alas, after a fortnight of frivolity and feasting, it is time to come back down to earth. Here are a few essentials helping The Rake through this January.
Words Anna Prendergast
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Pankhurst London Silver Fox Shampoo
Pankhurst has long been a Rake favourite; everyone from our Editor to our Vice President has darkened its doorways and left feeling considerably more groomed, relaxed and refreshed. Whether you’re a patron or not, now you can take a little piece of the barbershop home too, care of the Pankhurst online shop. We recommend the Silver Fox shampoo, specifically designed for the salt-and-pepper appointed gentleman.
£18.00, shop.pankhurstlondon.com.
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Massimo Alba Linen Piqué Polo Shirt
With the cocktail party season now slowing considerably, introducing a few day-to-day essentials back into the wardrobe can seem like an anti-climax, but Massimo Alba’s effortless design is a hybrid shirt-come-sweater that has just enough texture to see you through to summer, in a pale grey that will sit unassumingly under your smartest tailoring or peek out from a soft cashmere jumper (see number four).
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Murdock London Anti-Ageing Eye Serum
If you’ve spent your holiday season hopping from ski chalet to coastal villa, with a hearty dose of late night rendezvous, early morning business meetings and long drives through the countryside, it might be time to put the brakes on long enough to apply Murdock’s remarkable anti-ageing eye serum, which is light enough you’ll forget you ever used it and powerful enough that you’ll thank yourself later.
£24.00, www.murdocklondon.com.
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Beams Plus 7 Gauge Cashmere Crew Neck Knit
Whether pulled over silk pyjamas or a bespoke dress shirt and handrolled tie, Beams’ cashmere knit keeps things simple and soft in the best ways possible. This fine seven-gauge cashmere sweater offers a simple and satisfying style hit for the new year, and in a delicious biscuit tone provides warmth in more ways than one, in a month where you’ll no doubt need it.
£210.00, www.beams.com.
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Eisenberg Youth Elixir
Eisenberg is a modern brand with serious science to back up its claims. Oligopeptides, skin-enhancing gel, gingko biloba, green tea extracts and a biotechnological complex (whatever that all means) have the combined effect of visibly ridding one’s skin of signs of stress, fatigue and over-indulgence. A few drops will go a long way, and it’s a product that practically pays for itself with real-life results. Ideal for the drop-off post festive season.
€83.00, www.eisenberg.com.
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Crockett & Jones Grasmere Shoe
Shake up your shoe collection this January with an effortlessly clean plain toe derby that will add a subtle note masculinity to your look, with scotch country grain leather and, naturally, Goodyear welted soles courtesy of shoemaking titan Crockett & Jones. The full-grained leather and rubber soles add an element of informality that looks rakishly rugged with a denim shirt and flannels.
£385.00, www.trunkclothiers.com.
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Jo Malone Lime, Basil & Mandarin Luxury Candle
After weeks of people and parties, I can think of no better way to lie back and relax than with a decent book and the wafts of a luxurious scent to read by. Jo Malone is unrivalled in its high-quality, heady scents, comes beautifully packaged and is the sort of gift it’s high time you treated yourself to. The Lime & Basil scent is utterly intoxicating, but if you’re looking for something more festive, indulge in Wood, Sage & Sea Salt or Amber & Lavender.
£290.00, www.jomalone.co.uk.
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