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Hairdressers Reveal Unhelpful Things Clients Do

There are things that customers do that drive stylists crazy, and now they are warning you about them.

How to Tell Your Barber How to Cut Your Hair

For most guys who aren’t barbers, it can be tough to describe how we want our haircut. If you’re the kind of guy who has trouble articulating the type of haircut you really want, here are a few mens haircut terms that you can use. Mens Haircut Terminology Arch – The arch is the area …

6 Things You Do That Drive Your Hairstylist Crazy

Chances are, you like your hairstylist. After all, you entrust your hair to this person every 6 to 8 weeks. So if you were doing something that was really getting on her nerves, you'd want to know about it, right? Your stylist might be too polite or worried about losing a customer to give it to you straight, but we have no such qualms. We asked the experts to reveal what clients often do that drives them nuts (and makes it harder for…

How to Talk To Your Barber

Insider tips to ensure you get the haircut you actually wanted when you walked in the door.

Top 10 Low Maintenance Haircuts for Guys

Dig a short style for your 'do? Here are 29 of our favorite low maintenance haircuts for guys. Need easy to manage cut - right here a lot to choose from.

Grooming the Groom: Men's Wedding Haircut and Styling Tips

Men need wedding hairstyling too. Here's how to go about it—and when.

10 Men’s Hair Myths Debunked

From having to wash your hair every day to blaming your mother for making you go bald, here are the 10 most commonly believed hair myths and the scientific truth to set them straight.

Why Every Man Should Go To A Barber Shop

During the golden age for barber shops,the barber shop was a weekly habit, not only for a haircut and a perfect shave, but also to fraternize with friends.

Writing Assignment: At a Barber Shop

barber’s stool shave haircut trim barber pole razor scissors clipper part side part beard mustache sideburns crew cut / buzz cut bowl cut flat top mohawk jarhead cut / military cut get a (haircut / trim / shave) get one’s ears lowered cape shears customer take a number part the hair (on the side / ...>>Read more

Barber makes boys read aloud to him during haircuts to boost their self esteem

Jon Escueta pays his young customers $3 to read a book of their choice as he or one of his barbers cuts their hair. He wants to boost the boys' confidence, and bring them out of their shells

How barber shops around the country are helping to reduce mental health stigma

After his own experiences grappling with depression and anxiety, Lorenzo Lewis wanted to help Black men and boys with their mental health.

Back-to-School Bargain! What One Barber Accepted as Payment for Haircuts

Iowa barber Courtney Holmes gave free haircuts to kids at a local community event in exchange for their reading him a story while he gave them a trim.

How To Market Your Hair Award Submissions For Your Salon

What Happens When Dan Barber Does Fast Food?

Longtime farm-to-table pioneer Dan Barber is venturing into fast-food territory, but this is no typical burger-with-fries affair.

Chef Dan Barber Explains Why Organic Food Tastes Better

Many people opt for organic foods to avoid pesticides. Dan Barber says he has a different rationale for going organic: It tastes better. The chef a ...

Five Steps To The Perfect Shave

Is It Time To De-beard? Whether you’re completely clean-shaven, sport sexy stubble, or have a full-blown beard, a razor remains an essential item in bathroom cabinets of all well-groomed men. But there’s something to be learnt from the resurgence of big-bodied facial hair that even die-hard smooth-faced fans can take on board. The nod to rugged …

Four Tools Every Barber Needs

Interested in becoming a professional barber? Learn the tools of the trade and find out where you can study at an affordable barber school in Florida.