Today, Anthony Cestaro came in and told me he wanted something edgy and different – HOT – as he called it.  So, we went for the Psychobilly.  This haircut is essentially an extreme pompadour. For the style, I clippered the sides and back of his head skin tight.  An edger was used about half way [...]

I love a great tight haircut, flawlessly blended with no visible lines of demarcation — they’re not easy haircuts to do and take an extreme amount of skill to execute.  For clients, it can be very difficult to find a barber who does these types of cuts well. The cuts below are by Johan Ruiz [...]

  For this post, I’d like to highlight an amazing haircut by Kurt Kueffner of MENSDEPT.  This style, which I call an aggressive pompadour, is faded to the skin on the sides and back with a smooth transition into a longer top.  The cut is styled using  MENSDEPT. FORMING PASTE.  The thing I really like about [...]

In my opinion, Teen Wolf co-star Colton Haynes has one of the best executed haircuts on television.  In this style, basically a classic taper, the hair is clipper cut short around the sides and back with a clean taper at the neckline.  The top is left about two inches long and spiked up with a [...]

When Kurt Kueffner of Aveda and American Crew fame teamed up with David Raccuglia (founder of American Crew), I knew it was going to be great. Together, they’ve joined forces to create the MENSDEPT. line of grooming products and the results were fantastic. The MENSDEPT. line is focused exclusively for men and, at the moment, it’s a very [...]

So, if you haven’t checked out the YouTube channel for Slikhaar TV, it’s worth a look. This is from the twin brothers Rasmus and Emil Vilain Albrechtsen (they’re from Denmark) who represent the Hanz de Fuko product line (it’s pretty good stuff — their Quicksand is one of my all-time favorite styling products).  On their YouTube Channel, the [...]

A beard or creative facial hair can be an easy and inexpensive way to freshen up your look.  We’ll teach you how to choose the right facial hair and how to trim and care for your beard.  Following are excerpts from my recent articles on About.com How to Choose the Right Beard for Your Face [...]

When the folks over at The Bluebeard’s Revenge sent me a sample of their shaving cream and asked me to do a review, I was intrigued but not overly enthusiastic. Another shaving cream from the UK? Could there be anything better than the English classics like Truefitt & Hill and Geo. F. Trumpers? When it [...]

So, I haven’t had much time to watch American Idol this year, but while I was flipping around the other night, I came across Colton Dixon on the TV screen. I kinda like his haircut — a wide mohawk with a patch dyed in the front. Certainly, as a 40ish year old white dude with [...]

I ran across a website that may be of interest to my barbering friends.  Myhairdressers.com contains several instructional videos.  I really love this amazing haircut by Dale Ted Watkins.  Really great stuff!  Here’s the link to the video of that particualr haircut:  http://myhairdressers.com/hairdressing-training/basics-hair-cutting/dale-ted-watkins-psychobilly.html