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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 often should you shower? Seasons, ages, and more

The ideal frequency of showering depends on the season and a person’s age and lifestyle. It is possible to shower too much and cause skin issues. Learn more about how often you should shower here.

Say goodbye to the salon with these do-it-yourself beauty tips

You don't have to spend a fortune at the salon to look great. These money-saving tips will have you primped and prepped for hundreds less.

Jewelry For Men: How to Wear It

How to wear jewelry if you're a man. Really not much to it.

How To Choose & Talk To Your Barber or Hair Stylist

Learn how to choose the best possible barber or hairstylist for you and how to interact with that hair professional once in the chair to get great results.

Hair salon etiquette: What if I hate my haircut?

What should you do if you hate your haircut? How much should you tip for a bangs trim? Hair professionals weigh in on top questions.

How barbers could help lower blood pressure

Providing blood pressure monitoring and health services in black-owned barbershops resulted in significant blood pressure reductions among customers, according to a new study.

Can barbershops become safe spaces for Black men to talk about mental health?

COVID-19 has brought mental health front and center, especially in the Black community. A major hospital in Arkansas just got a multi-million-dollar grant to go into barbershops and talk to Black m…

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.

5 black barbers on why barbershops are sacred spaces

Exploring the significance of the black barbershop, in photos and interviews.

Black Men and Mental Illness Can Be a Barbershop Conversation, Too

Barbershops are where brothers talk about almost everything. One subject, however, seems to be taboo, and it's an important one that needs much more exposure in the Black community: mental health. We revisit this informative and insightful October 2015 article on World Mental Health Day, October 10.

You Can Wash Your Hair With Beer at Birds Barbe...

If you've ever visited a Birds Barbershop in Austin, then you're well aware of their free-beer-with-haircut policy. Well, now you can drink a cold beer and wash your hair with it. Why would you do such a thing? Well, according to experts, the proteins in a

Home Hacks: How to cut hair while salons and barbershops are closed

A licensed cosmetologist explains some simple grooming techniques you can use at home.

Barbershops taking blood pressure sustains positive results

A barbershop program that successfully helped black men lower their blood pressure is proving to have long-lasting benefits.

I Miss My Black Barbershop

Barbershop Books is using barbershops to inspire young black boys to read

It's easy to give someone a book. It's a lot harder to help transform someone into a reader.