Splice Barbershop Articles

Splice Barbershop officially opens at the newly built One Holland Village on the 1st December 2023. The mall is in a located in the renowned Holland Village where locals, expats and tourists like to hang out, eat, live and shop.   The store will be helmed by 3 very experienced and skilled barbers in Bob, Shah and Fiz. To make your appointment do click on https://splicebarbershop4hzd.setmore.com Bob Shah Fiz      

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POST WRITTEN BY Kyle Hagerty While soft goods retailers are shuttering stores in record numbers, a cultural resurgence of men's grooming, estimated to reach $26B by 2020, has barbers, brokers and landlords lining up to get their cut. Daniel Wehner, Flickr K K Barbershop “You don’t just look better — you feel better too,” said Carlos Aguilar, a 28-year-old restaurant manager in Houston. He has a standing appointment with his barber every two weeks, spending about $60 and 45 minutes each visit. “It’s something special. I know when I go on a Thursday afternoon it’s going to be a good weekend. You’re ready.”...

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Posted by Team John Paul Mitchell Systems on Feb 3rd 2016 We recently sat down with traditional barber (and partner in marriage with our Director of Color Education Jamie Anderbery-Stout) Michael Stout to learn more about his craft. Here he explains the art of barbering and why that gent behind the chair is so much more than someone who cuts your hair every few weeks. Take it away, Michael. Barber. What does that word mean to you? Something? Nothing? For a select few╌for a small percentage of this driving work force that gets us up and out of bed everyday╌it...

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First patented in 1880, the modern safety razor is a shaving tool that utilizes a protective guard between the skin and the edge of the razor. Typically featuring a double head — hence the name “double-edge (DE) razor” — with two opposing sharp edges, the safety razor was the razor of choice among men until recent decades when the mass marketing of multi-bladed razor blades eclipsed DE shaving. A leading worldwide manufacturer of quality shaving equipment since 1906, the Merkur Solingen company is a subsidiary of DOVO Solingen Steelware. DOVO is an independent concern headquartered in Solingen, Germany producing a variety of men’s...

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Gentlemen, let me introduce you to Dovo Straight Razors. A little over a hundred years ago, the only way you could get a decent shave was with a straight razor. Technology has improved to the point where men can shave with five blades, or more, at one time. Despite these advances, consensus says that the closest shave still lies with the straight razor. There’s something to be said about tradition. Men expect results when they spend their hard-earned cash on their shaving materials, and if they don’t get it, they don’t buy from that company again. DOVO has long understood...

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  Article by: Fred Cole (thefederalist.com) The idea of having a Hooters girl cut your hair is just gross. Use a barber, not a 'stylist.' In the car this weekend, I had to misfortune to hear an ad on the radio. It was for a men’s hair salon with a business model similar to Knockouts. If you don’t know, Knockouts is a franchise chain of hair salons for men with more than 500 locations in 29 states. They are sports themed (specifically boxing and mixed martial arts), and the hair stylists are busty young women who wear t-shirts and short...

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Article by: Brett (artofmanliness.com)   For the past few months, I’ve been having my haircut at various barbershops. For most of my life, I went to unisex salons that reeked of perm chemicals and mousse. Every time I’d go, I’d walk away with a bad haircut. On top of that, I always felt out of place. Most of the clients were usually women and a woman was cutting my hair. I’d just go in, sit there silently while the person cut my hair, and leave. I don’t know why I stopped going to a barbershop. As a child, I went...

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By Dennis Green (Business Insider)     It turns out "dress for success" is much more than just a catchy motto. Recent studies have indicated that there is some value in dressing for the job you want, as noted by the Wall Street Journal last year. Studies have shown that wearing nice clothes in the office can affect the way people perceive you, how confident you're feeling, and even how you're able to think abstractly. In a study completed at Yale in 2014 that used 128 men between the ages of 18 and 32, researchers had participants partake in mock negotiations of buying and...

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By Adam Hurly You’re a natural: You look good with a beard. Damn good. But a full mug of face fuzz sometimes gets in the way of your dadly duties. Like, sometimes it rubs against your kids or partner and they get a bit of a bristle burn. Not a great look. Luckily, there’s a follicle-fluffing regimen that can remedy all of this, sparing you and your family any agony, at no cost to your beard’s magnitude. The key is to keep your chin curtain hydrated, both with natural oils from the skin and supplements like beard oil and balm....

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By Adam Hurly  Maybe it’s genetics; maybe it’s the stress of mortgage payments and work and all that “Dad! Dad! Daaaaaaaaaad!” But whatever the cause, your follicles are starting to recede like a defeated army.  Pills, plugs, and topical creams might add density to your thinning crown, but they’re usually a last-ditch effort to stop the very gradual process of hair loss. Whether you’re taking any medications (or having procedures done) to thicken your hair, it’s still important to proactively prevent further loss through smart grooming habits. The same can be said for anyone with a full head of hair. Like...

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