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The Faces of Beardsgaard • Alfheim

Beardsgaard may be a barbershop in Batavia, here in the mortal plane, but it…

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New Hours & Prices This Summer

NEW HOURS Life has been a lot more manageable since we went from a…

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Soap & Sustainability: Hudson Made’s Eco-Friendly Approach to Cleanliness

It may come as no great surprise that we’re crazy about small business. For…

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The Faces of Beardsgaard • Niflheim

Beardsgaard may be a barbershop in Batavia, here in the mortal plane, but it…

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Hirsute Historium: A Brief History of Bloodletting & Barbers

The spinning red white and blue of a barber pole is as American as…

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New Service Prices Beginning November 2021

Good news first, haircut prices remain the same! You know what else has remained…

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Mask Update: They’re Back

It’s been nice seeing all of your faces again, but per CDC recommendations, we…

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Captain Fawcett Parfum News

We have some tip top news! A series of events has unfolded that has…

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Beards. Are. Back. ALL RIGHT!

January 20th, 2021 is proving to be a flippin’ AWESOME day. And only part…

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Ask Your Barber • Are Pro Products Worth the Price?

Ask Your Barber • Are Pro Products Worth the Price?

Ask Your Barber is a monthly feature on the Beardsgaard Barbers blog where we answer your ...
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It's Terminal (Beard Length) - Let's Talk

It’s Terminal (Beard Length) – Let’s Talk

While we believe beards of all shapes and sizes are awesome, length is the end all ...
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The Supernatural Blow Dry {Video}

The Supernatural Blow Dry {Video}

Blademaiden Natalie shows you how to do stuff to your hair and face. The her awkward elfishness ...
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Beard Care • A Beginner's Guide

Beard Care • A Beginner’s Guide

For a primer on big beard care, check out Beard Care • An Epic Guide A beard ...
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The Anatomy of a Haircut

The Anatomy of a Haircut

A haircut is a simple thing. You sit down, get a quick consultation, snip snip, a ...
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Prep Your Skin for the Perfect Shave

Prep Your Skin for the Perfect Shave

For most men (or whoever), shaving is a chore. Of course, you can always come into ...
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The Complete Guide to Grooming Your Eyebrows at Home

The Complete Guide to Grooming Your Eyebrows at Home

We have more than a few clients who come in for a haircut not when they ...
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Beard Care • An Epic Guide

Beard Care • An Epic Guide

For a primer on beard basics, check out Beard Care | A Beginner's Guide When your beard ...
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4 Steps to a Perfect Shave

4 Steps to a Perfect Shave

Shaving your face at home is, for many men, both a daily ritual and a big ...
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A Bearded Man's Adventures in Cupcakes {Video}

A Bearded Man’s Adventures in Cupcakes {Video}

Morgan likes cupcakes. Her papa bear also likes cupcakes. But he has quite a bit of ...
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Just the Classics

Just the Classics

Hairstyles come and go over the decades, sometimes popping up again much later, and sometimes defining ...
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Hair Product • A Beginner's Guide

Hair Product • A Beginner’s Guide

When we ask dudes in our chairs what they are using for hair product, we often ...
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Colin the Shopkeep • Shave Virgin {Video}

Colin the Shopkeep • Shave Virgin {Video}

It's funny, we have a beautiful old school barbershop here with a stupid amount of traditional ...
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A Bearded Man's Adventures in Nasal Mucus {Video}

A Bearded Man’s Adventures in Nasal Mucus {Video}

The latest in Beardsmith Tyler's "A Bearded Man's Adventures in" doing everyday things that are a lot ...
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Winter is Coming • Gird Your Head

Winter is Coming • Gird Your Head

Although even book readers have not seen a Westerosi winter yet, we all know that shit ...
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How to Apply Beard Oil • with the Beardsmith {Video}

How to Apply Beard Oil • with the Beardsmith {Video}

Beardsmith Tyler shows you how to do stuff with your beard. Let him be your sherpa ...
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How to Wash Your Hair Like a Pro

How to Wash Your Hair Like a Pro

Listen, you have to wash your hair. And as an adult male, if you have to do something anyway, ...
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How to Apply Beard Balm • with the Beardsmith {Video}

How to Apply Beard Balm • with the Beardsmith {Video}

Beardsmith Tyler shows you how to do stuff with your beard. Let him be your sherpa ...
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If I Can, You Can • There Will Be Blood {Video}

If I Can, You Can • There Will Be Blood {Video}

Are you hopeless when it comes to basic grooming routines? Ever wish you had your barber ...
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From the Apothecary • Davines Essentials

From the Apothecary • Davines Essentials

Beardsgaard is a proud stockist of Davines, an exclusive professional haircare brand from Parma Italy, founded ...
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Blademaiden of Beardsgaard's Scumbassador Submission {Video}

Blademaiden of Beardsgaard’s Scumbassador Submission {Video}

Somehow we have never gotten around to producing a full-on haircut and/or beard demo on film ...
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The Finer Points • The Safety Razor {Video}

The Finer Points • The Safety Razor {Video}

We love the history of barbering as much as we love barbering itself. Take a little ...
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By the Hair of the Peaky Blinders

By the Hair of the Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders is a visual masterpiece of a TV show set in Birmingham, England in 1919, ...
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Before & After Scumpadour {Video}

Before & After Scumpadour {Video}

There's only so much a barber can do when a client wants it short of the ...
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Ask Your Barber • Beard Washing

Ask Your Barber • Beard Washing

How often should I wash my beard? We're so, so sorry. We needed a header image, ...
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Tricky Tricks for Barbers • Cowlicks & Patches {Video}

Tricky Tricks for Barbers • Cowlicks & Patches {Video}

Barber demo videos are great, but what about when you encounter some hair that doesn’t fit ...
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Tricky Tricks for Barbers • Pointy Mustaches {Video}

Tricky Tricks for Barbers • Pointy Mustaches {Video}

Barber demo videos are great, but what about when you encounter some hair that doesn’t fit ...
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Beardsmith Cuts a Flat Top {Video}

Beardsmith Cuts a Flat Top {Video}

While both of the Beardsgaards trained under some flat top masters, Beardsmith doesn't have to get ...
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Blademaiden Cuts a Pompadour {Livestream}

Blademaiden Cuts a Pompadour {Livestream}

The folks on YouTube have been asking for more haircut videos, and that gets tough when ...
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Shower Routines: Blademaiden

Shower Routines: Blademaiden

Some folks go with the same shower routine every day, and there's nothing wrong with that ...
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Welcome to the Gaard

Welcome to the Gaard

Hello friends, and welcome to Beardsgaard. Welcome to the first steps this little family takes toward ...
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Thinking About Cutting Hair Professionally? Read This First

Thinking About Cutting Hair Professionally? Read This First

Thinking you might want to cut hair for a living? Fantastic! It's fun, rewarding, the money ...
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The Mythology of Beardsgaard • Part I • Beardsgaard Origins {Video}

The Mythology of Beardsgaard • Part I • Beardsgaard Origins {Video}

We are barbers that make grooming goods. But when we created the world of Beardsgaard and ...
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Ask Your Barber • Hair People

Ask Your Barber • Hair People

Ask Your Barber is an occasional feature on the Beardsgaard Barbers blog where we answer your ...
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Why You Need to Date Your Barber

Why You Need to Date Your Barber

Although we are certainly dead sexy and a great time, we're not talking about dinner and ...
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The Dawn of Beardsgaard

The Dawn of Beardsgaard

Beardsgaard had one hell of a first week. Not only did we finally get open, but ...
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They Came From the Parking Lot: The First {Video}

They Came From the Parking Lot: The First {Video}

Everybody loves pumpkins. That is, until they...TURN. With music by Arcane Framework, and featuring the artists ...
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The Road So Far...2014

The Road So Far…2014

Hail countrymen! Although Beardsgaard Barbers has been open for only four months, it has been alive ...
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Time Travel • Barbering and Blood

Time Travel • Barbering and Blood

As a family-tree tracing junkie and the son of a history professor, as well as inhabiting ...
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Wednesday Update with Shopkeep & Stefon {Video}

Wednesday Update with Shopkeep & Stefon {Video}

Occasionally we fire up the camera and act out the dumbest whims of children who happen ...
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Called to Adventure by the Captain {Video}

Called to Adventure by the Captain {Video}

This weekend was a doozy for the Beardsgaards. On Sunday, Natalie received a telephone call from the ...
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The Legend of Beardsgaard

The Legend of Beardsgaard

If you have been in the shop or on our social channels in the last couple ...
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They Came from the Parking Lot: Part Deux {Video}

They Came from the Parking Lot: Part Deux {Video}

Everybody loves pumpkins. That is, until they...TURN. With music by No Zodiac, and featuring the both ...
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The Adventures of Testee

The Adventures of Testee

We should probably explain ourselves. People often ask us why this place has taken off as it ...
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From the Apothecary • Fine Art & Fine As Hell

From the Apothecary • Fine Art & Fine As Hell

Brian Busch is a local artist and of late our resident shop artist, lending his hand ...
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A Beautiful Ride • Business Lessons from Mom

A Beautiful Ride • Business Lessons from Mom

Barbering is our occupation, and as such, we have accumulated a career full of knowledge about ...
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Colin & Tyler in the Treehouse Ep V: Weekend Warriors {Video}

Colin & Tyler in the Treehouse Ep V: Weekend Warriors {Video}

In the early days, the Gaard was a trio of dweebs (one is behind the camera ...
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Colin & Tyler in the Treehouse Ep VI: Armageddon Dark Lord of Tech {Video}

Colin & Tyler in the Treehouse Ep VI: Armageddon Dark Lord of Tech {Video}

In the early days, the Gaard was a trio of dweebs (one is behind the camera ...
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It Sniffles (The Movie) {Video}

It Sniffles (The Movie) {Video}

We're a barbershop and men's grooming retail shop, sure. But that's just what we do during ...
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The Faces of Beardsgaard • Hearthstone IRL

The Faces of Beardsgaard • Hearthstone IRL

 The faces of Beardsgaard series takes you inside the story and the world of each of ...
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They Came from the Parking Lot Part III: Evil is Brewing {Video}

They Came from the Parking Lot Part III: Evil is Brewing {Video}

Everybody loves pumpkins. That is, until they...TURN. Featuring the crews of Beardsgaard, Freshground Coffee Roasters, Penrose ...
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Blademaiden Gets All Up In Shawnee National Forest {Video}

Blademaiden Gets All Up In Shawnee National Forest {Video}

Running two businesses, it is rare that the Beardsgaards get to actually GO anywhere. And they ...
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The Faces of Beardsgaard • Frostwood IRL {Video}

The Faces of Beardsgaard • Frostwood IRL {Video}

 The faces of Beardsgaard series takes you inside the story and the world of each of ...
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The Faces of Beardsgaard • Fjordmist IRL

The Faces of Beardsgaard • Fjordmist IRL

The faces of Beardsgaard series takes you inside the story and the world of each of ...
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The Faces of Beardsgaard • Spiritbrook IRL {Video}

The Faces of Beardsgaard • Spiritbrook IRL {Video}

The faces of Beardsgaard series takes you inside the story and the world of each of ...
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How to ReWhip Melted Beard Butter {Video}

How to ReWhip Melted Beard Butter {Video}

Our beard butter is made with just butters and oils, and is a dreamy, creamy treat ...
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Fermilab 50th {Video}

Fermilab 50th {Video}

We would like to again apologize to Fermilab for all that we have put them through ...
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They Came From the Parking Lot Part IV: Seeds of Evil {Video}

They Came From the Parking Lot Part IV: Seeds of Evil {Video}

Everybody loves pumpkins. That is, until they...TURN. Featuring the crews of Beardsgaard and Poke Your Eye ...
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Shawnee National Forest • River Peak Apothecary {Video}

Shawnee National Forest • River Peak Apothecary {Video}

For New Year's the Beardsgaards got out of town for a hot minute, back to one ...
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New Glarus Oktoberfest

New Glarus Oktoberfest

It has been less than a year since River Peak first brought the show on the ...
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The Great Rebuilding

The Great Rebuilding

We wanted to do a grand reopening post for you, we really did. And we're open! ...
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Our Little Slice of Valhalla

In historic downtown Batavia on Route 31 between 1st and Main

117 S Batavia Ave, Batavia, IL 60510

PHONE: ( 630 ) 454 - 4820

EMAIL: shop@beardsgaardbarbers.com

By Appointment Only

Parking

Loads of free parking here, both on the street in front of the shop, with an even more substantial parking lot in back.

Shop Hours

• Sun - Mon / Closed

• Tue - Wed 12 / 8

• Thu - Fri 10 / 6

• Sat 9 / 3

Closed for Shop Lunch Tue + Wed 4-4 pm / Thu + Fri 2-3 pm

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