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Natalie {Owner / Apothecarist}

Elfin pixie. Creative blunderbuss. Deep canon nerd. Fracking adorable.

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Owner / Barber Educator

ABOUT: Hailing from Chicago before bopping about North America in the most random smattering of professions imaginable (serving, barbering, IT marketing, art school, military and so much more), Natalie is what might be considered Beardsgaard OG, one half of the married pair of founders, and the original barber of the bunch. Think of this one as the business tentacle of Beardsgaard. Although she has mostly stepped back from the chair to make room for the future barbers of the shop, she is still working hard to give all our beloved clients even more of what they love about Beardsgaard.

FAVORITE THINGS: All of the hot caffeinated liquids, writing, photography, cooking, baking, knitting really nice/creepy things, DIY, avoiding unexpected social interaction, animals of all sorts, reading, fantasy (and sci-fi too), becoming a walking IMDB, obsessive organization and categorization, rainbow-color-coded Excel spreadsheets, being an elf, grammar.

FANDOMS: Tolkien for LIFE, A Song of Ice and Fire (or Game of Thrones for HBO fans), The Wheel of Time, Gaiman, Sondheim (knows every word and beat of Into the Woods from the Broadway days), Palahniuk, Tom Waits, Battlestar, Ga….la….vaaaaaaant! Doctor Who, Supernatural, Sherlock (hell, SuperWhoLock!) The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, and every breath Joss Whedon takes.



Blademaiden’s Portfolio

SPECIALTIES: These days this awkward little gremlin pixie creature flits about the edges and dark corners of the shop, attending to the myriad tasks of running the business, creating content for the blog, social media and YouTube channels, bringing all of the hair education she can find into the shop, and formulating and making the products of our house brand, River Peak Apothecary.

Even with the chairs on the floor of the barbershop full of barbers, Blademaiden still cuts hair, although these days it is usually for educational and editorial purposes, which means she sometimes needs very specific/super shaggy heads. For reasons. When those occasions occur, you’ll always see it on the Beardsgaard Facebook and/or Instagram pages, or her own IG. Check out her portfolio below.

Peaky Lewis

Peaky Lewis

The Style: Rocked out and ready for the dance / Pomp shaped with a ton of texture on top, a neat blend on the ... ~ Read Moar!
BeardFyre

BeardFyre

The Style: Basically a Game of Thrones character / Many techniques to get to generally even on a beard of all of the textures Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
The Commitmentphobe Part V

The Commitmentphobe Part V

The Style: A young fella who knows exactly what he wants...until the next cut / One year to the day since the last time we ... ~ Read Moar!
Honor Roll

Honor Roll

The Style: Super simple but never basic, and versatile as can be / The Gaard cut is this magical cut that looks neat and ... ~ Read Moar!
Dwarfhartt

Dwarfhartt

The Style: That guy in the waiting room who is so furry and you really hope he's your next and then he is / ... ~ Read Moar!
Beardy Pomp

Beardy Pomp

The Style: Beardsmith's longest running client, and one he has apparently not been able to photograph in a non-blurry fashion all these years until ... ~ Read Moar!
Wicked Rascal

Wicked Rascal

The Style: Rarely does a barber get so luxurious a head, on which they can do anything. Even better when that head is for ... ~ Read Moar!
Cookin'

Cookin’

The Style: Straight up badass barber, because he literally is one / Properly aggressive Scumbag Boogie with some perky tips Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Sunny Side

Sunny Side

The Style: Annie Lennox all the way / A pompadour is not just a man's game Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Got That Mojo Werkin

Got That Mojo Werkin

The Style: Dreamy hair makes for dreamy pomps / With very light patches over the ears, we kept some extra side coverage on this one, ... ~ Read Moar!
Tru Greaser

Tru Greaser

The Style: While perfectly suitable in the boardroom, Reuzel haircuts are really worn best with these sorts of work clothes / Having been accustomed to ... ~ Read Moar!
Lather & Fade

Lather & Fade

The Style: The perfect combo of badass and not trying too hard / Hairlines and textures be damned, you can still have a nice ... ~ Read Moar!
Spiritbrook Scumbag

Spiritbrook Scumbag

The Style: Cut one week before our woodsy Spiritbrook shoot, this is the real life to the photo shoot fantasy / More beard than hair, ... ~ Read Moar!
A Bumpy Ride

A Bumpy Ride

The Style: So, what's easy to fit under a helmet? / A short and simple pompadour on quite curly hair from one of Blademaiden's ... ~ Read Moar!
The Commitmentphobe Part III

The Commitmentphobe Part III

The Style: Part III of a grow out from an impetuous trendy cut from a young fella who has a brand new idea each ... ~ Read Moar!
Flat Top For Gryffindor

Flat Top For Gryffindor

The Style: Short on the sides and off the face - check! / With simple instructions and hair that was cut super short in the ... ~ Read Moar!
Indiana Pomp

Indiana Pomp

The Style: Devil-may-care adventurer / A pompadour is one of the most versatile haircuts around, especially if you tend toward waves and/or cowlicks Suggested ... ~ Read Moar!
A Little Off the Sides

A Little Off the Sides

The Style: What a difference a few minutes on the sides makes / When an even-all-over haircut grows out, it doesn't take much to ... ~ Read Moar!
Ginger Lincoln

Ginger Lincoln

The Style: Modern barbering the old-timey way / An Executive Contour on a ton of soft and slippery hair, and beard with a heaping ... ~ Read Moar!
Not Ready for this Jelly

Not Ready for this Jelly

The Style: When you're blessed with floppy waves, might as well treat them to a proper greasing / A Pomp/Quiff hybrid on hair that had ... ~ Read Moar!
Mr. Hearthstone

Mr. Hearthstone

The Style: This outdoorsman usually doesn't do it up so hard, but for on-stage education purposes, might as well go all out / A very ... ~ Read Moar!
Prohibition Curls

Prohibition Curls

The Style: Straight out of the 20s / A classic style, slightly modified to let those perfect curls pile on top of each other Suggested ... ~ Read Moar!
Cartoon Contour

Cartoon Contour

The Style: Straight out of Silicon Valley / Perfectly groomed professional on top, refuses to fully adult on the bottom - it's the Beardsgaard way ... ~ Read Moar!
Mr Hearthstone

Mr Hearthstone

The Style: Ruggedly outdoorsy working type, but you wouldn't know it from the hair / A clean but not too short Executive Contour with a ... ~ Read Moar!
Executive Hagrid Part II

Executive Hagrid Part II

The Style: Hagrid all business proper / Just a nice, clean Executive Contour and an absolutely massive beard from one of Blademaiden's Reuzel classes Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Ollie's Contour

Ollie’s Contour

The Style: College town fella with a grownup lifestyle /A before and after simple pomp from one of Blademaiden's Reuzel classes Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
The-Commitmentphobe Part II

The-Commitmentphobe Part II

The Style: From one trendy haircut we totally advised against to whatever thing this young fella wanted that week /An in-betweener cut reconnecting an ... ~ Read Moar!
Scumtastic Pomp

Scumtastic Pomp

The Style: Slicked and shaped to perfection / A before and after simple pomp from one of Blademaiden's Reuzel classes Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Contoured Cleanup

Contoured Cleanup

The Style: Curves so curvy they look like a sculpture / A cleanup that takes a proper art teacher look and goes full school board ... ~ Read Moar!
The Commitmentphobe

The Commitmentphobe

The Style: From one trendy haircut we totally advised against to whatever thing this young fella wanted that week /An in-betweener cut reconnecting an ... ~ Read Moar!
The Pomp of Knifey Spooney

The Pomp of Knifey Spooney

The Style: Reformed tattooed, bearded muppet / Former business neighbor/owner of Fallen Star Tattoos, now a world famous traveling artist with great hair and ... ~ Read Moar!
Curvy Contour

Curvy Contour

The Style: Surfer dude turned business mogul / A common sculptural endeavor in which we take absolutely nothing off the front hairline, and shape the rest into ... ~ Read Moar!
Business Beard

Business Beard

The Style: Beefy mountain man goes to the office / A short contour that works with considerable front cowlicks, and a beard that's full ... ~ Read Moar!
Plastic Pomp

Plastic Pomp

The Style: A head of hair so solid you seem near a Ken doll - including the super handsome part / This is a head ... ~ Read Moar!
Blue Steel in Living Color

Blue Steel in Living Color

The Style: A look that can stop throwing stars in mid-air / A pomp and beard on the growth path Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
New Fro, New Man

New Fro, New Man

The Style: A slimmed down crown of curls crafted into a tall and proud proper pomp / When a style change is in order, we ... ~ Read Moar!
Hurt Looker

Hurt Looker

The Style: All natural Gordon Gecko / A simple and solid pompadour disguised as a business cut Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Punk Holly Part II

Punk Holly Part II

The Style: A Jimmy Neutron/Buddy Holly/Johnny Bravo mashup with a dash of ramen noodles / The coolest quiff on the planet Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Jesus Waves

Jesus Waves

The Style: Waves so high they get you a little closer to your proverbial maker / Even when cutting off hardly anything, a little shaping ... ~ Read Moar!
Clean Waves

Clean Waves

The Style: When you want to look properly businessey, but still rock the trends a little bit / Short and easy but still classic for the ... ~ Read Moar!
Little Scumbro

Little Scumbro

The Style: When you know you're not going to be seeing your barber for many months /A cut short and aggressive enough to make it ... ~ Read Moar!
Rapunzel Pomp

Rapunzel Pomp

The Style: Everything gloriously old school a barber can possibly throw into a haircut / Long, properly squared pomp with fenders AND a DA, waves ... ~ Read Moar!
Slim Scumbag Contour

Slim Scumbag Contour

The Style: Clean and classic / A classic contoured Scumbag Boogie-type thing / Blademaiden's first cut of the marathon 5-day interview to be a Reuzel Scumbassador ... ~ Read Moar!
Bossman Hogg

Bossman Hogg

The Style: A cross between a Harley fanatic and a Wildling / A beard that's as large as possible (everywhere except the mustache), but ... ~ Read Moar!
Executive Trinity

Executive Trinity

The Style: A bit of Trinity's hair from the Matrix mixed with an Executive Contour with a soft and easy style / Short and clean on ... ~ Read Moar!
Han Chewie

Han Chewie

The Style: The hair of a post-mullet Han Solo, with the face fuzz of Chewie / That elusive "no product" hair look that moves like wheat ... ~ Read Moar!
Executive Hagrid

Executive Hagrid

The Style: Business on the top, literal giant on the bottom / A well-groomed, parted, tapered business cut is an excellent way to keep a ... ~ Read Moar!
Wavegaard

Wavegaard

The Style: The simplest of haircuts, perfectly tailored for each head / Short but not too short on the sides, the look of a part without ... ~ Read Moar!
Basterd Hunter

Basterd Hunter

The Style: A little Basterds era Brad Pitt action / Came in all shaggy, just cleaned up the sides...magic Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Beard Mountain

Beard Mountain

The Style: Full-on Dwarven warrior / A beard that's as large as possible but still regal and well-maintained Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Hairy Carey

Hairy Carey

The Style: A friendly face creature that everyone wants to pet / The loose afro of the face Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Ginger SNAP!

Ginger SNAP!

The Style: A wild head of hair, well-tamed / About as short as we can go on a dense head of loose curls Suggested ... ~ Read Moar!
Cut of the Week / Toolshed

Cut of the Week / Toolshed

Every day there are all sorts of haircuts walking out of our doors, some simple everyday cuts, and some a bit more dapper, and ... ~ Read Moar!
Cut of the Week / Animal Style

Cut of the Week / Animal Style

Every day there are all sorts of haircuts walking out of our doors, some simple everyday cuts, and some a bit more dapper, and ... ~ Read Moar!
Tool Shed

Tool Shed

The Style: Modern-day biker Viking / Super clean, well-blended, square, masculine shapes all around Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Animal Style

Animal Style

The Style: So clean you look like an Animal House villain / The classic with all the details just right Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Basterd Prospector

Basterd Prospector

The Style: A little Basterds era Brad Pitt action on top with a mid-1800s gold rush miner on the bottom / A rough and wild ... ~ Read Moar!
Long Top Pomp

Long Top Pomp

The Style: Just a good old push it all back kind of deal / A pomp that's just about a disconnected slickback Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Prohibition Seafarer

Prohibition Seafarer

The Style: That thing that was immensely popular in the Macklemore era / This kind of cut always grows out...interesting...he made us do it, ... ~ Read Moar!
Biker Pomp

Biker Pomp

The Style: Keeping it tight on the bike / A pomp/beard combo of an actively biker-friendly length Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Spectacled Shelby

Spectacled Shelby

The Style: A Blinder-inspired Arthur Shelby slickback / Sort of a pomp with a bit of rough and tumble in the blend Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Dwarf Beard

Dwarf Beard

The Style: Union Dwarf / A beard that's full and structured, a little stylized but not fussy Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Pomp Perfection

Pomp Perfection

The Style: Just a pomp, looking pretty as a picture / A very tricky head of hair that finally found a cut it likes ... ~ Read Moar!
Grease Monkey

Grease Monkey

The Style: A rough and well-greased grease monkey pompadour / Growing out a very choppy short cut to a pomp Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Scumbag Soccer

Scumbag Soccer

The Style: A Scumbag Boogie that's as at home on the field as the street / Tight and lean pomp shape with lean crown Suggested ... ~ Read Moar!
The Tennant

The Tennant

The Style: David Tennant's iconically ruffleable Doctor Who hair / A bit spiky, a bit choppy, gravity-defying fun Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Short Stuff Means Business

Short Stuff Means Business

The Style: A miniature version of Jon Hamm's impeccable classic side part style / A neat, tapered Executive Contour, sized down Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Dad Draper

Dad Draper

The Style: Blademaiden's dad, looking dapper af / A neatly tapered business cut with a part Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Deep Wave Basterd

Deep Wave Basterd

The Style: Brad Pitt's alternatingly rough and smooth Inglorious Basterds style / A rough blended Executive Contour Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
The Engineer

The Engineer

The Style: Ruler straight and perfectly square as this Industrial Designer likes it / A bit Executive Contour, a bit Scumbag Boogie, all crisp as ... ~ Read Moar!
Prominent Pomp

Prominent Pomp

The Style: Lean and exaggerated pomp proportions / A well-executed pomp on a near-impossible to tame head Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Scumbag of Thrones

Scumbag of Thrones

The Style: Slick street style on top, epic fantasy on the bottom / Scumbag Boogie lean for the haircut with a full but structured ... ~ Read Moar!
Executive Prep

Executive Prep

The Style: Incredibly stiff, thick, straight hair, tamed / An Executive Contour works on damn near everybody Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Gin Runner

Gin Runner

The Style: A cut that looks fly as hell without trying too hard / Slickback smooth Suggested Products: ... ~ Read Moar!
Gaardfection

Gaardfection

The Style: Our signature, the haircut version of a perfectly tailored suit / The Gaard, a cut that looks like a side part with far ... ~ Read Moar!
The Link

The Link

The Style: A wee rapscallion that may require a little green costume, sword, and princess to rescue / Sort of a spiky little mohawk thing ... ~ Read Moar!
Hard Edge Prep

Hard Edge Prep

The Style: When you need to male a smooth transition from the classroom to the mosh pit / An aggressively short Executive Contour, sometimes called ... ~ Read Moar!
Scumbag Boy Scout

Scumbag Boy Scout

The Style: Hip young teacher that could totally be mistaken for a student / A Scumbag Boogie with a bit of curl on top, ... ~ Read Moar!
Executive Lumberjack

Executive Lumberjack

The Style: Boardroom on the top, lumberjack on the bottom / Even on hair far finer than it looks here, an Executive Contour works on ... ~ Read Moar!

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We built this place for you, to bring you everything you ever dreamed you could find in your friendly neighborhood barbershop, and a stupid amount more. Beardsmith and Blademaiden, the mom and pop founders, invite you to explore the realm.

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

Appointment & Walk-Ins Both!

Parking

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

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Family owned & operated since 2014. There be nerds here. And dragons.
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The time is nigh, Gaardians. The Realm is coming t The time is nigh, Gaardians. The Realm is coming to you across the ether via our new Twitch channel! Starting tomorrow evening (January 23) at 7:00 pm CST. Join us at www.twitch.tv/beardsgaardbarbers to watch the official Beardsgaard D&D game begin. 

With a mix of staff and shop friends, we will explore the reaches of The Realm, battle monsters, and save...things? Complete with doses of awkward. Be-HOLD-er on to your butts. It's going to be a wild ride!
It’s official everyone! Beard trims are back and It’s official everyone! Beard trims are back and open for booking. While we know it’s been months and everyone is looking a bit scruffy please be patient as we try and squeeze all the beard trims we can into the schedule. We’d also like to thank everyone who’s been diligent with keeping our shop a safe and healthy environment. 
If you’re already booked in the schedule we can’t guarantee we can add a beard trim to your service but we can definitely try booking you for a different time to get that beard in. 
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Our news friends at @nbcchicago popped in for some Our news friends at @nbcchicago popped in for some street interviews. You can see what our clients and barbers said at 4pm and 6pm today!
We were deeply saddened by the news of Christopher We were deeply saddened by the news of Christopher Tolkien passing a year ago, and still are to this day. Our love of his father and Lord of the Rings is ever present here at Beardsgaard. So tonight we, and hopefully the rest of you, will take a moment to remember one of the greatest authors of all time, his son, and the impact the Tolkien family has had on our lives. 
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
-J.R.R. Tolkien
While we appreciate all the self sufficient kids t While we appreciate all the self sufficient kids that come into the shop, we still need an adult with them to sign our liability waiver. We know it’s a bit of a pain but it’s really to appease Phydeoux the shop dragon. He has a hunger for children and waivers, and we’d rather feed him waivers.
You don’t have to wear it after your cut, but do You don’t have to wear it after your cut, but don’t forget your hat. It’s cold outside.
The product goblin (and the rest of us) think @soa The product goblin (and the rest of us) think @soapdistillery body oils smell good enough to drink. We promise the oils will make you feel much better if you put them on your outside instead of your inside though.
Well hello to those with wild beards who heard whi Well hello to those with wild beards who heard whispers of moving out of Tier 3 Mitigation! Please pause, we're not there yet. 

This does not apply to the entire state of Illinois, only certain regions. As of now, we are still in Tier 3. We will announce when we have moved to Tier 2 on all of our social media channels as well as our email list, so sit tight until then!

Because knowledge is power, you also can go to http://dph.illinois.gov/regionmetrics?regionID=8 at any time and look at Region 8, which contains Kane County. As of this posting, we are not meeting the metric on hospital bed availability. 

We promise, we want to get everything under your mask looking and feeling great, but we cannot do that until it's safe. Thank you for understanding, and please keep an eye out here, on Instagram or sign up for our email list at the bottom of www.beardsgaardbarbers.com to get updates.
And you? Do you like the barber shop? We like you. And you? Do you like the barber shop? We like you.
We may specialize in short, traditionally masculin We may specialize in short, traditionally masculine haircuts, but Beardsgaard has always been a place for everyone; girls, guys, gays, theys - all identities and orientations find acceptance and a barbershop home here. If, however, you are looking for the luscious salon locks that are far less in our barberly skill set, we are the lucky next door neighbors of the incredible @coasthairsalon
Between the two of us, we have heads of every sort covered in spectacular hair, and positive vibes.
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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

Appointment & Walk-Ins Both!

Parking

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

Current Hours

Closed for Shop Lunch 2-3 pm weekdays, 1-2 pm Saturdays

• Monday - Friday 9 / 8 • Saturday 9 / 5

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For the safety of our staff and clients, we must refuse service to anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms.
Actually there’s a whole list of questions we’re gonna ask you at the door, brace yourself.
Shop closes for lunch weekdays 2-3 PM and Saturdays 1-2 PM
Shop our entire shop online, for shipping worldwide or curbside pickup! {CLICKY HERE}
Beard trims are back! Book Here!
While you’re here, peruse our sibling shop right next door or in the Webs of Inter, River Peak Apothecary!