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A Theatrical Cut

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Most of the time, a client’s requests of a barber are simple. “Just, shorter” is a direction we hear a lot. But in Bob’s case, he emailed us in advance about something a bit more…dramatic.

Not that the cut was dramatic – it was clean, easy and rather simple, but with an eye toward the specifics of a role in the play The Explorer’s Club.

“The Explorers Club is a wacky farce, replete with overwrought English accents, topcoats, mustaches and a setting that has one foot in the gentleman’s club and another in the outer jungles of Borneo” – The Chicago Tribune

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The Supernatural Blow Dry {Video}

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Blademaiden Natalie shows you how to do stuff to your hair and face. The her awkward elfishness lead you through the forests of flailing ineptitude to the meadow of good grooming game in the wide world of lost metaphors. Beware: there may be goblins.

The Supernatural Blow Dry

The way a lot of dudes dry their hair (just rub it really hard with a towel) results in a lot of frizzy, fuzzy, damaged hair.

How about a way to have really great (one might say…super?) natural hair with no product (or prep you hair for product) that takes less than a minute? Blademaiden takes you into a maybe haunted bathroom to show you all the magic tricks.

See the video after the jump…

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How to Wash Your Hair Like a Pro

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Listen, you have to wash your hair. And as an adult male, if you have to do something anyway, you might as well do it well.

Today your barbers spill their secrets on a very simple life task that most of us have been doing wrong, or at least ineffectively, our whole lives.

First, Don’t So Much

In our Winter is Coming / Gird Your Head post we talked about the best hair getting a little help from its friend sebum, otherwise known as your skin’s natural oils.

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Wildlings need a little work

The majority of winter hair woes are caused by the cold and dry air sucking moisture out of your hair. Your scalp produces oils to protect your hair, not to annoy you. It’s trying to help, so stop killing it every day with shampoo. Under normal circumstances, you should be washing your hair two or three times a week (those with thicker/longer hair don’t need to shampoo as often).

 

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