Would you go to a Man Salon?

Piste

A salon specifically for men has just opened near me, I pass it twice a day going to and from school and I havent yet seen a single customer in there, though granted it's only been open a week or two.

Anyway it offers "muscle melting massages" and general male grooming (haircuts, shaves etc.) and things like facials.

In the window there's a telly which shows things like James Bond and Sky Sports in order to entice in men.

So would you be taken in by the manly names of the treatments, the chrome and leather seating and dark wood panelling, or is a shave and shower the closest you get to "grooming"?

Tom Dunne

Some clarification needed:

Are the staff male or female?

If female, are they suitably attired in clothes that, ahem, enhance their womanly features?

Do they serve snacks of any form? If so, of what nature?

Do they serve beverages?

Is the facial you are talking about the same type of facial I am thinking about?

Fratton Fred

I saw a website where the girls all said they do facials, is that the same thing?

Bob1970

once a flatmate gave me some sort of hand facial, all the wimmens at the pub were saying how soft me hands were and rubbing my hands off their faces and the like...

so based on that yes-yes i would go

Piste

Oh God, didn't even think of the other meaning of facial ;_;


Yeah, haven't been in there, can't have my friends thinking I'm butch now! I saw one female staff member, looked alright. The staff are mainly men, groomed enough so as to be a good advert for the salon, but not so much as to scare off hetero men.

Couldn't tell you about the snacks, I'd guess tea and coffee, maybe a biscuit. (is there such thing as a manly biscuit?)


It's a very girly thing to ask bout the salon's features other than the service it provides

Tom Dunne

Bob1970 wrote: »

once a flatmate gave me some sort of hand facial, all the wimmens at the pub were saying how soft me hands were and rubbing my hands off their faces and the like...

*shakes head*

And I had such high hopes for you.......

Fratton Fred

Bob1970 wrote: »

once a flatmate gave me some sort of hand facial, all the wimmens at the pub were saying how soft me hands were and rubbing my hands off their faces and the like...

so based on that yes-yes i would go

oh great, so now this thread has "rubbing", "facial" and "massage" in it.

Google is going to be all over it like a rash and we could end up with one or two heavy breathing new members:D

Bob1970

Tom Dunne wrote: »

*shakes head*

And I had such high hopes for you.......

my high hopes were fulfilled after that by several wimmens

Bob1970

she was some beauty school student i think looking for practise

Don1

Sounds like a hellish place for the pink t-shirt brigade. If twas a barber shop or a "salon" full of hawt wimmins staff then it would probably be okay. But this really stinks of fake tan to me. Burn it!!!

Tom Dunne

Piste wrote: »

Oh God, didn't even think of the other meaning of facial ;_;

You do realise we are a bunch of dirty old men over here? Well, I am at least.

Piste wrote: »

The staff are mainly men, groomed enough so as to be a good advert for the salon, but not so much as to scare off hetero men.

No, still sounds too metro for me. For my hair, or lack thereof, a number two is all I need, five minutes tops. And none of those namby-pamby lotions or moisturisers.

Piste wrote: »

Couldn't tell you about the snacks, I'd guess tea and coffee, maybe a biscuit. (is there such thing as a manly biscuit?)

Well then, that further solidifies my case. Any oatmeal biscuit could be considered a manly. Hob knobs, for example.

Piste wrote: »

It's a very girly thing to ask bout the salon's features other than the service it provides

On the contrary, you have to look at the bigger picture. You wouldn't buy a car just because it is a nice colour, would you? Oh, you would......

Piste

Probably.



Definitely.

trout

I've read the original post twice ... I still have no idea what a man salon is.

Tell me .... is there bacon involved ?

LolaDub

trout wrote: »

I've read the original post twice ... I still have no idea what a man salon is.

Tell me .... is there bacon involved ?

Trout you know where us wimmens go to make our skin soft and our legs less hairy? Thats what he's talking about, 'cept its for men....:eek:




I think he's caught the ghey

Gaspode

Piste wrote: »

A salon specifically for men has just opened near me.......
Anyway it offers "muscle melting massages" and general male grooming (haircuts, shaves etc.) and things like facials.

Then it's hardly for men is it? It's for the lady-men.

In the window there's a telly which shows things like James Bond and Sky Sports in order to entice in men.

Ah, the equivalent of the childcatcher's lollipops and sweets.

So would you be taken in by the manly names of the treatments, the chrome and leather seating and dark wood panelling, or is a shave and shower the closest you get to "grooming"?

No and yes in that order.

brianthebard

Wouldn't mind going for a shave at something like this (someone scrapeing yore fizzog with a sharp sharp blade is not ghey, just for the record), but I can't really think of anything else I would want done at a place like this, or what a place like this might offer. I suppose a back massage wouldn't do any harm....

robtri

god this is so wrong....

a mens saloon....

rubbing, facials, massages, oils.....

and none of it in a good way....

smashey

A what?

Whatever happened to just going to the barber on a Saturday, getting a number 1 or 2 and a little something for the weekend followed by a brisk walk to the nearest pub?

Man salon?????

GHEY.

Wagon

Have to say, the world is gradually getting more ghey as the days go by. What's the point of a man salon? Really? You could get the whole nine yards and you'd look ghey and then the next morning after the pub, you'd look like a transvestite. I'm not a manly man by any measure, but that's taking things too far.

LolaDub

If a man said to me lets go to the salon together i'd run like the clappers. Metro is sooooooooo last year! Beer guts and receding hairlines ftw

John Mason

LOL, i had an ex, who would head for the hot towel shave thing and a massage most saturday.

he loved it, apparently some asia bird would rub her boobs on his neck

LolaDub

pink fluffy bunny wrote: »

LOL, i had an ex, who would head for the hot towel shave thing and a massage most saturday.

he loved it, apparently some asia bird would rub her boobs on his neck

I can see why he's your ex!

Fratton Fred

LolaDub wrote: »

I can see why he's your ex!

now now, don't rub it in. I'm sure he dumped her for more than just an asian bird with big jubblies.:D

I get my back waxed before I go on holiday, but i'd never got to a male salon to get it done. i'm quite happy for a bird to wax my back and hear me scream like a girlie, but not a bloke.

LolaDub

Fratton Fred wrote: »

I get my back waxed before I go on holiday,

You did not just say that! :eek:

smashey

Fratton Fred wrote: »

now now, don't rub it in. I'm sure he dumped her for more than just an asian bird with big jubblies.:D

I get my back waxed before I go on holiday, but i'd never got to a male salon to get it done. i'm quite happy for a bird to wax my back and hear me scream like a girlie, but not a bloke.

Big feckin metro. :eek:

Fratton Fred

LolaDub wrote: »

You did not just say that! :eek:

yeah i did, I am perfectly comfortable with my sexuality, i can openly admit that i have had my back waxed. in fact, I am also happy to say that quite frankly, it is the most ****ing painful thing I have ever experienced.

Fratton Fred

smashey wrote: »

Big feckin metro. :eek:

I don't exfoliate, dye my hair, pluck my eyebrows or use a "Man"bag, so I don't think I am tbh.

Tom Dunne

I get on of the BGRH wimmins all liquored up and she cuts my hair in less than five minutes.

And no, it's not Lucy Lu. She watches.

smashey

Tom Dunne wrote: »

I get on of the BGRH wimmins all liquored up and she cuts my hair in less than five minutes.

And no, it's not Lucy Lu. She watches.

With all due respect there Tom she should be able to cut it in less than a minute.

Tom Dunne

smashey wrote: »

With all due respect there Tom she should be able to cut it in less than a minute.

What can I say? She's a perfectionist.

Zaph

In answer to the OP's question - NO!

Will

isnt a man salon an old western style bar? o.0

Zaph

Will wrote: »

isnt a man salon an old western style bar? o.0

No, that's a saloon

Will

*shakes head*

What is this thread doing here then!!!

Gaspode

Fratton Fred wrote: »

now now, don't rub it in. I'm sure he dumped her for more than just an asian bird with big jubblies.:D

I get my back waxed before I go on holiday, but i'd never got to a male salon to get it done. i'm quite happy for a bird to wax my back and hear me scream like a girlie, but not a bloke.

Eh, why do I not see the waving of the banstick here???
Ladies lounge thatta way >>>>>>>

Tom Dunne

deswalsh wrote: »

Eh, why do I not see the waving of the banstick here???

Because I sitting with my head in my hands in despair.

Fratton Fred

aaah, come on lads, I get a lot of pressure from the missus. its either have the back waxed or give up smoking and lose weight.

The waxing is the least painful option

Tom Dunne

Fratton Fred wrote: »

aaah, come on lads, I get a lot of pressure from the missus.

Stop.

While you have a shred of dignity left.

Fratton Fred

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Stop.

While you have a shred of dignity left.

fair comment

Gyalist

Piste wrote: »

A salon specifically for men has just opened near me, I pass it twice a day going to and from school and I havent yet seen a single customer in there, though granted it's only been open a week or two.

Anyway it offers "muscle melting massages" and general male grooming (haircuts, shaves etc.) and things like facials.

In the window there's a telly which shows things like James Bond and Sky Sports in order to entice in men.

So would you be taken in by the manly names of the treatments, the chrome and leather seating and dark wood panelling, or is a shave and shower the closest you get to "grooming"?

I recently noticed a place resembling that description on Ranelagh Road. I think it's called GMale.

The answer to your question is no.

Piste

Yep that's the place, GMale. i also noticed under the GMale sign it says "barber" so they're not using the word salon (even though it is really).


Today was the first time I saw someone in there, seemed to be getting a haircut and was pretty young.

star-pants

a man salon?....
nope wouldn't go.

although I have a male friend who enjoys pedicures & facials... :eek: I know...

SEPT 23 1989

i spend €13 every three weeks in a BARBER SHOP i think thats enough for any man

robtri

i am just a tight arse, so I shave my own head...

smashey

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

i spend €13 every three weeks in a BARBER SHOP i think thats enough for any man

Rip off.

My barber charges €7.

b0bsquish

Ye big bunch of poofs!


My barber charges 5 euro, YES FIVE. Take that recession.

smashey

b0bsquish wrote: »

Ye big bunch of poofs!


My barber charges 5 euro, YES FIVE. Take that recession.

My barber is a wimmins.

And she's hawt. :cool:

SEPT 23 1989

smashey wrote: »

My barber is a wimmins.

And she's hawt. :cool:

female barber whatever next?

Star Lord

I shave my own hair.

As should the rest of ye, for shame paying to have a man run his fingers through your hair.

(If your barber is a hawt wimmins, then you are exempt, and carry on good sir!)