Things you should tell your barber.

princess-lala

See its all in the explaining

CDfm

^^^^^ people with sharp blades in their hands are always reasonable

cosanostra

Just wondering what is the scale of blade no's i find the no 4 too short does it go on up iv never heard of 5 or 6?

Otis Driftwood

As far as I know most barbers would have a 5 or 6.I have a shaver buried somewhere and Im 99.9% sure the attachments go as far as 6.

bergkamp10

PaulieC wrote: »

Always wanted to bring in a picture but thought the hairdresser might think I'm a bit weird...I'll do it now.

Wanna have longish hair - kinda like a mullet I suppose but dunno how to get it cut in order for it to turn out that way...perhaps just thinning it might work

want a tip paulie c? Bring the picture. Wer well used to em and if its EXACTLY what you want, a picture says a thousand words. Regards, from you-no-who!

WolfForager

For years i was asking the barbers in wicklow for a "bit of a trim" and "8 on the sides and back and trim the top to suit". Was in Brussels for the summer last year and had to go to Toni and Guy because it was the only place i was guaranteed to find an english speaking barber/hairdresser. Well! I was not prepared at all, he started asking me all sorts of questions to which i found myself mumbling incoherent answers to, eventually with a sigh of frustration he just pulled out "the book" and told me to pick one :P Got one of the best haircuts of my life though...

bergkamp10

aWolfForager wrote: »

For years i was asking the barbers in wicklow for a "bit of a trim" and "8 on the sides and back and trim the top to suit". Was in Brussels for the summer last year and had to go to Toni and Guy because it was the only place i was guaranteed to find an english speaking barber/hairdresser. Well! I was not prepared at all, he started asking me all sorts of questions to which i found myself mumbling incoherent answers to, eventually with a sigh of frustration he just pulled out "the book" and told me to pick one :P Got one of the best haircuts of my life though...

as a barber grateful and humbled to be regarded as at the top of the profession may i make a few little comments. Ok fair play to the stylist for the excellent cut u got. But if that was my stylist i'd be kicking his @ss for everything else- making you feel uncomfortable, not making the options dead easy to understand, and sticking a style book in front of you, not as an accompaniment to your consultation but INSTEAD of your consultation. And if one of my senior qualified people sighed at you like that, ever, they'd be gone.It is the humble opinion of this barber of twenty five years experience of working, teaching, work on movies, tv theatre ads and starting my own 5star barbers, if i may just offer an opinion, that male customers should be made, in a very comfortable friendly way, to feel like they are the centre of the universe for the very short duration of the haircut. For a guy, your haircut pretty much IS your appearance. Without the client, the stylist would be at home deciding between 'judge judy' and 'deal or no deal'! I always put my clients options across in a very easy to understand way, breaking every aspect of the haircut down simply. The consultation should make the client happy not uncomfortable. The brilliant cut is only one part of the deal, its your overall experience from when you enter to when you leave, which should be like entering a highly professional friendly relaxing not ever intimidating salon, through to brilliant service and after service, supplying the client with some light conversation at al times too. Any barber worth their salt should be able to come up with a few options out of their head on the spot for you, in a manner you can understand very easily, while perhaps using style books to demonstrate their ideas. Thats just my way anyway )