For a while it may have seemed like barbershops would become another antiquated relic of a bygone time, but no longer: Old is new, folk music is popular, Star Wars is in movie theaters again, and hipster men love barbershops. …
While unsterilized needles pose serious health risks, especially when it comes to the spreading of blood borne illnesses like HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis, anything that could potentially come in contact with human blood poses the same risk. Barber equipment is particularly …
A lot of people dread the typical 9 to 5 workday for fear of missing out on life. Emmanuel “E-Man” Azoro quickly realized that being cooped up in the walls of a building for most of the day was not …
While some barber shops are open to cutting men’s and women’s hair and many barbers have training in how to handle both men’s and women’s styles, the barber world has long been a boys club. Staying on top of men’s …
A cosmetology school in Herkimer, New York has incorporated real life experience with its cosmetology classes. Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton Otsego BOCES operates a salon and spa within the school to allow students to perform services for community residents during their senior year. …
A few weeks ago, barbers across the country worked with a variety of different projects and organizations to help make sure that children in need would be able to have haircuts for the school year. Classes are now in session, …
If you walk into a barbershop in the Fargo-Moorhead area of North Dakota there’s a good chance your barber will be female. Mary Cannon owns Moler Barber College in Fargo and has been a barber for almost 30 years. When …
Dr. Joseph Ravenell, an assistant professor of population health and medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, has begun performing blood pressure tests at barbershops in his New York community. It all started at Ravenell’s own barbershop. He started going to …
At the end of August, Joe DeMario will be closing down his Westerly, Rhode Island barbershop after 54 years of business to enter into retirement. Joe DeMario is a child of Westerly, and his business is popular locally. Before opening …
New trends in fashion and beauty can often leave some classic institutions and traditions in the dust. Trends in business can do the same, but often have an even more devastating impact on tradition. In the case of barbershops, some …