r/Barber

Do you guys have any recommendations? I am a male and my hair have been pretty outgrown lately. Im looking forward for comments abt these barbershops too

I just opened a barbershop in NJ , I have just one barber working under me , and I have two open chairs. We have been open for one month. The one barber I have made 10k in his pocket our first month open. I’m having a very difficult time finding another barber for work. What is the average barber earning at a shop after paying commissions/rent to the owner? I feel like this is a lot higher than average and yet I’m having a difficult time to find another barber. I feel like barbers get super comfortable in their environment and just don’t have that motivation to grow. Or are they are just loyal to their circumstance?
As a barber working at a shop - help me get some clarity. What would hold you back from changing over to a shop with higher earning potential ?

Wanna get some insight from the community. Been getting a haircut for 3 years now from a shop, paid $60 plus tip. Some say it's steep but I'm "loyal". Just got informed that there is a $20 increase starting later this month! $80 for a fade ? Worth noting, it's just a fade, no blade, no shave, no wash. I'm thinking at what point do I jump ship? I respect the cut and hustle but $80 every two weeks is tough.

Title says it all, I am struggling between 3/4 different hairdryers and I'm not sure which one to invest in. All of them have pros and cons and now I'm at a point where I'm stuck.

CONTEXT: I'm a barber and hairdresser. Primarily I do short-medium flowy haircuts. I mainly use diffuser attachments. HOWEVER, I do blowwaves and need something strong enough for a smooth blowwave. I am also based in Australia - don't want to deal with American suppliers.

The options I am stuck between:

• Dyson Supersonic Hairdryer
• Pro One Aerolite Hairdryer
• Gamma Xcell Hairdryer
• Matsui Ionic Hairdryer

MY THOUGHTS: I'm leaning between the Pro One and Gamma. I've seen a lot of Aussie barbers use pro one and it seems good value for low price. However, Dyson seems so quiet.

I would love to know if anyone has these tools and what they think.

TLDR: I'm stuck between 4 hairdryers and can't pick so I need some opinions.

Cheers!

I like to wear majority black to work, what’s some good shirts that wine break the bank? Tired of wearing my “regular” shirts

Hello everyone. I'm trying to gain as much resources and information as possible. Be that websites, Instagram handles, Facebook pages, youtube channels, books, etc. Absolutely anything!!! I want to learn Absolutely everything about types of razors, best brands, length, width, best material japanese steel German steel. Honestly anything and everything is appreciated. Thank you all in advance

I just had to rant cause this kind of ruined my day.
A client I’ve never had before booked me and when he came in he saw me and he’s like oh you’re cutting my hair? I wanted a man. And WALKED OUT. This is a very busy day and this could have been an actual paying client.
This happened in front of the whole shop and as soon as he left we were all just like wth??
As a woman barber I’ve never had this happen to me before in all my 6 years of cutting in barbershops. Even other people who told me at the end of the haircut I’ve never had a woman cut my hair (but I end up impressing them) at LEAST they gave me the chance to show them women can cut hair just as good as a man can.
I’m just wondering if there’s any woman barbers on here that can give me some advice or if you’ve gone through something similar. Or any men barbers what your experience witnessing this is? Or why men do this?
I’m kind of at a loss for words right now.

My distant father, who own a salon for more than a decade, and I've been learning since, so I can work there. But there feels to be a problem, I already see the work environment, and there are 5 hairstylists, they take turns cutting clients, and sometimes I see arguements break out who goes next, but if I ever master trades as a hairstylists, I wouldn't be sure how that would work.. Am i going to be the 6th? taking an extra cut out of the rest? Even though I've been helping out there for months, I can't seem to grasp how in any way if there won't be a problem in the environment, especially one that's fast paced and greedy.

And tall barbers here ever made a platform to put your chair on to raise the height by a couple inches? I like my chair but it doesn’t go high enough especially for short clients. I’m just a bit worried that a platform will make the chair more likely to tip over if I need to recline a big client for a beard trim. Should I just buy a new chair?

My thinning shears leave funny lines sometimes though I had them sharpened not long ago. Decided to look for new ones under $300 but don’t want too cheap either.