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Barber for 20 years in NYC and now open his own barbershop on 56th st, please vist www.barbershopon56th.com

Thursday, October 29, 2009

How I cut my hair

A guy come for haircut, so the receptionist told him to go to one barber, but the guy stop in the middle of the shop and said with loud voice ''I want to explain to you how I cut my hair in my country ....'' so I told him sir you don't have to explain to all of us .you can explain to the barber who will cut your hair, his answer was , I know but I have to explain to all of you, and who understand it better will explain to the barber who will cut my hair. So he went to the barber, few minutes later was leaving the shop with shaved head.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

My name is...

I worked with a barber, his memory so short, he still introduce himself and give a business card to his customers( customers that make appointement with him)

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

I need to look good now

One customer used to go a barber , but always get short haircut, and the barber will tell him do not worry within a week you hair will look good, so this customer after so many haircut come to the conclusion, that this not good deal, because by the time he starts to look good ,he feel that is the time to get a haircut. When he saw his barber he told him i want to look now not a week from now.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

No title

I was not able to write any new material , because I was traveling , and now i am back from my vacation , you will see some new material soon , so keep checking , and thank you all

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Short memory

Someone told me about this barber his memory so short, when he finished cutting one side for his customer , he asked him again how he liked the haircut.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

with pencil

the barber keep asking the customer what he think about the haircut , and every time the customer said little shorter while his eyes closed , so the barber keep cutting , till he shave all the hair, after that the customer told the barber now you can put the part on the left side, the barber reply ''with pencil ''. you have no hair left.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

type of haircut

There are 3 type of men haircut:
1- haircut that everybody will know that you have one .
2-haircut dose not look like a haircut, nobody will know ( at least you tell them).
3-haircut between the two , will leave people not sure or wonder if you have haircut or not.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

He is my husband

Guy comes into a barbershop, sits down in the chair and the barber begins prepping him for a shave. A hot, sexy, blonde woman bends down at the guy’s feet and starts giving him a shoe shine. The guy starts remarking on how hot she is, and how he’d like to spend some time in a hotel room with her. The blonde says, “I don’t think my husband would like that.” Guy says, “Who cares?” The blonde replies, “You should, he’s the one who’s shaving you.”

Free haircut

Guy comes into a barbershop with a little boy. The guy sits down and gets the full treatment - haircut and straight razor shave. After he’s done, he motions for the boy to take his place in the chair, then turns to the barber and says, “Be right back, I have to pick up something at the drugstore.” The barber finishes the boy’s haircut and waits, but the guy doesn’t come back. He finally turns to the boy and says, “Did your dad forget about you?” The kid answers, “Oh, he’s not my dad. He just walked up to me on the street, said, ‘Come on, we’re gonna get free haircuts,’ and brought me in here

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Part 1: Art of shaving

The perfect shave is what all men strive for every morning when they bring their razor up their chin – an effortless shave that’s baby smooth, and without any of the usual skin irritation, redness, and that burning sensation most guys seem to feel is par for the course when it comes to shaving.
Why do so many guys find this so hard to achieve? Because proper shaving has become a lost art. Shaving is one of those glorious male traditions that used to be passed down from father to son, but somewhere along the line, when shaving became more about cheap, disposable razors than a nice, precision-made metal tool in your hand, it became a brainless routine to rush through in the morning without even thinking about it. A dull disposable razor dragged across a layer of foam or gel on your cheeks is a step backward from the past, not an improvement. Now that men of all ages are paying more attention to their appearance, it’s no wonder that the hottest trend right now in male grooming is a return to the traditional wet shave – and millions of men have been shocked to discover that the “old fashioned” method of shaving they thought is actually the best quality shave you can get.
It get to be “wetshaving” and how is it different from the way most men shave today

Part 2: Art of shaving

Wetshaving gives you more effective shaves and better looking skin. The hot water opens the pores of your skin and relaxes your facial muscles, and it softens your whiskers for more effective cutting. Believe it or not, but your whiskers are tougher than the edge of a razor blade, and shaving “dry”, or mostly dry as with the vast majority of shaving creams, foams, and gels on the market, means you’re literally tugging on each and every hair on your face instead of neatly slicing it at the skin’s surface and moving on without irritating your skin. The key to proper wetshaving is keeping your face as wet as possible at all times during the shave. Even if you keep your current tools and routine, you’ll marvel at how much closer and more comfortable shaving can be when you keep your face hydrated at all times with lots of hot (not scalding) water. the basic tools you need for wetshaving?
A shaving brush isn’t just a paint brush for your face. A good brush – and the best brushes are made of badger hair and start at $25 – absorbs hot water and then, after you dip the tip of the brush into your tub (yes, not a can, but a tub – I’ll explain later) the brush releases and mixes the hot water with the shaving cream as you skim the brush back and forth across your face and neck in and up-down motion. The combination of hot water mixing with the cream and getting beaten by the brush all over your face delivers a thicker, richer, more emollient lather that’s impossible to get with your fingers alone. A shaving brush also gently exfoliates, or removes the dead skin, from your face before shaving, which gets rid of anything coming between the blade and your whiskers. Finally, the up-down brushing lifts your whiskers and suspends them standing upright in the thick lather, which exposes the maximum whisker length to your blade as it skims

Part 3: Art of shaving

along your face. a good razor, a good brush, and glycerin-based shaving cream. But the biggest difference between wetshaving and the way most guys shave today is the use of a shaving brush. A good badger-hair shaving brush is the single most important ingredient in getting the perfect shave -- if you change no part of your shaving routine except to add a good shaving brush to the mix, you’ll be astounded at how much better and more enjoyable your shaves become. Take it from a guy who used to use his fingers to smear cheap shaving gel on his face that smelled just like his deodorant – using a fine badger hair brush to brush high-end English shaving cream that smells like fresh-cut violets onto your face and neck isn’t just about treating yourself nicely after years of the ol’ slice’n’dice. It’s also the best possible way to prepare your skin and whiskers for the closest, most comfortable shave. . Wetshaving is just what the term implies
– keeping your face wet with plenty of hot water before, and during, the entire shave. In fact, you should always shave after a hot shower, not before (if you need to shave without taking a shower, washing your face with hot water for a few minutes will suffice). With a layer of hot water between your skin and the lather, the blade skims the surface instead of dragging on it, which is the main cause of irritation, redness, and “shave bumps”.

Rule number one



Rule number one:

Do not cut your own hair

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

need a haircut

A women having conversation with her husband, and he keep telling her , '' I cannot hear you " so she told him is time to have haircut ( got so much hair on his ears)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Charlie Chaplin the barber

Have few laugh check this video of Charlie Chaplin as barber
Click on the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvVQOOu1AUY&feature=related

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Like last time

The barber ask his customer how do you like your haircut, and before the customer respond, the barber continued like last time sir, and the customer respond yes, yes like last time , one side long and one side short.

Monday, April 27, 2009

You are next

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Free massage

This story happened in my friend barbershop.
A customer was waiting for his face to be shaved, the lady barber had just put a hot towel on his face and let him relax.Suddenly, a lady enter the barbershop and start giving the customer massage for few minute. After a while, the barber returned back, removed the hot the towel and to the customer's surprise, the person, who was massaging his face mumbled shyly " I am sorry, I thought you were my husband, I was supposed to meet him here''.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

I know

I used to work with this barber, by the end of a haircut He forget how the customer comb his hair, so once a while the customer will tell him that the part is on the other side . The barber always answer I know I just want to see if you pay attention.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Why use a brush when you can blow

I used to work with this barber, normally a barber will use a brush to get rid of the hair stuck on a customer s neck. Not this one. He has his way of doing so.
By placing his machine or scissors near the customers neck, he could with one blow clean his tools
and in the same time the customer' s neck.
And though no customer was delighted to receive a mixture of hot air and spit on his necks, few complained. And for those who did so, the answer was always the same: ''I was cleaning the machine. Sir! not you neck''

If you are barber , Hairstylist or a customer and something funny happen in the barbershop, can you please submit it , and I will post it in my blog.

Monday, April 6, 2009

old barber



I used to work with a 76 years old barber, whenever he start cutting his customer hair , he get so close to the head of the customer, and one day I told him why don't you put your eye glasses he respond, I do not want the customer think that I am old.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

in the barbershop

As barber I seen so many hairy situations , i have customer who come with his wife for haircut, when I finished cutting his hair I asked him what he think , so he want little more short but his wife want me to leave it long , so after an argument , the wife get up and slap her husband in the face.
And told him to leave his hair long . to me this is a hairy situation.
please if you have been in hairy situation , email me at ayassine10@yahoo.com