Notes from the chair
Written for men in Hallandale Beach, FL who want to know what they're asking for before they sit down. Every piece is built on what a barber here actually says in the chair — not on what the internet repeats.
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The Haircut for a Big Forehead Is About Weight, Not Hiding
Slicking back or cutting the top short makes a big forehead look bigger. What works instead: texture and weight in front — from ONYX in Hallandale Beach, FL.
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Haircut and Beard in One Visit: Why We Cut Them Together
Why a haircut and beard trim done in the same chair line up better than two separate visits — with real numbers from our Hallandale Beach, FL shop.
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The Haircut for a Receding Hairline Comes Down to One Rule
The barber's rule for a receding hairline: less contrast between zones, less visible recession. The cuts that do it — from ONYX in Hallandale Beach, FL.
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Being written now
Questions you ask before the chair
- Shape-up, haircut, lineup: what you're actually asking for
- Taper against fade, and the difference most guys get wrong
- Skin, low, mid or high: which fade is yours
- Pomade, clay or paste: picking by your hair rather than by the jar
Things people would rather not ask out loud
- Grey blending against coloring, and why one of them reads as dye
- Hair that won't hold a style past lunchtime
- Cowlicks, and why cutting against the growth never wins
- Hair on the pillow: what worries and what does not
No promised dates. A piece goes up when the barbers have signed off on every claim in it, and not a day before. Until then the answers live in person — the first minutes of a visit cover most of this list, and it costs nothing to ask.
The first ten minutes answer most of this list
Ten minutes of the first visit are questions, not cutting. Bring the thing you've never been able to explain to a barber and start there.