With today being the official first day of summer (despite the rainy start to the day) we thought it would be a great opportunity to talk about summer hair styles and what's hot this year. Now there's so many resources you can use to research what's in fashion this summer, and most websites/publications will generally tell you the same story, however we decided to take it from the best and go with an article posted on the British GQ website which seems to hit the nail right o

I need to start by saying that I can't take any credit for this post. I stumbled across a fantastic article on the Modern Barber Magazine website the other day that I felt needed sharing on here for you all to read. The original article can be found here: http://modernbarber.co.uk/caring-beard-jon-bourne/ This is a brief summary for any gent looking to grow and develop a beard to enhance their face and give themselves a heightened level of dapper-ness! - At that 'eureka' mome

So I thought I'd do a post relating to my training and how I'm getting on with it all. I'm currently into my 9th week working here at The Barber Shop Shrewsbury and I'm absolutely loving this new experience. I did my first cut after 3 weeks of solid observations and tutorials from the Head Barber, Vern, and to say I'm chuffed is an understatement! Since then I've done a number of cuts on friends and volunteers and my progress is nice and steady with each fresh cut being a new

“An exquisite blend of Moroccan Argan Oil, Linseed Oil, Sweet Almond Oil and Aloe Vera to soften and control coarse or unruly facial hair. Fantastic nourishing and moisturising properties for that often overlooked but very important part of your image.” For our first product review we decided to have a look at one of our favourite products in the shop, the Mr. Muk Beard Oil. This product really does do what it says on the tin, living up to it’s name extremely well. The liquid

Back in January of 2015 an idea was hatched by our main Barber, Vern, in which he wanted to create a gents Barber Shop that men of all ages and walks of life could come in and relax to a variety of hair and beard treatments to transform them into the dapper gent they were born to be. By the end of March that year the shop was built and The Barber Shop Shrewsbury opened its doors to the men of Shrewsbury for their own tailor made styling experience. With many years of hairdres

I've never written a blog post before but seeing as we have a wonderful website to launch it felt like a good time to start one to give some nice active content for the site. So, bare with us whilst this learning curve of creating writing develops and hopefully give you all something of interest to read through. I started working here 2 weeks ago and with no pervious barbering or hairdressing experience this was certainly a plunge into the unknown for me. That being said with