Grooming
Hair, barbering, shaving, and men's routines, including what a salon or barber actually does and what it does not claim to do.
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How Laurent Voisinet Cuts His Texturised Bob, Step by Step
A step-by-step breakdown of Laurent Voisinet's texturised bob from his Neo-Kawaii collection, showing how full-blade cutting, scissor-over-comb and point cutting combine to soften a graphic shape.
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The Micro Fringe Comeback: What to Ask Before the Cut
A micro fringe delivers a dramatic new silhouette with very little length lost, yet it demands daily styling and regular trims. The consultation matters more than face-shape rules.
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Winter Hair Shedding: What a Salon Can Safely Tell Clients
Winter can leave hair dry and prone to breakage, yet it is a weak explanation for true root-level shedding. Help clients separate fibre damage from hair loss, and know when to refer.
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Wahl Vapor Switch Launches With Two Speeds for Barber Shop Work
Wahl’s Vapor Switch pairs 7,000 and 9,000 rpm settings with an adjustable taper lever, giving barbers more control during fades and bulk removal.
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What Has Jacob Elordi Done to His Hair?
Elordi has grown his undercut into a layered mod mullet for the Wuthering Heights tour, and the texturizing behind it explains why men's grow-outs are trending.
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What ghd's Two Milan Runway Looks Actually Tell You About Styling Your Own Hair
At Milan Fashion Week, ghd styled two opposite SS27 looks for Missoni and Sportmax: textured, undone waves and curls versus a glass-smooth wet-look bun.
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K-pop's 'two-block' haircut isn't actually a haircut trick, it's a perm trick in disguise
The clipped sides and soft, tousled top K-pop idols wear aren't just a scissor cut. Barbers and stylists rely on specific perms to get hair to sit that way.
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The Half Buzz Is Trending. Barbers Say It's Harder to Get Right Than a Fade
A half buzz looks like the simplest haircut on the menu, but barbers say the hard part is the blend, not the shave, and the upkeep is faster than clients expect.
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A New Nail System Wants Barbershops and Salons to Stop Improvising for Male Clients
MANACARE, a five-step professional nail and hand care line built for nail technicians, launches October 15 betting that male clients need a system, not a men's-only shelf label.
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What Salon International's Stage Artists Actually Promise Barbershops
Salon International 2026's Artists on Stage lineup is trade show spectacle, not a preview of what happens in a barber's chair.
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Color Analysis Is Becoming a Real Skill Set for Colorists, Not Just a Party Trick
Stylists are training in seasonal color theory to pick dyes that flatter a client's actual coloring, moving beyond guessing at requested shades.
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The GRAZIA Guide To Dubai's Best Hair Salons Leaves Out The Building's New Neighbor
GRAZIA Middle East's tour of Dubai's 14 best salons skews toward hotel-affiliated, Western-expat names and misses a major Bollywood celebrity stylist who just opened shop in the same tower as one of its picks.
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The Assisting Year Is About Cash, Not Confidence
The one concrete line in Ellie Block's career profile, warning new colorists against renting a salon booth too soon, describes a real financial risk, and that risk is scaling fastest in Austin itself, where a national salon suite franchise opened its hundredth U.S. location in March 2025.
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The Bow May Not Be Holding the Hair
A bow can be a visible ornament mounted on a headband, barrette, or clip while the hairstyle is built separately. A still image cannot establish the hidden fastener or how the placement holds through movement and humidity.
