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    Window displays at our Grooming Lounge stores are designed to really attract attention. Some people get a kick out of them while others find them a bit odd. We're fine with either reaction as our main goal is to get people inside the door to experience what the GL is all about. This photo album showcases just a few of our favorite displays. Click on the icon above to see if they're for you.

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Unwanted Hair Awareness Month

UhrmAs most of you probably know by now, May is Unwanted Hair Removal Month (UHRM) at the Grooming Lounge.  This nationwide effort, led by yours truly, begins later this week and is designed to help men who quietly suffer from UH-related ailments such as uni-brows, hairy ears, back hair, neck fuzz, etc. It's a quiet pain for these men, most of whom haven't a clue as to how to remove the unsightly hair that covers their body and ultimately impacts their personal and professional lives.

Anyway, many more details on the program are to come and are available on our site, but in honor of this historic month, The Grooming Guys sat down with two of our key Men's Skin Experts, Nikki Parker and Katie Wandres, to get thier thoughts and angles on the current state of men's hair removal services.

Grooming Guys: So what waxing service is most popular among men?

Skin Care Ladies: Backs and eyebrows are the biggies... without a doubt.

Grooming Guys: Does it hurt?

Skin Care Ladies: Well it's not a massage certainly.  But that said, if done right, it shouldn't really hurt very much at all.  The chest is the most sensitive, but noses and eyebrows are a walk in the park. The back... that can depend on what kind of rug is waiting for us back there. Usually not too rough though.

Grooming Guys: Is it true that hair grows back faster when you get it waxed?

Skin Care Ladies: That would be a negative.  Since you are ripping those hairs out at the source root when waxing, it takes the body about 4-6 weeks to replace them. Eventually, after a lot of waxing, many guys cease to grow hair in those spots.

Grooming Guys: Is there really an art to waxing or is it just "grip it and rip it?"

Skin Care Ladies: It is most certainly a bit of an art.  On a back wax, you try to round it into the shoulders to make it look like arm hair. For eyebrows, we will shape them, but not so much as for others to notice anything other than a clean brow. We do a lot of eye brow trimming without wax, which is a whole other story.

Grooming Guys: Is waxing really necessary for guys?

Skin Care Ladies: For many it certainly is.  You just can't walk around with a uni-brow and expect to be taken seriously.  Same goes for nose hair.  As for the back, getting a proper waxing before beach season is a must.

Grooming Guys: Any humorous waxing stories?

Skin Care ladies: Many, but the best was a recent guy who was told to come in by his wife before they went on a vacation to the Bahamas.  He was very, very hairy and she demanded he get a wax on his back and chest.  We did his back no problem, but when it came to the chest he was super sensitive and didn't enjoy it at all.  In between the third and fourth strips of wax he grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket, called his wife and started screaming at her.  Although he was semi joking, he insisted on her staying on the line and hearing his screams until the service was over.

April 29, 2008 |