[Image-1] Jesse Resk‘s appreciation for the art of barbering blossomed after being raised with a front-row seat to the action. “I always got to see him being so happy doing what he loved. You get to chat with people which is one of my favourite things to do.” says Resk of his uncle and inspiration, […]
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Let us forget Movember
[Image-1] It snuck up on me this year. Normally I get warnings before it begins, but it was over a week into it before it struck me. It was during Remembrance Day; a solemn, dignified day that was ruined once I scanned the crowd at Grand Parade. A lot of the male-identified patrons of the […]
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The barber is back with Saint Lou’s
Rob Oxner’s barbering has taken him around the world and back. After a one-year hair styling program at NSCC, he worked at the now-closed Green Room Salon on Hollis Street, then for five years at Spirit Spa before love swept him away to Australia. There, he joined the Doctor Follicles team. With each cut, Oxner […]
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An Evening With David Usher
never trust a man who’s prettier than you are Yuppers. A solo acoustic show, folks! It’s on Monday, October 25th, Seahorse Tavern, $25 bucks, get your paws on tickets here or by calling 1-888-391-9090.
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Best Hairstylist
“I’m out of the rat race,” says Brenda Stone from the tranquility of her own salon, a studio space right next to Woozles that she shares with one other stylist and an aesthetician. After 14 years as a stylist, she’s figured it out: it’s the quiet environment that appeals to her customers, and running her […]
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Best Hair Salon
They must be running out of space on those immaculate Thumper salon walls for plaques from Best of Halifax readers’ polls. Owner Malcolm Norton at first isn’t even sure what to say about his crack team of stylists, so he goes with a truism. “One of the things I’ve always said: happy people make creative, […]