Fresh Between The Ears Podcast

Today we have a special episode for you. We sit down with Collette, who runs the Australian Female Barbers Instagram page, whilst working as a barber at The Cutting Edge barber shop in Queensland. She also helps out with the Jack Reed mobile barbershop, which is dedicated to restoring people’s sense of dignity via The Jack Reed Foundation. We cover all sorts of topics from how barbering has changed over the years, women in barbering & tips for young aspiring barbers coming up through the ranks. We hope you enjoy.

To be competitive in modern bricks and mortar world it pays to make your shop remarkable. One way to do that is to mess with the conventional thinking that barbers should work out of buildings. Take Michael for instance. He has been running his barber business out of a shipping container for about a year now. Not something you see every day! Ben conducted a little Q and A, find more about this up and coming shop.

Alex has been in the industry a long time. In 2016 The Barber Club won the AHIA Best Barber Business. In the past 2 years his stores have also won Milkman Stockist of the Year Awards for Victoria. For various reasons I only had 5 minutes to sit down with Alex and I'm still learning the audio equipment so this is not a studio quality episode. Nonetheless we figured it would be valuable to share some insight from someone who has seen a lot of success in the barbering industry.

We recently went to Melbourne to visit and train our barber shop stockists. A definite highlight was visiting one of the new kids on the block, Lefty's Barbershop. It's been a rising star ever since opening it's doors in August last year. Not only do they have a great range of grooming gear (like the Milkman beard and shave range), they bring a lot of hair dressing experience to the chair. Scissor work tends to take a back seat to clippers in the barbering world. The strong hair dressing background and the additional pampering at Lefty's make it a stand out for guys looking for a great hair and beard style experience. We sat down with the team to learn more about Lefty's and life as a barber. Listen to the full podcast here.