29
Sep

Free Bags For Fans Of D.C.’s Professional Football Team

Stored in: Random Observations

The Grooming Guys are big fans of Washington, D.C.’s football team.  We’ve been loyal followers since  childhood and continue to cheer for the squad no matter how dismal things get.  That being said, it’s not good times around the nation’s capital for pigskin fanatics. Yeah… the Skins lost to the Lions. Ouch.
And with such embarrassing [...]

29
Sep

Contest Winners Announced

Stored in: Marketing Stuff

Our last blog gave a sneak peak at our 2010 Catalog and also offered up the opportunity to win one of two $50 Grooming Lounge gift certificates. All readers had to do was e-mail us a list of 10 products featured on the new catalog’s cover.  After crinkling up our more than 75 correct responses [...]

22
Sep

Catalog Sneak Peak & Chance To Win $50 In Grooming Products

Stored in: Business Insights, Uncategorized

The 6th installment of the Grooming Lounge catalog is just about wrapped (we’re targeted to mail them out Nov 1st) and we wanted do a few things:
- Show you a sneak peak of the cover
- Give you the chance to win some stuff
- Tell you in brief how the catalog is created
HERE’S THE COVER

HERE’S YOUR [...]

17
Sep

Eyes Carumba: Fighting Tired-Looking, Droopy Eyes

Stored in: Grooming Tips

Believe it or not, we get a ton of questions from men (and the ladies who love them) about how to better take care of the male eye area.  Whether it’s dark bags, circles, that hangover-look or other, it seems as if folks are jonesing for additional info to help out the ole’ peepers. Those [...]

14
Sep

Every Man Needs One Good Joke

Stored in: Uncategorized

Every man needs at least one solid joke in his arsenal.  You never know when it will needed, but here’s one to fire off off in a bind.
Matthew takes Sarah to a fair on a blind date. Matthew asks, “What do you feel like doing first?” and Sarah replies, “I want to get weighed.” So [...]

08
Sep

There’s No Complaining In Customer Service

Stored in: Business Insights, Random Observations

On a recent trip to the doctor to get a to-be-named body part looked at, one of the Grooming Guys had a bad experience. The experience had nothing to do with the quality of the care received or the aesthetic of the office, as both the medical staff’s technical knowledge and the atmosphere at the [...]

04
Sep

Ur-ine Big Trouble Young Man

Stored in: Random Observations

Our blog post a few weeks back dealt with the crossroads one of the Grooming Guys was at after dropping his treasured Ray Bans in the Dodger Stadium urinal trough.  The laws of good grooming dictated that he part ways with his shades that day — but it seems many readers of that post hold [...]

02
Sep

The Grooming Lounge Timeline

Stored in: Business Insights

Was writing the intro page to our latest catalog and realized that it’s been nearly 10 years since the Grooming Lounge concept was birthed. WOW… doesn’t seem that long. Anyway, when us Grooming Guys (Pirooz and Mike) reflect on the last decade, it’s interesting to see the baby steps we’ve made and how one thing [...]