The Grooming Guys Blog

We’re not going to beat around the bush.  If you live in the DC/VA area — we certainly want the Grooming Lounge will be your “go-to” destination for haircuts. We guarantee you’ll get an experience that exceeds expectations. That said, we’re aware there’s a big world beyond the beltway, and such being the case, wanted [...]

So how is business going in this economy?  If Grooming Lounge, or any other smaller-sized business had $20 for every time this query was posed, these businesses wouldn’t have any financial worries. Alas, we don’t get any cash for these questions and are unfortunately forced to stick to solid basic business principles to keep things [...]

No… we’re not talking about a rash we got after trying that new body powder from Venezuela (bada-boom) - instead - we’re making a reference to our Washington, D.C. store’s recent 7th Anniversary.  Yep, it’s been 7 years since we set up shop at the corner of L & Connecticut in Washington, D.C. and it’s truly been [...]

One of the most common questions we get in our Grooming Lounge stores relates to our Signature Hot Lather Shave and why we do it like we do it.  Many are curious to learn that it’s not the “spaghetti western” version of a shave — you know the one in which the wise, mustached barber [...]

The last eight years have been a struggle…. there’s little debate on either side of the aisle about that. And no matter their political leanings, at the end of the day, Americans demanded, stood up for and with great numbers, forced the changes needed to make life in this country easier, more enjoyable, additionally secure and ultimately… [...]

 - TERRELL OWENS USES LIP BALM DURING KEY GAMES: Did anyone else catch T.O. applying lip balm during the waning minutes of the Cowboys loss to the Redskins yesterday?  Yep, there he was, not icing his knees, not stretching calves, not hydrating for the next series — instead he was moisturizing his pie hole. Our [...]

A lot has happened at our Flagship Washington, D.C. store since we opened in March 2002.  Tens of thousands of haircuts, shaves, massages, business manicures and more.  Know what else has happened?  The walls, ceilings, floors, etc. of our breakthrough location have gotten just a tad beat up.
Beat up or worn down doesn’t work for [...]

One of the Grooming Lounge’s founding principles and missions is to treat all guests with the same level of luxury service — no matter who they are, what they wear or how much they purchase.  In our manual it actually states that we must always “treat Michael Jordan the shower curtain ring salesman no different than MJ [...]

We try to be as honest as possible in our blog postings.  Let readers know exactly what’s going on in our business, whether good or bad.  Some would say that’s not good marketing strategy, but truth is, we’ve got nothing to hide, so why not share it all.
That brings us to a recent article in [...]

This might be the most self-promoting blog we’ve ever written (and that’s a hard feat to accomplish).  But what we are saying is true and as both Grooming Guys were taught by our folks, “there’s nothing wrong with saying the truth… assuming it doesn’t hurt anyone.”
On a recent visit to our new Grooming Lounge in [...]