IMPORTANT Message to my valued client friends
I am no longer cutting hair at the North Wales location.
However, I will still cut your hair by private appointment with the same precision and professionalism you've come to expect with me. More than ever it is important to be clean, sharp, and handsome in the marketplace. You need to have that "edge" and in your appearance and grooming.
That edge gives you an advantage.
You and I have probably talked about that while you were in my chair. After one cut with me, you knew that coming to me was about so much more than just the haircut. We talk grooming, work, career, marketing, promotion, networking, and even sometimes beer, whiskey, women, and politics, lol!
For that private appt at your location, call me.
Program me into your cell phone: 267-261-3240
Q: How much is a private appointment with you?
A: You decide. People's time and talent is worth something. Make it worth my time ;)
Q: Will you be cutting hair at a shop/salon again soon?
A: I have my eyes open and am looking. I may even be back at North Wales for back to back appt only cutting. I am trying to maximize my time as I value yours.
Q: Will you cut my family's hair?
A: Probably not a bad idea. Line'em up. I'll make a house call and cut everyone's hair once a month if you'd like. Women too!
Keep checking in here and don't hesitate to reach out to me via phone or my email: gb@georgebruno.com
This where I am cutting now. Third tree on the left. (KIDDING!)
One client texted me and panicked because he never thought he would find me and never get the perfect cut like he got with me.
Fellow Stylist/Barbers/MUA/Future Clients ...THIS IS MY CONSULT: When was the last time you had your hair cut? How often do you usually wait in-between cuts? What is your grooming method? Comb, finger styling, towel dry, blow dry, etc. What product do you use in your hair and why? Tell me about your shampoo and conditioner. Do you have any health issues I need to know about? Can you remember your ...favorite haircut and why it was your favorite? What line of work are you in? Are you open to new styles and suggestions? As we are talking, you are facing the mirror, I am combing/brushing your hair, assessing texture, density, hairline, and growth patterns, hair and scalp health, facial shape, skull "topography", neck length, identifying calics and swirls, seeing how it lays, etc then I discuss a plan of action and what I think I want to do. I check with you several times during the cut to see if we are on track, and then I style it at the end and show you how to get the same EXACT results and look at home. Since many of my clients are people who make a living with their image, an in-depth consult is neccessary, but I do that very same consult with the construction worker, chef, office worker, and everyday citizen. The next time you see your haircutter, make note of how much interest they take in YOU, the questions they ask, and how much they LISTEN. The consult is always a DIALOGUE, not a monologue. Happy consulting everybody!
Hey dude, smell like a man will ya!
When a man sits in my chair, if he doesnt say anything ahead of time, I will usually apply some type of aftershave after my styling. I finish your haircut, groom/style your hair with either a spray bottle of water, a paste appropriate to your hair, liquid gel, jelly, pomade, spray, wax, or styling product. THEN I will put a little aftershave on a grooming towel and then apply to wherever I touched with a blade. It sanitizes, disinfects, kills any germs, and acts as an astringent (shrinks pores/tightens skin). You get your choice or I just choose one I think you'd like.
Here are the fragrances I use:
- Traditional Bay Rum
- My own homemade recipe of Bay Rum
- Lime Sec
- Clubman Traditional
- GIO
- Lavender
- Rosemary
- Musk
- Essential Oil
Now you won't gag from the smell. It's just enough for you to sense and know you were in my chair. If you're going out from my chair, I'm happy to get you looking AND smelling good. And of course, no trip to my chair is complete without a quick dusting of the classic Clubman powder. The very powder that your grandfather had dusted on his neck when he was young!
Blessed by the company of my friend, Commercial Model Stacey Redfield at the Philly Chit Chat 5th Anniversary event in Philadelphia. Never underestimate the power of a friend by your side when you go out. Better yet ...BE that friend and you will be that blessing!
This sign was inspired by a client who had a huge scar on his head from brain cancer surgery. For years he had long hair to cover the scar. One day he came in and said "Give me a short haircut. I want to stop hiding this scar. Who am I kidding? This is who I am. I want to embrace what makes me different".
NEWS:
I am becoming a makeup artist and skincare specialist within the next year to add to my skill set. Hair, Skin, and Makeup all go hand in hand. I'll keep you filled in. Shoot me an email if I can help you in any way gb@georgebruno.com
The Wife/Girlfriend Department
In the past year, I have written about the following things on a monthly basis:
- Giving her a massage
- How to give her a pedicure
- How to give a sensual head massage
- How to cook for her
- Mastering the Art of Kissing
- Listening to your woman
- How to be a gentleman
- Walk and Talk together
This one below is what started me out about a year ago. Men have told me that they have never been told what to do by another guy and thank me for it!
Here’s a handful of ideas that may inject some life into that relationship. Granted, you may be looked at strangely or be suspected of something, lol. It doesn't matter if you're only dating ...or married 25 years. Try any one of these or a combination of these over a period of a month. These are in no particular order.
1.) Don’t take her out for dinner. Make her dinner at home and you do all the clean up.
2.) Give her a pedicure. Study up boys, and do it right. Then paint her nails. She'll enjoy it after she picks herself off the floor in disbelief!
3.) You initiate the daily walk, be it a mile or a few blocks.
4.) Take off from work and go to a movie matinee together, popcorn and all.
5.) Write a love letter and send it in the mail, like men used to do, just like her father did to her mother when he was overseas during the war. Read Ronald Reagan’s book called I Love You, Ronnie. It’s his love letters to his wife Nancy. It'll blow you away ...and her as well.
6.) Hide little "appreciation notes" in places she'll find intermittently throughout her day.
7.) Ask her what radio station she wants to listen to in the car.
8.) Get a massage together.
9.) Read aloud to her the fiction she likes.
10.) Write a song or poem for her ...and if you're musical, play it for her.
11.) Make an exhaustive list on paper of everything you love about her and stick it on the fridge.
12.) Play with her hair and stroke it with your fingers at night till she falls asleep.
13.) In your "lovin' time, love her ...with her ...and only her in mind. Don't do a single thing with your pleasure in mind. Believe me, she'll notice ...and that alone will be satisfying to you.
14.) Have a feather in your nightstand. This is for a "less-is-more" massage. Not every massage has to rattle her bones. Kind of a "anti-Shiatsu, just barely massaging massage". Your eyelashes work too!
15. No more dermabrasion. Shave your face before your lovin' time
16. Never underestimate the power of good oral/dental hygiene
17. Put a glass/bottle of water on her nightstand.
18. Hold hands and give thanks before dinner.
19. Promote her career and future goals in and out of the home
20. Ask her what she wants to watch on TV and give her the remote
Go for it guys. She already thinks you're crazy, what have you got to lose?and most of all....Have Fun!
Let not your heart be troubled!
A great haircut is still a phone call away!
Talk to you soon brothers!
Cheers,
George
