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Julio Jones cuts his dread and donates his hair

June 9, 2012 / Staff

Here’s a pretty cool story.

Wide receiver Julio Jones, sporting a new haircut, continued to shine in the workouts.
“There is a little less weight on the top of his head with his dreads gone, but he’s had a very good camp for us as you saw today,” Smith said. “He made some very nice catches, and he’s been making those types of catches all through camp.”
For Jones, cutting his hair was about more than just a new look.
Gone are the dreadlocks that were a trademark for Jones through his first season in Atlanta and his collegiate career at Alabama.
Jones cut his hair and donated it to a charity that helps children with cancer.
“We do a lot of community service here, and from going to a lot of hospitals and seeing all the kids who are fans of mine, I just cut my hair and donated it for leukemia patients,” Jones said Wednesday.
Jones said he has run into a number of people who double-take in his direction, unsure if he is really the Falcons receiver. There are no plans to grow his hair out again.

The clean look has to be more comfortable during the hot summer workouts!

Grooming, Hair Styles

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Baseball players from the 1800s

June 2, 2012 / Staff

Check out this awesome slideshow of photos of baseball players from the 1800s. The uniforms and poses stand out, along with the devotion to handlebar mustaches.

Grooming, Old School

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21st Century Barbershop Apps

May 25, 2012 / Staff

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The word barbershop evokes memories of Saturdays spent going down to the local strip mall, talking about sports, and the latest man adventure in town. Barbershops have changed radically. This Barbershop Blog plans on exploring all the possibilities available. For the 21st century the choices have become much broader. Google Play lets one get barbershop apps free or at little cost. Small local business gets creative advertising affordably.

Available Services

With a touch of a button one can select men’s grooming needs, schedule an appointment, or choose a barber at their convenience day or night. Services come listed for that particular shop advertising the business in a local area and exposing the business to a whole new set of customers or tourists not possible in the past. Barbershop apps come in general styles or a specific tailored style that caters to specific needs and clientage. Below is a variety of the many apps available at Google Play.

American Tobacco Barbershop

This app highlights a barbershop in Durham, North Carolina. It lists their services available and place. Each barber comes listed so if one can set up an appointment for personalized service with their favorite hair stylist easily and quickly.

Frank’s Barbershop

This place comes as a full service men’s grooming shop listing its specials and offers. An additional button in the app allows access to its many concierge services which personalize its processes and techniques to a person’s preferences and needs. Also provided on the app is general information on hair care for home once one leaves its site.

Salon Deals

This app offers a directory for listing barbershops and salons. It gathers coupons and deals from across the Internet. The app organizes the information in several ways. First the program automatically detects those salons and barbershops close by according to your android phones location. Making it extremely useful for when one is on the road. Personal grooming needs can now easily be taken car. Along with the GPS capability comes searching by postal code for when one is looking for a business in a general area. Favorite salons and barbershops can be bookmarked. Settings and options come changeable letting the consumer of the app decide its use and customization.

Floyd’s Barbershop 99

This franchise uses android phones to offer convenient features to guide customers. Where ever one is traveling to with a punch of a button the app finds shops within 20 miles and gives a map display. Every staff member’s photo is shown as well as their schedule for the week. A unique feature of these barbershops is their own radio station which passionately plays old and new music. Floyd’s Barbershop is an experience one is not likely to forget and now thanks to Android phones apps is easy to find.

The list of available apps on Google Play for android phones is long and varied. Add a fresh approach to your hair styling experience and soak up the atmosphere of the place at your leisure.

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Home improvement resolutions

January 17, 2012 / Staff

Now that the new year has arrived, most people start thinking about resolutions for the new year. It’s an annual ritual and can be fun. Resolutions often have to do with fitness, health and diet, but can also cover things like relationships or projects around the house. Some guys want to change their look, so they come to sites like this for grooming ideas and tips

But for many people, these resolutions don’t survive the month of January. If you’re serious about making changes, you have to come up with a plan and stick to it. Pick goals that are actually attainable and realistic, and then make sure you get started on the project right away with initial planning to build momentum, even if the project won’t be finished until later in the year.

For home improvement projects, there is so much work that you can stretch it out over time. Think about doing something for the project every Saturday. Start browsing for ideas for various rooms, whether online or by browsing paint stores, furniture stores and places like Home Depot. If you want to hang art, photos or posters, start looking into things like custom frames.

Build a checklist for everything you want to do, so it’s easier to tick off things each week. This will provide a sense of progress and accomplishment, so your resolution won’t have to be repeated next year!

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Better than a normal holiday card!

December 16, 2011 / Staff

Tired of the old ways of doing things? If you like fun apps you should check this out.

Axe has a new message app on Facebook called AXE CELEBRATIONS that let’s you send some fun messages to friends for all sorts of events. Just take a look and the image above. With AXE you can send holiday greetings for birthday wishes and have some fun.

Basically, this app offers up a new way of celebrating the special dates of the year. You can set it up to have messages sent at any time using all the tools in the app so it’s very flexible. Just install the application on your Facebook profile.

With Christmas coming up this should be a fun one to try out.