This Movember – look after man’s best friend – The Moustache

So you’ve decided to be a hero and donate your upper lip to charity this November. Good for you, welcome to our every increasing numbers of wonderful people! Donating your lip doesn’t however mean you have to look like a badly shaved hermit or a seedy man who hangs around fair grounds!




The moustache like all other types of facial hair requires grooming. Many men make the mistake of believing that a moustache is simple the lack of shaving your lip. It’s a common error, but an error nonetheless! Firstly it is important to understand that all hair, whether it is on your head, chest or face requires a clean healthy environment in which to grow. This means you need to continue to wash and treat that upper lip. Invest in a decent face wash and exfoliater. What’s that you don’t exfoliate? Well, you should probably about twice a week depending on your skin type. There are many high street brands which cater for men’s skin needs. Personally I’m using a facial scrub in the Botanics range from Boots. It’s a good brand without costing the earth and believe me if you have the earth to spend, you won’t have much change left when you spend it on top end skincare. You should also use a daily facial wash on that upper lip too. I have been asked before whether with facial hair to use shampoo, but the hair on your face is very different to the hair on top of your head and the focus here is on the skin underneath so stick with a decent non drying facial wash.



Right, now that we have taken care of the canvas for your facial hair art, let’s look at the “art” itself – the hair. As I’ve mentioned already, don’t think of this as simply not shaving. From very early on you should be trimming and styling that bush to help it accentuate your looks and style. A bushy and unmanageable tashe can give the wearer a rounded face and make the man look overweight. This is because it can start to obscure the cheekbones and mouth lines. Alternatively if the moustache is trimmed back, lifting it above the lip line and keeping it as simply a frame for the lips it allows you to keep the cheeks free and focuses the eyes towards your mouth. This is the primary purpose of the moustache and goatee.



Now for the fun part – how exactly you wear the moustache is entirely up to you. There are so many styles, from; the Handle Bar to Horseshoe, or the Walrus and even the Dali (named after Salvador). For the very adventurous why not try the “Fu Manchu” style. For help styling and maintaining your moustache I’d recommend a visit to your barber for a trim and consultation. Trust me it would be worth it, especially if you have grand plans for your tashe!



I once read a comedy T-shirt, it went as follows, “Guns don’t kill people – People with Moustaches kill People” – I blame this bad stigma entirely on badly groomed moustaches, that and evil dictators with moustaches (Hitler, Stalin, Genghis Khan etc). Let’s do our Tache heroes proud this November – let’s think of Hulk Hogan, Bruce Forsyth, David Niven and all though wonderful hairy lips.



If you’re looking for an event to go to on 30th November to show off your taches I’d like to recommend “The Paul, Mal, Barbara Comedy Gala Night” at the Arts Theatre in the West End! – Kick off is at 8pm – For more details and to book tickets click on the link!



www.lovetheatre.com/tickets/2498/PaulMalBarbara-Movember-Comedy-Gala-Night

Movember 2011 - It's Moustache Season!

During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world. The aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. Being a barber shop not only is men’s health a key interest for both us and our clientele but the subject of male grooming is the very heart stone of our world. It was therefore an obvious and simple decision to commit our charitable energies to Movember.




It was with much excitement that Richard, Daniel, Guy and Rich all headed off to funky Hoxton town for the grand launch of Movember 2011. Having sat down and had a number of meetings with Movember on how we can best help the cause we were touched to receive our tickets to the trendiest party in town! It was a truly classy night where we were wined and dined by the official sponsors of the charity – which included; HP Sauce, Snickers, Wilkinson Swords and others. All of our delegates got stuck in, Guy eyeing the free roast pork sandwiches, Daniel the free booze, Richard at every opportunity was clambering over the fake horse in the corner (we’re not entirely sure why there was a fake horse) and Rich was guilty throughout the evening for his wandering eyes. It is safe to say that “chic” and “glamorous” is how to define the crowd that night. In all seriousness though, it was great to meet seasoned Movember campaigners who have worked so hard on these very important issues and also to hear the stories from survivors of these cancers – survivors due to the fundraising and awareness raising of many of the people in the room that night.



All of the Pall Mall Barbers contingent that night came away focused and raring to get stuck into our Movember campaign plan – so here’s some of the things we’re doing!



The big, the hilarious, the absolutely rub your eyes to check you’re reading this correctly and not hallucinating – WEST END COMEDY GALA NIGHT starring PAUL, MAL and BARBARA! – This will be on 30th November at The Arts Theatre in the West End. The tickets range from £20-£37 Tickets ON SALE here!

Check out our Movember comedy clips on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JvkTigzIRA&feature if it makes you laugh why not donate a little money remember it’s all for a good cause!



We will also be offering free moustache trims to all men raising money for Movember when they book in for a wash and cut during November and will also knock £5 off any wet shave option for fundraisers as well!







Go forth and propagate that upper lip!