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amanley206253
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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 Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:04 am Post subject: I would LOVE some insight (barber, styling facial hair) |
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I don't know how I didn't think to post this on here until now.
Normally, I would love for a barber, every week or so, to give me a nice line on my face. Since I've been in Korea however I've had to generally not expect much from a haircut, as well as give up hope completely on finding someone who uses a straight-edge razor and can cut facial hair. To this point I've either just shaved constantly or gone grizzly and not shaved at all.
I live in Mokpo. The possibility of finding something here is likely remote, but GWANGJU would seem to be a place to find a barber who can style facial hair. What I'm specifically looking for is a barber who uses a straight-edge razor and a can cut a mean line. I've attached a few pictures (edit: links provided) that only recently I acquired, of myself directly after a haircut (head and face) from a professional stylist in Seattle. This is exactly what I would like to have again.
So, Gwangju residents or anyone with knowledge on the matter, your help would be great!
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greene
Joined: 11 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:37 am Post subject: |
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you difficulty in finding a proper barber is god's way of asking you to please stop wearing a chin strap
it's the only facial hair that physically repulses me |
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.38 Special
Joined: 08 Jul 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| greene wrote: |
you difficulty in finding a proper barber is god's way of asking you to please stop wearing a chin strap
it's the only facial hair that physically repulses me |
Unless he's soliciting you for a roll in the hay, I don't think your opinion of a certain style of facial hair is relevant -- or interesting.
OP: Look around you. How many people do you see with this? The barbers will know how to satisfy Korean needs. If you want something special -- that is, something they have no experience with -- you're going to need to work on your Korean language skills in order to explain what you want. Even English speaking barbers might not get it without a visual aid.
Good luck. Worse comes to worst, you might have to go clean. Probably not a bad thing as facial hair isn't quite so common or fashionable in that part of the world. |
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amanley206253
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| .38 Special wrote: |
OP: Look around you. How many people do you see with this? The barbers will know how to satisfy Korean needs. If you want something special -- that is, something they have no experience with -- you're going to need to work on your Korean language skills in order to explain what you want. Even English speaking barbers might not get it without a visual aid. |
In Mokpo, I don't believe I've ever seen it. Although in Gwangju I've come across a few people with SOME facial hair who seem to have it styled. Yes, of course it is true that services will be provided when a need arises, and that's why I still believe there is something in Gwangju that would work just as well. If not a straight-edge razor, a barber or stylist who is familiar with the task by other means, and has clients who are FREAKS of Korean culture and elect to use their rare facial hair.
I do speak Korean enough to explain what I'd want, but the problem is in finding people who would have information to begin with. Because I don't live in Gwangju, the best options I have now are either to consult (Korean) friends there, which I have, and to consult foreigners living there, by way of these forums. |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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you're going to have to learn to do it yourself, mate.
as a sidenote, has anyone else noticed the number of hair- and beauty-related threads lately? |
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skeeterses
Joined: 25 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:13 am Post subject: |
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| Just tell the Barber you want to look like Abe Lincoln. |
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skeeterses
Joined: 25 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| isisaredead wrote: |
you're going to have to learn to do it yourself, mate.
as a sidenote, has anyone else noticed the number of hair- and beauty-related threads lately? |
I completely agree. How lazy can people be that they can't learn enough Korean to communicate with their barber? |
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noraebang
Joined: 05 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Look for old fashioned barber shops usually run by old men or old women. I used to get a straight razor shave at one all the time. It was such a pampering that it was something I looked forward to each week.
Just look for a barber pole and make sure there are not a lot of young women working there. I've also found these places have a tonne of mahogany or hardwood all over their walls and entrance, Ha.
Show them a picture of what you want because it will probably be a first time for them.
If you're unsure about whether a place fits this description, ask "Myeondo hal su issoyo?" meaning "Can you do shaves?"
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noraebang
Joined: 05 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| skeeterses wrote: |
| I completely agree. How lazy can people be that they can't learn enough Korean to communicate with their barber? |
I'm just curious what you would say to communicate you wanted the style of shave that this guy wants [in Korean]. |
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skeeterses
Joined: 25 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| noraebang wrote: |
| skeeterses wrote: |
| I completely agree. How lazy can people be that they can't learn enough Korean to communicate with their barber? |
I'm just curious what you would say to communicate you wanted the style of shave that this guy wants [in Korean]. |
I apologize for underestimating the OP's Korean ability. Nonetheless, he could go to the Korean Language Q&A thread and ask for the Korean terms for things like goatee, chinstrap, sideburns, etc. As a non-Korean, I admit I'm not qualified to be giving Korean lessons. But that is irrelevant for this thread. |
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