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The Barbers
By
JORDY BYRD
“Men are discovering that they can be
very masculine and look good.”
— Gale Orzco, store manager
T
he holidays mean family pic-
tures, company parties and vis-
its with mom. While you can’t
control the fact that your wife
makes you wear an ugly Christmas sweat-
er or even the way your mother slicks your
hair — you can maintain a polished mas-
culine look with help from The Barbers.
The full service barber shop was de-
signed with you in mind. Everything from
the larger built barber chairs and capes, to
the televised sports, to themagazine selec-
tion and offering of good old fashion soda
and popcorn was created to make men feel
relaxed.
“We just cater to the men completely,”
said Gale Orzco, store manager at The
Barbers Fisher’s Landing location. “It’s all
the little things that just make the experi-
ence. Men say even the smell of the shop
reminds them of their childhood.”
Orzco has been in the hair industry
for 23 years and with The Barbers for 12
years. She said the chain of locally owned
barbershops — from the décor down to the
stylists — is one-of-a-kind.
“So many stylists are only taught a
certain way to cut hair and it’s not mascu-
line,” she said. “Our barbers are taught to
do masculine shapes and haircuts to fit a
man’s face.”
Orzco said The Barbers is busiest dur-
ing the holidays, when men are getting
ready for company parties, family pictures
and coming off of No Shave Novembeard
—amonth long effort to grow a beard, per-
haps for charity.
“Maybe you’re not ready to get rid of
the beard, but we can make it manageable
again,” she said.
The Barbers BeardTrim ($6) and shap-
ing package will help give you the perfect
neckline. The nine stylists at the Fisher’s
Landing location can help customers
shape a chinstrap, goatee, moustache, full
beard and even eyebrows to create nice
clean lines.
“Because so many companies have put
out masculine face moisturisers, specialty
shave creams and things like that, men
are more apt to use those products and are
taking a little more notice of themselves,”
Orzco said. “Men are discovering that they
can be very masculine and look good.”
For customers with salt and pepper
hair color, she recommends The Cammo
Color ($25). The package is designed to last
four weeks and creates the perfect blend
of grey coverage, yet the color fades natu-
rally.
“The Cammo Color tag line is 10 years
in 10 minutes,” she said. “Customers can
go to a company party with still with a lit-
tle salt and pepper, but more pepper than
salt and it will rejuvenate their skin color.”
Customers who have already received
a holiday haircut can come in and get the
haircut cleaned up around the ears and
neckline for free or add on a hot lather
neck shave for just $2. It’s this type of ser-
vice that has kept a loyal following of cus-
tomers over the last 12 years.
“The comraderie between the stylists
and our customers is just amazing,” Orzco
said. “We really work to create a fantastic
experience for men. It’s not fussy, it’s just
easy. Men walk in and they know they will
be treated well.”
The Barbers accepts walk-ins only.
Customers can call 30 minutes in advance
to put their name on a wait list. The Bar-
bers at Fisher’s Landing is located at 2100
SE 164th Ave. in Vancouver. For more in-
formation, visit thebarbersonline.com or
call 360-254-4544.
Gale Orzco, manager of The Barbers at Fishers Landing, along with her staff of nine stylists, focus on offering the little things that make their customers
experience special.
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Pick up a $15.95 or $19.95 gift card for the holidays