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sosua barbers trouble
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Well, i'm glad i caught this discussion right in time. for the best haircut on the island, hands down, go to Jose Genao in Bonao; he's my cousin. He uses a modified Home Depot Electric Hedge Trimmer for the eye brows and nostril hair. i'm not kidding. for the hair on your head, he uses pruning shears. He's very effective with these tools and he's been doing it a long, long time.
while i'm there i also get a shave. he doesn't have hot water yet, but he's excellent at cold water shaves and shaving against the grain of the beard, albeit with a few nicks here and there, but nothing that a few rolls of toilet paper won't take care of. if you have a thick beard (depending on its thickness and likeness to San Francisco's baseball relief pitcher Brian Wilson), he will use a combination of Hedge Trimmers and Black & Decker power-saw to trim it up.
He's excellent, highly skilled, and over qualified as a barber but, as side note, he's also an excellent landscaper and gardner.
Frank
while i'm there i also get a shave. he doesn't have hot water yet, but he's excellent at cold water shaves and shaving against the grain of the beard, albeit with a few nicks here and there, but nothing that a few rolls of toilet paper won't take care of. if you have a thick beard (depending on its thickness and likeness to San Francisco's baseball relief pitcher Brian Wilson), he will use a combination of Hedge Trimmers and Black & Decker power-saw to trim it up.
He's excellent, highly skilled, and over qualified as a barber but, as side note, he's also an excellent landscaper and gardner.
Frank
I'm getting lost here.....to whom are you referring in the above post? Hubby needs a haircut, but he doesn't want a second "haircut" when he pays.
If you go to the German hairdresser at Las Canas it is 750 rds, but she does a real nice job. My wife is very happy with her.
As for myself, the wife cuts it for free. Admittedly, I do sometimes end up looking like a run-over hedgehog.
In POP I've seen many, especially when you see what some of them require the barber to do besides shaving his head. I visit my man two or three times a month, and each time it's like watching the Barber Shop movie w/ Ice Cube.
I do get haircut and shave and pay 200 pesos. Have been paying that for 4 years now.
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Jose is now located in Calle Pedro Clisante near the "Seacrets" bar. He charges me RD$ 150. I think he charged me more before I was accepted as a regular.
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I told jose i was refered to him by a regular customer , he promptly ripped me off, not a good move ... so not going back , hes also not very freindly ( or maybe just to me ) seemed to be trying to burn me with his paint stripper as my head tried to get as far away as possible, not easy when in a barbers chair without getting up
I've had others say he over charged, which is stupid on his part More often than not when I walk past his shop he is sitting down hoping for a customer. Looks like he is now also selling clothes and perhaps other things in an effort to have an income.
The last time I was at Jose's he charged me 400 then couldn't make change on 500. What a jerk. He had in the past always charged me 200. Now whenever I walk by I waive at him. When he gestures at his chair I laugh at him.
Go see Angela at the Checkpoint bar. She does an awesome job for cheap. She also does womens hair and dyeing, etc.
Go see Angela at the Checkpoint bar. She does an awesome job for cheap. She also does womens hair and dyeing, etc.
Why would anyone pay 300, 400 or 500 pesos for a man's haircut even in Sosua is beyond my understanding.
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