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Haircut and Hairstyling -Julien Howard The Velo Barber
Grooming Leila Hayani
Grooming Loris Baz of HSBK Warhorse Ducati New York Team during Moto America NJMP
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Hair and beard Julien Howard
Regé -Jean Page for SNL | Haircut -Julien Howard, The Velo Barber | Grooming - Jessica Ortiz
How NYC barber Julien Howard uses his bicycle to provide an out-of-the-box experience
Up until a few months ago, Julien Howard – widely known as the Velo Barber – personified the New York City grind….
British GQ
“That niche was there,” says Julien Howard, a New York barber who started doing appointments in client’s homes and offices nearly eight years ago, arriving by bicycle through a business he’s dubbed The Vélo Barber. “There are people who don’t have the time to go to the barbershop and like to have the comfort of being in their home.”
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Beyond convenience, an at-home appointment has considerably more cachet than a quick trip down the road for a short back and sides. “It’s a sense of intimacy,” Howard says. “Also, you can say, ‘I have a concierge barber coming to me.’”
Need a Haircut?
A longing for professional grooming is leading some unshorn citizenry to seek out barbering on the sly.
Mr. Howard is accustomed to cutting hair outside of a salon. Before the lockdown, he was making house calls through the Vélo Barber, a business he founded….
THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Best Hair Clippers For Men, According To A Master Barber
If you have to be your own barber for now, you may as well set yourself up for success and invest in a pair of high-quality, high-powered hair clippers. According to Julien Howard, a master barber of the hip, hybrid barbershop Blind Barber, half of the battle is finding the best hair clippers for your particular needs.
New York -The Strategist
In searching for the trimmer that’s right for you, the most important factor to pay attention to is how coarse your beard hair is, according to barber Julien Howard (who goes by the Velo Barber) and says he’s seen guys of all races with beards of all hair types. Howard says that this and other trimmers from brands like Wahl, Andis, Philips Norelco, and Oster typically have motors and blades strong enough to handle the coarsest of beard hair (or, of course, any that’s finer, too).
ABC News - BARBER ON A BIKE: From Machu Picchu to Paris, meet the barber who's redefining the meaning of customer service.
GQ - Zayn Malik is a man of many hairstyles, but perhaps one of his most famous is his high fade haircut. We got Master Barber Julien Howard to recreate it step by step on our not really Zayn-looking test subject.
Whilst at the 2019 Tour de France grand depart in Brussels, Dan caught up with the coolest things there are to see at le Tour. From custom bikes and cycling celebrities to special pop up events. *** Such as Chat with me The Velo Barber at the Alpecin pop up barbershop - 7 min 25 seconds
Bicycling Magazine
Bicycling Magazine
The Vélo Barber Delivers Fresh Haircuts by Bike
AS A TEENAGER, JULIEN HOWARD STARTED TRIMMING HIS CLASSMATES’ HAIR FOR FAST-FOOD MONEY. TODAY, AT AGE 26, HE’S THE VÉLO BARBER—HE BRINGS A FULL-SERVICE BARBER SHOP EXPERIENCE TO HIS CLIENTS IN NEW YORK CITY, BY BIKE. HOWARD’S ON-DEMAND SERVICE STARTS AT $100 FOR A CUT, AND HE’S STYLED THE LIKES OF SINGER ANDY GRAMMER AND ACTOR DARREN CRISS. HERE’S HOW THIS SELF-TAUGHT CRAFTSMAN IS USING HIS BIKE TO TURN HIS DREAMS INTO REALITY…
New YOrk Post- August 10, 2019
‘Velo Barber’ gives fashionable cuts to New York’s elite from his Citi Bike salon
By Jon Levine
The Hollywood Reporter
“Darren Criss Met Gala 2019
Men Raise the Beauty Bar at the Met Gala”
Continuing in his red carpet envelope-pushing was Balmain-bedecked Criss wearing cobalt eyeliner and a strip of crimson on the lip, all courtesy of makeup pro Jessica Ortiz. Key product? Shiseido Kajal InkArtist liner, which she used in Gunjo Blue for the eyes and Azuki Red for the lip strip ($25, at shiseido.com). Criss enlisted New York-based Julien Howard for hair, kept simple with emphasized texture at the
New York Magazine
Bevel Safety Razor
Bevel is one of a few companies taking the direct-to-consumer approach with safety razors. It has a whole line of products, including blades, pre-shave oils, shaving creams, and more. According to master barber Julien Howard at New York City’s Blind Barber (who also does pop-ups around the country under the moniker The Velo Barber), Bevel makes one of the best safety razors out there for anyone prone to ingrown hair or with skin that’s especially irritable. “It’s tailored to work with African-American facial hair,” he says, noting that it’s designed to minimize ingrowns and irritation. It has one of the longer handles of the bunch, at four inches, and weighs just over three ounces.
If you’re thinking about trying it yourself, you should heed master barber Julien Howard, who suggests this classic barber-school training tip before putting the blade to your actual face: Inflate a balloon, cover it with shaving cream, and “shave” it off with the razor. “If you pop the balloon, you’re probably going to cut yourself,” he says. To find the best straight razors and shavettes, we talked to Howard, Ruscetta, and seven other barbers. Read on for their picks — which are heavy on shavettes, because those are the tools they told us they use every day, but include a few traditional straight razors, too.
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“Feather is the best. They know what they’re doing,” says Howard.
“Do what you Love and you’ll Never work a day in your life.”
The O.N.S Conduit Packable Blazer and Pant in Motion with the Velo Barber
“Cutting hair when I started, it was more as a necessity… After that, I fell in love with it.”
The Velo Barber: el peluquero ciclista de Nueva York
Esta es la historia de The Velo Barber. O, mejor dicho, de Julien Howard, el joven peluquero ciclista que se ha convertido en una celebridad en Nueva York e Internet. Estilo, exclusividad y, claro está, rapidez…
Hair Cut and Grooming By The Velo barber | Even the man with the best hair in baseball needs a little pep talk to take on the day, right Bryce? Whatever your regimen, confidence starts with you. Step up to the sink, feel good, Stay Handsome. To kick off the partnership, Bryce put together his go-to product regimen: the Bryce Harper Selects Set.
INTERVIEW MAGAZINE
SKIP MARLEY
By Edwin "Stats" Houghton
Photography Robbie Fimmano
Published September 5, 2017 SKIP MARLEY IN NEW YORK, JUNE 2017. COAT: MAISON MARGIELA. TOP: FRAME. HAIR: NEDJETTI HARVEY. BARBER: JULIEN HOWARD. MAKEUP: JESSICA ORTIZ USING SUNDAY RILEY/THE WALL GROUP. SPECIAL THANKS: THE BOWERY ELECTRIC.
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Blind Barber Barneys New York