Shaving for work when you’re… shaman Zowie Jannink. What is it about bald chins that people find so compelling? Is the shape? The colour? The texture? Or something else? And while we’re not going to try to answer that in this article  –we’ll probably swing back around to it in the future– there’s something about a bald chin that says something to the world.  Doctors, soldiers, firemen, priests, for much

Shaving for work is something we’ve all done at some point. It might have been for your first job. When your parents badgered you into removing your scraggly teenage moustache before you spent a summer working in a not so fancy hotel in a seaside town… (just me?) But unlike most jobs shaving, for the gents in this series, gives them an edge at work. Instead of just being part

Day-to-day, 9-5 everyday shaving for work is a thing of the past. Men are growing out beards or rocking a stubble look and employers are more lax with their dress codes. Which got us thinking: What are the jobs where shaving can give you an edge. So far we talked to Olympic swimming hopeful Stan Pijnenburg and fixed gear cyclist Luc Ducrot. In sport shaving can literally shave seconds off

Welcome back to our series on shaving for work. Last week we spoke to Dutch swimmer Stan Pijpenburg about how shaving gives him an edge. This week we’re looking at cyclists –who shave their legs to compete. You might think: “How could a few hairs be worth removing?” But there’s been studies that show you can save 79-seconds over a 40-kilometre time trial by shaving your legs. And when you

The morning shave before you trudge off to the office is a thing of the past. Beards are in. And most places have relaxed clean shave policies. There’s a few hold outs, but it’d probably only a matter of time. This got us thinking: “What jobs do you actually need to shave for?” There’s the obvious ones like healthcare, thanks folks, or the military but we wanted to go out