Keeping Dad dapper is the gift that keeps on giving. With Father’s Day just two weeks away, we wanted to show you how you can pamper your papa. Luxury barbershops, sprinkled throughout South Florida, are offering gift cards and specials. Here’s a sampling:
Kick Back Hair Affair
Address: 3216 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach
Contact: KickBackHairAffair.com; 954-531-0670
For Father’s Day: A shave and haircut cost $40 instead of $45, according to co-owner Anne-Marie Frye.
Extras: Sports bar with beer and wine, pool table, private rooms (in case you want a manicure or pedicure but don’t want the guys to know).
Who’s your daddy? “Our concept is to relax and hang out,” Frye says. “This is a family place. And [there are also] a lot of young executive guys.”
ManKind Grooming & Services
Address: 501 SE Second St., No. 103, Fort Lauderdale
Contact: MankindForMen.com; 954-525-9209
For Father’s Day: In addition to gift cards for a la carte services, the salon has gift sets.
Extras: Flat-screens throughout the shop, billiards table, beer and wine bar, espresso and coffee, cigar humidor and cigar smoking patio
Who’s your daddy? “Our client is primarily a business executive, but we get everyone from children getting their first haircut to retirees,” owner Lee Garipoli says.
Miles & Lyle Luxury Barbershops
Address: 19044 NE 29th Ave., Aventura
Contact: MilesandLyle.com; 305-466-6665
For Father’s Day: “We have a special where the father gets a haircut for $32 and the son – as long as he’s 16 and under – gets a haircut for $17 with the same operator,” co-owner Alan Steinberg says.
Extras: Satellite TV and radio, cappuccino bar, private rooms. “In all of our 15 rooms, you can get a manicure, pedicure, facial, whatever. All of our chairs are heated and gently massage you,” Steinberg says.
Who’s your daddy? “I’d say 35 to 60 in age,” he says. “We get a lot of executives, physicians, sports figures, politicians and entertainers. They like the private rooms.”
RazzleDazzle Barbershop
Address: 224 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables
Contact: RazzleDazzleBarberShop.com; 305-461-4666
For Father’s Day: “We have gift certificates and annual memberships,” owner Elena Linares says. There are two membership packages: $180 or $300 for the year.
Extras: “We’re a 1940s vintage barbershop,” Linares says. “We all dress totally like barbers from the ’40s, with the women in corsets and the guys [in bow tie and vests].”
Who’s your daddy? “Everyone from older guys to baby boys.”
The Sanctuary
Address: 120 S. Dixie Highway, No. 105, West Palm Beach
Contact: ASanctuary.com; 561-721-9648
For Father’s Day: Gift with purchase – two free products from the Dermalogica shave line in a toiletry kit.
Extras: “We are known for our fusion services,” co-owner Liza Basil says. “That’s where three stylists or therapists work in unison. You can get a facial, pedicure and haircut all at once.”
Who’s your daddy? “I’d say he’s a metrosexual professional,” Basil says. “And we get a lot of businessmen. For them, time is of the essence.”
Churchill’s Barber Shop
Address: 12 SE First St., downtown Miami
Contact: ChurchillsBarbershop.com; 305-379 8615
For Father’s Day: Package includes a cut, shave and manicure for $45.
Extras: Espresso bar and a large variety of men’s products
Who’s your daddy? Professionals, lawyers, judges and politicians, according to owner Jose Goyanes.
The Art of Shaving
Addresses: Aventura Mall, 19501 Biscayne Blvd.; Boca Town Center, 6000 Glades Road; Dadeland Mall, 7535 Dadeland Mall, Miami
Contact: TheArtOfShaving.com; 305-937-1877 (Aventura); 561-362-7333 (Boca Raton); 305-665-4233 (Miami)
For Father’s Day: “You can build a customized set and save 30 percent with a $150 to $450 purchase,” says Janette Barredo, spokeswoman for the Florida-based retail chain. “We also have gift-set travel kits in a leather case for 30 percent off, and Perfect Shave gift sets for $60 (usually $75).” Bundle hair products, such as shampoos and conditioners, for 20 percent to 30 percent off; go with a budget gift of a $25 starter kit; or splurge with a $3,400 sterling silver shaving set.
Extras: “Our master barbers have gone to our special Art of Shaving University to learn things like aromatherapy, skin treatments and barbering.”
Who’s your daddy? “Any man who wants to put his best face forward,” Barredo says. “He’s a professional, 30 to 60 years of age, and has to shave every day because of his position at work.”
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