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Best Shops For Movember Supplies In Baltimore

What is Movember? You hear the word all the time. But what does it mean? Simply put, Movember is an annual event dedicated to the growing of moustaches to bring awareness to men's health issues. Movember, which occurs in November, comes after Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Both raise awareness of gender-specific health issues. Movember brings attention to prostate and other male-specific cancers, depression in men and other men's health issues. Movember is run by the Movember Foundation, with the goal of changing the face of men's health. Grow your Movember moustache with the help of these Baltimore-area barber shops.

The Old Bank Barbers
1100 West 36th St.
Baltimore, MD 21211
(443) 682-9969
oldbankbarbers.com

"If it grows and needs cutting," The Old Bank Barbers are "happy to oblige." Everything from beards to mustaches and eyebrows are in a day's work for the dedicated staff at The Old Bank Barbers. Open seven days a week, The Old Bank Barbers' is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to the Baltimore Business Journal, The Old Bank Barbers is "not your grandfather's barber." Patrons even are encouraged to help themselves to a complimentary Union Craft or Natty Boh beer while they wait or during a haircut.

Citizen Frederick
112 E. Patrick St., Suite A
Frederick, MD 21701
(240) 578-4058
citizenfrederick.com

Citizen Frederick has a "rustic, masculine style paired with a modern urban sensibility." Providing an eclectic mix of curated mens clothing and accessories as well as home goods, Citizen Frederick als sells a wide range of grooming supplies just in time for Movember. Some popular items include Baxter After Shave Balm, Baxter Clay Mask, Baxter Clay Pomade, and Culture Craft Mustache Wax. Closed on Monday and Tuesday, Citizen Frederick's hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Services offered at the Citizen Frederick barber shop include shape-up, beard trim, master barber Haircut, apprentice barber haircut, hot towel shave and high fives.

TL Barbershop
1755 Clarendon Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 243-6878
www.tlbarbershop.com

TL Barbershop offers customers "detailed consultation along with creative suggestions for [their] new look." Open seven days a week, TL Barbershop offers a variety of haircutting services, including the men's haircut, the men's cut & wash and the men's full-service cut. TL Barbershop also offers patrons a variety of grooming services featuring the men's gray blending/color/highlights, the deluxe shave package, the scalp treatment massage and the men's facial mask. Customers will also love that TL Barbershop stocks a wide range of grooming products for all your Movember needs, including Kyoku for Men Shaving, American Crew, Nioxin Scalp Treatment, Mitch for Men Treatment and Redken 5th Ave NYC Styling products.

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198 Barber Shop
3351 Fort Meade Road
Laurel, MD 20724
(301) 317-1200
www.198barbershop.com

Located a short drive from Baltimore, 198 Barber Shop is the place with the "power of a haircut." A place boasting a traditional atmosphere with some modern flare, 198 Barber Shop is open Monday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6:45 p.m., Tuesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. and Saturday from 8:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Grooming products sold include the groom it pocket brushes, styptic powder, flattop brushes, butch wax jar or stick, nail clippers, and vibrating massage brushes. Stop by for a regular haircut, crewcut or flattop, and stay for a razor on the sides & back, goatee, beard trim or hot lather head shave.

The QG 
31 S. Calvert St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 685-7428
www.theqg.com/grooming

The QG Grooming is located in The QG store. The QG opened in 2005 as a "four-chair grooming shop, with the intent to reinvent the barbershop experience." By 2014, The QG included a new men's department store where "men can feel catered to and women feel that their men have a place they can call home." Even with the addition of the men's department store, The QG's grooming services are "the cornerstone of The QG." Patrons can select from the following grooming serves: the straight razor shave, the quintessential shave, the classic barber experience and the beard and mustache trim.

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Jill Berry @MusingsfromMe is a writer who stays at home or a SAHM who writesit depends on the day and her mood. While playing a writer on the internet, Jill has the gray hair AND blogposts from raising a kid, a preteen, and a teen. When not blogging at Musings from Me, Jill seizes family time whenever she candinner as a family, movie night, marathon family game sessions, traveling you name it she wants to do it.

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