Still Flawless Barber Shop

I had heard good things about Flawless Barber Shop from Unilocal.Checking out their website I was left confused, which sold shirts, clippers, aftershave, and a DVD, which hey, fantastic but what services do you offer? Whats your address? What’s your prices? their website
So driving around I saw there was a location near where I am, like ½ mile from me. So thats good
I go in, and the shop looks like it’s part of the car wash next door, but it’s not.
Shop was clean, the benches looked nice, TV’s on the Wall, and the chair looked like half a Barber shop half a Garage. Neat, this is going to be awesome
I’m the first person there and a Hispanic woman (I didn’t catch her name) tells me to take a seat and she’ll cut my hair.
She was nice enough, asked me what I wanted, the usual stuff.
I asked her if they did Shaves too, she said yes.
During the hair cut she put hot lather on my side burns and shaved them off with a straight razor. Neat.
We finish the haircut (no shampoo or conditioner? no scalp massage?) and she tell’s me i’m ready.
Oh, I said, what about the Shave?
Oh okay we can do that :-/​
This is why i’m giving this place 3 Stars and not 5. It was the worst face shave I’ve ever gotten.
Now I’m no Newbie to getting a shave and a haircut. My Grandfather was a Barber, when I lived in Boston I got Shaves from Mike Barbershoppe in Braintree, when I moved to Austin Tx, I got Shaves at Roosters Mens Grooming, when I vist my parents I go to Grapevine Barber where they do it OLD school.
Some of these places use Safety Razors, Gillette Mach 3s, and Straight Razors. I’ve been nicked, I’ve been poked, but I’ve never had a giant BURN all over my neck.
Here’s the reasons why I think it happened.
1. At the above places the Towels come out of a Steamer, piping hot, almost TOO hot. BUT Here they just microwaved a Dish towel to luke warmness :-(
2. Everywhere I’ve gone has had 2 – 3 steps before putting the Towel on, lotions, oils, ect. I think she rubbed alittle bit of some oil on my face but not nearly enough
3. I’ve gotten REALLY close, REALLY Great Shaves from Straight Razors and Store Bought Razors at a Barber. Because they used New Disposable Blades, or they kept their Straight Razor sharp. I didn’t hear or see any Strops in the shop and I can tell you that blade was not as sharp as it could or should be. Also afterwards I still have sports that arent shaved
4. I think her technique was off too, she’d go over the same sport 3 – 5 times. Thats too many. Sometimes these places will hire cosmetologists and pass them off as Barbers (there is a difference) which is legal (maybe) under the Barber association but take the time to teach your staff.
5. when the shave was done at other places, an Ice cold towel and some after shave was applied, as well as some lotions and what not to soothe your skin. Here I got the damp towel that was my «Hot Towel» and some aftershave that BURNED because of all the scraps on my neck.
6. When I went to pay I was told the credit card machine was «Broken» so I had to go next door to the gas station and use the ATM which charged me $ 2.50
I really liked the
1. Shop
2. «Barber”/Stylist
3. Haircut
The shave was just terrible.
I guess I’ll try their original location and see if I get better luck there