The Art of Shaving

Caught a travel kit from there the other day. I loved the attention to detail that the salesmen show you there. They show you how to use the products and let you use everything in the store. Every man should experience this type of grooming.

Bring your sword and shield to this place, you will really have to keep the commission based employees FAR away.
Experience– I’ve been interested in getting an actual blade for shaving and heard of this place at Mayfair so I wanted to check it out. When I entered I was greeted by Steven, who made sure that every minute I moved to look at a different item he was there to breathe down my neck, and pressured me to «buy, buy buy».
Prices– Out of this world expensive. I’m no stranger to a quality product (I have my in-​circle Neiman Marcus card) but trying to push some cheap Mac-​3 razors on a faux looking wood handle doesn’t impress me. They want $ 60 bucks for a shavers brush, and $ 100 for their lowest end blade. Last time i checked these blades aren’t made out of Iridium. Steven had a very hard time justifying the prices for the specific items I was looking at; but he never failed to mention that their shaving lotions didn’t contain oils. If I was looking for lotions that would be great… but I was looking for a blade.
Online– When I finally picked out the blade i wanted Steven informed me that it was out of stock. I said no problem I’ll order it off their website instead. He then seemed upset that I would order their item online. He started scolding me about the price of shipping, and the hassle of online orders and just PUSHED ME into buying an even more expensive blade (that was in stock). It was so clear to me that he was working on commission, and had no shame in showing it to a POTENTIAL customer.
I left frustrated and uncomfortable. I was excited to get a blade but left with nothing more than a bitter taste about this place.

After the Hubby decided to go safety razor for his daily shaves, we both thoroughly investigated techniques and products. In the process, we made a trip to The Art of Shaving shortly after it opened at Mayfair. I was picturing a sort of Sephora for men. But that was certainly not the case. The variety was seriously lacking. Other than some Mach 3 razors (under glass). There were 3, maybe four scents, in 4 – 5 different products like soap, foam, after shave, and cologne. All of the items were the store brand. So not much variation in the formulas, texture, consistency, etc. This was the biggest disappointment.
The next hurdle was the pricing. $ 50 for a bar of shaving soap ($ 30 without the cheap wooden bowl). I am no stranger to spending, but the value is simply not there. The salesperson offered little to justify the cost while selling us the products and indeed seemed to be struggling. There was not even a good, better, best cost structure. I might go back if they had something like that to offer.
Lack of variety, poor (perceived) value were both too great hurdles to overcome for us. We will not be back.

They say the clothes make the man, but the devil is in the details.
I’m just not down with these hipsters and their retro facial hair. I like me a smooth, clean shaven face. I feel its the only way to highlight my best feature: my face (groans from the crowd.)
My wife bought me a gift pack from this store for my birthday and now I’m hooked. Modern advertising tells us that the best shave you can have is with a 5-​bladed razor cartridge and some form of «extreme» shaving gel. I’ve recently started using my new products along with a old-​fashioned safety razor and I can tell you that a closer shave can not be found. I couldn’t stop stroking my chin and admiring the smoothness of my shave all day. Good thing I stayed home that day because people would have wondered what the hell was wrong with me.
It’s a beautiful store, a boutique really. A small selection of products, but all are the best a man could ask for. Why only three stars? I’ll tell you why, this shit is expensive!!! Needlessly expensive. Each of the four bottles in my kit costs $ 40 to refill. Yikes! When I run out of anything, I probably will look elsewhere for alternative products. You would think there would be discounts or reward programs, but I have yet to find anything. Maybe if the prices come down a bit I’ll rethink that, but for now I’m just happy to use what I have.
Gotta go! Back to stroking my chin and admiring my close shave!!!

Ummm. The rest of the reviews here appear to be for Mr Dino’s — a barbershop. This review is for the store, The Art of Shaving.
Do you remember that show «Queer Eye For the Straight Guy»? One of the things the hosts were always horrified over is how the straight guys used disposable Bic razors and did a half ass job. The upshot was that if you had a crappy shave, the ladies would not give you any play (how 5 gay guys knew that, I’m not sure).
Enter the solution — The Art of Shaving! This store is basically the man equivalent of Sephora in that it’s full of high end grooming stuff. I needed a present for the Misters birthday and stopped in to upscale his shaving experience.
Good — beautiful store, very helpful staff, very high quality products with good ingredients (so says my sister, the aesthetician). The stuff will last a long time too — for example, a jar of shave cream will last about 6 months.
Bad — although the packaging is beautiful, what genius decided to put lotion stuff meant to be used in a bathroom in glass bottles? So you’ll break it within days and have to buy more (trust me, I know this). And it’s seriously, seriously, seriously expensive. Seriously.
If you have deep pockets and hate razor burn, this store might be for you.

I went to get my eyebrows threaded here and it wasn’t quite the experience I was hoping for. They have a small room in the back, pretty plain, no frills. There is a clipboard near the front where you write your name down if you want threading done. They were busy, but decided to bring me back before there was a chair available for me. I awkwardly stood in the hallway until a chair was available. The room was crowded, humid, and musty — YUCK. The older lady did my eyebrows and though she did an OKAY job, I felt like she didn’t really want to hear my suggestions and pretty much cut me off when I told her what I wanted her to do with my eyebrows. When she was done, she didn’t even hand me a mirror to see what I thought. I left in a rush to get out of the stinky hot room and realized when I was home that my eyebrows were a little uneven and thicker than I wanted. I pbb should have said something when I was there, but I was kind of over it. I don’t see myself coming back in the future.

Get my haircut here every 3 weeks in summer and every 5 weeks in the winter — just as I have been for the past 18 years.
They went through a remodel of the Mayfair Mall shop last year and it’s holding up well.