ROMAIN in HLN: Time To Break Up With Your Movember Beard
At some point in November, the joke stops being funny.
The moustache that started as a dare, the beard that “just stayed” – it begins to itch, look tired, and make you older than you feel.
That is exactly the moment Belgian newspaper HLN picked up on. They ran an article about where men in the Ghent region can finally say goodbye to their Movember moustache or beard, and ROMAIN Barbershop & Academy was listed among the nine barbers who know how to do it properly. Not with a plastic cartridge under a bad bathroom light, but in a real barbershop chair, with a real straight razor and someone who actually cares what steel does to skin.
That is the world we live in at ROMAIN Barbershop & Academy in Ghent.
Traditional straight razor shaving, proper hot towel rituals, beard shaping that respects the face underneath, and a pace that has nothing to do with fast fashion or quick cuts. Men come in with Movember beards, winter growth or just “I stopped caring for a while” and leave with a clean face or a sharp, deliberate beard that looks like a decision, not an accident.
The article in HLN talks about where you can go in and around Ghent to deal with that end-of-Movember situation. At ROMAIN, that moment is almost a little ceremony. The towel goes on. The room quiets down. The razor opens with a small click that you feel in your spine more than you hear with your ears. Your moustache or beard is not just removed, it is taken seriously. Lines get reset, cheeks and neck are cleaned, and you walk out feeling less like you shaved and more like you shed a layer.
ROMAIN is more than a barbershop.
Behind the chairs there is also the ROMAIN Academy and Scapicchio Academy Belgium: a barber academy in Ghent where barbers from Chicago, the UK, Mexico, France and all over Europe come to learn straight razor shaving, honing on natural Belgian stones and classic Italian-inspired techniques. The same old-school knowledge we teach to professionals is what you feel as a client when you sit down in the chair for your post-Movember reset.
If you are hunting online for a place to get a straight razor shave in Ghent, a traditional barbershop in Belgium or a barber academy that still respects the craft, this is where those searches land in the real world: ROMAIN Barbershop & Academy, in the oldest barbershop of Belgium, with doors open seven days a week.
November is the perfect excuse to start taking yourself a bit more seriously again.
The newspaper wrote about where to go.
We are one of those places.
You bring the beard or the tired Movember moustache.
We will bring the razor, the ritual and the reset.
If you want more than just a good story and you’re ready to sharpen your craft or your own look, you know where to find us.
From straight razor training and honing on natural stone to classic shaves and serious beard work in the chair, ROMAIN Barbershop & Academy in Ghent is where it actually happens – not just where people talk about it.
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Want to follow the journey?
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Stijn on YouTube (more adventures, more razors, more stories): https://www.youtube.com/@desutter_stijn
For Academy info, courses or questions, send an email to info@romaighent.be – and we’ll take it from there.
