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Barbershop Near Vernon Hills: The Cuts Worth the Drive

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Barbershop Near Vernon Hills: The Cuts Worth the Drive

If you’re searching for a barbershop near Vernon Hills, you already have options closer to home. So this post isn’t going to try to talk you into a drive. It’s going to show you the work instead. Every photo below is a real cut from one of our six barbers at The Parlor Barbershop, about […]

October 1, 2026

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Best Haircut for Your Face Shape | Libertyville, IL Barber

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Best Haircut for Your Face Shape | Libertyville, IL Barber

The best haircut for your face shape is the one that balances it — and after enough years behind the chair, you stop guessing and start seeing it in about four seconds. At The Parlor Barbershop in Libertyville, every cut starts with a conversation before the clippers come out, and face shape is a big […]

September 28, 2026

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Barber for Curly & Textured Hair in Libertyville, IL

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Barber for Curly & Textured Hair in Libertyville, IL

If you have curly, coily, or wavy hair, you already know the problem. You sit down, you explain what you want, and you walk out with something shorter and squarer than you asked for. Then you wait three weeks for it to grow back into itself. That happens a lot, and it is avoidable. All […]

September 26, 2026

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The Barbershop Down the Road from Naval Station Great Lakes

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The Barbershop Down the Road from Naval Station Great Lakes

If you have curly, coily, or wavy hair, you already know the problem. You sit down, you explain what you want, and you walk out with something shorter and squarer than you asked for. Then you wait three weeks for it to grow back into itself. That happens a lot, and it is avoidable. All […]

July 25, 2026

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Fade Haircuts in Libertyville, IL: The Parlor’s Complete Guide

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Fade Haircuts in Libertyville, IL: The Parlor’s Complete Guide

Ask our clients why they drive to Libertyville from Gurnee, Round Lake, Waukegan, or Great Lakes, and the answer in our reviews is almost always the same word: fades. They’re our most requested service and the thing people mention most on Google and Booksy. One regular put it simply after three years in the same […]

July 22, 2026

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Finding a Real Barber in Lake County: A Client’s Story | The Parlor

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Finding a Real Barber in Lake County: A Client’s Story | The Parlor

A guest post from a longtime Parlor client. The author has been a Parlor client for years; his company also works with the shop. When I moved to the north shore, I figured finding a barber would be the easy part of settling in. It took longer than finding a dentist. I wasn’t asking for […]

July 20, 2026

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Your First Visit to The Parlor Barbershop | Libertyville, IL

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Your First Visit to The Parlor Barbershop | Libertyville, IL

Trying a new barbershop is a small gamble. You don’t know how booking works, whether walk-ins are welcome, what it costs, or whether the barber will actually listen. This post removes all of it. Here’s exactly how a first visit to The Parlor works, start to finish, so the only surprise is how good the […]

July 15, 2026

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