The Grown Man Standard: A Barber's 10-Minute Grooming System

Every Saturday a man sits in Reece's chair and asks him to fix in twenty minutes what he's ignored for six weeks. This is everything Reece would tell you if he had an hour instead of twenty minutes: ten minutes a day, written by a man who looks at faces for a living.

Part 1 · The Standard

The Morning Seven, The Night Three and The Sunday Ten. Every step is timed, with a note from the chair and a kit at three budgets. Then the reference pages, plainly:

• your skin type in sixty seconds;
• growing, shaping and keeping a beard;
• the clean shave without bumps;
• hair by type, from fades and waves to twists, locs and afros;
• scent;
• the close-range check.

Part 2 · In the Chair

Eight word-for-word scripts so you leave with the cut you actually wanted:

• asking for a fade;
• a taper;
• just the line-up;
• shaping the beard;
• keeping the length;
• bringing a photo;
• when it's not right;
• how often to book.

There's also a page of barber words, plainly, and one on tipping and being a good regular.

Part 3 · The Kit

Starter, Standard and Sharp shopping lists: what each item does, when you use it, and what to leave on the shelf. Product types, not brands, so nothing here is an advert.

Part 4 · The Four Weeks

Four weekly trackers, a before-and-after score, and Keep Three: the habits you keep for good.

Also inside (45 pages)

• Bonuses:
• The Big Day Countdown, for a wedding, interview or first date;
• The Bathroom Shelf Card for your mirror;
• The 60-Second Pre-Date Check;
• a usage log.
• Two paper sizes, A4 and US Letter. Each comes as a colour PDF, a fillable PDF and a print-friendly version.

The honest bit

Reece is an AI-created character, and the chair stories are composites. These are grooming habits, not medical advice. The book says plainly when a bump, rash or hair change is one for a GP, pharmacist or dermatologist.

The chair sees everything.