Barbers Around the World: Beniamin Rafaila talks business in Romania.

Ben The Old School Barber

We talk with a top-of-the-line barber from Romania to fi nd out a little about their career and how they have grown over the years.

Please introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is Rafaila Beniamin (@ben_the_ oldschool_barber on Instagram) and I am the owner/creative director of Hair Hood. I also work as a barber and educator in Romania.

What can you tell me about your barbering career?

I started my career ten years ago. I enjoy doing this craft and I try to inspire more barbers worldwide to carry on the tradition of barbering, so as many generations as possible can enjoy the experience of classic barbershops.

This consists of the ritual that our grandparents used to have by walking in

for a shave, haircut, a laugh, or hearing the latest news from the barbers.

How has your career changed over the years?

I have tried to push myself forward so I can reach a good level of skill. I continue to do this every single day because, in my opinion, this is the only way someone can evolve.

After years of work, I can say that I have reached some of my goals. One of them is to be recognised worldwide and inspire more barbers who are aiming to start a career in this industry. One of the ways this is possible is because of our YouTube channel, Hair Hood. We reached 900k subs in less than two years, and we expect to reach one million subs by the end of this year.

Another accomplishment is the academy that we prepare to open next year. This will be another great project for us, because of the chance to teach barbers around the world the classic craft of barbering.

Next year will be a big year for us. We’re preparing our barbering products brand wich is called ‘El Porco’, and it will be something great. We have put a lot of work in over the past few years to improve the barbering products that are now on the market.

What makes Romanian barbering unique?

The quality of the services, and the respect for the customer.

Any general thoughts or advice you’d like to share with our readers?

I want to give advice to the young barbers who are also on this road: Work hard, stay humble, improve yourselves every single day and keep the classics alive!

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Mental Health & Afro Hair

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Wow, what an issue! We had so much fun putting these pages together, from Sid Sottung right through to Beniamin Rafaila. We hope that you had a great time reading! So, what’s next? Let’s talk ‘November’...

Our first main focus next month is mental health. We’re going to be speaking with some industry professionals about the importance of it, why you should be implementing things for it within your barbering business and how much of a positive impact you could have on not just your clients, but yourself and your team, too.

Whilst we’re on the subject of mental health, we’re also happy to announce that the team here at Barber are doing Movember! This is in aid of mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. We’ll be growing a set of moustaches to get people to ask us why we have them and what we’re doing it for.

Be sure to follow us on the social media handles at the bottom of this page so that you can see the pics! If you’d like to donate to the amazing cause, please visit movember.com/t/barber-magazine

We’re also going to be working on a big focus on afro hair next month, including tips, tricks, products and top industry advice for your businesses. We can’t wait to show you what we’ve got in store for you!

From myself, and everyone here at Barber, I hope that you have a fantastic month and I’ll catch you in the next issue! Editor

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