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Smiling Caucasian woman, long brown hair, Asian man, in black shirt, behind barber chair, Invictus barber lounge on wall.

Two hands hold a young boy's head whose scalp is getting a wavy design on the base of his neck by a barber blade.

"It was at that point I realised barbering might not just be a side hustle or a hobby anymore, but I could probably turn it into a career,"
Mr Vu said.

Two young boys sit in haircut chairs while a young woman and man show them their haircuts using a mirror.

"Tahls and I started posting on social media consistently about six months ago and, since then, we have been able to amass over 100,000 followers and over 100 million views total,"
he said.
Asian man black fluffy hair holds finger up Caucasian woman brown hair TikTok caption posting my haircuts til you find one you.

"We now have kids who are four or five years old coming in and knowing exactly what they want, which is really cool to see."
A teenager with blonde hair looks forward whilst a man hold a mirror to show the haircut from the back of his head.

A teenage boy wearing a black T-shirt and gloves cuts the hair of another boy sitting down wearing a gown.

"Hair-cutting is never going to die because hair is never going to stop growing,"
Mujtaba said.
Boy sits in barber chair, wears blue tee, white, tee, shorts. Tiktok caption Pov barber mushy never fails.

"They get likes, they go viral, all their friends see it, their parents see it and they want to come back,"
he said.

A teenage boy gets designs in the back of his hair from a gloved hand with clippers in it

"They want somewhere where they can get those premium services … the hot towels, the shaving, the beard styling, you know, those traditional classic cuts."

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