Welcome to
Proper Grooming Company
Your Living Room, Your Barber
Hack a barbershop quality slick back in the back of your shack.
One of the worldβs most iconic harbour cities has harboured the most skilled barbers for decades. Now the Rotterdam scissor wielders give back. Established in 2016 and made in the Netherlands, Proper Grooming Company is the PiΓ©ce de Freshistance of the modern coiffure industry. No overlooking – no bullshit. This family-oriented company is built on the loyalty and support of the tight-knit community of Rotterdam. All products are designed to be simple yet strong, slick yet concrete. Just like our city. The products we offer, just like our community, stick like a motherfucker.
Smooth hair never made skilful barbers
Combining an old school barbershop with a high end 5 star product line, Proper Grooming Company is a true Ivy League Clipper Ship for all sailors and sailorettes from far and wide. The brand is a true family business and concrete foundation of this tight cut community. Having owned and managed Gioβs Chop Shop for 5 years, the married powerhouse Gio & Maartje decided to set course towards a new horizon.
You reap what you sow – you treat how you glow.
Bringing an in-house product line on board and sailing under the flag of Proper Grooming Company only enriches the freshperience. Drop by the shop to secure the finest cut on the continent and discover the new era of haircare. Carefully selected smoky wooden scents and finest local ingredients secure a worthy barber experience even from the comfort of yourΒ ownΒ mirror.
Gio The New Kid
Meet the captain at the helm of Proper Grooming Company! Gio the NewKid has been marinated in isopropyl seas all around the world. The 20 year career portfolio includes but is not limited to trade shows in Germany, education classes in Indonesia, keynote speeches in the United States and last but not least, molding future scissor stars at the prestigious Schorem Barber Academy. You name a few, Gioβs done that too.
Having been the Chief-Cutting-Officer of Gioβs Chop Shop for 5 years, the curly waves have led this industry powerhouse to combine family, passion and blademanship into one. Proper Grooming Company product line is the carefully thought-out brainchild of Gioβs meticulous eye for detail and taste for finer things in life. At the same time Proper Grooming Company Rotterdam continues to operate as the Front Office of Style and the most refined barbershop on the continent.
Book a chair under his watchful eye and experience the blade wielding scissorsery in the cultivated atmosphere of this suave barber parlor.
Breath of Fresh Hair
Bringing a Breath of Fresh Hair to Proper Grooming Company, Maartje is THE turnstile to hairstyle. Making sure the business is also about family, the Dog Mother Extraordinaire is the color supervisor of this operation. Having spearheaded the dye revolution under the banner of Kinki Salons for 13 years, Maartje is now teaching the world a lesson in luminosity on her own.
As the Board Member of this color cabal, Maartje has it all. Offering stylistic enlightenment, one can choose from sublime chic to savage snazz and be sure that this Glow Cleric will bless even the most unholiest of requests. Maartjeβs modus operandi is to fulfill the wildest dreams when it comes to cuts, colors and styles. Every gender can take a seat in the house of colorship as these skilled hands perform a conjuration of elegant spirits.
Book a time for a private ceremony and hallowed be thy style!
hours
On Monday: Closed
On Tuesday: 10:00 till 19:00
On Wednesday: 10:00 till 19:00
On Thursday : 10:00 till 21:00
On Friday: 10:00 till 21:00
On Saturday: 10:00 till 16:00
On Sunday: Closed
Pricing
With Gio
Haircut
Beardtrims s.o.
Hot Towel Shaves
Cut and beard trim
Cut and clean shave
With Maartje
Haircut and styling
Coloring
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β¬45,-
β¬25,-
β¬45,-
β¬65,-
β¬70,-
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β¬45,-
Starting at β¬48,-

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Combining an old school barbershop with a high end 5 star product line, Proper Grooming Company is a true Ivy League Clipper Ship for all sailors and sailorettes from far and wide.
Get over to our shop and expand your hairsenal and impress your surroundings with our top notch-bang on products.