Become A Full Time Barber In Just 12 Weeks
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If you're not 100% confident by the end of the academy, we'll keep working with you free of charge until you are.
If you're not 100% confident by the end of the academy, we'll keep working with you free of charge until you are.
Skip the debt and the years in a classroom. Learn a real, in-demand skill that can pay from your first year in a chair.
Tired of a job you fell into? Swap it for hands-on, people-first work you actually enjoy, with the freedom to build your own client base.
No experience needed. Most of our students had never held a pair of clippers. If you turn up and put the hours in, we teach you the rest.
16 lessons across 66 hours, training on real clients from early on, not just mannequins.
A six-day intensive block taught by Riccardo Basco, a world-class barber who flies in from Italy just to train our students.
The same gear we use behind the chair in our own shop. Yours to keep and take into your career as a barber.
Real time and real feedback from your tutors, so nobody gets left behind.
Finish ready to work, with a Brazen Academy certificate and a portfolio of your work to show employers.
If you finish and you or your tutors are not 100% confident you are ready to work as a barber, we keep training you for free until you are.
Charlie | School Leaver
Offered a job in our own shop immediately after finishing the academy.
Callum | Career Changer
Now running his own mobile barbering business in Edinburgh full-time.
Eve | Career Changer
Immediately offered a job at one of the highest rated barbershops in Edinburgh after finishing the academy.
Andrew | Career Changer
Left a sales job he hated behind and now works full-time in our flagship store.
Jamie | Career Changer
Went from nursery teacher to working full-time in a top rated Edinburgh barbershop.
Cammy | Career Changer
Finished the academy and is now racking up 5 star reviews as a full-time barber.
You learn from barbers working at the highest level of the trade, not textbook tutors.
World-Class Barber & Educator · Italy
A world-renowned barber who has trained barbers and stylists across the globe. Riccardo flies in from Italy to lead a six-day intensive block, bringing a level of expertise rarely seen in UK barbering.
Founder · Brazen Hair Academy
Nearly a decade in the trade and the founder behind two of Edinburgh's top-rated barbershops. Eachan teaches the exact way he expects his own barbers to work behind the chair.
Built by Edinburgh's highest-rated barbershop
5.0★
Average rating
700+
Five-star reviews
2
Edinburgh shops
10 yrs
Behind the chair
You are not learning from a classroom. You are learning from a working shop that men across Edinburgh trust with their look every week.
None at all. Most people who join have never picked up a pair of clippers before. The course is built to take you from your very first cut to working on real clients over 12 weeks, as long as you turn up and put the hours in. The best way to know if it suits you is a quick call with our team.
No, and some of our best students came to us in their 30s and 40s after years in a job they fell into and never enjoyed. The life experience you already have works in your favour, because you know how to talk to people and how to turn up and put the work in.
We take complete beginners and we have helped people from all kinds of backgrounds make the switch. If you have been thinking about retraining for a while, book a call and we will tell you honestly whether this is the right move for you.
Twelve weeks of hands-on training in a real working barbershop, 16 lessons across 66 hours. You learn skin fades, scissor work, beard grooming and classic cuts on real clients, not just mannequins.
Part of the course is taught by Riccardo Basco, a world-class barber and educator who flies in from Italy just to train our students. Lessons are capped at six people, so you get real time and real feedback from your tutors.
You also get a full professional kit worth over £500 to keep. It is the same gear we use behind the chair in our own shop, so you train with it during the course and take it with you into your career as a barber. Book a call and we will walk you through the whole programme.
Most of our graduates are working as a barber within 30 to 60 days of finishing. You train on real clients during the course, so you leave ready to work in a shop, not just holding a certificate. From there you can earn as a junior barber and build up your own clients. On the call we can talk through what your first year could realistically look like.
Core training is one evening a week, Wednesdays from 7 to 10pm, so you can keep your current job while you train. There is also one intensive week in week three that every student attends in full. Most people train in the evenings and keep earning during the day until they are ready to move into barbering. Book a call and we will check the dates work around your schedule.
Then we keep working with you for free until you are. This is our Confidence Guarantee. If you finish the course and you or your tutors are not 100% confident that you are ready to go out and work as a full-time barber, we carry on training you at no extra cost until you are. Book a call and we will explain exactly how it works.
College takes a year or more and a lot of it is taught by people who have not always worked in a real barbershop. I know, because I went through it myself before I had to start again with a full apprenticeship. Here you train in a working shop from day one, taught the exact way we expect our own barbers to work, and you are ready in 12 weeks. Book a call and I will show you how the course actually works.
You learn from barbers who work at the highest level of the trade every day. Riccardo Basco, a world-class barber from Italy, flies in to teach part of the course. I teach the rest, after nearly a decade in the trade and running two of Edinburgh's top-rated shops. Book a call to meet us and see if the course is right for you.
The full course is £4,970, and that includes your free kit worth over £500. You can pay in full or spread the cost with a payment plan and a deposit. We keep it simple and walk you through the options on the call. Book a call and we will find a plan that works for you.
All training takes place at Brazen Men's Hair, one of Edinburgh's top-rated barbershops, at 88 Brunswick Street. You learn in a real working shop, on real clients, from the start. Students travel in from across Scotland and the north of England to train with us. Book a call and we will tell you everything you need to know about getting here.
A relaxed chat to get to know you, answer your questions, and work out together if the academy is right for you. If it is, we will talk through start dates and how to secure your spot. If it is not, we will tell you straight.
Yes. When you finish and we sign you off, you get an official Brazen Academy certificate and a portfolio of your work. Just as important, you leave able to cut to a real shop standard, because we only sign off students we would be happy to have working alongside us. Book a call and we will explain how the sign-off works.
It starts with a free call. We get to know you, answer your questions, and make sure the course is right for you. If it is a fit, you can secure your place with a deposit and we will hold your spot for the next cohort. Places are limited because lessons are capped at six, so the sooner you book the better. Book your call below to get started.