Kings Barber Pte Ltd is a barber shop at 12 Boon Teck Road, #01-01 Shaw Corner, serving the Novena–Balestier area since 2015. Established with the aim of providing quality barbering services and products, the shop pairs traditional barber classics with modern techniques — and insists on recommending what looks good and suits the individual customer rather than whatever happens to be in trend, whether the visit is for a haircut, a luxury shave or just a trim.
The barbers are certified and affiliated with the Sid Sottung Academy (UK), trained in traditional wet shaves and hair styling — a pedigree the shop sums up as 'trained in England, perfected locally'. Services span haircuts with consultation, wash and styling, side-and-back trims, kids' cuts, colouring and perms, wet shaves using the Proraso range with pre-shave cream and hot towel, plus facial and scalp treatments using France's Fauvert range. Students up to tertiary level and national servicemen enjoy discounted pricing.
Kings Barber has held the sole distributorship of Lock Stock & Barrel men's grooming products for Singapore and Malaysia since December 2015, and retails premium brands including Proraso, Fauvert Professionnel and Marvis. The shop has been featured in Singapore round-ups such as Top Barbers in Singapore, Best in Singapore and ProductNation's Choice, and operates daily from 10am to 9pm.
On the corner of Boon Teck Road in Singapore's Novena–Balestier belt, Kings Barber has been tending to the city's heads and faces since 2015. Formally registered as a private limited company on 15 September that year, the shop set out with a straightforward aim: quality barbering services and quality products, delivered in a clean, hygienic space. A decade on, that simple brief still shapes everything that happens behind its chairs.
What Kings Barber deliberately avoids is trend-chasing. The team describes its approach as sticking to the traditional barber classics while mixing old school with modern techniques — and, above all, recommending what looks good and suits the individual customer, whether they are in for a full haircut, a luxury shave or just a trim. Consultations come first: barbers set aside time to understand a client's preferred styling, lifestyle and preferences before scissors touch hair, and every haircut service wraps up with a wash and styling using the shop's own premium products.
Training is a point of pride here. Kings Barber's barbers are certified and affiliated with the Sid Sottung Academy in the UK, with training in traditional wet shaves and hair styling — a pedigree the shop sums up on Instagram as 'trained in England, perfected locally'. The emphasis on staff development is matched by an emphasis on hygiene, which the owners name as one of the pillars of the business alongside quality products and service.
The service list covers the full contemporary barbering repertoire. A standard haircut includes a consultation, the cut itself, and a finishing hair wash and style. Between full cuts, a quicker trim of the sides and back keeps regulars looking sharp — the shop suggests one or two trims between haircuts. Younger clients get their own 'future Kings' kids' cuts, most of them school approved, while students up to tertiary level and national servicemen enjoy discounted pricing (occasionally with a friendly request for verification).
Shaving is treated as a ritual rather than a chore. The basic shave uses the Proraso range: a pre-shave cream softens every strand of facial hair before a hot towel is applied to open the pores. For the scalp, Kings Barber turns to France's Fauvert range — a hair mask is massaged and scrubbed into the scalp, followed by cleansing and a concentrated ampule, a treatment the shop recommends for maintaining a healthy scalp. Colouring, perms and facial treatments round out the menu.
Kings Barber's product credentials run deep. In December 2015, just months after opening, it secured the sole distributorship for Lock Stock & Barrel men's grooming products in Singapore and Malaysia — which is why the wash and styling products used on clients come straight from that premium range. The retail shelves carry the Proraso shaving line, Fauvert Professionnel hair and scalp care, Marvis dental care and Nanosilk products, covering men's grooming needs well beyond the haircut itself.
The shop's work has been noticed. Since 2020 it has been featured in multiple Singapore round-ups, including lists of the top barbers in Singapore, Best in Singapore, Singapore's Finest Services and ProductNation's Choice, among others. Just as telling is how it talks about its neighbours: the team regularly points clients toward favourite Balestier and Novena spots — a nearby coffee stand, a beloved chicken rice institution, a local gym — and considers itself part of a neighbourhood filled with familiar faces. The loyalty runs deep, too: Father's Day posts thank the dads who have trusted the shop with their haircuts over the years, calling it an honour to be part of their routines, milestones and stories.
For anyone in the Novena or Balestier area after a haircut that starts with listening and ends with a proper wash and style — or a traditional wet shave done the way it was taught in England — Kings Barber keeps its doors open daily from 10am to 9pm at 12 Boon Teck Road, #01-01 Shaw Corner.