The 60-minute haircut + beard combo

The combo is the everyday answer to the everyday question — "I need a cut and the beard's getting messy." Booking the two services separately at the chair runs $20 plus $15 for the basic trim, or $20 plus $20 for the trim-and-shape. The combo consolidates that into a single $35 line item with a slightly tighter time slot. Sixty minutes from cape on to cape off.

Address is 3420 US-301, Ellenton, FL 34222 — walk-in only, seven days a week.

What's actually included

The $35 covers the full men's regular haircut and a beard service in the same sitting. Not two separate appointments. One barber, one chair, one cape. The cut runs first, the beard runs second, and a single hot lather pass at the end finishes both the neckline and the lower beard line.

• Men's regular haircut — short on the sides, length kept on top per your call
• Beard length pass with clipper guards
• Beard cheek line, mustache transition, neckline
• Eyebrow check (cleanup if needed) — $5 add-on if you want a full eyebrow trim
• Hot lather + straight razor on the back of the neck
• Brush down + final mirror

What it doesn't cover

The combo at $35 uses a regular cut, not a skin fade. If you want the skin fade with the beard, that pulls from a different part of the menu — the skin fade alone is $25 for 50 minutes and pairs with whichever beard service the barber recommends. Custom designs carved into the fade are $5 add-ons, regardless of which package you booked.

First 20 minutes — the cut

Cape on, cushion adjusted, chair raised. The first 20 minutes go to the cut. The barber takes the bulk off with a clipper guard — usually a #2 or #3 around the sides — then blocks the top with scissors over comb if you're keeping length. Quick taper from the parietal ridge down toward the ear. Lineup across the forehead.

No conversation tax. If you want to talk, the barber will talk. If you want to sit quiet, that's also normal. Most guys land somewhere in the middle.

Next 25 minutes — the beard

With the cut done, the cape stays on and the chair tilts back a few degrees. A new towel comes out. The barber works through the beard in three passes:

1. Length pass — clipper with the guard you called, brought all the way around chin and cheek. This is the same pass the standalone $15 beard trim uses.
2. Detail pass — smaller trimmer cleans the cheek line, the mustache, and the neckline two finger-widths above the Adam's apple.
3. Hot lather + razor — warm towel rests on the lower beard for about 30 seconds, then the straight razor cleans the drawn lines so they show up sharp.

The combo lets the barber blend the beard line into the sideburn line without re-capping or re-setting the chair. That blend is the practical reason the combo looks different from booking the two services back-to-back at separate visits — the sideburn-to-beard transition is one continuous edge.

Booked separately, the cut and beard are two services. Booked as the combo, they're one plan. — On the chair, US-301

Final 15 minutes — finish

Last 15 minutes go to lineup work and finish. The barber walks the hairline at the temples, cleans the back of the neck, checks both sideburns are level, and runs the straight razor around the lower neck. Cape off. Soft brush down the shoulders. Hand mirror so you can check the back. Pay at the counter — cash, credit card, or debit card.

The whole thing is timed for a 60-minute slot but most combos run 55 to 60 minutes if no add-ons are layered in. Adding the eyebrow cleanup or a custom design pushes it to about 65.

Who the combo is for

The combo earns its spot for a specific kind of client — the guy who wants the cut and the beard kept on the same schedule. Both grow at roughly the same speed, both look best when they're trimmed within a week of each other. Booking them together every 3 weeks keeps the whole face on one cycle instead of two.

Drive times to the chair from the surrounding service area:

• Bradenton (ZIP 34208) — about 10 minutes south on US-301
• Palmetto (ZIP 34221) — 5 minutes north
• Parrish — 15 minutes east
• Sarasota — 25 minutes south
• Ruskin — 25 minutes north up I-75

Three miles south of the shop, US-301 crosses the Manatee River. If you're coming up from Bradenton, the bridge is the landmark — Trim Time sits on the right side of the road just past Gates of Heaven Rd.

Walk-in only

No appointment system. No call-ahead list. The shop runs 8 AM to 7 PM Monday through Saturday and 9 AM to 3 PM Sunday. Weekday mornings before 11 AM see the shortest waits. English and Spanish are both spoken at the chair.

For the full menu and prices on every service the shop offers, see the services list. For directions, the visit page has a map.