Press Reviews

Carmelo Guastella and the MELOGY team are the UK’s leading men’s grooming experts, we can be called upon to provide comments on issues, products and trends related to the men’s grooming industry.

MELOGY’s recent press: 2011

Media Archive

  • Esquire 2010

    “How to make the cut”

  • City A.M 2010

    “How to look razor sharp”

  • City A.M 2009

    “Beards are a sign of individuality and they’ve even reached the city”

  • Esquire 2009

    “Best Barber Shop”

  • Esquire 2009

    “The Head Masters”

  • Financial Times Weekend 2009

    “Grooming expert Carmelo Guastella of Melogy gives his view on beards”

  • First Life, BA Magazine 2009

    “We round up the best barbershops, London Melogy”

  • Men’s Health 2009

    “4 ways to fight hairloss”

  • The New York Observer 2009

    “Carmelo has an intuitive and unwavering talent for male grooming”

  • The Times 2008

    “Men face many aesthetic challenges as they grow older, but good grooming, says Carmelo Guastella, starts with a good haircut.”

  • Sunday Telegraph 2008

    “Carmelo Guastella is on Sacha Baron Cohen’s payroll as his personal adviser on shaving techniques.”

  • GQ 2007

    “Carmelo Guastella is our barber of choice.”

  • Wedding Venue and Services 2006

    “Carmelo Guastella at Melogy is the perfect mentor for pre-wedding lessons in grooming.”

  • Asiana Wedding 2006

    “Give yourself a treat before your big day with the experts”

  • Arena 2006

    “The seven best places for a decent haircut, Melogy”

  • San Francisco Chronicle 2006

    “Carmelo Guastella, owner of London’s upscale Melogy salon and a consultant to several British men’s publications, says there is simply no substitute for a professional shave.”

  • Tatler 2005

    “The best beauty addresses, Melogy”

  • Financial Times magazine 2005

    “His haircuts grow out of the man, like Michelangelo releasing David from marble. Some call his haircuts works of art.”

  • “Business of Grooming" Financial Times 2005

    “A good haircut is the DNA of good grooming.”

  • Arena 2005

    “The latest of the deluxe barber’s shop is Melogy.”

  • The Player 2004

    “A Close Shave”

  • Stag and Groom 2004

    “The perfect shave”

  • GQ 2004

    “The perfect shave”

  • Harrods Made in Italy Magazine 2004

    “Latin Lookers”

  • Mens Fitness 2003

    “The perfect shave”

  • The Sunday Times Style Magazine 2003

    “In search of the perfect shave”

  • Daily Express 2002

    “Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson, Peter Schmeichel and Gary Lineker, called in Carmelo Guastella for pre-broadcast haircuts.”

  • Daily Mirror 2002

    “Football expert Mark Lawrenson was forced to remove his moustache after losing a bet.”

  • John Walsh, The Independent 2001

    “I had one of the best haircuts in my life from a young Sicilian called Carmelo.”

  • Business Life (BA Magazine) 2000

    “I can only describe the shave as being stroked by a dove’s wing.”

  • Pete Clark Evening Standard 2000

    “Pete has a close shave thanks to Carmelo.”