“The creation of Kevin Cottie Tan, a barber by day and musician by night, Mentega is thus named because cocoa butter is used and the end result both looks and spreads like — you guessed it — butter.” – read more

Originally a journalist at The Star, Kevin Cottie Tan runs a barbershop these days and sells pomades hand-made by none other than the man himself under the label Mentega…read more

“Learning how to cut hair was really difficult for me, firstly because I’m lefthanded. Holding the scissors with my right hand felt a bit weird for me at first, but you do need both hands anyway. It’s also easier to buy righthanded scissors…” read more