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How much do you pay to get your haircut?

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Britishsummertime22 · 10/08/2024 15:41

I just paid 60 and just curious what others pay. Not a restyle just a cut and blow dry.

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TomatoSandwiches · 10/08/2024 16:26

Cut, colour & blow dry £185

silverhamster · 10/08/2024 16:26

£29 for a "dry" (damped down) cut and rough dry. East Anglia

Catza · 10/08/2024 16:26

DragonGypsyDoris · 10/08/2024 16:03

No, it really isn't worth it. You are simply happy to be overcharged.

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A bit of a sweeping statement. What is "overcharged" in Newcastle is a normal price in London. Hairdressers pay for their education, taxes, VAT, and premises. All of it cost money. Not to mention utilities.
Someone doing a "dry cut", whatever it is, will probably not be expected to pay the same price as wash, cut and blowdry (which takes 45-60min). Someone working for Sassoon will not be expected to charge the same price as someone working in a nursing home, for example.
I agree, £160 is a bit steep even for London and very much sounds like a director level at Sassoon. And having had my haircut done at Sassoon before I promise you it is miles better than what Split Endz on a high street can do.

MyStylish40s · 10/08/2024 16:25

£85 for highlights and a cut

RandomUsernameHere · 10/08/2024 16:24

Nothing as I cut it myself Grin

Witchyandtwitchy · 10/08/2024 16:23

£100 colour, cut and blow dry.

Dinosweetpea · 10/08/2024 16:22

£65 cut & blow dry near Oxford, can have cheaper stylist for £45/50 but I'm fussy! 🙈
I colour it myself as I can't afford the cost of a colour!

LoneHydrangea · 10/08/2024 16:22

£170 for a trim. London.

StrangewaysHereWeCome · 10/08/2024 16:22

It was £48 today for a cut a blow. Pre pandemic/inflation I paid £29 in the same area. Seems like every time I go it's a couple of quid more.

Topseyt123 · 10/08/2024 16:22

For DD and I, £10.50 each. We have a pretty good hairdresser who comes to our house. We just ensure that our hair has been washed that day before she arrives.

We had it done this week. I paid £25 to include a tip.

We're in Essex.

Homesweethome23 · 10/08/2024 16:21

Use to pay £15 for a dry cut would get it done with half head of foils which were £65 on their own so would cost me £80 a time.
Then prices went up to over £120 a time and I just couldn’t justify the money with everything else going up.
So now a relative trims my hair every few weeks and I changed hair colour so that doesn’t need a lot of upkeep now.

Just had a quick look on their website and prices have gone up more since I stopped going.

DezTheMoaner · 10/08/2024 16:20

£29.99 : West Midlands last week for a significant cut (long hair which had lost all its shape) and blow dry.

I'm making a list of the most reasonably priced areas from this thread, although even Him Indoors reckoned I hadn't been overcharged this time.

Kitkat1523 · 10/08/2024 16:19

Britishsummertime22 · 10/08/2024 16:16

Hmmm. Feel like I've paid a bit over.

If you live in the south it’s probs ok
you would only pay 60 at a very high end salon with the top stylist where I live…..otherwise about 30 to 35 quid…. But I’m in the north

Trimtreetrue · 10/08/2024 16:19

Last time I went it was £70 - I go every 6 months - in 2 years it’s gone up from £50 . I keep going as the cut is really very good- edited to say I’m in a London commuter town

Waitingforsummer75 · 10/08/2024 16:16

£32 for half head highlights, a toner, cut and blow dry. I go to a training college/salon and my hair looks the best it ever has done

SamW98 · 10/08/2024 16:16

Cut and roots - £80

Cut roots and balayage - £125

Thats a mobile hairdresser not a salon.

Last time I had a cut and full head on a local salon it was £270 just after lockdown.

I live just off M25 in a fairly affluent commuter town

ProfessorPeppy · 10/08/2024 16:16

Erm £300 for cut and balayage, south east Confused feel like I'm being ripped off? I only go once a year because I can't afford it otherwise!

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Britishsummertime22 · 10/08/2024 16:16

Hmmm. Feel like I've paid a bit over.

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Saggyknockers · 10/08/2024 16:14

£35 cut and blow dry

Wigtopia · 10/08/2024 16:11

As little as possible! I’m fine for trainees/ untrained friends to have a crack as long as I don’t have to pay much 😂

Boopbeepbeepboop · 10/08/2024 16:07

My DD (4) and I have a lady come to the house to cut our hair l. Two dry cuts £23. Norfolk

SkankingWombat · 10/08/2024 16:07

I paid £55 for ~20 highlights, all over tint, cut and blow dry this week. I also paid £10 per child for curly dry cuts.

KimberleyClark · 10/08/2024 16:06

£145 for cut, colour and blow dry.

Sounreasonable · 10/08/2024 16:06

DragonGypsyDoris · 10/08/2024 16:03

No, it really isn't worth it. You are simply happy to be overcharged.

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It’s worth it to @10mins which is all that matters.

I spend at least that on my nails and brows every month- far more than my hair- it’s worth every penny to me.

DisforDarkChocolate · 10/08/2024 16:06

£50 plus a tip.

Best haircuts I've ever had.