AIBU that a haircut shouldn't cost £60!?

Try having curly hair. £30 extra for a ‘curly cut’ that’s exactly the same as a normal cut and they don’t use different products or properly diffuse your hair. I had a terrible experience six years ago and have been cutting my own hair. I decided to risk a ‘professional’ cut recently and it ended up looking no different to how it does when I do it at home. They even had the cheek to charge the extra ‘consultation’ fee where they allegedly teach you how to manage and look after your curls.

I just pay £25 for a dry cut now. In and out in 15 mins. Don’t want to pay £45 to get my hair washed and then an age spent on drying it.

The price and piss poor haircuts is why I cut my own this week 😂. It's not perfect, but it's a damn sight better - and more even - than the atrocious cuts I've had in the last decade.

When did they start teaching hairdressers to just cut across your back for a trim (or use bloody clippers?!) instead of properly sectioning and checking the lengths / layers?!

Do you reckon the use of the salon premises is free with no business rates, water, heating, insurance, wear and tear and so on?

I was going to say, it sounds like a lot of people here think their hairdresser should be paid less than minimum wage...! And window cleaners don't have expensive salon products and a premises to consider!

If you like her cuts, I'd be very discreetly asking whether she does home visits and could come to yours or works from her own home.

I really don’t grudge the money
i really trust my hairdresser and have a great relationship with hy
Having nice hair makes me feel good

I recently paid £70 for a handstrip for the dog and realised I’ve gone wrong somewhere when her haircut is double the price of mine 🤣🤣🤣

I know it feels expensive from the customer POV, but when you think about it £62 for an hour of a skilled trade that also has the cost of running a business premises - it's only because we typically undervalue women's work that it's actually so low.

Standard cut & blow dry with a good stylist in a non branded salon round me is £50 (small northern town). Though I happened to be there when she took a call about the laundry bill (for all the towels) and that was eye watering, so I can imagine how quickly the costs stack up!

I’ve not had mine cut since last July and I was shocked to be charged about £60 then. It does need doing again but it’s longer now and I think I’ll just trim it myself, it’s not worth it.

My window cleaner takes 18 pounds and does the windows in about 15 mins. I'm certainly not going to begrudge my hair cut! 😂

Mine also has increased to £43 last visit, south east. I did try a couple of others but wasn’t happy with the cut/ whole experience. Sometimes it’s wort paying more for the quality and great cut. If your hairs rubbish, you feel rubbish. Just think of it as taking care of yourself.

My ex hairdresser was charging £48 which I was almost ok with. She moved salons and is now £95, nothing changed except the salon. Hence she's my ex, after 14 years. I really need a cut but I need to find a new salon.

I pay £65 for colour, cut, wash, hair mask blow dry and straighten

£95 and happy to pay it.

Was watching the news tonight. Item about business rates for small businesses going up by tens of thousands of pounds. That’ll be part of the reason.

I had a dry cut for £15 the other day, bargain! £30 for a cut and blow dry.
I've always found small independent ones in the suburbs the best at prices rather than anything fancier in the centres of towns.

£60 for me too, was about £45 when I first went after we could get our haircut again….however I work in facilities and loads of my contractors have upped their prices 15% (min wage and NI increases!) in my new contracts this year so I’m expecting it might go up again soon!

If you can wash your own hair then ask one of the ones you like to do it privately? They can charge much less if they don't have to adhere to the salon or be using a rented chair.

I don’t know how much a cut and blow dry is as I always get mine coloured
That costs £160 every 6 weeks

Lots have a price for ladies cuts separately, usually much cheaper than a salon though, the one my dds go to charge by length/cut.

The most expensive thing they do is a total restyle and that's £40.

Worth looking around.

Mine’s £65 every eight weeks. I consider it money well spent when I have to look at it every day.

Agree prices have increased to a crazy amount and salons must be struggling. I go between two salons generally and swap when they start increasing the price too much.. I have foils and now find myself paying for added extras. So the price for the foils then it’s £25 for toner, £30 for a blow dry, £20 for conditioning treatment, none of which I’m asked about. I do admittedly have thick hair but I drew the line last time at paying £175 for half a head of foils with no cut and will be looking elsewhere now..

Same. Mine is £27.95 and I thought that was expensive til I read this thread.