To not want to get hair cut every 8 weeks?

My usual hairdresser was recently promoted to senior stylist so charges an extra £10 per visit. It's exactly the same cut and blow dry but a 20% increase.

@Mudkipper · Today 14:01

I've never heard of this but my hairdresser annoys me by sending me reminders after six weeks. I mean, my hair is attached to my head, I know how long it is.

This made me chuckle. 😆

I have curly hair - if I cut it every 8 weeks, it would look like it was getting shorter and shorter! I tend to go every 4 months, although I tried a curly cut last year at a different salon and they cut it much shorter than I wanted, so it's been 6 months and I'll likely give it another 3 before I need a trim.

If you like that hairdresser, just stick to the times you want your hair cut. Even with the extra £10, if you're going 14 weeks rather than 8, you're saving money over the course of the year.

Which does make no sense. Longe4 hair is frequently less hard to cut. DDs takes much less time than DS’s hair.

I simply cannot afford to get my hair cut every 8 weeks. I normally have a cut and full head colour and blow dry but once every 5 months or so as I can’t really afford it.

Even just a cut every 8 weeks mounts up. I would change salon.

If you go every 8 weeks, that means you go approx 6 times per year. Which at £40 per visit costs £240 per year. If you go every 12 weeks, that means you go approx 4 times per year. Which at £55 per visit costs you £220 per year. So you can either be happy that you’re paying less in the long run or find a new hairdresser.

Charged more for a cut, that is.

I would change hairdressers.

I also have had experience of being charged more because my hair was longer than shoulder length. It's a nonsense.

Also get a new hair dresser.

Don’t pay for a wash or blow dry. Just go as often as you want and get a wet cut (wash it before you go). I pay £18 per hair cut. They just spritz it with water to damp it and cut it.

So bizarre! My hairdresser is amazing and doesn't mind that I only get my hair cut when I want to! Which is usually every 4 months or so. She doesn't charge me any extra and doesn't pressurise me to book in. Find a new hairdresser!

But then it should be “get x off if you book your next appointment within y weeks”.

Ringing her up post birth to tell her she needs to pay more because she didn’t book an appointment is bonkers.

I've never heard of this but my hairdressers' annoys me by sending me reminders after six weeks. I mean, my hair is attached to my head, I know how long it is. I go every four months or so (long bob so it doesn't look too messy) but one time the hairdresser - having asking me how much shorter I wanted my hair - told me 'I've left it a bit longer this time.' I thought 'you don't get me that way!' and replied brightly 'Oh, that's good because I've been thinking of letting it grow a bit.' My, did her face fall.

I appreciate that times are hard BUT to someone like me with straight hair and no colours, a hair appointment is not something you need every couple of months.

Find another salon. I go for a dry cut and it’s £20. The hairdresser tells me I need to come back every 8 weeks but in reality I go every 3 months or whenever I feel like I need it so sometimes longer.

I only get mine cut around every 12 weeks, sometimes a bit longer (shoulder length). I currently pay about £50 for a cut and blow dry. (I always have one of the same two stylists who've been there first a number of years - the more senior charges a bit more). The money doesn't bother me but being manipulated into going more often by a lower price would. It's unfair to people with longer styles that stay looking good between cuts.

But if you go every 12 weeks, you're only be paying £4.58 a week if is now £55, whereas for £40 for 8 weeks you're paying £5 a week. So it actually works out cheaper (though you're don't say what the lower price is).

If you otherwise like the stylist, keep going there but go less frequently.

Mine charges £18 for a dry cut. Find one that does a dry cut.

There are a couple in my market town who charge £50-£60 for a wash, cut, and blow dry, and they don't do dry cuts. They can't make enough money from people with dry cuts, so they make you pay £50-£60. 🙄

Luckily I found a hairdresser a mile out of town in a little parade of shops on a big housing estate who charges less than £20 for a dry cut. She does a good job too!

I’ve never heard of this either. I’ve recently changed to a new salon and was a bit unhappy with the pricing as it’s a lot more than my previous salon.
I only changed as my previous hairdresser took so long to respond to messages to book appointments. Weeks not days.
But reading this thread I am being seriously overcharged! I go every 5 weeks for a root colour, wash and blow dry and fringe trim and just paid £95! Time to find a new salon for me too!

It would be cheaper to go three or four times a year and pay £50 rather than pay £40 every 8 weeks.

£50 x 4 (once every 3 months) = £200

Or even better:

£50 x 3 (once every 4 months) = £150

Versus:

£40 x 6.5 (once every 8 weeks) = £260

with the added benefit of fewer tipping opportunities. If you like the salon just drop out of feeling pressured to go every 8 weeks. It’s a big time commitment on top of everything else.

I’d find another hairdresser. I go 3-4 months between cuts and have a hairdresser who comes to the house, costs £15 for a trim.

This is utterly batshit. Never heard of this. I'm amazed you haven't changed hairdressers already @ForOliveMember They don't deserve to have a business IMO. It's like the bloody dentist. Don't go every 6 months and they knock you off their books. It's not so easy to find a new dentist though. Should be easy enough to find a new hairdresser!

As pps have said, find a new hairdresser.

How much do they charge?

My hairdresser charges like this but it doesn't really bother me. I see it more as a discount for regular customers.

Our dog groomer does this, I kind of get it there as there are typically more mats and it is a bigger job, his hair is pretty slow growing and he only needs it about 3 times a year not six and she is cheaper than most so I take it on the chin but at a hair dresser I'd go elsewhere.