Why do women pay so much for haircuts

My hair is layered and graduated and needs the skills and expertise of a hairdresser. I have had times in my life when I went hungry ( thankfully those days are over) and I always consider my monthly visit to the hairdresser as my treat to myself! I spend a lot of money on my adored grandchildren which I love doing.
My hairdresser appointments are selfishly for me ( and I am very grateful).

I had my hair cut today. £15.

I’d be changing my hairdresser! That’s extortionate!

My hairdresser charges £80 for a cut now, which is ridiculous for me with straight hair that just needs a trim. I can’t understand why I have to pay the same for that as someone with loads of layers that takes a lot more work. Needless to say, I just get the most junior member of staff to do the cut and my usual hairdresser to do the colour. Still almost £200 which is crazy

@Moontan for many women it's not just a haircut but a bit of 'me' time, a chance to relax and not have to do anything for an hour or two (depending on what you're having done).

If you want to cut your own hair, fine but I wouldn't attempt my own cut, I worry about trimming my fringe!

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I cut my daughters' hair every 3 months, when they just need trims. Once a year they come with me to my salon and get a "proper" cut. They both have fine, shoulder length (ish) hair.

My hair? Absolutely not. Thick, coarse, curly. Wild. I did it in lockdown, absolutely never again 🤣

I want to know where PPs are getting colour, cut and dry for £45??? 😅

I tend to have my hair cut a bit shorter than I want it then grow it out (.easy one length bob style), i quite like seeing it grow and change, means I'm only in the hairdresser 3 times a year, wet cut £30, that's less than £100 for a year of haircuts.

Kidnap and imprison him, like Kathy Bates in Misery!

Bitter experience has taught me not to cut my own hair. I don't mind looking slightly crazy but I'm not walking about looking like I'd escaped from an institution, as happened the last time I tried.
If you have good eyesight and fairly straight hair, I suppose you might get away with it but I have very poor eyesight & wavy/wayward hair. It's taken me years to find a hairdresser who can cut my hair the way I like. I pay £48 every 8 weeks for a wash & cut. He's talking about retiring & I don't know what I'll do then 🙁

Not disagreeing on it being easy for some
It's the posters that insist it should be easy for everyone to cut their own hair.

Closed mindset thinking.

Even some who find it easy have said they're happy to pay someone else to do it.

I'm good at ironing for example and actually enjoy it unlike most people, but would I pay someone to do it if I could afford to, absolutely!
It would free up time to do other things i enjoy more and the feeling of getting a treat.

I get my hair cut and coloured every 6-8 weeks. I pay more than your colleague. So what?? I can afford it, I like my hairdresser and she does a great job. I don’t really spend much on myself otherwise, I don’t wear expensive clothes etc. so why shouldn’t I do this to treat myself? No interest in doing it myself.

I haven't been to the hairdresser's in a good 5 years lol I do my dh hair aswell

No it’s not! and it’s insulting to hairdressers to suggest that their skilled job is easy

it’s also an insulting to say I think this way due to being brainwashed by marketing

I’ve just spent £180 on a radical short asymmetrical do with highlights - no way could I physically cut my own hair absolutely no way ! I’ve tried colouring my hair with mixed results

whilst this haircut was way too expensive and I’m looking for a cheaper alternative going forward I will always treat myself to a professional job as I love the whole experience . As a working professional I don’t want weird mistakes on my head like I did when I was a student

I think it’s weird that people don’t shop from charity shops as I do and I think designer clothes are over priced crap so everyone prioritises different things

I think it’s possibly easy if you’re just giving your self a trim or just ‘cutting’. Not so easy if you’re cutting a particular style or certain hair type.

My hairdresser doesn’t cut her own hair because it’s not possible for her to do her style on herself.

This is the similar to nails, a lot of people can do it themselves but there's something about going in and having someone else do it, usually to a better standard.

It's strange when posters are insistent on it being easy though, despite loads of people saying it isn't.

When I've tried, I've ended up with a sore neck and it never looks brilliant.

When I've been to the hairdressers, I'm swishing around for days.

Interesting there's been no reply to Qs of other things ypu could save money on and do yourself.

I have very thick hair with kinks in it. I need someone with experience and skills to tame it, and even then it probably takes them a bit of getting used to my hair before they can manage to do it well!

I can and have trimmed my own hair, and my daughters. It’s quite easy. I go to the hairdressers 3 times a year for foils to brighten my hair. That’s not something I can do myself and yes I have tried myself with a cap.

My neighbour dyes and cuts her own shoulder length hair. It's very frizzy at the ends (fact) and the colour does her no favours (imo). Yes it's none of my damn business but secretly I'm itching to take her to a good hairstylist.

I quite enjoyed doing the unicorn cut in lockdown. My dds also cut my hair into a bob once. It ended up shorter than planned but they did an OK job at it.

I use hairdressers outside lockdown though, although since the menopause my hair grows slower so I only go once every 4 months instead of 2. I dye my own hair every 2 months to cover grey with a semi permanent which is easy.

I mean do sometimes colour my own hair between sessions. Not sure about cutting. I could have a go.

But it would take me hours and not look great. I have a full on job and don’t want to lose that much of a weekend fannying around with my hair.

My hairdresser charges just over £120 for half head highlights and a cut. I go once every six weeks and she’s always done it fantastically well and we get on well.

Honestly a good haircut which makes me feel better plus the time more valuable to me than saving the cash.

I cut my own, as does everyone in this family. We're too stingy to pay it. It just seems like such a huge amount of money.

We do go occasionally, but I can just think of so many better ways to spend the money.

And what's more, my hair has now grown really long, I'm 52, and it's okay. Like - I didn't realise it even could grow that long. 🤣 It looks great, really youthful.

It makes me think about how many things there are like that. For years I had a boring bob. 🤣

I pay £100 also and I really begrudge it, yes in my town I can prob get it done for £45 to £60 tops but my hair is fine and I highlight it blonde and the hairdressers I have been to in my town just bleach it, leave it on too long, it looks peroxide coloured and then it snaps. I found a hairdresser in a more affluent town 45 mins away who makes it look natural and doesn’t snap my hair so I have no choice but to pay it but I think it’s extortionate. Yes my mam could trim my hair for me but I tried to highlight my own hair once with bottled dye and it went orange and grey! I feel I have no choice but to suck it up.

I can’t see the back of my head so no, I’m not cutting my own hair, or going to even bother trying

i hazard a guess that yours looks like you cut it yourself

my one friend who cuts it herself, you can see a mile off. Periodically she goes to a hairdresser to get it properly sorted then it’s ok for a while

For the past year I've cut my own hair and it's fine for me. I've never really been too bothered about hair although would treat myself once a year for a good chop and a colour from a mobile hairdresser for about £70 as I can't stand going in a salon.
The last year or so I've left the colour grow out so it's now almost all natural colour and I've cut my own hair about 4 times.
Saying that it's always in a bobble but it looks ok down too.
Reasons for me was
1...not caring as much as before.
2...cost of haircut when the money would be better spent elsewhere
3...having the time off work to have it done
Just try it! Grab the scissors and have at it!