Why do women pay so much for haircuts

How dare you learn a skill, offer a service and charge a living wage for it!! 😜

I dont mind either would never attempt my own hair and i quite like chatting to a hairdresser too.

After Covid hairdresser had to spend alot of time sorting out people's hair who'd cut it themselves.

Lol I'm a hairdresser !
I am excellent at precision cutting and colour corrections !
I cut my hair in a bob it was terrible 😂
It's longer now so I do cut in layers and bangs and I do my own colour and my hair admittedly looks good now I'm doing it myself ! BUT if u have a precise precision sharp blunt bob or a pixi or asymmetric haircut it's not as easy to do yourself because u need to be able to see and cut at the correct angle !
Cutting curly hair yourself is pretty easy because curls cover up a multitude of errors and long thick hair is pretty easy same reason ! Fine hair will show every error !
So it's basically 50/50 Also yes there are very skilled stylists and many that are not !!
Please don't paint the picture that hairdressing is easy because it isn't !!

Hairking Callum, Manchester

To be honest, longer hair doesn't need cutting nearly as often as people think. Shorter or styled hair does of course. I'm happy having mine trimmed twice a year and paying someone else to do it properly. I cut my children's hair though. I'm currently deciding whether to stop colouring my hair. It's 50% grey and I'm only 42. The cost every 2 to 3 months is just better spent on my nails and skincare.

My thick coarse curly hair needs layering and thinnning to sit well. I’d struggle to do it myself. I did cut my own hair as a teenager when I was time rich/money poor. It took a while and didn’t look brilliant. Now I have enough money to comfortably afford £50 every 3 months or so.

Bit like making a birthday cake. I can make a decent cake and it will look ok, but if I wanted something that looked great I’d pay a proper baker/cake decorator.

I currently have about an inch of hair as it’s just growing back after chemo. It needs tidied but I don’t need the full hairdresser treatment so I’m wondering if a barber could tidy it up for me.

I hate going to the hairdressers.

So I cut my own hair.

Have to get someone to straighten the back though😂

@Moontan

I don’t wanna cut my own hair

I don’t mind paying for it cutting and colouring by my hairdresser

My appearance is important to me

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I know, I was joshing. OP gets offended on other people’s behalf as well you see!🤣

Thank you! As usual, MNetters interpret posts to suit their own narrative! 🙄

It's a ridiculous thing to ME, if you want to spend that kind of money on haircuts and are happy, then do it, nobody is stopping you!

It is absolutely not easy to cut hair, especially short cuts with dead straight hair. I figure I wear my hair every day. So happy to spend a little money on it. I don't buy make up, get my nails done, or spend much in clothes. But I like having good hair. Just a choice.

this thread is quite mad. I think OP is very argumentative and can’t see anyone’s opinions other than their own.

there’s no way I’d try to cut my hair. It’d be awful and messy and I don’t need to. I’m happy to pay for a qualified person. Nobody has brainwashed me. I also pay for qualified electricians, plumbers and mechanics. Yes I could probably watch a YouTube for some things. But there’s people who have trained for it for safety and quality reasons.

it’s really demeaning to qualified professionals to continue the narrative that anyone can cut hair.

great for you OP - you seem happy to do yours. Other people do to. But equally many of us are happy to pay for the service. There are also many people with disabilities who couldn’t not do this themselves.

you also seems to be focusing on how women are brainwashed. Why women? Why not men.

I did cut my kids hair in lockdown. It did not look good. It was messy. It took ages and caused tears. I pay good money for my kids to have their hair cut quickly and beautifully.

Doesn’t have to be OP! Anyone who thinks they do a good job of cutting their own hair is welcome to submit!

Go away

Same, I went short a few months ago and have a barber attack it with clippers for me every couple of months. Much cheaper and much easier to look after

The thought of you being in charge of scissors is quite frightening OP

Same. I also genuinely enjoy having my hair done.
At the moment I can afford to get my hair, nails and brows done but in the past I’ve prioritised my hair.

There’s a long list of things I’d sacrifice before I’d stop my 6 weekly visits to get my hair done.

I tried trimming my eyebrows during lockdown and fucked that up.
No way would I try and cut my own hair.

I enjoy going to the hairdressers and I also don’t think it’s that expensive. I went the other day and it was £84 for half head of highlights, cut and blow dry. I could have reduced it to £71 but I chose to pay extra for a leave in treatment. I only go once every 4 months so not too bad.

Don’t ask for that, OP gets mightily offended!

I had never even held clippers before doing that lockdown haircut so had no idea what i was doing. I did not get the fade right at all so it looked like a bowl cut and I scratched his neck by pushing too hard! He would not want me to do his hair regularly😂

Can we have some photos of do it yourself haircuts?

Mine is wavy and needs long layers. I couldn't do that. I have a dry cut, and mani/pedi for £40.

I am in no way irritated that the OP doesn’t have to pay for haircuts. I am, however, irritated by comments re how I should spend my money or free time.

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I take it back then. That'll teach me to get distracted mid-post 😂