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DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 13/09/2011 11:59

... For a 3 year old boy's haircut. It's not overly long, just needs tidying up. The last hairdresser I took him to charges £8... Hmm

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LunaticIsOnTheGrass · 13/09/2011 12:50

I pay £3 for DD to get her hair done at the local hairdressers, but this is Glasgow - I used to pay that each for DS1 & 2 in the south-east 10 years ago.

sjuperwolef · 13/09/2011 12:50

dnephew gets his done at the barbers for 4.50, 5 at the weekends - thats for a 0 all round and a 1 or 2 on top.

ive taken him to my hairdressers a few times and they are 12.50 but i like the way they interact with him and coo on him Blush

ILoatheMickeyMouseClubhouse · 13/09/2011 12:52

I do my DS's hair myself with hair clippers; he has really curly hair so a grade 4 all over is easiest

CMOTdibbler · 13/09/2011 12:55

£8 at the weekend £7 in the week at any of the barbers round here

Catslikehats · 13/09/2011 12:55

Toni & Guy charge £15 which given Trotters (our other local kiddie salon)charge £12.50 and do a worse job than me seems quite reasonable. Cutting boys hair is hard if they have a longish cut.

memphis83 · 13/09/2011 12:56

My DS is 14 months with very little hait but wanted about a centimeter off of the top so it looked a bit less like a toupee, DH was having his hair cut so at the end sat him on his knee for 2 minute job...they charged £6! Shock My hairdresser told me the next day she doesnt charge if she is doing a parents hair too!

Milsean · 13/09/2011 12:58

?10 here in the kids cuts place, though I do the two oldest myself, one with clippers, one layers with the scissors, so I only bring the toddler in for a cut.

RoseC · 13/09/2011 12:59

Our hairdresser charged DM £5 whilst we were at school, then us £8 until we graduated (for just a cut, not wash & blow dry). That was in a small town in Norfolk... you might need to head to the sticks or maybe look at City College (Norwich) and see if they have a salon there. They're usually very good about arranging things for their students to practice on the general public and they tend to get - from word of mouth - good reviews :)

WestYorkshirePudding · 13/09/2011 13:09

I pay £7.50 for my boys. They both have long hair though so it's a proper cut rather than a blade ... all over IYSWIM.

startail · 13/09/2011 13:09

£9 rings a bell for trimming the DDs. Both need doing again, but DD2 is refusing to go. Stroppy preteen, finding the right moment is better than arguingWink

worraliberty · 13/09/2011 13:11

£7 here for kids and OAPs but £9 on a weekend

takethisonehereforastart · 13/09/2011 13:24

It's £4.00 for my DH, who is two and a half now. They charge the same for a grown man to have a trim.

worraliberty · 13/09/2011 13:26

Blimey, I've heard of marrying young but that's ridiculous takethis Shock Grin

LDNmummy · 13/09/2011 13:27

Sounds about right to me.

notcitrus · 13/09/2011 13:27

Ds has just turned 3 and it's £6 for him (would be a fiver if he held still enough for anyone other than the salon owner to do it)
Worth every penny!

I'd pay up to £10 I think.

LDNmummy · 13/09/2011 13:28

Ha ha @ Worra!

TakeThisOneHereForAStart · 13/09/2011 13:37

Oops! Blush DS, not DH.

WhiteTrash · 13/09/2011 13:40

Im in Brighton and Ive searched and searched for a place thst does it for less than £15, we've finay found a barber that'll do it for £8 and thats with a discount. They rob you blind here.

CardyMow · 13/09/2011 21:22

Farking hell. In my medium-sized town in the SE, the cheapest I can get DS1 & DS2's hair cut (both need scissor cuts, look thuggish with shaved hair) is £10. Which seems to be the dearest. I would have thought London would be dearer. £10 is the cheapest - some salons here charge upwards of £20-£25 for under 12's. DS1 is 9yo, DS2 is 7yo.

CardyMow · 13/09/2011 21:24

Oh God, I'm tired. That post made no sense. Sorry - I'll try again, and this time I'll try to get my point across clearly. Hmm. Cheapest place in my town is £10. Which seems to be the dearest on this thread. I hope that makes my previous post semi-understandable...

suebfg · 13/09/2011 21:25

I pay £10 at the barbers - they are very good. I used to pay a fiver at the local hairdressers but it was very hit and miss

avoider · 13/09/2011 21:27

For what is essentially a 5 minute hair cut they charge £8.50 here. I think it's shocking.

Hatesponge · 13/09/2011 21:29

We are in London suburbs..DS1 tells me that he pays £7 at the barbers for his. Paid haircuts are a new thing in this house, until about 18 months ago I had always cut the DS's hair myself (they are now 10 and 13, and require 'styles' which are beyond the No. 2 all over powers of the clippers!)

cjbartlett · 13/09/2011 21:30

£5 round our way

LynetteScavo · 13/09/2011 21:30

I have paid anything between £6 and £15 in the past 12 years.

I'd expect to pay about £9 at the barbers. (Weirdly the hairdressers is cheaper)

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