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£75 for a haircut!!

38 replies

mankycat · 11/03/2012 23:16

last year DP had a chain of well known hairdressers turn up at his shop with a offer of having 3 treatments done for £45 so he brought it for me. Anyway it turns out that the young man who cut my hair was very good and I returned to him most of last summer.

I like my hair short so it needs alot of maintenance. Anyway I am expecting DC2 and I am 37 weeks pregnant and have done nothing with my hair for months and months had a trim & tidy up and a really cheap place but thats it cos money is tight.

I am desperate for a nice haircut cant afford a colour so I rung said hairdressers and I asked how much for "Just a hair cut" with this person and they said £75 I nearly fell off my chair!!! When my hair is short it needs cutting every 5 weeks I cant afford that kind of money. AIBU to think that is too much or am I just out of touch????

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troisgarcons · 11/03/2012 23:23

is it one of those funky salons that has grades of hair dressers? ... just nicked this from a local salon:

ladies cut and finish:
Styling Management £52.40
Consultant £48.60
Senior Stylist £41.50
Stylist £34.20
Senior Graduate £26.15
Graduate £19.80

they dont publish their colouring prices

If I were going to a decent salon, having a cut, colour, lites and the whole works - i wouldnt expect much change from £180-200, if I were going uptown, I would expect to shell out £250-300 for the same.

Holdmyhand · 11/03/2012 23:26

Look on groupon they seem to do a lot of hairdresser deals round here.

BackforGood · 11/03/2012 23:31

Well, I think that's ridiculous myself, but on other MN threads I've heard there's a whole range of prices, from about £6 to... masses!

south345 · 11/03/2012 23:35

That seems loads to me I pay £15 for a cut , blow dry and finish and £40 for a full head of highlights and in between colour which includes a cut and blow dry.

troisgarcons · 11/03/2012 23:35

I would assume, as your haidresser has suddenly put up his proices to £75, he's been promoted within the salon heirarchy.

Ask for a cheaper trainee or 'graduate'.

I have to say, I just accidentally found a lovely newly qualified hairdresser in what I euphamistically refer to as The Old Dears Poodle Parlour (on account of the amount of blue rinse and set that are seen leaving) - and she's one of the best hairdressers I've ever found. My usual hairdresser had the audacity to be over booked for a whole month.

BustersOfDoom · 12/03/2012 00:00

Bloody norah! I used to have my hair done at a salon in Harvey Nicks and never paid anything like that for cut and blow. I only went there as I was going to a wedding and my regular hairdresser went sick and I was desperate to get my hair done. It was the only place I could get an appointment but I really liked the stylist and the way he did my hair so I kept going back. But that's an outrageous price!

These days I use an excellent local salon and pay £28 for a cut and finish. Cut colour and finish is £52. He's taking the piss charging £75 just for a cut!

WorraLiberty · 12/03/2012 00:11

Just ring a normal hairdressers and ask them how much a cut and blow dry is.

Then ask them how much they'd charge to apply a bottle of hair colour if you bring it with you.

Most of the 'normal' high street salons will range between £3 and £5 to apply a colour you bring with you...or at least they do here (London)

Some of them will hand the colour bottle to a junior as it's good experience for them.

learningtofly · 12/03/2012 00:13

I follow the "your hair is the only clothing you wear every day" rule but even I wouldn't pay that!

Shutupanddrive · 12/03/2012 07:44

Really? worra, I didn't think about turning up with my own bottle of hair dye. I think I would feel a bit cheeky asking. Has anyone else done this?

Shutupanddrive · 12/03/2012 07:45

Oh and YANBU, £75 just for a cut! Shock

Silverstar2 · 12/03/2012 07:50

£75?!! wow.........

I pay £8 for a dry cut at my local 'blue rinse' salon - its an older couple who run it, but are lovely, have been going for about 10/12 years. As my hair is short and needs doing every 8 weeks, this is a good price. My dh and the kids go too!

£75 is fine if you want to pay it/can afford it, but if not there is plenty outthere cheaper!

RuleBritannia · 12/03/2012 07:51

£75?!!!

For one thing, I can't be bothered to visit a haidressing salon. all that inane chat when I'd rather sit in silence, musing. I stopped going to hairdressers and began to cut my own because I have a mirror arrangement when I can see the back of my head as well as the front. Once or twice a year, if I have something realy special coming up, I have a mobile hairdresser visit and she tidies the lot up for £9. So I travel nowhere and the job takes about half an hour.

I have enquired about her colouring my hair plus highlights and the cost would be about £28.

RuleBritannia · 12/03/2012 07:52

*really

MrsChemist · 12/03/2012 07:55

I nearly shat when I found out my cut was £37 (I had a gift voucher for £35) but £75! Jebus, do they sprinkle your hair with gold afterwards?

sairygamp · 12/03/2012 07:58

I pay £68 for a cut, it is worth every penny as it looks amazing, still looks fine as it begins to grow out and I have been going since 1996, so I know the hairdresser really well! On the other hand, I rarely buy clothes, never go out and wouldn't dream of spending that sort of money on anyhing else!! It's my 'treat'

Deafworm · 12/03/2012 07:59

I feel hard done by spending £25 which is why it's been about 8 months since I had it cut!

crazynanna · 12/03/2012 08:00

My adult dd went to a flash salon in Knightsbridge who was an award winning stylist. He didn't do her hair...but it still cost £100! I was so shocked I walked all the way to the tube station with my mouth open!

MsF1t · 12/03/2012 08:03

When I had short hair, I used to go to the Toni & Guy Academy. There might be one in your area, or something similar?

bigTillyMint · 12/03/2012 08:05

Madness. Unless you are loaded.

I often get compliments about my hair and I go to the local old ladies placeSmile
Expensive hirdressers can be the Emperors New ClothesWink

bringbacksideburns · 12/03/2012 08:07

For a trim on short hair? Ridiculous.

And if i was paying £250 - 300 for a trim i'd expect them to take me away for the weekend too Shock

bringbacksideburns · 12/03/2012 08:08

Ah - I see that included colour etc at £250. Still crazy prices.

wildfig · 12/03/2012 08:22

the worst cut I've ever had was with a 'big name' stylist who talked about himself without drawing breath for forty minutes - sometimes in the third person - and gave me a mullet. It cost me £250 and that didn't include the tube fare back the following morning to have the mullet-ectomy with a junior stylist (he was not available).

Ticktock1 · 12/03/2012 09:34

It depends where in the country you are though, a west end london salon is going to cost a lot more than a salon in a village up north. For london this is totally avarage. I work in a very up market west end salon and £75 would be mid price for us. The best hairdresser for you is not always the one who charges the most though.

ProfCoxWouldGetIt · 12/03/2012 09:42

Seems about fair, I had my hair done on Saturday, and granted they did DD's as well and I bought some new shampoo, but I didn't get any change from £100.

That said I have hair that will just not behave, and it's taken me years to find a sylist who can make it look somewhat close to human, so I have happily paid the increasing amounts as she's been promoted.

CaoNiMa · 12/03/2012 10:10

In my vast experience (20 years of regular cuts and colours) the truth is that you get what you pay for. A 6 pound cut looks like a 6 pound cut, and so on.

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