to think it's the blow dry that makes us fork out for a haircut?

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I just cut my own hair. Really couldn't be bothered to spend 30 odd quid paying for something I can do myself. It looks good... apart from not being blow dried to perfection like it is when you leave the salon. It made me think that if I learned to blow dry it really nicely myself then I wouldn't be depriving myself of anything by DIY.

What do you lot think?

I have curly hair, so I get the opposite problem. Love the cut, wish I could persuade my lovely hairdresser NOT to blow dry it without hurting her feelings

I leave and immediately have to go home and wash it. I like my hair to dry naturally.

I cut my hair now but when I could afford hairdressers, the blow dry was definitely the best bit. Long straight swishy hair compared to my usual bampf.

Same here Humphrey I have to make 'mmm, lovely' noises, and then spritz my hair with water when I get home to get the corkscrews back!!

I get my hair cut cheaper because I don't let them blowdry it afterwards.

I really resent paying an extra £15/£20 for a foofy blowdry that I don't even like.

So on that basis I will say YABU to say that it is true for all people.

I tried cutting my own hair and it was not nice! Blunt cuts maybe ok but any layers need to be even and graduated which would be very difficult to do yourself. I don't mind if they style it or not, I've been to places that dry cut or don't blow dry.

Not if you have short hair. I can blow dry it myself almost as well as the hairdresser could. There's no way I could cut it myself

Depends on how complicated a cut you need, I think, and how bothered you are about the finish. I know bog all about hair and wouldn't really know an expensive cut from a hole in the ground, but I'm sure any half competent hairdresser could spot a home 'do a mile off!

Don't hairdressers usually do dry cuts much cheaper? Aren't they the same?

Yanbu, I think it's what makes the haircut look great. I've got the right brushes, dryer, best products but I'm doing something wrong. Don't know what though

Yes. It's just the faff, and time of blow drying to perfection.

Good hairdryer (parlux) then divide into sections and use radial, or similar, hairbrush. Or try a BBH. Both take (me) ages

Another one here with curly hair who always has to rewash and dry naturally after the hairdresser!

I just have a wet cut as I don't like my hair being blown dry in the salon - they never do it the way I like it!

Might be a daft question, but how do you cut your own hair?
I used to go to an amazing hair dresser, she did a perfect job every single time - and I am not easily pleased! She used to charge me just £7 for an hours worth of styling, and blow drying (though I always gave her £10, I wish I could have afforded more but I was a student).
But she closed, I guess she wasn't making enough from her prices, which is such a shame as I would gladly have paid more then as I was earning by then.
Since then I haven't found anyone who does as good a job, I tend to end up at Super cuts, and see a different stylist everytime, but I am yet to be happy with the results.
So any advice on doing it my self would be great!

No, it's the hair cut. I have thick, wiry hair with just enough curl to make it misbehave and I keep it short, so a well done cut is essential. Attacking it with the clippers isn't enough. The blow dry at the end takes 30 seconds and is more for the purpose of getting rid of loose hair than drying it out. (and yes, I do have my bill reduced, accordingly)

Yanbu. Definitely agree.

I blow dry mine and it' becomes dry and brittle. The hairdresser does it and it's lovely and soft. Same product. Same brush.
Sigh.

Just to clarify, I know there is no apostrophe needed for 'it'.

Wonc same drying temp and technique (ie where you direct the flow of air)? If it's going dry when you do it, maybe you have the dryer a bit hot?

Do they mind you asking not to blow dry? I think, on balance, I'd rather do it myself (a good blow dryer is like gold dust I've found) I've never seen anybody walk out with their hair wet.

I hate the way they blow dry hair at the hairdressers. They always make me look like a newsreader.

I prefer to blow dry my own hair so I always get a dry cut which is cheap.

I really want my hair coloured though which costs about £45. Because they'll need to wash it after it means that they'll have to blow dry it, which they'll charge extra for and then they'll whack a long hair charge on on top of that. It'll end up being a fortune.

A lot of it is repetition, if you are using a big round brush you probably run it down the brush 3 or 4 times until its dry. Watch your hairdresser - he or she will do the same move up to 20 times on one section. 10 of which will be smoothing it out and the other ten either curling under or flicking up. for a good bouncy blow dry you need about 4 brushes so you can roll it up and leave it in place whilst you move onto the next section.

Ask for a dry cut or wet cut at the salon instead then - most hairdressers do them.

I get a dry cut when I just go for a trim from my fab hairdresser - admit she is my sister - she charges £10.00 for dry cuts, £20.50 for cut and blow in her salon.

When I has shoulder length hair I always cut it myself, and it was just as good as a hairdresser cut (used proper titanium-coated scissors). Now it's short, I leave it to the professionals. But yep, for me a good blow-dry makes me look so much better. I can't figure out how to do a proper blow-dry on myself.

Also - what's with the blow-dry bars charging £25 [shocked]?

Yabu - I usually wash mine as soon as I get home as I can't stand the way that it looks after being blow dried at the salon. Most important thing to me is having a cut that I can easily blow dry myself.

I get my friend to cut my hair for free half the time (well, for babysitting or homemade bread or cake or something) and the other half of the time I have to get a hairdresser to do it because it needs thinning or I get headaches. Stupid lots of hair.

I do think, though, that my favourite bit (apart from watching the thinning process because that is oddly fascinating) is that it looks magnificent after the blow dry and I can never, ever replicate that.

Thus: IMO YANBU.

Yeah to be fair my mobile hair dresser that I sometimes does a dry cut for about 6 which is cheap even by my broke ass standards.

Someone asked how I did it, the back was the hardest bit but I angled two stationery/stationary (wtf?! why are there two ways of spelling that?!) mirrors so.I could see the back at all times. I section it off into two sections at the back, one of top the other, and two sections on either side again on top of each other.

I cut the back first. Used the bottom section as my guide and just cut straight across. Pulling s piece at either end to make sure I hadn't gone wonk. Let the other hair down section by section matching it up to the same length.

I didn't do layers or anything like that.

(Please excuse any spelling grammar I am not English.)