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i KNOW I am being unreasonable - kids at swanky hairdressers

152 replies

JackandDiane · 12/03/2016 17:22

Luckily I don't have to go to my guy at the weekend, but popped in today to get conditioner and freaking hell it was like a bloody creche.

Why do women get kids hair done ( for mega bucks) and nice ADULT salons.

I know, i know, they pay the money etc but just go to the salon which is a bit shit instead please - or get the mobile woman

OP posts:

LifeofI · 13/03/2016 01:02

I think £60 is a lot for a cut. I would consider it "swanky" i get mine cut for £37 and i live in london in a "swanky" area.

Tartyflette · 13/03/2016 01:20

My mobile hairdresser is really good, ex 4* hotel salon, all organic products (i know, but she's the one who has to handle the stuff all day so it's up to her) and an expert colourist. She's not that cheap, i pay about £90 every 9-10 weeks. Some local salons round here charge about the same. I have to make her a cup of tea, though.

Philoslothy · 13/03/2016 01:53

Once they reach secondary school age roughly mine come to the hairdresser with me. I go to an Aveda salon - not sure if that is swanky. They don't come every time I go - mine needs doing every six weeks. Their hair doesn't take long and then DH takes them into town ( so my kids don't annoy me whilst trying to relax in the hairdressers

SecretWitch · 13/03/2016 04:37

My stylist comes to me. I do not wish to have my locks cut with masses.

my stylist may or may not be my niece

curren · 13/03/2016 05:02

£60 for a hair cut?

See this is why I take my kids to my salon. The more we go and longer you go the cheaper it is. It's a swanky salon. The owner used to work in Manchester and has celeb clients. People travel from London to Yorkshire just for him to do their hair.

It's £80 for a full set of highlights, cut and dry. Dds hair was £15 for a restyle from waist length to shoulder length. With a wash and blow dry and if ds comes they just round it up to the nearest fiver. They aren't the list prices but being a regular they give a decent discount.

differentnameforthis · 13/03/2016 06:14

I refuse to pay for a 'bit shit' hair salon because it's "just kids hair"

I will pay what I want, and go where I want.

maydancer · 13/03/2016 06:34

I have n never noticed a correlation between the price and the quality of a hair cut.
Hairdressers are mobile because they can make it fit with their life or they don't want to pay to rent a chair

Janecc · 13/03/2016 06:39

When I used to live just outside Paris, I used to get my hair cut in exclusive hairdresser by the top stylist in a posh arrondissement because I wanted a very particular style and I could afford it (we had no kids at the time) "swish mane" perhaps? I didn't see any kids there, a cut and dry was well over 100 Euros 10 years ago. And I went in the day when they were at school because that suited me. That's exclusive darling. And if I had seen children, so what?! Children imo are lovely and a joy.
I'm not trying to sound entitled or boasting, just illustrating how ridiculous this post is. It is possible to get you hair child free if it's that important - during school hours!

tobysmum77 · 13/03/2016 06:42

Yeah exactly May I was going to post the same. There is a lot of simplistic 'you get what you pay for' analysis here. It is sometimes the case...... and the idea that all mobile hairdressers are crap is

curren · 13/03/2016 07:09

The issue I have with mobile hairdressers is that I have never been happy with the job they have done.

I am not going to keep trying every mobile hairdresser out to find a decent one when I have a good one.

One burnt my hair, what didn't fall out, melted and burned all my scalp. Another's cut was lob sided.

I am sure there are some great mobile hairdressers. A lot of time they don't keep up with their training like they would be expected to I'm a salon.

My mum has an ok one at the moment but is never quite happy with hers. But she hates salons and usually ties her hair up.

I don't get why people would assume a mobile hairdresser is crap. But it wouldn't be my choice.

MuddhaOfSuburbia · 13/03/2016 07:36

See now I really want to find mobile woman

I have ibd/toilet ishoos and am avoiding salon

My hair looks ab so lute ly SHIT

HoneyDragon · 13/03/2016 10:20

Ds and I go to the same barber. Because my hair is short and the barber cuts it much better than local hair dressers who panic.

Dd won't go with 100m of a hairdresser armed with scissors. I haven't tried loud parenting in a swanky hairdressers though, it may work. Where do you get your hair done, op?

magimedi · 13/03/2016 12:35

Honey I have always pictured you with long hair - all floaty & hippy like

HoneyDragon · 13/03/2016 13:08

I used to be long ago. Then I get annoyed at it and go for a number one it's a floppy short back and sides at present.

ElsieMc · 13/03/2016 13:08

Why the bad press over mobile haircutters? My previous lady, who worked and trained with a London based stylist who does celebrity haircuts on tv currently, came to us for 25 years. Reliable, honest and a friend. She charged £12 for the children and £25 for mine.

She went to work in a school last year and I felt bereft, pathetic I know. My dh told me to get a grip and that it was her decision and she wanted a change of direction. I would have her back tomorrow.

We have a male mobile hairdresser again now. He charges a standard £20 for everyone, adult or child. He is professional, pleasant, a good cutter and turns up on time. He doesnt like working in salons. His standard is the same as my previous lady. Our area has a surplus of hairdresssers, largely mediocre and they all appear to be fighting for custom.

He is booked 6-8 weeks ahead which I think says a lot.

A v. good hairdresser locally (rural NW) charges around 45-50 for a cut and only a small discount for children. Frighteningly dear.

Sparklingbrook · 13/03/2016 13:16

Of the few mobile hairdressers I know of they all worked for years in a salon, then went mobile, nicking all their customers on the way.

This came up a while ago and people argued they wouldn't have 'up to date' skills or something. Not really relevant for a cut and blow dry.

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 13/03/2016 16:16

I don't want a mobile hairdresser because I don't want them to come to my house and cut my (or anyone else's hair). I'd much rather go to a salon.

I'm sure that mobile hairdressers varying across the crap to excellent continuum in just the same way that ones based in salons do. I still don't want to have my hair cut at home though.

Peaceandloveeveryone · 13/03/2016 16:18

Up to date skills?

Sparklingbrook · 13/03/2016 16:20

YY Peace. Like there's some new fangled way that comes out weekly in the world of trims.

ProfGrammaticus · 13/03/2016 16:22

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MuddhaOfSuburbia · 13/03/2016 16:56

Really, prof??

Not cricket/what's that got to do with price of eggs etc

Anyway I want to know what the mobile woman etiquette is

Do you just plonk a chair in middle of living room and is it rude to watch homes under the hammer

MuddhaOfSuburbia · 13/03/2016 16:58

Also you offer HER a cup of tea???

[boggle]

World turned upside down

ChickadeeChick · 13/03/2016 17:08

I took my 2 year old for her first hair cut at the same time as I had mine done, DP brought her in whilst my colour was developing, and my hairdresser did a quick trim then. I didn't get charged but did buy a hairbrush whilst there. I don't tip as my hairdresser owns the salon. DD has thick curly hair so I will continue to take her to a proper hairdresser as and when needed, and she will be taught how to behave. I won't be taking her to a cheap or mobile hairdresser she can come to the same one as me.

ovaryhill · 13/03/2016 17:58

I once had a really bad perm, I looked like a dandelion clock

Tartyflette · 14/03/2016 17:57

Mobile Hairdresser Etiquette --
My hairdresser has been coming to me for many years, before that I used to go to her in the hotel salon where she worked (it closed down) so there is little awkwardness, although I can see it might be a problem for some.
We put a chair on an uncarpeted floor, she gets to work, we chat away, then I give her a cuppa while all the tin foil on my head does its magic. (while it's curing I also check emails/put dinner on while she does stuff on her mobile)
I have a downstairs shower room so no need for us to traipse through the house and I don't need to tidy upstairs
We also make the next appointment as she gets booked up weeks in advance. Payment by cheque or cash. HTH.

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