To object to paying 15.00 for MY HAIR DRIED after I have paid 65.00 for a colour?

[bubblejumping]

I couldnt believe it. The cheeky buggers.

I would never go there again. Thats outrageous

they always do that though don't they. i ask mine to just rough dry it. (for nowt)

I was told, its a 'drying of fee' !!!!!

Presumably blow dried rather than towel dried? Seems a bit odd not to include it in the cost of a colour as presumably none leaves with wet hair - the option is whether to cut or not.

Its a good hairdressers though, I said that I would rather leave the salon with wet hair. so I have to have it ried so they can see the colour - so yes I am going to have a rough dry, which is all i do at home. And why do hairdressers always straighten your hair - or am I the only woman left in the world with long hair who prefers a more natural look aka goldie hawn in private benjamin ( in my dreams)

It should be included. I have never heard of a salon doing this. My Haidresser charges me £55 for a color cut and blowdry. I do get a discount but I don't think others pay much more

mine charges for the blow dry as well. The last time I had my colours done, I didn't have it cut and she still charged me nearly £100 - I thought that the cut cost the money (i.e. the bit that you can't do yourself) but obviously not

southeastastra, I always go for the 'rough drying' option too.

"Was it a cut and blow dry you wanted?'

"No, just a cut. But could you just dry it off quickly."

It's really odd isn't it that you get the choice, effectively, between paying x pounds to have your hair dried, or having it dried for free. The only difference in the result, so far as I can see, is that if you pay for it you have to muddle it about a bit after you have left the shop, to make it look normal.

This all goes to prove the Eric theorum of "YOU WOMEN ARE ALL NUTS".

If i paid that much i would expect to come out of the salon not with just a new hairdo (that looks just the same but shorter the next day anyway) but with a whole new feckin wardrobe and plastic surgery.

NUTS i tell thee.

I think it's outrageous too - my hairdresser tried to charge me £25 for a blowdry. Another charged me £100 for a colour and my son's haircut. I didn't get my hair cut that time. I was in a hurry and didn't think to question it until later. I called her up about it and she said that was what she charges. Lost a customer there.

Hairdressers are so expensive. I know they're relatively skilled but they're not brain surgeons or translators.

If I pay anything over a tenner I feel guilty and outraged at being sucked into some sort of WAG lifestyle.

lol eric

i suppose because they spend ages faffing around with brushes/sectioning it off when they blow dry it. so it takes longer .

I have tried 'less expensive' alternatives but my hair was ruined by a colour/ or should i say crappy hairdresser, and it was her salon as well. Bad experience, so never again. It still wasn't a tenner though even so.

I get the choice of a junior drying my hair, or paying for a senior person. If I have it cut as well, I don't have to pay to have it dryed. -I go to essesuels.

WHAT!!!!! thats shocking

I pay £30 for as many colours, dried n straightened- howevever he does come to my house

that's about what my hairdressers charge - but I skip the blow dry and do it at home - I hate my hair looking too 'just stepped out of a salon' - it just gets rough dried and bit bit of stuff in it to stop it going bendy, and I tip too !

YANBU.

I once got charged £5 extra by a hairdresser for having long hair. The only problem is, I don't have long hair; it only comes down to my ears. Unfortunately I didn't notice that they had charged me extra until after the transaction had gone through on my card. When I pointed out that I don't have long hair, they argued that they had to charge me the long hair rate because I have a complicated hairstyle (it's perfectly normal, bob with a bit of layering). They refused to refund my money. Needless to say, I didn't go back there again.

I usually have my colours done by a fantastic girl who comes to the house. She was out-of-action a few years back, so I had to go to a salon. I was outraged to be charged not only 90 quid instead of my usual 35, but also this extra blow-drying fee on top. My argument was that if you go to have your car fixed, you don't pay extra to have them put the engine back in afterwards, do you? They tried to argue that they needed to see how the colour had taken once the hair was dry, but I reckon that's therefore part of the process, so should be included in the price. I stuck to my guns and left with damp hair, but when I told my usual hairdresser she was appalled (although amused) that I'd made a scene; apparently it's normal practice in many salons. What a rip-off.

Eric, my family of five gets their hair done for £100. That's £100 for my colour, cut & blow-dry and £0 for me to run the clippers over DH and the boys, and give DD a trim with the scissors. That's how I justify the cost

Pistachio,

Do you mind sharing? Would you mind telling me where do you go to have your hair done? I have been trying for years to find a curl friendly hairdresser, I'd be over the moon if I could!

OMG I get a cut, colour and dry for £40 (cut n dry is £25)

I can't believe their prices aren't all inclusive, so to speak

i cant believe the prices ypu lot pay!! all hairdressers are trained on the same programme!! i charge about £40 for the average colour cut and blow and i am a fully qualified hairdresser with 6.5yrs experience under my belt!!

And just what are they going to do about it if, once the hair is dry, they discover the colour hasn't taken properly?

to be honest it is better to check the colours development just in case the customer comes back to complain....i once did a lady's hair and she needed a higher peroxide to lift her hair to the colour she wanted, but i didn't know this before colouring, so when i dried it and saw i offered to lighten it more the next week free of charge.