To refuse to go to a hairdresser

[Suffolkmum81]

I know everything has gone up significantly but £150 for a cut and colour? How do people even keep this up every 6 weeks? I think it’s extortionate. I realise you have to cover over heads but still feel like people ar evening massively exploited

It's up to you if you pay it. You're paying for their skill. Mines about £110 every 6 weeks but it doesn't bother me. I'm happy to pay for her, she's very good. You could always do it yourself if you don't like the price.

But that is often the tone

The posters who cut their own hair (as they are entitled to do) who are sure they do it as well as a trained professional. Some may, but quite a few I've seen definitely don't. The box colours that do the same job as salon colours (no they don't)

Of course all of that is fine. But diy-ers don't sneer at painters & decorators or plumbers. They just want to do it themselves. Whereas there is often a 'tone' on here (and in RL) when it comes to hairdressers

I get my hair cut every 3 to 5 years and it’s fine.

How do their overheads make a difference to whether or not it's too expensive for me to afford? The barber manages to do an excellent job for much less.

It doesn't.

It's the attitude towards it that bothers me. People can go or not. Free choice.

And barbering is a different skillset. And mostly (not always) they can turn over more clients in the same timeframe

That's what I originally posted, that I CHOOSE to go to the barber. It's my free choice. The barber has the skills etc required to cut my hair well, they cut short hair like mine all day.

The shorter time I am in the seat at the barber is a bonus!

If my 20 pound cut takes 15 minutes aka 80 an hour then it sounds a lot more than what I get paid per hour to be honest so I won't feel too sorry. I realize tax and chair rent etc has to be paid out if this so the 80 pounds likely becomes more like 50 but my pay is only around 13 an hour I think so if it cost more than 20 I probably wouldn't go at all.

I just wait until I go my home country for holidays (Poland). Here is too expensive.

The posters who cut their own hair (as they are entitled to do) who are sure they do it as well as a trained professional. Some may, but quite a few I've seen definitely don't. The box colours that do the same job as salon colours (no they don't)

But nobody is claiming that cutting or colouring your own hair produces the same results as hairdressers' - (actually I regularly trim my own fringe and think it looks good) - people are simply saying that they can't justify the high costs that hairdressers charge.

Some people may be content with less than 'perfectly' styled or coloured hair.

Each to their own. For me it's money well spent. Whilst I get a cut every 6 weeks, I only colour every 3 months.

I scrapped the colour and get a ridiculously expensive but awesome cut twice a year.
It really is so expensive to visit a salon these days but a good hairdresser should be able to give you something low maintenance, even if you visit as infrequently as I do!

I agree with you. I’m not in the industry but totally understand that the cost incorporates not just the overheads but also the training courses and specialist tools you need to pay for. I think many people don’t appreciate that but wouldn’t question it if it was a different trade.

I don't think you know what exploiting people means.

That is why I bought a good pair of Japanese hairdressers scissors ( the type you unscrew to sharpen) and cut my own hair.

We all need to live, to heat our homes, feed ourselves and family in the middle of a cost of livong crisis.

Personally, I can not justify spending too much on haircuts for myself right now and I am pretty pleased with my own cuts!

My scissors are great though, really pleased with them.There are loads of instruction vids online too, if anyone is interested.

I wonder whether lockdowns encouraged more people to cut and/or colour their own or other family members' hair? Saves a lot of money!

Before you make a judgment , I have been colouring my hair at home for the last 4 years as being a single parent I cant afford to go to a hairdresser: my daughter offered to pay for a treat for my birthday , so no I don’t live in different world. How rude and judgemental

Thankyou, I could of worded it better to be fair I was just genuinely shocked as I haven’t been for a good 4 years

I know what you mean about not going for a few years, then being in shock at the rise in prices. I'm paying more for a dry cut than I used to pay for a cut and blow. I've gone over to a belle color box dye. It's been cheaper to buy a high powered hairdryer, good brushes and use the John Frieda Brazilian range. Have a look at mobile prices, most are still reasonable.

Any hairdresser round here is 40 quid plus easily for a cut and dry.
I have a really good hairdresser who cuts my hair really well. I have decides to ditch the dye and see how I go with the grey coming through.

I can't justify prices of £40 for wash and blowdry without a cut madness mine wouldn't look any different to me doing it at home.

I'm actually treating myself today to a wash cut and blowdry £25.

It's very annoying and going to the hairdresser shouldn't be viewed as a luxury, it should be part of regular maintenance.

I disagree - unlike going to the dentist or optician, getting your hair 'dressed' is not a necessity but a luxury.

I always box dyed mine, £7. Hairdresser only produce the same effect or worse it takes bloody hours.

I've stopped colouring mine now though. There aren't half the grey hairs I thought there were and my hair looks better for leaving it alone - I just get it trimmed and blow dried regularly for £40.

I don’t spend much on clothes, shoes, handbags or makeup. I’d rather spend it on my hair.