What is an expensive hair cut?

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I've read on a few of the 'how to look polished' threads that an expensive hair cut helps pull your look together but I'm not too sure what that means - please help me and share your wisdom!

I pay £90 for a trim (SW London) which feels bloody expensive but it doesn't look particularly special or swishy. Maybe I just have rubbish hair!

Do people go to really top salons? Or is it more about what you ask for? And if so, what kind of styles do you think look polished?

I pay under £90 for a full head of foils with two colours, olaplex and a cut in a very swanky salon in a small town. I pay £250 for a full head of 20" double drawn European hair extensions. I would cry paying £90 for a not particularly good cut.

Definitely move on if you are not wow-ed for £90. It’s too easy to get in an expensive rut.

#firstworldproblems though obviously!

Wow , these are some expensive cuts! I go to an independent place that was recommended by a colleague. It's £35 for a wash , cut and blow dry which is amazingly good value for this area.

I think a good hair cut is one that you love and find easy to style. I always speak to the hairdresser about what works for my hair type before we proceed and they always make helpful suggestions.

Personally I don't think it is cost that makes a difference between a good and bad cut, more the ability of the hairdresser to cut a good style into your hair. A good cut is easier to look after at home. A good cut will make the most of the features that you like and minimise things that you don't like. A good cut works with the type of hair that you have so that it looks the best that it possibly can. A hairdresser who listens to what the client wants is a big part of a cut being successful.

I have paid a lot for cuts that have been fairly average. I have also paid under £20 for cuts that have been exceptionally good. It's a case of doing research into stylists, finding one who you feel comfortable with. If you aren't happy with their work, keep looking until you find the hairdresser that does a cut which makes you feel amazing when you walk out of the salon.

@HundredMilesAnHour please could you let me know where, as I am London based!

@peeweehelp I sent you a PM

Me too @HundredMilesAnHour please!

@Sarcelle Sent!!

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It is the skill of the hairdresser. I had an genius hairdresser for years and I let him do what he wanted with my hair because he was brilliant. He cut my Mum's hair when she came to visit and he would make her look fabulous. Bastard went and got into terrible debt and lost his salon and didn't tell his staff. Thank fuck my DC had an appointment with the next best hairdresser in the salon so she let us know where she was moving to so DH and I moved with her. We are a fast growing thick haired family and it is incredibly important to me to have a decent cut. I pay £47 every 6 weeks for a cut and blow dry (have a pixie). She is very good and I am happy with my hairstyle but I do still miss the bastard genius and TBH if I found out where he was working I'd probably go back to him even though he treated his staff like shit.

Trying think why he was so good. Current hairdresser my hair looks fab for 4 weeks then looks a bit overgrown for the last 2. But with the bastard genius he was very insistent he works with the hair's natural structure and I could leave it for about 12 weeks (longer if someone else gave it a trim) before it would lose shape. Mum found the same. He just seemed to really understand hair.

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Cut makes a big difference. I had a fantastic hairdresser for yrs who always cut my hair in a way it would hang right, frame my face & grow out right if that makes sense. I have long, thick, wavy hair & most of the time leave it to dry naturally. I go to an expensive hair salon now £150 plus & my highlights/balayage are expensive looking & most importantly for me very natural looking. Most people assume it's my natural colour.

I pay about 100 for a cut by the Vidal Sassoon trained owner of my salon. He used to work with Vidal for years.

I only have to go twice a year as it grows out beautifully.

Takes about two hours as it’s very precise and he only cuts a tiny amount at a time.

I blow dry and straighten and it looks fab, or leave it to air dry if I’m at home, and it still looks good.

I pay £29.50 for a cut and blow dry every 4 weeks. Short pixie cut. Rural West Yorkshire

Can anyone recommend someone good in west surrey/sw london? I have been just going to my local aveda and paying £67 for a trim, it's nothing special. I would love to have one of these mythical haircuts that works with your hair and grows out nicely too. My sister makes a trip to the famous Birmingham curly hairdresser, but my hair's not that curly and I'd love to find someone local that takes as much care with non-curly hair.

This is really interesting because I've cut/coloured my own hair for 17 years. I'd love to be able to go to a hairdresser but stopped when mine started charging £15 for a trim! It all seems so expensive. I've recently tried to up my game a bit (bought a straightening brush and tongs) but I can't help thinking that my hair will never look really nice while I'm cutting it myself - I pull it into a ponytail and lop off the ends, so there's no 'style' as such.

Are there ways to get haircuts for less money or am I asking the impossible?!

£130 for a trim - London.

A lot more for colour but I have forgotten how much.

I paid $27 yesterday for a trim, $5 tip. Hair looks fab and swishy, another one of the reasons I'm thrilled to live abroad.

£90 for a trim!!! Day light robbery.
Ask for recommendations from friends family. Look on face book?
Websites such as Next Door -
I pay £55 for 3 colours and a cut and blow dry - mobile. -styles not great but I have alopecia and it needs to be bobbed and no layers.
Time for a change I’d say.

It's definitely all in the skill of your hairdresser. My salon is very reasonably priced - £28 for a cut and blow dry and I pay £72 for a full head of foils, another colour in between and a cut & finish. I've previously used more expensive places but my hairdresser is really good at what she does. My hair has never looked better.

Do people think it's better to go for a mid range salon and get the top person or go to a high end salon and mid range stylist? I also would love a luxury experience of great customer service!