Is £110 too much to have my hair done?

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I've been going to the same hairdressers for years. They're in the centre of a big city in the North of the UK. I trust my hairdresser but it's just so expensive to maintain that the money could be much better spent elsewhere. I'm not rich by any means either so I could really do without spending so much money on my hair

I go every 8-12 weeks and I get dirty blonde highlights, toner and a cut and blow dry into a long bob. I don't know if it would be a risk to find somewhere out of the city that's cheaper because I don't know how standard my hair appointments are. (I.e. is there a risk of going elsewhere and them horrendously messing it up because I have highlights and a blunt bob cut?)

Would you find someone cheaper or stick with someone you trust?

FWIW, I'm never actually blown away by my hair when I have it done, but I'm not sure if that's me having too high expectations or whether I'm not getting my money's worth. Thank you

I had to have a minor gynae procedure under general anaesthetic and my Anaesthetist fee was £125.00
That for keeping me alive versus my hair being a nice colour? ....
I do mine at home for a tenner.

I'm in my early 40s and have just started dying my own hair.

I used to have blonde highlights that were destroying my hair. Lockdown gave me some time to decide and I very nearly decided to go grey 🤯

Anyway I found a dark blonde box dye and just did the top of my hair, as I want to keep my natural underneath (no idea why, just how I feel 🤐)

I'm actually quite dark haired and it's worked well.

I've decided I need to save the $$ for now and maybe I'll start back after this pandemic/economic shit storm is over.

I'm in Australia and I pay $200 for cut and half head of foils.

I used to pay up to £140 for a colour and cut at toni and guys a few years ago in a nw town. I never came out disappointed. Then I tried a local hairdresser a couple of times who charged half the price for the same thing. At the time I was pretty pleased with the colour but cut was a bit meh and just not as sharp tbh. After a few months my hair was nestlike, brittle and breaking off at the front where the highlights were, despite using high end hair masks, serums, conditioners from the start. Ended up having to have it cut into a pixie and tbh even now it's alot drier and coarser so I'd be careful and chose to wisely.

It doesn’t sound too much to pay to me.
When I used to get my hair coloured, highlighted etc I was more aggrieved at the time I spent in the salon. I never enjoyed the experience and am much happier embracing the grey and having for a quick cut and blow dry for £30 and am out of the salon in about half an hour.

I have ditched colour and highlights over lockdown. My hair looks far better, thicker and suits my face better. I wish I’d done it years ago. I have a crop now and it is so much easier to manage. No blow drying, far less expense. It used to cost me £80 to £100 every six weeks for cut and roots with some highlights.

I pay £7 for my hair cut twice a year. If I was you I would try to find a style/colour that is easier to maintain so that you go less often? You might find the money easier to pay if you didn't go so often.

I think that's standard for a cut and highlights but towards the more expensive end so if you're not blown away by the results I would definitely try a different hairdresser.

I go to a salon in central Leeds. £140 for roots, highlights, toner, cut and blow dry. I don't think yours sounds excessive. There is cheaper out there, but I am happy to pay more for a hairdresser who stays on top of his game in terms of constantly updating skills on training, entering into national competitions, shooting for shows etc. I don't want someone who hasn't don't any colour training since they left hairdressing college aged 17, 20 years ago!

If in general you don't feel happy with your hairdresser, regardless of what you are paying, why not go for a few consultations elsewhere? Most hairdressers will have Instagram images of their work you could look at too

The cost sounds average to me but the worry is more you are paying all that and not overly impressed. I’d maybe try somewhere else. I was going to Charles Worthington for quite a while and it was only when I tried another hairdresser with more natural talent that I realised how unimpressed I’d been. I think it’s worth taking a risk, maybe try Treatwell

In London it would be twice that. I wish I lived up North sometimes.

My last haircut at an independent salon was £55. My daughter paid £30 and she's not yet 14.

My mum lives in the East Midlands and gets a haircut, colour and her nails done for under £100.

I think if you're not very happy with your hair after it's just done and it's £100 I would be thinking of changing salons. Like pp have said ask your friends for recommendations. I've spent way too much on my hair over the past few years and never thought it's been amazing. Lock down has been a time of experimenting for me, I've done my own roots, put in a few highlights and my husband has trimmed it. It's not half bad!

Wow, I payed £190 the other day for balayage and a rough dry!
I'm also a hairdresser and would charge over £200 for your service. It's 2.5-3 hours work.

It's very annoying that people don't see or understand the value of a good hairdresser, it takes 3 years training just to be a very basic level.

Stop undermining my industry

Funny how everyone was moaning when they couldn't get to a salon! I imagine your roots were huge and needed more product and you had a restyle (anything more than an inch or so is a restyle).

Of course, if you're not that bothered and pay a tiny amount for your hair then you are definitely getting minimum standard, minimum quality of products and experience. You couldn't run a successful business using quality products, continuous education and customer service charging bottom dollar prices.