Cheap haircuts vs expensive haircuts - worth the extra?

[mrsseanbean]

I have had my fair share of hair disasters and as I've got older have found that I tend to invest more in my hair. By this I mean pay more! I reason that your hair is one accessory you take everwhere and it needs to look good. But I also meet people who look amazing who pay far less for their haircuts. I suppose I pay at least £40 usually. I do have 'difficult' hair though which looks disastrous with too much layering / feathering which they all seem so keen to do.

I would love to try another, cheaper salon, but if the results were bad could not face the annoyance of wearing a paper bag growing out for a couple of months.

What are your experiences? Do you think you 'get what you pay for'?

I have ALWAYS had much better cuts/colours in more expensive-saying that it is still no certainty. But all the cheaper ones have been bad. I'm always really of women whos hair looks amazing and costs them hardly anything. Lucky biatches! I think you need great hair to get away with it!

Definately worth the extra if you can afford it.

ditto everyone else, ALTHOUGH, when i get my expensive haircut, i ask for a cut that doesnt need straightening or products and a cut that will grow out nicely. be demanding

Over the years I have tried various cheap hairdressers in my town and never been happy.
I have had the same guy now for 7 yrs (record fro me) and I am now too scared to go any where else.

DD who has now started to pay for her own haircuts went ot ultra cheapo place to get her fringe trimmed and it was diabolical.

She ,at the tender age of 17, has decided she will pay for a decent hairdresser.

Hmm, I've had both, and I think you really get the best haircuts when you find a hairdresser who understands you and what you want/shares your taste. I had one I loved for several years and she was not all that expensive (£30 or so) but she gave up work and since then I've had several more expensive ones, but never as good. Recently found another I quite like though, and again she's £30 ish not super-expensive.

Of course a good hairdresser will probably do well, get promoted and then end up as senior stylist or whatever and charging more.

I have very thick curly "difficult" hair, and the best hairdresser I ever had had similar hair to me. She understood how to deal with it and was comfortable cutting it. She ran a little local salon and charged me £6.50 (I last went there about 8 years ago). After I moved away, I continued to go to her for a couple of years, until I realised that a 60 mile round trip for a hair cut was a bit silly.

I have had disasterous haircuts that cost nearer £100. And Toni and Guy have refused to cut my hair because "they don't do curly hair".

I now get a totally fine cut and colour locally for about £65 (cut alone about £25). But I have been going there for years (since I gave up the 60 mile round trip) and they know my hair well. I guess this is the key.

I've found a hairdresser who will do a lovely job on my hair for about £20 (I have horrible, horrible long thick curly hair). Wouldn't trust her with my colour though...pay around £100 for that (which is why i'll have dark roots for as long as I can )

I pay a mobile hairdresser £12 for my hair cut. I think my hair is easy to cut as it is straight. No one has yet commented that my hair looks like a disaster zone

I do try to get it cut regularly, which I think helps to keep it looking stylish.

I think a good cut is a good cut, regardless of the cost. ££££££££££££££ does not a good hairdresser maketh.