Just booked appointment to get my hair cut on Monday. Haven't used this salon for a while but they sent a 25% off voucher through the post. Called and asked for Monday appointment with an associate (£28). They replied there are no associates that work on Mondays but I could have a senior associate (£38). I say no thanks, they say OK we'll do it for £28. I say, you sent me a 25% off voucher, will you honour it against the £28, they say OK. Bargain, £38 cut for £21! Credit crunch isn't all bad.
Quote from: ceres on November 22, 2008, 14:38:39
Just booked appointment to get my hair cut on Monday. Haven't used this salon for a while but they sent a 25% off voucher through the post. Called and asked for Monday appointment with an associate (£28). They replied there are no associates that work on Mondays but I could have a senior associate (£38). I say no thanks, they say OK we'll do it for £28. I say, you sent me a 25% off voucher, will you honour it against the £28, they say OK. Bargain, £38 cut for £21! Credit crunch isn't all bad.
£21 for a hair cut :o....ya could get a new head for that ::)
Don't know where you go Frogslegs, can't get anything for less than 3 figures in my salon!
I think I've been robbed if i pay more than a fiver. :o
I pay £2.50 to have my hair cut. She charges £5 for a cut, wash and blow dry. Beat that if you can!!! ;D
Crikey Pauline that is as cheap as chips :)Thought I did well, my hairdresser comes to my home every 2 weeks. I wash my hair ready and she charges £6.50 for blow dry £9.50 when she cuts as well. Still much cheaper than local salons.
My wife's hairdresser comes every other Friday morning, she cuts my hair every eight weeks. £8.
When I worked at a hospital (1959) I used to cut the patients hair (for nothing).
my hair cut costs £38, i have it done 4 or 5 times a year and its with the hair dresser i have used for 10 years. 2 years ago she started her own salon so i feel this is a good price and i am supporting a local business. And yes its a wash cut and blow dry and yes this is the same price at the salon she used to work at.
I cut my hubbies hear with a pair of clippers which cost £35 8 years ago :)
Women's hairdressing seems to have become very expensive lately. It costs me £55 for highlights (top only), cut and blow dry which takes about an hour. This is a local salon, not one in the city. I don't think I would get much cheaper than that without getting someone to come around to the house. I get my hair done about 3-4 times a year. Should really get it done more often, but I don't like the cost. I did try doing my own highlights once - never again!! The result was, interesting to say the least! I cut Ant's hair with a pair of clippers which cost about £20 4 years ago.
Quote from: Paulines7 on November 22, 2008, 18:52:55
I pay £2.50 to have my hair cut. She charges £5 for a cut, wash and blow dry. Beat that if you can!!! ;D
Married to a hairdresser, free haircuts for life.
Thinking back it may of been cheaper to pay to get my hair cut.
If you have a Collage that teaches hairdressing its a lot cheaper but you have to allow extra time. The tutor checks each stage and I've always been pleased with the results.
Taurus
£8.00 every couple of months for a dry cut :)
Quote from: Baccy Man on November 22, 2008, 21:32:37
Quote from: Paulines7 on November 22, 2008, 18:52:55
I pay £2.50 to have my hair cut. She charges £5 for a cut, wash and blow dry. Beat that if you can!!! ;D
Married to a hairdresser, free haircuts for life.
Thinking back it may of been cheaper to pay to get my hair cut.
Now thats just jammy BM ::) ;D ;D
Me?...I got me dreads, I do myself.........OH? We got clippers if if he wants to be shorn, but for now he's growing it.........mmmmmmm, men wiv long hair..........yesss 8)
Now we hairdressers have got to make a living you know. I'm now retired but I reckon I jolly well earned every penny of monies charged. I pay £30 + tip for a cut and blow dry and thats ok by me. ;)
Star, a man with any hair would be nice ;D
Quote from: Baccy Man on November 22, 2008, 21:32:37
Married to a hairdresser, free haircuts for life.
So am I - it would be cheaper to go to a barber's!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: Emagggie on November 22, 2008, 23:31:50
Now we hairdressers have got to make a living you know. I'm now retired but I reckon I jolly well earned every penny of monies charged. I pay £30 + tip for a cut and blow dry and thats ok by me. ;)
Star, a man with any hair would be nice ;D
Its either long hair or NO hair for me..................when I shave OH its like velvet. Both ways are mm...mm 8)
Im just not an inbetweeny ;)
ray's just shaved his head, apart from bringing on a cold snap, he looks like his dad ;D
Quote from: Emagggie on November 22, 2008, 23:31:50
Now we hairdressers have got to make a living you know. I'm now retired but I reckon I jolly well earned every penny of monies charged. I pay £30 + tip for a cut and blow dry and thats ok by me. ;)
Although my hairdresser only charges £2.50 for a cut, I always give her double that especially as I was paying £15 for a cut ten years ago. She does it in her own home and it usually takes about 20 minutes. By that reckoning it is the equivalent of £15 an hour, twice what I was earning when I was at work!
If she's good at the job then she's worth every penny Pauline ;D. Too many get away with really bad work these days. ::)
I had a mate whose motto was "if hairdressers can cut hair then anyone can".
Well, I decided to give it a go and did my own. Hhhmmm, not half as easy as you'd think! But nonetheless I persevered and can get it into a reasonable shape now, not as good as a store bought hair cut, but presentable. Plus, unlike with store bought hair cuts I can actually get it back into the same shape that it was when I cut it - it doesn't detonate on leaving the shop.
Over the last year I reckon that I've saved around £40. But the real reason I do it my self is that I just hate queuing at the barber's.
I pay around £50 for a cut,blow and highlight,always cut my own fringe tho as I would have to go too often.
When I was younger,I used to go to the hairdressers to have my hair put up for a special occasion,the last time I did this the girl told me,she could not do it,did not know how. ::)
Do that myself now.
My silver highlights did not cost me a penny. ;D
Some years ago I lived in Hastings and apparently (so a friend told me ;) ) there was a shady hairdressers on the road to St Leonards. For £30, you got a cut and blow dry, and a different kind of blow while you were waiting.
Quote from: Pesky Wabbit on November 23, 2008, 17:06:54
Some years ago I lived in Hastings and apparently (so a friend told me ;) ) there was a shady hairdressers on the road to St Leonards. For £30, you got a cut and blow dry, and a different kind of blow while you were waiting.
Something for the weekend sir :o
I have never paid for a haircut. The navy done it for free, after that I never had it cut for about 30 years, then I hacked it all off one night after a ride on the bike without plaiting it. It was so tangled I could not brush it.
It has been about 4 years since then, but now it must have stopped growing as it has been about 15 inches long now for ages. So it should never need another cut.
i haven't had my hair cut since 1988 ;D but ive just asked my wife how much her hair cut is and she said £48 every 8weeks, i now wish i hadn't seen this thread and asked her :-X but i suppose me not having my hair cut offsets it a wee bit :-\
Quote from: betula on November 23, 2008, 15:57:38
When I was younger,I used to go to the hairdressers to have my hair put up for a special occasion,the last time I did this the girl told me,she could not do it,did not know how. Do that myself now.
Apparently they leave out loads of the basics in training now. They get to choose between colouring or Perming. :o Very odd as this is where the big money is made.
One of the mums at school is a hairdresser and I reakon she does every child in the school, and most of the parents! She is constantly on the go. A cut and blowdry is £8 - I always give her a tenner, and she does the kids fringes or james' quick numer 3 for nothing. I had a full colour, no longer a dumb blonde, and was round there for over 3 hours last week all for £30 and my hair has never looked so great.
Have to admit this is an eye-opening thread. I've got waist+ length hair, occasionally trimmed by self, and Sir has got a ponytail halfway to his waist, again occasionally trimmed by me. Dead easy to trim if you have long enough hair, just pull to ponytail in centre of back, bring round to front and CHOP!
However, we have a small dilemma these days. Just over a year old and toddling round the place. Where on earth is one supposed to go to get a small wriggly boy's hair cut properly when one hasn't been to a hairdresser since the age of 12? A barber or a hairdresser?
I have no idea where to start, but at least this thread's told me how much to expect to get bitten by!
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moonbells
Quote from: taurus on November 22, 2008, 21:38:51
If you have a Collage that teaches hairdressing its a lot cheaper but you have to allow extra time. The tutor checks each stage and I've always been pleased with the results.
Taurus
That's what I do :) Last Christmas I decided to treat myself to a restyle in the BHS hairdressers in town but after forking out over £40 (£5 for a squirt of conditioner???) I quickly went back to the college! I've had a wash, highlights, cut and blow dry for £20 at my local college and I've never once been disappointed. I might have become malnutrioned and dehydrated from being in there for so long but never disappointed .... ;D