Haircuts at Toni & Guy. Worth it?

gnasher18us

You will never get your hair cut by Toni or Guy if you go to "Toni and Guy"... and for the prices they charge I would expect both of them to be present during a hair cut (and their grannies for that matter!)

The results are just as good from a good (preferably recommended) reliable and well established local salon.

My Missus cuts my hair with clippers - this is free, and also lasts several months if anybody wants to come round for a free trim?

**Juice**

I've had my hair done at Toni and Guy and I wasn't that keen - for the price it wasn't really anything special.

yellowbear

Thanks everyone.

Mandragora, that's a good idea. I hadn't thought about reviews!

mandragora_2

You're welcome

I'm back from yesterday's trip to the new hairdresser, and I'm really, really pleased - a great cut, nice little salon tucked away and the bloke was really good. He took his time to listen to me, consulted with me all the way through, the price was pretty much the same as I've been paying in my previous salon and just was really everything I'd be looking for. I'll be using them again! Best of all, as I was leaving they gave me a coupon for a 20% discount for a friend if I introduce them as a new customer, with a further 20% off for me too on my next visit! I'll stick it on my f/b page and see if any of my friends are interested.

I've also remembered that a friend knows someone who's a stylist at Toni and Guy. She isn't very happy and is looking to change salon, because she feels rushed and that she isn't able to always give clients the best cut she's otherwise be able to as they're under time pressures. She feels that it's potentially risky moving, though, because a lot of customers who go there do so because of the 'brand' factor, and whereas I know I'd change salons to follow a good stylist, a lot of the customers there, she reckons, like the kudos of having 'A Tony and Guy' cut. Another clever thing they do to get customer loyalty to the brand is have stylists specialising in either cutting or colouring, so that if you like the colourist, even if the cutter moves, you tend not to follow because you want to keep the colourist you're used to. Clever stuff!

pavlovs_dog

I'm a Toni and Guy customer, and always see the same stylist. I pay £47 for a cut and blow dry with a senior stylist (level 2 of their 4 training levels). I have found that going anywhere else is a false economy.

I have extremely thick, wavy hair that is exceptionally curly at the roots. I used to be lucky if I left the salon with a haircut that I liked, never mind one that would last more than 8 weeks. However with the 'scissor wielding magician' I see at T&G i know that I will love my cut and it will really last. I can comfortably get 3 months out of a cut, and often push it as much as four months betweens cuts (and then it's only because my hair has gone so thick that I have to go again). When local salons around me are £30 a pop (which would be every eight weeks), £47 every few months suddenly doesn't seem so horrific.

OP i hope you manage to find a stylist you trust and like, wherever they may work. In it's own small way it always feels like winning the lottery

jayII

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

I'm a Toni and Guy customer, and always see the same stylist. I pay £47 for a cut and blow dry with a senior stylist (level 2 of their 4 training levels). I have found that going anywhere else is a false economy.

I have extremely thick, wavy hair that is exceptionally curly at the roots. I used to be lucky if I left the salon with a haircut that I liked, never mind one that would last more than 8 weeks. However with the 'scissor wielding magician' I see at T&G i know that I will love my cut and it will really last. I can comfortably get 3 months out of a cut, and often push it as much as four months betweens cuts (and then it's only because my hair has gone so thick that I have to go again). When local salons around me are £30 a pop (which would be every eight weeks), £47 every few months suddenly doesn't seem so horrific.

OP i hope you manage to find a stylist you trust and like, wherever they may work. In it's own small way it always feels like winning the lottery

You could be me, my hair isn't curly at the roots but everything else applies. I've also had some awful haircuts, even though I've nearly always used salons that have been highly recommended by family and friends, all of whom had lovely haircuts.

My hair also grows extremely quickly, so it used to look messy 6 weeks after a haircut. I now get a good 3 months from my T&G haircut, and it still looks pretty good.

I've never had my hair coloured there as that costs £80+ (on top of the cut). I'd either use a local salon for colouring, or colour it myself if I felt the need.

Dave101t

sometimes its good to be a man, £6 for a trim, whether they are a bearded old fella or a super cool gay salon type...

jenniewb

Dave101t wrote: »

sometimes its good to be a man, £6 for a trim, whether they are a bearded old fella or a super cool gay salon type...

Ah but you don't get as much choice with hair clips, hair cuts or colours (well, you do but they don't tend to look as cute on you or get you as many compliments even if they do look cute!;)) nope, still prefer being a girl as do most other women- seems like the markers know this and maybe why they charge over the odds for things!

Have been to T&G and many salons and many other salons as I go get my hair cut as a model and don't think I've had the same cutter twice in my life! In the Academy at T&G the cuts tend to be very much off the peg and basic bar one or two, the cuts I've had in T&G salons though have been pretty fantastic, never been disappointed.


But have to say, some other non T&G salons have been just as great. Had some horror stories (currently trying to grow one out...)and would say that none have been as a result of T&G cuts, I find that at the very least they listen to what you want and give you as close to what you asked for, if not say why not, eg hair too short, cut wouldn't work on wavy hair sort of thing.

Colour is another matter. T&G are OK, wouldn't put them top of my list but wouldn't avoid them either, they just tend to charge more for a model colour then anywhere else. I have had a horror story at the academy where the colourist seemed to forget I actually had nerves in my head and was doing stand elasticity tests with hair still attached to my head: asked if I 'had just sneezed' when I winced before continuing with her tests (probably a good 10-15 hairs were pulled overall) I was just speechless ...she did let me off paying though (wasn't supposed to, was just aware it took way longer then it needed to and the damage already in my hair prevented the desired result so not all her fault). I have also been under quoted for prices there before.
But my main gripe with T&G colours is that they seem to wash out too quick. Sassoon's stick around for longer and they use Wella, T&G use either Wella or L'Oreal so not sure if its the application or the technique.

Aveda do model cuts and colours but their colours wash out so fast you'd question if it was ever really a permanent at all, cuts are nice decent well cut styles but not so adventurous, its the whole relaxing experience (if you go to a proper salon) which makes it worth it.

Vidal Sassoon offer an advanced academy cut which basically reads as "mad hair for free!!" Great when your an arts student as I was, not so good for the city worker in an admin post or for anyone at all shy! The salons are a different matter though, had my hair cut by two Sassoon salons and both were really very well done though both had a professional stylist take over at the last minute for a 'listen and learn' example for the student. Pleased though!

Been to various other salons, not as many as with the chain salons but none stick out aside from the bad ones worst two within the last 3 months.