Spill the beans... on cutting the cost of hairdressers

Crocswearer

I have just posted this on another thread too; if anyone is looking for an unbranded (ie cheaper) version of the creaclip, I just ordered one from here: http://www.hairstyles-instantly.co.uk/ for £10.

Molly41

Hair maintenance - cut and colour is the one thing I wont skimp on as it makes a huge difference to how I feel about myself. Having said that I only used to have a colour when it was on special offer at the salon. I have been with my hairdresser for 11 years now and when she left to set up on her own followed her. She is now half the price of a salon so Id consider that very money saving. Having said that I would have followed her to the ends of the earth as she is just so good and very kind - two assets that are worth more than money!

**Juice**

I go to a salon which is deemed expensive in the area but it only costs me £62.50 for full highlights and a cut - I think the girls that do my hair might be going through their NVQ Level 3's but I've never been happier with my hair :-) I've paid £90 before for a full head and that's without a cut.

VfM4meplse

lemonade_lifestyle wrote: »

I am so so lucky, my step daughter is a hairdresser and she knows how to deal with my wild thick copious amounts of hair. She colours hair every few weeks and gives me a cut whenever needed.
She simply puts a homemade 'haircuts for a year' voucher in her christmas card for us all.

Clever girl!

PoppysPal

I know this won't suit everyone, but I use a very small local barber that my Dad and brother used (the old fashioned kind that only does haircuts). I found the female assistant would happily cut women's hair. Felt embarrased at first, among all the men, but now I wouldn't go anywhere else. I get a wet cut for £7 - yes £7! Always pleased with the results.

sadie22

i do my roots myself and have done since i was 16, because i couldnt warrant paying out every 2 weeks to pay hairdressers to do my roots.
i have blonde hair, (my natural hair is light brown) and i cant stand more then 2 weeks growth, so i use majiblond 900s and peroxide,
it cost me aproximate total of £4, because i only use half the tube of majiblond, and it is kinder then putting bleach on your hair.
Hairdressers want £25 plus to do my roots.......no thankyou!
Ive saved a fortune over 25 years

if you want more info , send me a PM

emma396

I always look for free cuts with trainees at local places..... went to a nice place in Cardiff about 2 weeks ago, very upmarket!! They did a scalp test before deciding which shampoo to use, apparently I have a non-dandruff, dry scalp! The whole process took about 2.5hrs!! She did cut it a lot shorter than I asked for, but this is because supercuts who cut it the previous time did a very bad job....

faithless

After moving to Bristol and not being able to find a good reasonably priced hairdresser, I found Groupon etc vouchers were a good (cheapish) way to 'shop around' until I found one I liked. I always asked how much that cut would normally be, and was quite shocked to be quoted £60 from one place.

I then had a cheap voucher for a salon that had just opened in the centre (Barber Browns, if anyone's interested). It was the best cut I'd had, and think it's partly because the same stylist talks you through what you want first in front of mirror, and so sees your hair dry, washes it herself, then cuts it, thus she's already seen how thick it looks dry, how it falls and where your parting is etc, and doesn't ask you to (badly) explain those things to her, like some of the expensive places I went where a small army of helpers would wash it etc.

I've got short hair, and it was the only cut I'd had where I was happy straight away with the cut, and didn't need tidying up after being blow dried. The best bit was when I asked how much it would normally be, she said £25, but that my hair dries so quickly when being cut she didn't think I really needed a blow dry so recommended a wet cut at £15 instead. I've had a wet cut ever since there, and they're still great.

Edit: oh, and I cut OH's hair with some electric climbers from Boots, obv!

queline

A couple of years ago, to try and save some money I went to the local hairdressing college to have my then long straight hair trimmed, so nothing complicated to be done. The student I had told me she was a second year student whilst washing my hair and that she was doing the course in her spare time as it was something she wanted to do and completely different from her daytime job. Then when she's started cutting my hair (note I wanted a trim) she then tells me that it is the first time she has been let loose to do a cut. Yes there were supervisors around but not watching her all the time and she took forever to cut my hair, I was sitting in the chair for at least two hours and of course she had to keep cutting more and more off to get it all the same length! Then, when finally finished cutting, she then proceeded to dry my hair, which she had to dampen again given that it had taken so long to cut it (!) and promptly got my hair caught up in the dryer! So be warned, make sure you ask what experience the student has, make sure they are supervised and make sure they know what they are doing! That was my one and only time of visiting the college as it put me off for life. I thought I was on fairly safe ground by wanting just a trim. I colour my hair and at that time was doing it myself and I am glad that I did not decide to let this student do that as well.

I have been going to a hairdresser who has a mini salon in her home and she charges less than high street salons, is friendly and you feel much more comfortable in someone's home, without having all the young hairdressers (who all look the same) sniggering at you behind your back and talking to each other over you whilst doing your hair, therefore not concentrating on what they are doing.

cathy_j87

I have dreadlocks so haven't had my hair cut in 4 years. I do however go every couple of months to get my roots bleached. I get the trainee so it's half price but it still works out ~£60-70. The girl that does it is great and I end up with everyone in the place having a go, especially the owner so I know I'm in safe hands!
I figure what I save on hair cuts etc goes towards this! I always chance my arm with student discount/vouchers but they know they have me trapped because no one else is brave enough to bleach dreads! I'll soon be dying it back to it's original colour though so won't have that expenditure any more