Is it worth paying a salon rather than a normal haircut shop?

fantasyvn

May I ask for your advice?

For a man, is it worth paying expensive fee at a salon for a new haircut?

For example, I saw that the minimum price for a man's haircut at a nearby salon is £45, while you can pay £8 at a normal shop.

Has anyone tried it and think it is good to pay a salon?

Thank you

samuela66

I would say just pay the normal price really, my partner gets a style at his local barbers and pays £10!

summerspring

Not male, but I did try an expensive haircut once, at a trendy salon to see if it made any difference. I honestly don't think it was worth the extra money, and have had better haircuts elsewhere for less than half the price. I think it is about finding a good hairdresser (or barber in your case) rather than a swanky salon with all the bells and whistles. Apparently a lot of the hairdressers in the expensive salons are not very well paid either, despite the high prices they charge.

stampede

Most I've paid is £5

PasturesNew

Salons are for the sort of person who ponces about a lot with their hair - and who will be in there regularly getting it ponced about.

If you're a regular bloke it'll look good for about 2 hours after you leave the salon ... and be marginally different (cut wise) for a few days/week at the most. By then you're back to doing with it what you used to do with it anyway.

So, on balance...... for most it's just poncy nonsense.

jenniewb

I think with a salon your likely to get a whole "experience", a massage at the hair washing stage, tea/coffee/whatever and possibly cakes, posh hair products and a babblingly happy stylist. I think if your bot bothered by all this, stick with what you already have otherwise pay extra for all the frills.

Kiwisaver_2

I used to hate the hairdressers and even as a woman I used to feel quite intimidated by those 'fancy' places and thought they would look down their nose at little old me and criticise my bad hair.


However, a few years back I decided I was worth it and fronted up in a fairly nice salon - yes they did look down their noses and made no secret of their horror at my multi-coloured home hair dye job but they soon fixed me up and made me feel a million dollars.


I am always surprised at the number of guys that come into the salon whilst I am there, some of them barely with any hair and I often wonder why they would go high-end and pay so much for a haircut but I guess they too must enjoy the full on 'experience'; from the reminder call to go, the high end products, the head massage, nice coffee, latest glossy magazines etc.


I love my salon and now look forward to going to the hairdressers; the cut, colour and condition of my hair is the best it has ever been. Even my OH noticed the difference in my hair and that's really saying something.

thehappybutterfly

My husband goes to this ancient little barbershop with an equally ancient wee barber and pays £4. There is a worn out circle on the old fashioned parquet floor round the solitary chair!

He gives a good cut though. He's offered my "young man" eartrims and old fashioned razor shave but he took one look at his shaky hands and politely declined!