Opinion on hairdresser charges

Fuzzy_Duck

In my experience a restyle is a dramatically different cut, like having long hair cut into a bob. I've had that done loads of times, and usually I didn't pay any extra for it- although I did pay exactly the same for every little trim I needed after that (and these were regular cuts, every 6-8 weeks).

I think it's cheeky of them not to have made it clear that it would cost an extra £10. I once got charged the same for a conditioning treatment- I had no idea until I got to the till. A hair cut included a wash and I had assumed it was the same conditioner they always used.

That said, it's the lack of communication that would have annoyed me. Personally I think it's ridiculous to claim a few layers are a restyle and charge an extra tenner for it, but at least if they'd told you you'd have had an opportunity to take your business elsewhere.

I've grown my hair out now as I hate going to the hairdressers, and the constant struggle to find a decent one when my old one goes to another salon. I went to a friend's hairdresser last time to have the old style cut out, and she did an excellent job for £10. It was a dry cut so nice and quick and I can style it how I like afterwards.

It's very true that expensive doesn't necessarily mean good. I paid £100 once (the most I have ever paid a hairdresser) to have my black hair bleached and dyed burgundy. The cut was excellent, but they botched the colour. First they didn't want to bleach all of it, then the dye turned out bright orange. I did it myself the next time and got a much better result.

engineer_amy

i stopped going to my regular hairdresser over an argument about a voucher. I won a voucher for a free haircut. I went and was only getting a trim and the layers tidied up. I showed her the voucher at the start. At the end she told me I owed £10 because the voucher only covered a hair cut, if I wanted it blow dried I had to pay the extra £10!!


I now go to the Blow Dry Bar. one has opened up next to my office. there are no appointments, just queue up first come first served. They do a cut and colour for £20 during the week, £25 at weekends. A cut on its own is £18. Ok its nearly always a different hairdresser each time, but as I have a pretty simple style, its hard to mess up. ive never had a bad experience in there, and saved the pounds as well!

System

I'm reminded of the time my ex paid £90 :eek: to try and get my hair blonde, they managed to get it a red colour. My housemate got it blonde with a £5 kit of bleach. Ever since then i have always coloured it at home

KiKi

Trimming existing layers is not a restyle, that's really cheeky! I wouldn't even say that cutting in new layers is a significant restyle; I certainly wouldn't expect to pay more for layers.

I pay £39 for my cut. I used to get it done very cheaply, but I can really see the difference as it grows out - it hangs better, looks better, and the person doing it just has a much better sense of how it works with my face. That doesn't matter to some people, but it matters to me.

I get a head massage with my hair wash, a tea with some mini muffins / cakes / fruit, and someone playing with my hair for an hour - it's 60 minutes out of a busy life which is all about me and I love it. I like the people in the salon, I trust my hairdresser to cut it really well, and he just has a very good sense of knowing what will work - and telling me when my ideas about my hair will absolutely not work!

If I could get that for £12 I would - but I've not found it yet, and I don't particularly try!

Torry_Quine

engineer_amy wrote: »

i stopped going to my regular hairdresser over an argument about a voucher. I won a voucher for a free haircut. I went and was only getting a trim and the layers tidied up. I showed her the voucher at the start. At the end she told me I owed £10 because the voucher only covered a hair cut, if I wanted it blow dried I had to pay the extra £10!!


I now go to the Blow Dry Bar. one has opened up next to my office. there are no appointments, just queue up first come first served. They do a cut and colour for £20 during the week, £25 at weekends. A cut on its own is £18. Ok its nearly always a different hairdresser each time, but as I have a pretty simple style, its hard to mess up. ive never had a bad experience in there, and saved the pounds as well!

I wouldn't think that if the voucher said a hair-cut then that would include a blow-dry either.

KxMx

Yes I forgot to say my hairdressers offers drinks on arrival then when you have you hair done, and biscuits, and a free head massage during the wash.

sallypalma

jaylee3 wrote: »

Oh dear!!!! :rotfl: I rest my case.

Sorry to disappoint you luv, but your OTT priced haircuts are done by hairdressers with EXACTLY the same qualifications and skills as the ones who charge a THIRD of what you pay!

You are very naive if you believe any different. You are being royally ripped off.

End of.

Nuff said.

:cool:

The qualifications are not the same, there are standard qualifications that you can achieve such as City & Guilds or ITEC and then there are qualifications that you can gain through an Academy such as though offered by some of the high end Salons.

My daughter's best friend trained at one of the very high end Salon's (don't know if I can name them) and the training bears no resemblance to the 2 year course that is offered at the local College. It took him 5 years before he was qualified and the training he received was amazing and so is the level of skill he attained at the end of his course. Every few months he goes back to the Academy to learn new styles and to refresh his techniques and cutting skills.

I suppose it's like buying a car, both a Dacia (about £5500 new) and an Aston Martin (£100,000 new) have four wheels, an engine and get you from A to B, using your way of thinking they should cost the same because they are both cars !

All hairdressers are not equal neither are the qualifications they attain. If you had ever had a really good haircut from a well qualified hairdresser you would know the difference between that and a bargain basement trim.

I pay what you would consider "a stupid" amount for my haircut and I think it's worth every penny and in the end that's all that matters, my money and my choice.

purpleshoes_2

To be honest, depending on your hair type, your haircut is only going to look fabulous when its newly done. I have curly hair, Im terrible with straighteners so when I got my hair cut and coloured professionally the style looked great just out of the salon. Which is why Im happy enough getting a cheap cut, because my hair does its own thing anyway.

pickledonionspaceraider

WOW - the only time I have paid above £9 for a hair cut, was for my ''wedding hair ''

Jagraf

sallypalma wrote: »

The qualifications are not the same, there are standard qualifications that you can achieve such as City & Guilds or ITEC and then there are qualifications that you can gain through an Academy such as though offered by some of the high end Salons.

My daughter's best friend trained at one of the very high end Salon's (don't know if I can name them) and the training bears no resemblance to the 2 year course that is offered at the local College. It took him 5 years before he was qualified and the training he received was amazing and so is the level of skill he attained at the end of his course. Every few months he goes back to the Academy to learn new styles and to refresh his techniques and cutting skills.

I suppose it's like buying a car, both a Dacia (about £5500 new) and an Aston Martin (£100,000 new) have four wheels, an engine and get you from A to B, using your way of thinking they should cost the same because they are both cars !

All hairdressers are not equal neither are the qualifications they attain. If you had ever had a really good haircut from a well qualified hairdresser you would know the difference between that and a bargain basement trim.

I pay what you would consider "a stupid" amount for my haircut and I think it's worth every penny and in the end that's all that matters, my money and my choice.

I agree that there are different qualifications and you pay for quality. However, I would pay extra for a quick good stylist, rather than more for one who uses my time faffing around with all things none-haircut.

Paying for other people to waste my time is something I'm not comfortable with, along with the last time I went to a chic hairdresser spending my time telling me why everyone should be a vegetarian.