Opinion on hairdresser charges

sidefx

janninew wrote: »

Well that is what I thought, I already had the layers, they just needed triming along with the rest of my hair! I haven't been restyled, just tidied up!

Exactly. It's a shame you didn't question the cost more at the time. They certainly did well out of you and probably, sadly, negated the vouchers your OH bought.

Lovely thought from your OH:A but a lesson learnt, stick with your usual hairdressers from now on OP.

janninew

Yes I will definitely stick to my usual place.

I am happy with the results though so won't dwell on it to much!

LilElvis

janninew wrote: »

Well that is what I thought, I already had the layers, they just needed triming along with the rest of my hair! I haven't been restyled, just tidied up!

It depends how long it has been since your last haircut. I would say sub 3 months is a trim where layering is concerned and that after that it really needs a total recut - or restyle, to use their parlance.

janninew

LilElvis wrote: »

It depends how long it has been since your last haircut. I would say sub 3 months is a trim where layering is concerned and that after that it really needs a total recut - or restyle, to use their parlance.

I never go more than 7 weeks between cuts. I use straighteners and hairdryer every day so my ends need a trim very regularly. Last hair cut was the first weekend in Jan.

LilElvis

janninew wrote: »

I never go more than 7 weeks between cuts. I use straighteners and hairdryer every day so my ends need a trim very regularly. Last hair cut was the first weekend in Jan.

Unless you had more than an inch or so off that sounds like a trim - and a rip off.

shop-to-drop

Hope you didn't tip as well. I think it's cheeky to charge you for a restyle when they are basically doing their own version of your current style.

Glad your pleased with it. If it were me I try to enjoy the results but I wouldn't go back.

Penny-Pincher!!

I pay £15 and she comes to my home and most times has to do it in my room as I can't get downstairs. She's been doing my hair for nearly 3 years now and started at £10, but I just started paying her £15 as she's pretty good. If she's doing mine and DD's, then she charges £25.

I used to pay £60 for a wash, cut and blow-dry when I worked in London and over £100 for slices of colour put through or a full head and I have short hair which is now thinner due to my medication.

If I really liked my hairdresser and had long hair and she was brilliant at her job, then I would pay £57....if I could afford the charge IYKWIM.

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jaylee3

janninew wrote: »

Evening All

So I had my hair cut today and my husband bought me some vouchers for a posh place in town which I've never been to before. I checked online and booked my appointment with a senior stylist which gave a price of £47.00. After I had my hair cut (which I was really pleased with!) They told me it was £57.00 to pay. I queried the price and was told I was charged extra for a 'restyle'. Now I have long hair and asked for my layers that started to grow out to be chopped back in, the rest was a trim because I can't part with too much of my hair.

Elasticmoney wrote: »

On all subsequent visits I have always been charged only for a cut and finish even though I have had several major style changes.My hairdresser now knows me and my hair really well and understands what I want so we don't tend to spend additional time discussing any changes.A cut and finish is normally £35 but I rarely pay this much as they nearly always give me either a £10 or 25% off voucher as part of the chains loyalty scheme.

meer53 wrote: »

A trim and a restyle are two different things. If you booked for a trim and were quoted £47 then i would say the extra for the restyle is fair. I'd pay it, it's a bit cheeky querying it after you've left the shop !

So let me get this straight, people are prepared to pay £35 to £47 for a HAIRCUT?! Just basically, a TRIM (or supposed restyle?) I pay my hairdresser (who has a mobile service) £7.50, and even the hairdresser in town charges only £12. DH pays £5 at the barbers for his.

No wonder some hairdressers charge such massively over-inflated ridiculous prices, especially the swanky salons if people are bonkers enough to pay it!

Some people will come along and say 'it's an art' 'it's a craft' or some such lines... And maybe it is, but if my hairdresser can charge £7.50, and the salon in town charges £12, then how does anyone justify charging almost £50 for the same service?

I think they prey on the pretentious, and people who have more money than sense.

My friend has done her hair lightening at home for 12 years, with a spray in lightener (sun in I think,) because she got sick of paying over-inflated prices for her highlights. (It went up from £23 in 1997 to £47 in 2003.) Well it really bugs her neighbour who is a hairdresser. She keeps saying 'your hair is not in very good condition you know, it's dry...You should have it done professionally.' It's no worse than when she had it done at the hairdressers; the neighbour is just irked that she is not getting £70 every 6 weeks from her!

Buzzybee90

jaylee3 wrote: »

So let me get this straight, people are prepared to pay £35 to £47 for a HAIRCUT?! Just basically, a TRIM (or supposed restyle?) I pay my hairdresser (who has a mobile service) £7.50, and even the hairdresser in town charges only £12. DH pays £5 at the barbers for his.

No wonder some hairdressers charge such massively over-inflated ridiculous prices, especially the swanky salons if people are bonkers enough to pay it!

Some people will come along and say 'it's an art' 'it's a craft' or some such lines... And maybe it is, but if my hairdresser can charge £7.50, and the salon in town charges £12, then how does anyone justify charging almost £50 for the same service?

I think they prey on the pretentious, and people who have more money than sense.

My friend has done her hair lightening at home for 12 years, with a spray in lightener (sun in I think,) because she got sick of paying over-inflated prices for her highlights. (It went up from £23 in 1997 to £47 in 2003.) Well it really bugs her neighbour who is a hairdresser. She keeps saying 'your hair is not in very good condition you know, it's dry...You should have it done professionally.' It's no worse than when she had it done at the hairdressers; the neighbour is just irked that she is not getting £70 every 6 weeks from her!

My partner's barber cut is £10, I can't get a mobile hairdresser for less than £26 for a trim.

Luckily I like having long hair!

supersaver2

jaylee3 wrote: »

So let me get this straight, people are prepared to pay £35 to £47 for a HAIRCUT?! Just basically, a TRIM (or supposed restyle?) I pay my hairdresser (who has a mobile service) £7.50, and even the hairdresser in town charges only £12. DH pays £5 at the barbers for his.

No wonder some hairdressers charge such massively over-inflated ridiculous prices, especially the swanky salons if people are bonkers enough to pay it!

Some people will come along and say 'it's an art' 'it's a craft' or some such lines... And maybe it is, but if my hairdresser can charge £7.50, and the salon in town charges £12, then how does anyone justify charging almost £50 for the same service?

I think they prey on the pretentious, and people who have more money than sense.

My friend has done her hair lightening at home for 12 years, with a spray in lightener (sun in I think,) because she got sick of paying over-inflated prices for her highlights. (It went up from £23 in 1997 to £47 in 2003.) Well it really bugs her neighbour who is a hairdresser. She keeps saying 'your hair is not in very good condition you know, it's dry...You should have it done professionally.' It's no worse than when she had it done at the hairdressers; the neighbour is just irked that she is not getting £70 every 6 weeks from her!

I don't think they prey on anybody! My wife spends around £50.00 every 8 weeks on a cut and she certainly isn't pretentious. We rarely go out, don't smoke or drink and my wife works hard and enjoys her visit to the hairdresser, it's a treat.

How any mobile hairdresser can charge £7.50 is hard to understand, they can't be making much, if any profit.