Opinion on hairdresser charges

Spendless

My mother who is still working has been a hairdresser for 55 years, yes she's qualified. It was a 3 year apprenticeship when she trained and my Grandmother had to pay £50 up front for her to start it.

I'm unable to give a price list as she doesn't charge me, but yes her overheads as a mobile hairdresser will be lower than a salon, but when she had a salon it was a small village one, she still wouldn't have charged the prices quoted here.

Don't dismiss someone cheaper as automatically being unqualified or them doing inferior work.

redmel1621

We have a variety of hairdressers/salons here. I usually go to the bottom of the mid-range (I say usually, I mean about twice a year if that lol) salons. I pay around £20 for a cut which includes fringes/layers being cut in or trimmed. Although I haven't been for well over a year so it may be dearer now lol.

There are cheaper ones that charge around £10-£12, then dearer salons that charge around £50. I could never afford that much on a haircut.

notanewuser

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:

At £7.50 your hairdresser is unlikely to be paying tax and is probably claiming tax credits too.

74jax

Spendless wrote: »

Don't dismiss someone cheaper as automatically being unqualified or them doing inferior work.

But in the case of the OP she is saying her more expensive cut is far superior and can totally see the difference.

I think she should look at finding someone who offers her the same cut she's had, but at a price somewhere between the cheap cut she now knows isn't up to scratch, and the expensive cut.

OP now knows what a good cut looks like, whereas she probably didn't when she kept going to her previous salon as she was happy with what they did then.

onlyroz

I have very long thick hair which I get cut twice a year. I go to super cuts where they charge about £30 for a cut and blow dry. I have a friend who is a "senior stylist" at Toni & Guy. His lowest price is about £50. I have let him cut my hair a few times and I don't think he did a better job than the girls at supercuts, although admittedly I've never had anything particularly fancy done to my hair.

As for training, Toni & Guy have an "academy" in London where all employees go. Although I was told by my friend that they'll only take on 16-year-olds for training because they don't have to pay them as much.

I've never understood why people spend so much on their hair,shoes, clothes etc but then again other people don't understand why I replace my car every 3 years. We all value different things.

Spendless

74jax wrote: »

But in the case of the OP she is saying her more expensive cut is far superior and can totally see the difference.

I think she should look at finding someone who offers her the same cut she's had, but at a price somewhere between the cheap cut she now knows isn't up to scratch, and the expensive cut.

OP now knows what a good cut looks like, whereas she probably didn't when she kept going to her previous salon as she was happy with what they did then.

Yes, far more superior to what she's had before. It doesn't mean someone who charges less is automatically incapable of doing it, as you've said.

I was making the point about cheaper does not mean they are bound to be unqualified, avoiding tax, have poor workmanship, having wage top ups or so on, I was just trying to comment in general on what posters have indicated or said, without directly quoting anyone!

Pthree

I think the price depends where you are, I'm from up North but live in London. I can get a cut and colour in my home town for about £60, I struggle to find anywhere in London that doesn't charge that just for a cut.

Needless to say I always try and get it cut when I'm visiting home.

I have paid a small fortune for some of my worst haircuts!

sidefx

notanewuser wrote: »

At £7.50 your hairdresser is unlikely to be paying tax and is probably claiming tax credits too.

And your point is? :undecided

meer53

My hairdresser and his staff are fantastic. The salon is in a local village but they keep up to new techniques and colouring products as well as the big city salons. I have my hair cut and coloured every six weeks and am happy to pay what he charges.

Yes, i could get it done for half the price but i don't want to. My hair is in brilliant condition and i've never had a bad cut or colour there. I trust him not to ruin my hair and that's worth more to me than anything.

As for spraying "sun-in" on your hair to colour it, it would be cheaper, and cause just as much damage, as spraying it with Domestos. Some people do make the most ridiculous comments.

mariposa687

I pay £45 for a haircut and in this part of London that's considered an ok price. I consider it normal because things are generally more expensive here. It's the only hairdresser I have found that actually listens to what I want and does it! So I don't mind paying it