My hairstylist now requires a signed contract before services are rendered.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hairstylists are wilding out lately, I swear.

Mine just upped her prices for a one hour curly cut from $85 to $100. That was hard to swallow, but she does a good job and I hate finding new stylists.

THEN she announced if you go more than 16 weeks between “maintenance haircut” appointments, you have to book a $150 “new client cut.” I think that is a disgusting way to wring money from your clients who can’t afford a $100 haircut every 8 weeks, told her so, and canceled my next appointment.

If she said 16 weeks, why did you jump to 8 weeks in your rant? Is it reasonable to say that for many people, 16 weeks is enough to make the difference between a trim and a full cut that takes more time? I imagine that many people who stopped getting their hair cut while observing COVID precautions returned to the salon with more time consuming needs.

PP, it’s obviously fine for you to cancel your appointment and go to another salon. My sympathies though, lean towards the salon. Many closed, or lost a lot of money over the course of the last two years. Some are spending money to reorganize their shops with updated safety precautions. Many are limiting the number of clients in their spaces at any one time, when before, they could overlap some services for maximum efficiency, and, as a client, I appreciate the concern for my safety and for their own, and I recognize the financial impact of these types of decisions.

Hogwash. I'm someone who goes a long time between cuts. My hair doesn't take any more time to cut. I just went to a very experienced stylist and my hair hadn't been cut in over a year. She gave me a fast cut that looks fine other than, like every other stylist I've used, she completely ignored how much I wanted her to take off so my hair is too short. It's one of the reasons I rarely get my hair cut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a contract per se, but a check box form once I press "submit" to finalize the appt.

By checking, I am acknowledging and agreeing to stuff about no-show, cancellations, and will be charged, etc.

I have been a client for over 10 years. I had no issues with adhering.

I am guessing that with the pandemic, clients of similar service providers cancel at the drop of a hat, and leave an otherwise booked person with a no-pay gap.

Why do you have an issue OP? Are you a cancel-person? (my spouse is. he long ago switched to walk-in barber shop).

Girl that's a contract.

[Anonymous]

This all sounds reasonable. When people cancel and no show, they lose money and it wastes their time.

When someone books time out of your day, you can’t take other clients. They have likely turned down other clients for that spot after you booked it. They have rent to pay, be considerate.

[Anonymous]

I understand it but also do not want to be annoyed by extra work for a service I already pay for especially since I always do show up on time and have only ever cancelled one thing last minute for illness. Other people's flakiness should not become my personal burden.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You seem to bizarrely think that a hair stylist is making a ton of money with lots of buffer for no shows etc. Let’s say she does get $150 for an hour long haircut. $50 probably goes to rent her chair and other overhead, $30 to taxes as an independent contractor, leaving her with $70 as a high estimate for every 1.5 hours of work. In an 8 hour workday she can probably see 6 clients leaving time between for cleaning her station, 14min late arrivals etc. So if there’s a last minute cancellation - yes it’s a big deal.

And my colorist also only sees people being color. She’s very talented at it, so she charges more and can easily fill her schedule. Why in the world would she make any room in her schedule for less profitable haircuts without color. It’s wild to me you all would criticize a sept employed person with no leverage for trying to maximize and protect the income they can make with their talents.

An hour long haircut? It takes my high end salon hairdresser about 15 minutes to cut my hair and then another 10 to blow dry it. That's way too long. He books like 3 clients an hour...

Is your hair short? I have thick wavy longish hair and no one I've been to can cut it that fast. Most hair dressers try to cut my hair in 15 minutes and you can tell. I haven't found a hair dresser who can give a good precision cut in over 20 years. I 've gone to expensive salons and less but no one seems to know how to cut hair anymore. I started making 2 separate appointments so I'd get a better cut. One appt for the cut, another appt for the color but it didn't work. The stylist still tried to cut my hair as fast as possible.

One of my kids has the same thick wavy hair and he's walked out of an appointment because they insisted on giving him a fade. For those that don't know, it's a buzz cut all around the head with just the top left longer. It allows people who have no idea what they are doing to become a "stylist".

I have a lot of thick hair. It is long. The only person who took that long to cut my hair didn't know what they were doing. Novices tend to start cutting, get lost and continue to cut away trying to get things even. I know they don't know what they are doing when a cut takes a long time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You seem to bizarrely think that a hair stylist is making a ton of money with lots of buffer for no shows etc. Let’s say she does get $150 for an hour long haircut. $50 probably goes to rent her chair and other overhead, $30 to taxes as an independent contractor, leaving her with $70 as a high estimate for every 1.5 hours of work. In an 8 hour workday she can probably see 6 clients leaving time between for cleaning her station, 14min late arrivals etc. So if there’s a last minute cancellation - yes it’s a big deal.

And my colorist also only sees people being color. She’s very talented at it, so she charges more and can easily fill her schedule. Why in the world would she make any room in her schedule for less profitable haircuts without color. It’s wild to me you all would criticize a sept employed person with no leverage for trying to maximize and protect the income they can make with their talents.

An hour long haircut? It takes my high end salon hairdresser about 15 minutes to cut my hair and then another 10 to blow dry it. That's way too long. He books like 3 clients an hour...

Is your hair short? I have thick wavy longish hair and no one I've been to can cut it that fast. Most hair dressers try to cut my hair in 15 minutes and you can tell. I haven't found a hair dresser who can give a good precision cut in over 20 years. I 've gone to expensive salons and less but no one seems to know how to cut hair anymore. I started making 2 separate appointments so I'd get a better cut. One appt for the cut, another appt for the color but it didn't work. The stylist still tried to cut my hair as fast as possible.

One of my kids has the same thick wavy hair and he's walked out of an appointment because they insisted on giving him a fade. For those that don't know, it's a buzz cut all around the head with just the top left longer. It allows people who have no idea what they are doing to become a "stylist".

I agree that no one seems to do precision cuts. I've gone to high end salons and I have the same complaints. They also never listen to what I want and always cut much more off than I want. I'm fed up now. I usually stay quiet but now I'm going to complain. Also if you leave me lounging in the bowl with a wet head while you start another client, I'm going to get up and walk out. One stylist at one of the nicer salons did that while the owner watched. He also destroyed the shirt I was wearing with bleach. He accused me of changing the color myself when I saw him 2 days later. These people are insane and I won't pay for this anymore.

[Anonymous]

My stylist owns her own business and takes on all the risk so I try to be as supportive as possible of the policies that help her stay in business. Not sure how this contract differs from a standard cancellation policy but if it’s similar, then it’s fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hairstylists are wilding out lately, I swear.

Mine just upped her prices for a one hour curly cut from $85 to $100. That was hard to swallow, but she does a good job and I hate finding new stylists.

THEN she announced if you go more than 16 weeks between “maintenance haircut” appointments, you have to book a $150 “new client cut.” I think that is a disgusting way to wring money from your clients who can’t afford a $100 haircut every 8 weeks, told her so, and canceled my next appointment.

Haircuttery is taking appointments

NP. I get that you are being snarky, but a Haircuttery really helped me once when I left a high-end salon after a really bad encounter that caused me physical pain. (And not for anything like dye, braids, or an updo or anything that might require a bit of discomfort--just a cut and blow-dry.) I walked out after my pain was repeatedly ignored, hair wet and half-done. Walked into a Haircuttery, and they took me then and there with very few questions asked, just needed enough info to get me back on track. I will forever be grateful to how kind and skilled they were.

[Anonymous]

I think it's great that they are making you sign a contract. More hairstylists need to protect themselves from no-shows. I would request 50% down if I was the stylist.

[Anonymous]

NP and I honestly love HairCuttery. Very very few people truly have hair so complicated that they need expensive salons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP and I honestly love HairCuttery. Very very few people truly have hair so complicated that they need expensive salons.

Hair Cuttery is amazing for a very reasonably priced "make it look like I did a really really good job myself" special occasion hair when you are going to a wedding or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP and I honestly love HairCuttery. Very very few people truly have hair so complicated that they need expensive salons.

The folks working there are this side of trafficked at the rate they’re paid. I’m so glad it’s affordable for you.