Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am vain; I will eat ramen noodles, drive a used car, wear thrift store clothes, but I will go every month for a trim/highlight/blow out (about $200 to include tip, sometimes products) and manicure & pedicure every two weeks (about $150).

No apologies and I’d spend my last few bucks on this self-care - so relaxing and enjoyable for me.

I agree. My hair is important to me. I can't believe some people are so cheap.

PP said she would be willing to eat ramen in order to get her hair done. More power to her (and I love top ramen), but if you really feel the same way then aren't you kind of cheap too? Top ramen is basically the epitome of going cheap on food.

Anonymous wrote:I cut DD's and DH's hair at home. DD has knee-length hair. DH cuts my hair. DS in college goes to a cheap barber.

What I really need is a good conditioner!

Also, DC hair salons cost way too much for the quality of the cuts. I've been to Paris and other capital cities where it's much cheaper, and the cuts look great.

Your DD has knee length hair?

Anonymous wrote:I have curly hair with different curl types over my head. Havign someone who doesn't understand curly hair cut it results in terrible cuts. I now pay $135 (up from $115 last year) for a dry cut - which is better for curly hair - no shampoo, no styling. I go twice a year. So worth it. Those cuts last forever because they're well done in the first place and once curly hair is past the shoulders, it's not noticeable when it's been growing for a while. So I get my hair cut 2x/year for, now, $270 plus tips. I'm ok with that. I don't leave the salon sad about the way I look.

But if I had straight hair or short hair that quickly looks sloppy if not trimmed regularly, etc.? I'd be looking for Hair Cuttery Prices.

I have chin length curly hair and have had so many bad or inconsistent hair cuts over the years that I've given up on professional stylists. I now go to Hair Cuttery to get a blunt straight across cut for the length and cut my own curly layers at home.

I have fine, curly, very low density hair and so so many stylists seem to think that thinning shears are the way to go on my hair. I will walk out of the salon where you can see my scalp through my hair and my curls just poof because they have been thinned and will no longer clump. If I go to a curly specialist, they are usually used to denser hair and cut chunky layers that result in see through dangly, scraggly ends. None of it is good.

It's not about being cheap, but about not wanting to have a terrible haircut for 4-6 mo while the catastrophe on my head grows out only to play the hair stylist lotto again.

During covid I learned to cut DH short style haircut. I'm amazed at how good it looks and that I learned how to fade it well. I now can cut it as well as his long time stylist did and so I only cut it. I was so impressed with my skills that I started to cut my own long hair. I now cut it myself. I don't color and it's all natural and a blunt type cut there are no issues. I love saving time and money with this. I also learned how to change my own oil in my car and other basic car maintenance like rotating my own tires. I was that one teenage girl in HS who took auto mechanics and loved it so it so I enjoyed learning these new skills. I'm in my late 40's and I impress myself with these new things I've learned. I think fear stops a lot of people from trying new things and it's a real shame.

Anonymous wrote:I've stopped going.
I was going every 8 weeks like clockwork for $80. Then she went to $90, $100, $120. All since Covid.

I actually had my teen daughter do my last 2 cuts after she watched some You Tube videos. I can't tell any difference from the $100 plus tip haircuts.

That's awesome! For everyone else reading this it's much easier than you think it is. I've been cutting my own hair since covid and it looks exactly how they cut it at the salon.

Anonymous wrote:Learn to cut your own hair.

THIS!

I have curly hair with different curl types over my head. Havign someone who doesn't understand curly hair cut it results in terrible cuts. I now pay $135 (up from $115 last year) for a dry cut - which is better for curly hair - no shampoo, no styling. I go twice a year. So worth it. Those cuts last forever because they're well done in the first place and once curly hair is past the shoulders, it's not noticeable when it's been growing for a while. So I get my hair cut 2x/year for, now, $270 plus tips. I'm ok with that. I don't leave the salon sad about the way I look.

But if I had straight hair or short hair that quickly looks sloppy if not trimmed regularly, etc.? I'd be looking for Hair Cuttery Prices.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought of this thread today when I went to make an appt with my stylist.

She's great, have been going to her for years and would love to continue getting my hair cut by her but she recently moved her studio. When I went to make the appt, I see that she now charges $250 for a 1 hour appt to cut hair. That was $100 more than the last time she cut my hair. I can't. I just can't. As much as I loved her as a stylist and want to support her, I just can't justify a $250 hair cut.

Because it is insane.

+1. She’s going to lose a lot of customers. That’s just for a shampoo, cut and blowout?

Anonymous wrote:I thought of this thread today when I went to make an appt with my stylist.

She's great, have been going to her for years and would love to continue getting my hair cut by her but she recently moved her studio. When I went to make the appt, I see that she now charges $250 for a 1 hour appt to cut hair. That was $100 more than the last time she cut my hair. I can't. I just can't. As much as I loved her as a stylist and want to support her, I just can't justify a $250 hair cut.

That’s more than hourly pay for ophthalmologist makes after med school, 4 years residency, and addtl fellowship year.

Learn to cut your own hair.

Anonymous wrote:I thought of this thread today when I went to make an appt with my stylist.

She's great, have been going to her for years and would love to continue getting my hair cut by her but she recently moved her studio. When I went to make the appt, I see that she now charges $250 for a 1 hour appt to cut hair. That was $100 more than the last time she cut my hair. I can't. I just can't. As much as I loved her as a stylist and want to support her, I just can't justify a $250 hair cut.

Because it is insane.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am vain; I will eat ramen noodles, drive a used car, wear thrift store clothes, but I will go every month for a trim/highlight/blow out (about $200 to include tip, sometimes products) and manicure & pedicure every two weeks (about $150).

No apologies and I’d spend my last few bucks on this self-care - so relaxing and enjoyable for me.

I agree. My hair is important to me. I can't believe some people are so cheap.

Other people would think the two of you are cheap for spending so little on other things. Everyone has different priorities.

I color my own and get it cut twice a year in a salon that charges about $60.
Many compliments on it.

I found a neighbor who charges $45 cash and cuts in her basement. I really like her haircuts so it’s worked out great.

I thought of this thread today when I went to make an appt with my stylist.

She's great, have been going to her for years and would love to continue getting my hair cut by her but she recently moved her studio. When I went to make the appt, I see that she now charges $250 for a 1 hour appt to cut hair. That was $100 more than the last time she cut my hair. I can't. I just can't. As much as I loved her as a stylist and want to support her, I just can't justify a $250 hair cut.