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Cost of a cut and blow dry?

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Jaxjacky Thu 01-May-25 20:27:00

I use my friend who has a dedicated room in her house, dry cut is £20, South Hampshire.

HowVeryDareYou2 Thu 01-May-25 20:18:12

I live in a small town in Nottingham. My hairdresser's is a small, family-owned place and I pay £36 for a trim and blow-dry.

Everdene Thu 01-May-25 20:12:26

I had a cut and blow dry at my usual salon this morning. It cost £55. The price has increased twice since Christmas. I’ve been going to the same place for almost 20 years.

Janiepops Thu 01-May-25 18:53:17

I pay £28 for cut/ blow dry, £85 for cut, roots, highlights, blow dry.
However, he comes to my house, no overheads for him except for the colours etc.
He does a brilliant cut, and I save ages driving ,parking, walking to salon in town.
Try and find a local mobile hairdresser, especially with such an easy style, saves time, money, and you don’t have to get ‘done up’ to leave the house.

Bixiboo Thu 01-May-25 18:50:40

My hairdresser charges £65 for a cut and blow dry and £42 for a toner which I always get. I know it’s not cheap but it’s a lovely salon in a very nice area. Good hairdressers are few and far between so I have no intention of changing.

TerriBull Thu 01-May-25 18:47:46

It varies, last time I had highlights, a couple of weeks ago, in a configuration known as a T section, which sounds a bit like a medical procedure but it's where the crown, parting and hairline are foiled, costs less than half a head, so that with a cut and blow dry was just under £100. I go every six weeks, which is a lot I know, I only get it cut on every third visit and similarly I only get a full head of highlights also every third visit and have the T sections in the appointments in between, so my charges vary.

ferry23 Thu 01-May-25 18:47:16

Oh, maybe it's not so bad then.

It seems the older I get the more I think everything is stupidly expensive grin

Allira Thu 01-May-25 18:41:07

I think it had gone up to £45 last time I went.

Aldom Thu 01-May-25 18:40:00

I like near Oxford and I pay over £30 for a dry cut.

cosyathome Thu 01-May-25 18:39:20

ferry23 it is twice that where we live, a choice of 6 salons in this town, the salons are not even ‘lovely’ as Patsy70 describes

Patsy70 Thu 01-May-25 18:33:54

It really does depend on the area. I live in Kent/London borough and pay £47 for a cut and blow dry. I have highlights once a year, and I think I paid around £120, which included the cut & blow dry. However, I do go to a lovely salon, so my hairdresser has expensive overheads.

ferry23 Thu 01-May-25 18:24:14

I only moved to this area last year and when I found a hairdresser she charged me £30 for a cut and blow dry. I have very short straight hair so it's not a massively difficult or long job.

After Christmas the price went up to £33 and my next cut in June is going to be £36.

This is a semi-rural village and it's an extension in the house - not swanky by any standards.

When she did my highlights I was a bit shocked that it was £110 - the salon I went to prior to moving charged me £80.

Just wondered how much others pay?