Cost of a cut and blow dry?

These are stupid prices. I wash and dry my hair myself at home just before I go to the hairdresser, so just have it cut. Short hair, takes - at the most - ten minutes.
When I came here (2019_a local salon, which is just walk in wait' no appointments - were charging £9 for this. Every few months this increases and is currently at £19. That is just under £120 per hour!!! More even than the Solicitor.

The salon I went to before I moved south, charged around £40 for my usual cut and blow dry. Since moving, I've shopped around and have found a salon that also charged £40-ish which seems to be fairly standard.

Wifey2003 out of interest what does your hairdresser provide for £54 ?

North yorkshire

£54 which is a bit steep i think ....

My hairdresser comes to my home and a colour, cut and blow dry £55. She would cut my husbands hair as well for £10. The bonus as well is she is young so my cuts are always stylish

I now pay £37 for a cut and blow dry, about an hour in the chair. Take into account the hourly wage, cost of products used, and water and electricity it's probably right. Although take it into account my husband has a cut and blow dry at the same shop, his hair not much shorter than mine and he pays £17. He goes more times than me, I'm happy with about twice a year.

The last time I had a cut and blow dry it was £45, the South of England.
I only have it done twice a year. I usually put it in an updo for daily life.

Youngerthanspringtime

Yes, could be, although there seem to be quite a few hairdressers here too although they come and go.

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just looked back at this thread -- Allira, the hairdresser has only been there since just before lockdown, I just discovered them recently and am very impressed. I always give a good tip as I think myself they are too cheap but it gets the punters in.
I think its the fact that there are a lot of hair salons in the area that keeps their prices down.

I pay £66 for highlights and a cut. I do have short hair, and I am in there for 3 hours. It costs about £20 for just a cut. This is a little hairdresser in a busy area of North London.

My hairdresser comes to my house. I pay £20 for dlow dry. She is coming next week, I don't know how much a trim and perm will cost.

I worked in Cambridge and my local hairdresser moved there in 2017, so I thought it great to do at lunchtime. Big shock = £65!!. My Camb commuter village has just gone up to £36, with £70 for basic colour/cut and dry.

I pay £25 for a dry trim. I don’t like my hair blow dried, as it removes what little curl my hair still has. I wash my hair before going to the hairdresser to save the cost of the shampoo! I’m 77 and a Pensioner (no discounts available in any of the salons I’ve checked). I’m in the North East.

No, i don't think so, dragonfly. Mine is owned by a woman.

£70 for a cut and dry, worth every penny, my hairdresser’s brilliant.
I do live in the south-east though.

I pay £47 for a cut and blow dry. I have known my hair dresser a long time, he shaved my head free when I was having chemo and can now cut the little I have left so it looks good.
Wonder if we go to the same place kitty.

I was a hairdresser for 30 years and my God I wish I was young and healthy enough to still be doing hair. We also live in a village 20 mins from a town and I’ve been going to a girl who has a cabin in her garden for the past year. She charges £58 for a cut & blow dry and £150 for a full head of highlights with no cut! Outrageous, plus she has no lights to bring it up quicker and a couple of times her kids have been home, little one playing (annoying me) whilst doing my hair. So no I don’t think I will be going again as that is ridiculous money. It’s more or less the same in the shops in our village but at least there’s no kids, my hi lights come up white and I get a couple of cups of tea. It’s such a shame the mobile girls have got greedy because I was mobile for many many years but always kept my prices a bit lower than a salon so I would be seen as competitive. Since Covid many many things have gone up, unfortunately I fail to see why in a lot of cases, or is this just more proof of the greed that seems to have taken hold in recent years? For example I would charge approximately £35 for short hair cut and blow dry and it is £50 where I go. I was always busy and I always got my products from the cash & carry.

I agree Allira, my husband pays more than that at the barbers, he only has it cut, he's always telling me about some complicated "fade" technique younger men have whilst he's waiting. His is a quick trim, in and out in no time sometimes it doesn't look that different, but it's more than £12.

Youngerthanspringtime

Can't believe some of the prices!
There is a hairdresser near me who charges £12 for shampoo and blow dry and does a VERY good job, Also offers cut and blowdry for shall we say older ladies, for £15!!!
Yet only a couple of miles away in the shopping centre it is £28 for shampoo and blow dry and results vary depending on which stylist you get. In the city 5 miles away it is more expensive.

I don't know where you live but the prices can't have done up in 20 years!!

I don't live in a city or large town but £40-£50 for a cut and blow dry is normal here.

I pay £26.50 for a cut and blow dry every four weeks. When my hairdresser was off sick and they couldn’t fit me in I went to a salon in town and it was around £70.

Let's look at costs the national minimum wage is £12.21. Hairdressing equipment scissors which are bought by the stylist £300 upwards. Maintenence such as balancing and sharpening monthly £100. Then there towel washing and drying shampoo and conditioner costs. Combs, brushes and all manner of paraphernalia chairs, brooms waste disposable all add to the cost. If you have colour the products are very expensive per tube if you need 5 tube to get he colour you want that's a £100 at least. They don't last once opened so not always possible use on another client.
Hope this very brief outlay of costs helps you understand if you are getting value for money from your Hairdresser.

Can't believe some of the prices!
There is a hairdresser near me who charges £12 for shampoo and blow dry and does a VERY good job, Also offers cut and blowdry for shall we say older ladies, for £15!!!
Yet only a couple of miles away in the shopping centre it is £28 for shampoo and blow dry and results vary depending on which stylist you get. In the city 5 miles away it is more expensive.

I'm in Yorkshire, have very short hair and pay £45 in village salon.

Hertford £46 just for a cut. 2 price increases since Christmas. The hairdresser that cuts my hair is very popular and appointments have to be made weeks in advance. I think I’m a rarity in not having my hair blow dried.