How to break with hairdresser?

Skydancer

But who will you use instead.

I was going to add the same comment …what will you do instead? It may work out a LOT more expensivevto go elsewhere. Maybe just cut down on the times you use her? All this showering and washing of hair ( almost daily it seems) is NOT necessary! I often leave mine for a few weeks and use dry shampoo in between. I am lucky though as I have quite dry hair…I go to the hairdressers about twice a year only - and it has become more and more expensive each time. I am 78 and have long hair, and wash it myself in the shower - it does take a bit more effort tho with every passing year!

I have my hair cut every 6 weeks, just that, no washing or drying as my hair is very short. It costs me £13.00 but I always round it up to £15.00. She comes to me and I would be devastated if she stopped. It must be coming up to 20 years for us.
Our circumstances will change after Christmas when my husband retires but I would hate to have to change. I would be honest and see what happens next.

Bea65

OP - £11:50 for ?wash&blowdry.Wow this is cheap- . I buy a course of 6 which averages out @£18:30. .. I don’t go every week but more every 10/11days - this is my only luxury and love the salon - very chatty team and friendly to everyone 👌

I don’t think that is what * EllaMary* said. She has worked out the weekly average over a year.

Definitely tell the truth, as others have said.

I would explain its getting too expensive and see if she suggests anything. I go on a Friday morning as that qualifies for over 60 discount. It could be you've been going so long on same day she hasn't thought to offer an alternative day which may be cheaper

Daddima

Bea65

OP - £11:50 for ?wash&blowdry.Wow this is cheap- . I buy a course of 6 which averages out @£18:30. .. I don’t go every week but more every 10/11days - this is my only luxury and love the salon - very chatty team and friendly to everyone 👌

I don’t think that is what * EllaMary* said. She has worked out the weekly average over a year.

Definitely tell the truth, as others have said.

Just working it out, that’s £69 every six weeks, which is definitely pricey. Even with colouring involved, it’s still quite a lot.

So, same problem with my nail lady,already it's more expensive than others,and she is putting it up again after her 3 wks holiday.I really like her,but should I pay more because of this ??🙄It's a gel manicure ever 4 weeks now 😁

It is hard to admit your situation, but you've been going to her for so many years i'm sure she'll be very understanding. Don't beat about the bush, just say it exactly as it is, nothing to be worried or ashamed about. It happens to the best of us. Heads up. Gird your loins, and out with it.

I think this comes to us all as we no longer work and have the extra money to spend. I dealt with this by starting to use the Josh Wood colour dyes they are amazing and really easy to do. I use one of these twice in succession then book into the salon where the professional colour covers up any areas I may have missed myself. They cost about £15 per box. As others have said you can have just a wet cut which is always a lot cheaper.

I have fairly long hair and have it cut about once a year - dry cut , OAP 10% reduction but probably pay a bit more for good hair brush and shampoos . Average cost per week about £1.50 . It’s the shorter hair fox that seem to be expensive . Have to cut my own fringe quite a bit tho and that can look haphazard at times.

JaneJudge

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I would simply be honest!

madnanna

So, same problem with my nail lady,already it's more expensive than others,and she is putting it up again after her 3 wks holiday.I really like her,but should I pay more because of this ??🙄It's a gel manicure ever 4 weeks now 😁

I only started having my nails done about 10 years ago, I go to a lovely Vietnamese family who also do amazing pedicures and as I don’t smoke, drink much and rarely wear make up, that and my hair are my guilty pleasures and treats to myself!

£89 for trim and colour on roots - no blow dry. Has been going up gradually since Covid. I go on average every 7 weeks - gets expensive. I hate sitting there waiting for colour to take but I’m afraid I don’t want grey hair - we are all different. Take ear plugs as I can’t tolerate inane chatter being shouted over hair dryers. I’m perfecting the art of grumpiness.

I went to am amazing hairdresser but after she set up her own business ( one woman band) it became almost impossible to book appointments. She is expensive but worth I 🤔. Most of her clients are much younger than me and also SAHM's with a lot of time on their hands whereas I work ft and needed to fit appointments around that. Finally she only wanted me to message her on Instagram🥹 which I rarely use and would take weeks to reply to text messages. I just gave up in the end! Don't feel bad about telling her you can't afford it as she may offer you an older person's discount!

Can you not perhaps tell the hairdresser that you need to economise and just extend the time between appointments?

Totally agree with others, be honest and also tell your son. It's a tricky situation, I moved on from my mobile hairdresser who had been coming to me for some years, as she wasn't really doing what I wanted. I left a phone message for her saying I had decided to go back into the salon for a change, and hoped she understood.

Ali08

You see hairdresser every week? Is your hair made of bamboo?

She doesn't see the hairdresser every week. She determined how much it cost her over a year, and divided it by 52 to work out how much per week it is costing her.

Since Covid I haven't gone near a hairdresser. Clippers and the colour nature provided. Break free of the Hairdo Tax!

I have the cheapest of the lot - it's free!! Out with the dog grooming scissors (the sharpest in the house). Sit on kitchen chair, and OH lops off an inch or two!! I have never done hair colour in my life. Okay, my hair is poker straight but the same dark brown colour that it was when I was a teenager, although somewhat thinner (in mid seventies). I don't think that I have seen a proper hairdresser since the late eighties! I am not sure that I have the patience now.

Its a funny old thing the hair industry. My mother had exactly the same look all her life. Grey short, curly. And I do mean all her long life.

My hair was thick and dark and is now a blondish, styled nicely. But it comes at a cost I can no longer sustain. So loathed to go down the grey and short and cheaper route.
First world problems I suppose.

Just tell her the reason, and maybe another style that doesn't need cutting so often. She'll appreciate your honesty and hopefully you'll come to a suitable arrangement.

I go to the same lady who has done my hair the last 24 years. To her house.

About every 8-9 weeks, wash, cut, blow dry. No longer have any colour on, I like the silvery grey colour that my hair now is. Just a simple bob.

£10.

Bargain. Looks great when she does it, not so good just me, but I go swimming several times a week so my hair usually looks a bit unkempt most of the time.

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Changed hairdressers a year ago….not because I didn’t like her cut but because her home salon was in the next town and it was about a 20 minute drive away. Hadn’t quite made up my mind to make the change but by chance met a woman at a friend’s home who had a super haircut, so I asked who cut her hair and she told me who she went to, and that salon happened to be 5 minutes away from my house! Tried her and never looked back. Cut and blow dry costs me about £100 but the cut lasts for at least 6 maybe 7 weeks, and I justify the expense by knowing that I saved on petrol!

I pay £17 every six weeks for a wet cut, plus he blow drys it, and finishes with hairspray.

The beauty industry keeps trying to get men interested in expensive primping, with little success so far! You can be just as strong!