How to break with hairdresser?

I can relate to this. I have been using same stylist for around 10 years. She's expensive,£48 cut and blow dry,£120 colour. After Covid I grew colour out but after a year my natural colour so dreary that I returned to having it coloured and I'm happy with it. The cut I'm not so sure about,it looks fine,nicer when done in salon not so easy to do at home.
When I moved to this stylist it was a leap of faith after a few not so good experiences. I am starting to feel a little disgruntled though. She will often try and change appointment times,we book appointments 6 months in advance etc,feel expensive. To complicate issue my daughter goes to same stylist and is very happy with colour,but also feels same. Her nails are also done in same salon which she is very happy with. Not sure whether to jump ship or not. Grass isn't always greener-or cheaper!

I tried a different style for this reason. With a longer style I go only a few times a year…

Maybe change your style to a longer one and keep your hairdresser?

Why not ask her if she’d be willing to do it at yours and at a cheaper price or ask your dil to ask her and say you cannot afford salon prices anymore. My hairdresser comes to me and charges £25 for cut and blow dry

Hi there
I agree with "Love to paint "🙂💋

My hairdresser of the last 5 years just had a very long wanted baby so on maternity , the person who is her cover I don't like her this is the third cover she has done for the saloon she is also local . I have 5 more cuts with her going to try and stick it out

Yes. I think this is the way to go without hurting her feelings.

I’d be tempted to try the local college who run their hairdressing courses as a salon . A lot cheaper than the average hairdresser , though no coffees on offer .
Personally, I can’t believe how little some people are paying !
I am pretty damn sure that my own hair costs go up month on month.
I have literally in the last two weeks gone from shoulder length to short hair , with a colour & highlighting my cost was a mouthwatering £109 !!!
Bang went my nail appointment (that I had hoped to book )
I do make my appointments for the pensioners day & never know if that is what I am being charged .
Also as I am definitely not ready to give in to the ‘ white hair’ I will continue to go every 5 weeks or so . Sometimes it’s 4 weeks due to either hairdressers holidays or my own .
I am both lucky & unlucky as my hairdressers salon is opposite my house , handy yes . But I have thought of changing as , I do think that she does what she likes & not what I particularly want , such as the new restyle , I showed her the picture & it’s certainly not the same style !
It would be pretty damn awkward to just stop going after 10 years , I did go to another salon when I first moved back here but they made a mess of a colour & this is where I went to get it rectified.
Oh to have my thick curls back again . My one regret , should of used HRT , maybe 🤔

I guess you just have to tell her you can't afford her anymore. This might make her think twice, since you've been a loyal customer for so many years? But then, unless your hairdresser lives in her saloon and never comes out, she probably knows how expensive daily living has become and might start thinking again before she raises her price.