How to break with hairdresser?

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.

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 🤔

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

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

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

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

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?

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 had to change she didn’t make it a pleasant experience, I have very fine hair and I’ve found hairdressers only like thick hair. This has happened to me twice now, they don’t listen and cut far too much off to annoy me and make me leave. Still haven’t found a nice hairdresser my hair badly needs a cut but feel reluctant to go

Isn't it expensive! I'm quite pleased that I do my own hair.

I seem to be too busy to make a regular appointment plus we go away in our touring caravan when the fancy takes us, so my hairdresser might be free or not. If not I do what I did during Covid - cut my own. It isn't perfect but then I'm no good at styling it even when the hairdresser has cut it, so it looks okay to me. I colour it (it's now a muddy grey shade naturally) every 3 months or so with a semi-permanent colour that lasts a lot longer than the suggested 8 washes and fades gradually. My hair is chin-length and layered. Admittedly layering the back myself is a bit hit and miss but my hair only ever looked "great" when curly perms were the fashion. Even then I used to do my own!!!

Thank you!

About the 'finishing' bit- I hate my hair being blow dry, so the hairdresser 'scrunch' dries it. She is French-Algerian and loves the word... and I am her only customer who requires it.

38 Euros, every 3 months approx.

My pensioners discount price was £35 I know she's put her prices up recently so I might have to look for another one. I have a wash, cut and blow dry but only maybe once or twice a year

I’m amazed how much people spend. I pay about £15 for a damp cut every eight weeks or so. I am lucky in that at 84 my hair is still dark brown with very little grey (my father was the same), but I wouldn’t colour it anyway. It almost always looks unnatural, but people don’t seem to mind that. I am not short of money, but prefer to spend what I have on other things.

My dry trim (water sprayed to dampen hair) and quick blow dry costs £34. Salon in a small market town in Oxfordshire. I go every four or five weeks. Same hairdresser for nine years. The price goes up annually.

I used to live in Essex and pay £30 for a cut, colour and blow dry at a local salon. Over 60s rate. Busy town. Moved during lockdown to a rural Midlands county. Cut and dry is £30 in our village. With a cut, colour and dry £90 at the local salon. Expensive in nearest towns too. Possibly because a lot of wealthy pensioners move here from the south.
Recently heard of a mobile hairdresser who will colour, cut etc for £50.
Shocked at the difference!

Customers come and go, it won't be taken personally. Its business. Good luck with a new hairdresser.

I pay my hairdresser £38 every five/six weeks - depending on her availability and mine - for a wash, cut and blow dry. So works out about £7 per week.

We all have to decide how to spend such spare cash as we have to help us get by or give us pleasure. I follow this with fascination, and hope it has been helpful to OP.
I now have to ask: what is a 'finish'? My mind is boggling!

Hi, you don’t say what it is you have done. If it equates to £11.50 per week, times that by 52 weeks that amounts to £99 every 6 weeks. If you’re having cut, blow dry, and colours/highlights every 6 weeks that’s high but could be higher depending on where you are in the UK and the kind of salon it is. Need more info really.

Fleurpepper

So there is a huge difference between cost of cut and blow/finish.

For £12 home visit, one has to wonder if it is declared. Seems like a bit of unfair competition, like Airbnb, as proper businesses have rent, heating, rates, and so much more to pay.

Interesting.

I'm sure there are many reputable home hairdressers who do declare everything, but I'm also sure there will be some out there who don't. If people think they're getting a bargain, they probably won't ask too many questions.

I' d check first that you' re not leaving a tried and trusted hairdresser for one that you don' t know, who doesn'xt know you, and who might only be a bit cheaper as they all put their prices up regularly. I would stay with her but cut down your visits, and tell her why.

I changed hairdresser earlier this year, although it is a local salon it isn’t open regular hours and I had know the stylist since she was an apprentice. On the off chance I went back to one I use to go to pre Covid the cost is the same £32 cut and blow dry but stylist is better and I am happier with the result. I only go every six to eight weeks

So there is a huge difference between cost of cut and blow/finish.

For £12 home visit, one has to wonder if it is declared. Seems like a bit of unfair competition, like Airbnb, as proper businesses have rent, heating, rates, and so much more to pay.

Interesting.