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The cost of a haircut has doubled

(96 Posts)
Aely Mon 13-Oct-25 13:01:10

Pre-Covid, just over 5 years ago, it cost me £12 to have a simple, dry (maybe a spray bottle to damp down) haircut. Nothing fancy, just cutting off the excess length since the previous one. I have straight hair, nothing complicated.

I need about 6" removed to stop it getting caught in zips and being a winter nuisance, just back to shoulder length. £24! Seems a tad excessive to me. We have two hairdressers, what used to be the expensive one and what used to be the cheaper one (the one I use, naturally) and both charge exactly the same. What do you have to pay where you live?

Doodledog Mon 13-Oct-25 13:11:34

A cut costs £50 where I am (small town), with colours more expensive.

Treatments are charged based on hair length, so maybe getting more cut off costs more than a trim in your salon?

FlexibleFriend Mon 13-Oct-25 13:41:30

I use the hairdresser who cuts my hair the way I like it. I don't think £24 is expensive and it's pointless comparing prices now and pre covid as the price of everything has gone up.

Aldom Mon 13-Oct-25 13:44:49

A dry cut for me costs £38. South East England.

silverlining48 Mon 13-Oct-25 13:47:08

I think almost everything has doubled. I have a hairdresser come here and for my almost bald dh and me ( I wash my own hair prior to my cut and blow dry) the cost is £50.
It used to be £27.
Colour extra. I have left mine white.

silverlining48 Mon 13-Oct-25 13:47:31

South east England too

fancythat Mon 13-Oct-25 13:47:43

Mine costs £30.
Has done for years.
Small rural town.

Ilovedogs22 Mon 13-Oct-25 13:49:51

If I ask MrIlovedogs22 nicely he'll cut my hair into a nice bob
(he's very precise!)
He tried layering though but couldn't do it! The back of my head looked like a Badger's bottom!
Anyway, he's cheap, trustworthy & he can't say that my hair looks rubbish because of... Ssshsh! Male pride.

Jaxjacky Mon 13-Oct-25 14:08:01

I go to a friends house, £20, but have paid £25 in a hairdressers - both a dry cut.
Utilities have gone up significantly in 5 years, as have employee costs, theses all all to the cost.

Allira Mon 13-Oct-25 15:03:03

I was surprised that the price of a cut and blow dry had gone down when I went the other week.
It had been £42 the last time I went but was £37. It could be a pensioner rate which the girl on the till forgot to charge me the previous time.
As a result, I gave a good tip.

Georgesgran Mon 13-Oct-25 15:11:18

My hairdresser charges extra for long hair (I think that would include you Aely if you needed yours cut back to shoulder length).
So, like most other posters, I think you are still getting a bargain.

M0nica Mon 13-Oct-25 15:21:29

i have just moved and the cost of a haircut has almost halved.

Astitchintime Mon 13-Oct-25 15:24:23

In the salon I use, taking off that amount of hair would be considered a ‘re-style’ not a simple dry trim and would cost more.

janeainsworth Mon 13-Oct-25 15:31:53

I pay £60 for a shampoo, cut and blow dry. It takes my hairdresser about half an hour.
It’s worth every penny to me.
Don’t forget you are paying not only for your stylist’s time at the appointment, you’re paying for all the overheads, plus national insurance, holiday & sick pay as well. And for downtime when other people miss or cancel their appointments.

CariadAgain Mon 13-Oct-25 15:36:01

Small town in Wales. I can't remember what I paid my hairdresser here pre-Lockdown - think it was around £33-£35 a go. During Lockdown he wasn't working and I had a hairdresser I knew personally come to my house instead and I think it was £15 she charged me.

Once hairdressers were all officially back at work I went back to my original pre-Lockdown one and he's now charging £55 a shot for a cut and blowdry. This area has a pricing structure for various things whereby one pays more than usual to get same standard as we had before we moved here or those who were living here anyway and want "more" pay those higher prices too.

Dearest hairdresser ever, dearest dentist ever, dearest plumber ever is what I've got since moving here to this cheaper location - because they know we have to "hunt" for them and so, if they know they really are good they get waiting lists in effect and they CHARGE!

Greyduster Mon 13-Oct-25 15:38:52

I pay £40 for a shampoo cut and blow dry. The price has risen twice since I started using her, but I know I’ll get exactly the quality of cut I want so I don’t mind paying the price.

mokryna Mon 13-Oct-25 15:40:57

Everything is more expensive, insurance, water, electricity and rents have all gone up since Covid.

Pittcity Mon 13-Oct-25 16:22:30

I've started going to a training salon. Cuts used to be free but they now charge £5 as they had time wasters booking and not turning up. It takes longer than usual as the cut has to be supervised, but I've never had a bad haircut.

Gummie Mon 13-Oct-25 16:25:39

I had a dry cut last week to chop some length off. £24 which I thought was okay now that we live in 2025 and not pre-covid times.

Debbi58 Mon 13-Oct-25 16:29:31

If you have a local hair training college , you could try them . My local was is very cheap

David49 Mon 13-Oct-25 17:20:33

Men too mine is £15 now £9 before covid

ronib Mon 13-Oct-25 17:26:50

Hairdresser visits at home £16 for a cut. It’s okay…

rafichagran Mon 13-Oct-25 17:43:36

Hairdresser comes to me £55 for cut and colour. I ask her not to blow dry it as I have quite thick just below chin lengh hair, no fringe, it's easy ti style and I like to blow dry and straitened it myself.

MiniMoon Mon 13-Oct-25 17:50:12

I have a short pixie cut every 8 - 12 weeks. It costs me £15. If I went to my nearest large town it would be twice that amount.

Mel1967 Mon 13-Oct-25 17:55:44

I have very short hair.
Mine costs me £16 every 6 weeks.
I’m in Margate, Kent