lazysundays
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Post by lazysundays on Mar 18, 2014 9:37:54 GMT -5
$25 max once a year, more likely every 2 years. $15 haircut with $10 tip. I let it grow out and chop it all off for a wig donation. I wear my hair half up half down. Very low maintenance.
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bean29
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Post by bean29 on Mar 18, 2014 9:55:11 GMT -5
Well, I just paid $75 for color (no hilights) and cut. I usually tip 20% but I gave her $20 b/c she informed me I missed an appt. . Not really surprised, I have to put everything in my phone callendar or I forget. I think is it $25-35 for Cut/style. I stopped doing my own color, b/c I seem to end up with damaged ends. She didn't seem to think it was too bad, but it is way easier to comb my hair wet after she does it than when I do it myself. PS. I love colors like Mahogany and Cinammon. I am a dark brunete, so it is ends up a brunette red. I pay $12 for eyebrow threadding. Tip=$2. about $25 for gel acrylic nail fill. Tip =$5-6, about $25 for pedicure - I only do a few times a year...I don't really like people touching my feet. Personally if your hair is difficult to style or you like to just comb and go, a good haircut is worth more $$. My hair is super straight. I like the way my current stylist cuts it, it falls real nice around my face even if I don't use a flat iron or a curlig iron on it. Luckily this stylist has more moderate prices.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Mar 18, 2014 10:01:36 GMT -5
OK, just scheduled an appt in my town. $35 cut/blow drying. We shall see.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Mar 18, 2014 10:14:15 GMT -5
I recently found a place near me that does pedicures for $20 AND they have free parking. TWENTY BUCKS! It was like my birthday and christmas all wrapped into one!
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 18, 2014 10:15:13 GMT -5
I pay $45 plus $10 tip for a cut and blowout. No color needed. I go every two months or so. It's nice Aveda salon, not cheap but not fancy. I love the neck and scalp massage before the shampoo!
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Post by milee on Mar 18, 2014 10:18:37 GMT -5
They wanted $12 just to trim my bangs one day. No thanks. I am hair challenged (I think that qualifies as a disability under the Americans with Disability Act.) Over the years, I've tried to cut my bangs with results ranging from slightly crooked to downright laughable. It doesn't help that some days my hair hangs fairly straight and some days shrinks and waves up irregularly depending on humidity - and we live in Florida. For me $12 would be a bargain to avoid one of my infamous hair disasters.
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sarcasticgirl
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Mar 18, 2014 10:18:38 GMT -5
BRAGGART!
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Post by michelyn8 on Mar 18, 2014 10:26:49 GMT -5
My stylist was recently certified as a master stylist and charges $35 for a simply HC/style. I go every 6-8 weeks or so and since she tolerates my I want layers/I hate my layers mood swings, what she charges is well worth it to me.
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Otto the Orange
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Post by Otto the Orange on Mar 18, 2014 10:27:35 GMT -5
this is another sexualist thread
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Mar 18, 2014 10:28:43 GMT -5
BTW, should I be concern that I was able to get a Thur morning appt on tue??
My hairdresser in MD was booked for MONTHS!!
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Mar 18, 2014 10:30:29 GMT -5
this is another sexualist thread Feel free to contribute as long as your haircut takes more than 5 min and doesn't require clippers
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milee
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Post by milee on Mar 18, 2014 10:35:16 GMT -5
BTW, should I be concern that I was able to get a Thur morning appt on tue?? My hairdresser in MD was booked for MONTHS!! If she had a cancellation or just added a day - no.
If she's new to the area and still building a customer base - no.
If this is a small town with a small customer base - no.
If she regularly has all sorts of openings within a day or two and it's a regular sized place with a reasonable volume of customers - yes.
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michelyn8
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Post by michelyn8 on Mar 18, 2014 10:37:33 GMT -5
BTW, should I be concern that I was able to get a Thur morning appt on tue?? My hairdresser in MD was booked for MONTHS!! I wouldn't worry to much but if its obvious you're being worked in and you have to wait forever, I'd keep looking. I can call mine and usually get appointments the same week - I rarely schedule ahead of time. Plus, I get reminder calls the day before. They only time I've had an issue (and it really wasn't) was my last appointment. I received a call to change my appt time because they were going to open late due to weather. We alway do a block together and DD2 and DGD's appointments didn't change. We went in at the time mine was scheduled and had to wait for the salon to open and maybe an additional 20 minutes beyond that. I wasn't upset because they had called me about the change and I was simply unable to verify I was ok with it before they reopened the day of.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Mar 18, 2014 10:39:16 GMT -5
I wouldn't think a morning appointment would be a prime slot?
The nail/waxing place I love has $27 pedicures and $38 pedicure/manicures.
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Post by sesfw on Mar 18, 2014 10:49:39 GMT -5
Guess I'm cheap. I walk into Fantastic Sam's when I feel in the need for a hair cut and spend $15 including tip.
The last time I tried a salon a cut ended up costing $85 and wasn't any better than I get at FS's. The cut is no better than the person doing the cutting.
I've always been very blond and in summer will bleach out to almost platinum. Now I'm blond with gray mixed in. Very straight hair so wear it short. A wash and wear style. I shampoo, comb and let it dry where it falls.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 18, 2014 10:51:34 GMT -5
I find I get much more attention b/c they are doing my hair for a grade, they're not hurrying me thru so they can get onto their next tip. Example of how we're all looking for different things. I used to have a stylist that was very good, but slow. When you have as much hair as I have, a slow stylist is a nightmare. Sometimes I'd be in there for over an hour for just a wash, cut and blow dry. In season, she'd sometimes double book and it would take even longer.
That's part of why I love my current stylist. She's very good - she's one of the instructors - but she's fast so I'm in and out within 30-45 minutes. Also, she never overbooks or double books. Down here, in tourist season a lot of the stylists will double book to squeeze in their seasonal clients, which totally sucks if you're not on vacation. I've got other things to do and want to get in and out quickly.
I have very thick, very straight hair. That means that I cannot hide a lousy cut. I had a great stylist in Lexington and I followed him from salon to salon. When I left, a cut and blow dry was $55, it always fell perfectly and if he did not dry my hair (if I was going to the gym after), I was done in 20 min. Right now, I'm using the stylist hat all of TD's family goes to. She is really good with my mass of very straight hair, but she is SLOW. A cut and blow dry can run up to 90 min for me! We go up to BC for this too, as my few forays into the local stylist have been a failure. So when both of us are getting cut, it can be 2+ hours. Good cut trumps time for me. Cut for the 2 of us run about $90, I think I am $60, TD $30.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 18, 2014 10:53:23 GMT -5
I recently found a place near me that does pedicures for $20 AND they have free parking. TWENTY BUCKS! It was like my birthday and christmas all wrapped into one! The salon I go to just recently upped their pedicure pices to $22. They are waaay better than the more expensive place I went to initially.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Mar 18, 2014 11:03:09 GMT -5
I recently found a place near me that does pedicures for $20 AND they have free parking. TWENTY BUCKS! It was like my birthday and christmas all wrapped into one! The salon I go to just recently upped their pedicure pices to $22. They are waaay better than the more expensive place I went to initially. My usual place was $35. they were really good... but the $20 place is comparable. so it is like, buy 2 get one free in comparison.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 18, 2014 11:08:12 GMT -5
When I was in NY (NOT NYC, somewhat near here Swamp is), I got a pedicure there. It was a really nice salon, but $50 + tip for a pedicure is outrageous, even more so in that it chipped after about a week. I normally get 4-6 weeks out of them.
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midjd
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Post by midjd on Mar 18, 2014 11:22:18 GMT -5
Now I want a pedicure, dammit...
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Post by goldensam on Mar 18, 2014 11:25:17 GMT -5
I have thick (but fine) curly hair. My wonderful stylist charges something around $60 or $65 for the cut alone, but we always break my base and add a few highlights for depth so in the end, it's somewhere between $130-$160 before tip.
I'm in a MCOLA area and I'll follow her to the ends of the earth.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 18, 2014 11:25:29 GMT -5
I can rationalize pedicures much easier now that I cannot reach my toes to cut my nails!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 18, 2014 11:28:21 GMT -5
BTW, should I be concern that I was able to get a Thur morning appt on tue?? My hairdresser in MD was booked for MONTHS!! I don't think so. You are going in the morning. i suspect you might have a much harder time getting an appointment late afternoon or Sat.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2014 11:36:58 GMT -5
my old stylist was $50 for a cut and dry/flatiron plus tip....cut and color was $115 plus tip and cut and touch up was $95....she moved to a place that's too far away. went to new stylist in mall (DD used her and since we have the exact same hair - long, thick and wavy - figured I was safe)...she's $45 for cut and dry/flatiron....$75 for color and $45 for touch up....haven't used her yet for color but plan to in the next few weeks. I think for a salon those prices are low....
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Post by nogooddeed on Mar 18, 2014 12:08:05 GMT -5
My stylist has four kids in school, so when they built their house, she added a salon. So, lower overhead means she charges $10 for a cut and blow out and $55 for highlights, cut and blow out. She is frequently asked to appear at hair shows. I think that means she's good or at least connected.
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Post by bcdfgh on Mar 18, 2014 12:18:43 GMT -5
I sometimes go to a beauty school for a simple cut for $15 + tip. Before comming there I wash my hair to save them time so no blow dry, no shampoo, nothing but just a cut.
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Post by bcdfgh on Mar 18, 2014 12:22:14 GMT -5
Well, I've used up that certificate and was going to just pay him, but now he charges $60 and still expects tips. Don't mean to steal this thread, but are the hair stylist wages/salaries about the same as restaurant waiters and therefore tips are expected?
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sarcasticgirl
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Mar 18, 2014 12:23:18 GMT -5
Now I want a pedicure, dammit... me too... but even more so, I want weather that allows for open toe shoes!
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Post by buystoys on Mar 18, 2014 12:28:15 GMT -5
It was $125 for color, cut, and styling (HCOL area) and is now $55 for color, highlights, cut, and styling after moving to LCOL area. Tip extra.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 18, 2014 12:34:03 GMT -5
Now I want a pedicure, dammit... me too... but even more so, I want weather that allows for open toe shoes! I need to get a pedicure Saturday before I leave for Aruba. BRAGGART!
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