Hair Care

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  • PSMTD
    PSMTD Posts: 106 Member
    You should be paying $190 tops.
    Color is normally $60-90. If you have darkest blonde and aren't going to platinum they can achieve that without using bleach.
    Highlights usually run around $100 - 120 for a full head or $60 for a partial.
    For a color/root retouch it should be around $40 - 80.
    Low lights cost about $60-90
    The only thing that should cost over $300 is extensions, Brazilian blow outs or if you have very dark hair and are going blonde + HL.
  • hockeychick8766
    hockeychick8766 Posts: 51 Member
    When i went blonde, it was $150.
    Going back to brunette: $40
    Haircuts are normally $15-20
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    I go to a private Salon, the owner does my very wavy hair exactly right - cuts for the past couple years are just under $40. The past two times I have had him do creamy blonde highlights and light auburn highlights threaded through my hair in fine bits - not chunks- he also does my roots as we are going from dark burgundy auburn to mid blonde - obviously not in one step lol. This costs me $135 and takes 3 hours with my trim.

    I used to colour my hair myself - only L'Oreal as it worked the best for condition & lasting colour in my hair. I've been colouring my own hair for 30 years and probably will again when we get done with the changeover. I've had every colour from platinum blonde in one step (I have dark blonde hair naturally), to Auburn, to Light Brown, to Blueberry (a Goldwell colour - not black but a very blue based Auburn) & Dark Burgundy. Never had black & never will as it would be 'Night of the Living Dead.' A 50 year old Goth is never a good thing...
  • ColourfulFiasco1
    ColourfulFiasco1 Posts: 37 Member
    I have natural high and low-lights in my hair so I buy lightening dye out of a box. It lightens all the hair a few steps and I maintain high/lowlights. Never paid more than ten dollars for it…I'm naturally medium brunette but I go to blonde.

    The absolute best thing I have done for my hair is not shampooing often. It strips the hair of all of its natural oils. I shampoo once a week and follow with a color safe deep conditioning treatment. If it weren't for roots I would never re-dye…the color stays so well! The transition is hard because your hair is used to having to overproduce oils, but just wear a hat the first week or two, and it'll figure things out on its own!
  • Lilly_the_Hillbilly
    Lilly_the_Hillbilly Posts: 914 Member
    For the life of me I cannot find a decent hair dresser in this town. I've opted to not spend more than $60 on a trim and hope they don't butcher my hair more than the last person did.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    That is way too much. I pay $90 or less for color. I go to an excellent Aveda salon. I don't go every month. More like once every two months. My color blends very well with the roots. I mentioned to a friend that I color my hair because I have some white hair and she said she never knew (we have been neighbors for almost 3 years). I have dark blond/light brown hair with some white. I color it dark blond to blend. I only started recently.

    In some of my photos my hair is darker. Initially I colored it myself too dark and needed professional fixing of my hair.
  • Chrystine71
    Chrystine71 Posts: 224
    Haven't been to a salon in 12 years..cut my own hair...highlight in summer with Loreal....and I'm a WEN girl, lol....WEN shampoo is the best!
  • becky10rp
    becky10rp Posts: 573 Member
    I get highlights and lowlights every 3 - 4 months - along with a cut it runs me about $130.00

    I go to a private salon.

    I'm a natural blonde - I don't think I pay too much (but my husband does)!

    I just started getting a few white hairs a few years ago - I'm 48 -

    I've tried highlight/lowlight kits at home - nothing looks as good as what my salon does.
  • silverlining84
    silverlining84 Posts: 330 Member
    My hairdresser comes to my house. $100 for a full set of foils and a cut. I have long and thick hair as well. With tip ends up costing me $120. I have it done every 3 months.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    $ .00.
  • SymphonynSonata
    SymphonynSonata Posts: 533 Member
    Okay ladies (and guys)! I bit the bullet and went to Sally's. I purchased a bottle of dye and developer, a mixing bowl, two brushes, two bottles of Argon Oil shampoo, a little deep conditioner packet and two nail polishes. The entire bill was just over $40. I did as the instructions said and it was super easy and my hair is REALLY blonde. I'm so excited! Ty for all of the input! <3

    I had asked one of my stylists to make it this blonde in the past and he said it was "impossible." Pfft!
  • feedmedonuts
    feedmedonuts Posts: 241 Member
    I spend $180-$200 not including tip for full foil highlights and a cut.....this is in an "uppity" region of South Florida though in the city. That is steep for me but I don't trust doing it at home and I don't trust super cheap salons due to multiple bad experiences :frown:. And hey, for that price they serve free beer and wine at least :drinker:
  • L4manski
    L4manski Posts: 1,012 Member
    I spent $30 on a buzzer five years ago...
  • SymphonynSonata
    SymphonynSonata Posts: 533 Member
    I spend $180-$200 not including tip for full foil highlights and a cut.....this is in an "uppity" region of South Florida though in the city. That is steep for me but I don't trust doing it at home and I don't trust super cheap salons due to multiple bad experiences :frown:. And hey, for that price they serve free beer and wine at least :drinker:

    Hahah, oh gosh, the places I was going to served wine and beer too! Maybe it's a Florida thing.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    I've learned the hard way you do need to go to an "expensive" salon. You get what you pay for. I went to a mall salon where I've had a ton of luck before, and they do cuts for less than $25. The last time I went, I asked for layers framing my face, and a trim (I had a V cut). The girl chopped two chunks of hair straight across that ended up being two different lengths; one about an inch farther than my chin, and the other grazing my shoulder blade. I had to get another salon to fix it, and three months later, my hair finally grew back.

    So now I'm shopping around, and it turns out my friend's mom is a hairdresser, and her work is awesome. Really need to shop around and find someone decent, especially when it comes to dyeing/difficult cuts!
  • AKosky585
    AKosky585 Posts: 607 Member
    Where do you live?!?!

    I pay $170 with tip when I get a cut, style, all over color and highlights. This is at a nicer salon in Columbus, OH.
  • AllieBear88
    AllieBear88 Posts: 170 Member
    I spend $15 on a trim every four to six months at a local salon that's literally across the street from me. The ladies there are very sweet and professional. I got my hair colored and then had several sections bleached to add red chunky highlights. The all over color, highlights, wash, cut, and style was $140. When the red faded and I was left with icky blonde stripes (I wore them until I couldn't stand it anymore...about six months), I had an all over color done. The color and wash (no cut this time) was $70. I won't be doing a big dye job again. I had to get the red out of my system. I'm good with my natural solid color, but until all the parts that were bleached have grown out and get trimmed off, I'll have my lady color mine so I can trust that the fade will be natural on those sections and not something awful that I KNOW would happen if I do it myself with a color from WalMart. I can't see spending more than 100 dollars on my hair very often, if ever again. But, I'm cheap. And apparently spoiled by her low prices!
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    Okay ladies (and guys)! I bit the bullet and went to Sally's. I purchased a bottle of dye and developer, a mixing bowl, two brushes, two bottles of Argon Oil shampoo, a little deep conditioner packet and two nail polishes. The entire bill was just over $40. I did as the instructions said and it was super easy and my hair is REALLY blonde. I'm so excited! Ty for all of the input! <3

    I had asked one of my stylists to make it this blonde in the past and he said it was "impossible." Pfft!

    Congratulations on your courage, as you can see if you are creative at all and can handle an artist's brush, it's not that hard. I always figure hair grows out eventually. Start small and get a feel for it. I can't cut my hair, but do all the rest. At the place where I go for a cut one of the stylists was showing the others my highlights. He kept asking me how I did it---because they turn out great. :blushing:
  • runforestrun35
    runforestrun35 Posts: 480 Member
    $15 for a box of hair color an $20 per cut every 6-8 week!! Used to pay $80 for having all of it done in the salon...
  • splashtree2
    splashtree2 Posts: 277
    Hey all,

    How much does it cost you to go to the salon and get your hair done? What do you have done? How frequently do you go? Do you go to a chain or 'private' salon?

    I'm asking because I began my little hair-dying-regimen when I was 13. The first time ever I had my dirty blonde hair (which was beginning to darken) bleached, trimmed and had red low lights put in. It was $500 with a tip, shampoo, conditioner, etc at Dillards.
    A few things happened and that was no longer affordable (I was going every 3 weeks and it was about $350). I got my hair dyed brown by a friend (natural color) and left it be for a few years.

    ..then I wanted to be blonde again, went to a cute little privately owned salon, and back to $400-$500 bills. I thought that was extreme, so I went to another guy I knew who does hair and, again, $400. This was for Caucasian hair that has been classified as ablonde (Darkest shade), not super thick hair, going to a lighter base with bleached streaks. It just sounds RIDICULOUS.



    Me i take a good care of my hair, first vitamins then i kept my color, as soon as i have split hair i cut them ans reshape, i use minoxidil to prevent falling hair and i have my hair mask twice per week especially now that's summer, i spend my 100 euros per month and more, i have an have cut re shape every two months cause now i wanna make them re- grow and my blonde reflex that i take under the sun are natural, i prefer it!!!
    I go to private salon no any chain i mean it can happen but usually i go to the same and i live in London, uk!!!

    Where do you guys go, what do you pay? I don't know if I can keep up this extreme stuff for too long. >_>
  • Jessie24330
    Jessie24330 Posts: 224 Member
    I can't believe some of these prices, lol. I cut my own hair which took a few tries to get it right but now it's not a problem and I can put layers and everything without much trouble. I also cut my husband's hair (super easy, we just buzz it off) and my daughter's too. My husband colors mine when I feel like having a change but it's not that often anyway. So, it just costs whatever the box of dye costs which I usually buy the cheap Revlon ones that are $2.97. Everyone has their priorities so not judging anyone but I would never spend so much money on my hair. We can't afford it now but even if we could I have 1,000 other places that I would rather put $100 to $500 a month.

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