Haircuts

[spotty_dog]

I go to Vidal Sassoon in Chicago. It costs and arm and a leg, but I get a basic cut...and then have dh trim it in between.

LOL. DH gave me SUCH a hard time for spending a whole $15 including tip on a Supercuts hack when he can do a perfectly good job with the kitchen shears.

I'm so fashion clueless that I don't really mind the kitchen shears haircut, and will probably need another soon because I'm getting splitty and I don't foresee taking the kiddo to Supercuts with me anytime soon.

I do miss the experience of having a really good stylist though. Sue has been cutting my hair since I was small enough to sit on a stack of towels so my head would go above the chair. The last time she did my hair was when she braided it for my wedding. I love talking with her about what I want, having her make suggestions and knowing I can trust her implicitly whether it's a style, color, or perm, and of course Supercuts just doesn't come with the lovely Aveda shampoo experience!

Finding a stylist after moving is as hard as finding a dentist or doctor, IMO. And I went to my dentist and doctor before moving to by myself some time. Can't do that with haircuts as easily especially when it is super short. I just started asking people -- if I saw someone with a good cut, I'd ask who does their hair. It makes them happy and helps me out.

[Flynn]

I think it depends on where you live as far as prices go. I used to pay about 100 dollars after tip in a major city for a cut, and permanent color.

Here I pay 70 dollars including EVERYTHING. Wacky. Big cities charge big city prices in my experience.

There is nothing like a good cut though! I'm in complete agreement there!

I have FLOWN to a different city before to get my haircut from my old stylist. This was only a couple of times and I did have friends to visit in that city . . .

I love my stylist now who charges $55 (not cheap) but could easily charge $100 and gets offers from other salons all the time. She is very firm that she does not want to cut rich people's hair, they wouldn't let her be as creative as her current group of clients and they are more likely in her opinion to be a pain in the ass to work with. Got to love one's socialist hairdresser!

Highlights from her are more expensive so she has set me up multiple times with the salon's "advanced training student" and given the trainee her formula (in my experience, trainee cut/color can work if the trainee is not in stage 1 hairdressing school but is doing the equivalent of a fellowship).

I flew across the atlantic for a good haircut No in all seriousness I had a fantastic guy who cut my hair here absolutely loved him, he reminded of the guys in queer eye for the straight guy. then he took 'time out' and never came back so I went to another girl there and she said i couldn't have my hair this way or that way becuase it was too thick etc etc and ended up with a bsic style for a not so basic price so I went to a place in Boston G2O and the guy there was fantastic, not after to take a chance as he knew what he was doing anyway, he took over 6 inches of my hair and fantanstic colour exactly the way I wanted it ( you know the hair cut ihave n the pick where Im trying on my engagement ring)

Anyway I waited 6 weeks to go back to him again but when i flew to Boston (to see my fiancee was the priority, or so he thinks :> but he was away on holidays and the girl who did it played it safe and wasn't exactly how i wanted it oh well i'll be back over in April

[Grog]

It's SO hard to find a good stylist, I agree with all of you.

I finally found someone who's on the same wavelength as me when I moved across the country. I sometimes tell my sweetie (whom I met here) that it was worth moving out here just for that hairdresser..... humm, and because I met him here too, right

[SuzySunshine]

This is one of my resolutions - get a new look in 2007!

There's nothing like the feeling of walking out of a salon with a great new hairdo! I found a great stylist here - a friend of a friend who does celebrity hair and gave me a whopping discount! She's incredible and although I paid a fortune according to our budget - $180 for cut, highlights and lowlights, it was worth it. Instead of foils, she painted on lighter blond, darker blond and strawberry with brushes!!!
I am a natural blond with long hair and I'm extremely picky about who colors my hair. I've had it fried and ruined one too many times. I add highlights and lowlights to give it depth and volume. Because I am naturally blond and I stick to my base color, I can go 3 months between visits. That's how I justify the cost!

[medpedspouse]

I think many a bad haircut/style/color can be avoided if the stylist would only be honest. Either be honest and say " I do not have much experience working with your type of hair/particular cut" or "that style will not work for you" and tell me the reasons why.

My favorite story to tell about my wonderful stylist is when I once asked him what he thought about me coloring my hair or getting highlights. He said, "honey, you know that takes commitment and I do not think you are ready for that" I wish I could say he was wrong.

I just hate it when stylists are not straight with you. I think that this is the underlying reason why we are disappointed/angry/frustrated. We believe we will look one way and end up with something else....or even worse... semi-permanent damage.

[Michele]

I have an amazing stylist! And she was just up visiting last week so I got a free cut! My mom has always cut my hair (she was a professional before having me). When I was in college I tried to go somewhere else twice and both times ended up with an uneven cut. I finally found someone in town that could do a basic blunt cut (seriously my hair is all one length) and she finally told me that I have an uneven distribution of hair...one side is thicker than the other. Anyway, I wasn't chancing it in this hick town....so I just wait for my mom to visit! And I L'Oreal the color myself. I'm so ghetto sometimes!