Reply to: Who said that hairdresser is a recession-proof job?

[PAH]

The rest is dye and toner work.

Just go grey like the rest of the oldies.

If you must try to pretend to be younger, you can get a cheap blue rinse at the local hairdresser training college, so my gran tells me.

I bought her some diy blue stuff for christmas. Doubles as anti-freeze apparently, so the bloke at Halfords told me.

[Board Game Geek]

WTF???

You're not serious are you?

Yup.

About 10 mins of that is actual cutting, since I'm growing my hair long, so it's just loose ends and the neck hair that needs removing.

The rest is dye and toner work.

[AtW]

WTF???

You're not serious are you?

He was referring to World of WarCraft hairdressing job he keeps to make money there: £ there denotes "gold pieces"...

Allegedly.

[Pondlife]

£8 ?

Your're having a laugh right ?

Mine's £130, with tip.

4 hours work, mind.

WTF???

You're not serious are you?

[Board Game Geek]

Eight quid still seems pretty pricey for a haircut.

£8 ?

Your're having a laugh right ?

Mine's £130, with tip.

4 hours work, mind.

[AtW]

Can't see many cheeper places going under - but some of the larger salons will suffer.

saloons

[zara_backdog]

Sorry guy's - I go to the hairdressers to have my hair cut - not listen to idle chit-chat. Use to go to one of those posh places £44.00 for a cut - but found a good local one which is much less then half the price.

Full of chav's most of the time having the two tone - black'n'blond look done which is good for a laugh I suppose

Can't see many cheeper places going under - but some of the larger salons will suffer.

[original PM]

Why some of them think a new set of nails will make them look less of a muffin topped badger's arse is beyond me

so when they do the close up pop shots their nails do not look taggy??!

[PAH]

It's a social therapy and pampering session women pay for IMO, where they get to hear and speak the latest gossip and generally yap about nothing while having their hair twiddled with. This is nirvana for woman, and hell for men.

We have a winner!

Women love all the pampering. The 'haircut' is merely the excuse to pop along once a month to catch up on the gossip and get some tlc. Maybe they're not getting enough at home.

Same reason why they go for all that beauty treatment. A friend's wife earns plenty redoing her bimbo clients nails each month. Why some of them think a new set of nails will make them look less of a muffin topped badger's arse is beyond me.

[TimberWolf]

I'd rather pay the price difference myself rather than having to listen hours over the haircut mistakes.

It's a social therapy and pampering session women pay for IMO, where they get to hear and speak the latest gossip and generally yap about nothing while having their hair twiddled with. This is nirvana for woman, and hell for men.

Mind you, I like the feeling of the buzzer thing on the nape of the neck. Maybe this is a relic from our social grooming (nit-picking) days.

[Francko]

True but you just slap her and kick her out. Simple.

I'd rather pay the price difference myself rather than having to listen hours over the haircut mistakes.

[Liability]

It's not the time but risk based - who do you think will cause you more problems because of mistake in haircut - man or woman?

True but you just slap her and kick her out. Simple.

[AtW]

I dont beleive it takes 3-4 times longer - its just part of the con and rip off.

It's not the time but risk based - who do you think will cause you more problems because of mistake in haircut - man or woman?

[Liability]

Well, it takes 3 or 4 times longer to do a proper female haircut. They are willing to pay the price difference so what's wrong with that? Do contractors rules only apply to ourselves?

Hell Yeh!

I dont beleive it takes 3-4 times longer - its just part of the con and rip off. Womens hair is actually easier to cut if its longer. In fact you could have a sack and crack wax and that would be more challengining yet cheaper.

[AtW]

Like in London there is a surcharge for cutting hair longer than 1.5 or 2 inches I think