I'm out of touch with reality

[jebartle]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.

[ThirdOfFive]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.
Heh. Charge what the market will bear, I guess.

But in my not-so-humble opinion, vanity is the primary motivator here. Before we moved to TV my wife's hairdresser was located in Duluth, MN and we lived south of the Twin Cities (both of us lived for several years in Duluth, which is where we met). Every six weeks, like clockwork, we'd drive the 400 mile round trip to Duluth and back so my wife could get her hair done. It wasn't a chore: we'd make a day of it, doing some shopping, eating at favorite restaurants, etc., and it was a day we could spend together (work life made that iffy, sometimes). But the cost was $140 per session with the hairdresser. We thought for years that we were the only ones doing that. Not even close. One woman drove up to Duluth from Iowa for the privilege.

Me? $20 covers a cut AND tip by Tom at Cal's Barber Shop in LSL. Perfectly satisfactory. Then again, men aren't as vain as some (most?) women appear to be.

[Kelevision]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.

Try salons in Leesburg or outside of TV

[BrianL99]

Heh. Charge what the market will bear, I guess.

But in my not-so-humble opinion, vanity is the primary motivator here. Before we moved to TV my wife's hairdresser was located in Duluth, MN and we lived south of the Twin Cities (both of us lived for several years in Duluth, which is where we met). Every six weeks, like clockwork, we'd drive the 400 mile round trip to Duluth and back so my wife could get her hair done. It wasn't a chore: we'd make a day of it, doing some shopping, eating at favorite restaurants, etc., and it was a day we could spend together (work life made that iffy, sometimes). But the cost was $140 per session with the hairdresser. We thought for years that we were the only ones doing that. Not even close. One woman drove up to Duluth from Iowa for the privilege.

Me? $20 covers a cut AND tip by Tom at Cal's Barber Shop in LSL. Perfectly satisfactory. Then again, men aren't as vain as some (most?) women appear to be.

Definitely out of touch. My daughter pays $350 + Tip in Boston.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Shave it all and wear a wig. You get to pick and change styles, cuts, colors, lengths, textures. Get a few of them and switch them out with your moods. Two wigs at under $200 for the pair at Ace Wigs (dot) com are good for 2 years if I take good care of them. Shampoo, conditioner, a wig stand, under $50 total and will last you longer than the wigs do.

[Rainger99]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.

That seems quite high!! Is it in the Villages?

[Mrfriendly]

Definitely out of touch. My daughter pays $350 + Tip in Boston.

My wife is an excellent and experienced hair designer in NJ and we love color.....:)

[Velvet]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.

Yes, and that doesn’t include the air fare to Paris, France to get the bangs shaped … as a politician’s wife does. Vanity is correct. I personally, don’t like the way salons handled my hair and now do my own, with the exception of a blowout and professional make-up for special events.

[Two Bills]

I started cutting and doing my wife's hair color during COVID lock down. Got pretty good at it.
She will not go to hairdressers any more.
$176 to $300+!!!! I am saving her a fortune
I see a new, very expensive fishing rod and reel coming my way shortly, and no arguments!

[dewilson58]

I started trimming and doing my wife's hair color during COVID lock down. Got pretty good at it.
She will not go to hairdressers any more.


I do not do trims..................Next time I stay at a Holiday Inn Express, I'm going to attempt.

:MOJE_whot:

[Two Bills]

I do not do trims..................Next time I stay at a Holiday Inn Express, I'm going to attempt.

:MOJE_whot:

I think I better change that quote!!!!

[jebartle]

Went with a friend to salon school here in Villages on Valentine's Day, $14 (keeping with the Valentine's theme), for color and went crazy and gave a $14 tip, lol

[EdFNJ]

Hey. Cal's Barbershop does "The Villages Cut" for women for under $20! Looks good on SOME folks.

[retiredguy123]

Cal's at Colony Plaza charges $16 for men and $19 for women. I keep waiting for a gender discrimination claim.

[Velvet]

Cal's at Colony Plaza charges $16 for men and $19 for women. I keep waiting for a gender discrimination claim.

Probably charges by the number of hair on the head?

[thelegges]

Last 5 years..color and cut $180 plus tip… TV isn’t outrageous cost…problem is very few know how to high/low lights on non grey hair. So that $180 has to be fixed by someone outside of TV. We go 4 times a year north so we both still use our people who know hair doesn’t always have to be grey

[fdpaq0580]

Probably charges by the number of hair on the head?

What a great idea. My haircut should run about $1.47 + tax and tip.

[Taltarzac725]

Heh. Charge what the market will bear, I guess.

But in my not-so-humble opinion, vanity is the primary motivator here. Before we moved to TV my wife's hairdresser was located in Duluth, MN and we lived south of the Twin Cities (both of us lived for several years in Duluth, which is where we met). Every six weeks, like clockwork, we'd drive the 400 mile round trip to Duluth and back so my wife could get her hair done. It wasn't a chore: we'd make a day of it, doing some shopping, eating at favorite restaurants, etc., and it was a day we could spend together (work life made that iffy, sometimes). But the cost was $140 per session with the hairdresser. We thought for years that we were the only ones doing that. Not even close. One woman drove up to Duluth from Iowa for the privilege.

Me? $20 covers a cut AND tip by Tom at Cal's Barber Shop in LSL. Perfectly satisfactory. Then again, men aren't as vain as some (most?) women appear to be.

That must have been a tough drive in the winter.

[villageuser]

Probably charges by the number of hair on the head?

Hahahaha!

[Blackbird45]

If you're not looking for a muti-color effect, you can simply do this at home.
You get your husband to learn the process, it takes about 10 minutes.
It just learning how to section the scalp area, once it's applied it takes about 20 minutes of wait time.
To add a bit of flair once the waiting time is over you jump into the shower to wash it off with your husband. If you take my recommendation, he'll most likely want color your hair at least twice a week.

[ColtsFan]

Check out Beauty First Hair Salon at Trailwinds next to Jersey Mikes Deli. Now going there instead of Color Me---my color and comb out was $68 and I loved it. Stop in and get a price list.

[gbs317]

I’ll be the first to admit it that men have it easy. 20 bucks haircut with tip, and outfit for special occasion is my dark blue suit for marry them and bury them.

[GizmoWhiskers]

Definitely out of touch. My daughter pays $350 + Tip in Boston.
Yep, well over $300 at Color Me on 466 for blonde high lights and a cut after a tip included. I tried Ulta to see if I could get that price down. It came out to about $260 -290-ish. Not much better. Pricing went up during the .... 2021-2022 um... chip shortage and never came back down. If I had the guts I would do my own all over blonde.

[BoatRatKat]

Box color $8.00, no tip. I get compliments all the time on my hair color even from the gal that cuts my hair!

[Triker]

It will be long hair here in TV don’t have to cut as often. Will just go for a trim. Gray hair it is.
Ladies previously paid $17 for wash cut style and the hi lo highlights was $40- $50.

Man cuts were $10

[ThirdOfFive]

That must have been a tough drive in the winter.
Yep, at times. A few cancellations. But I-35 was usually in pretty good condition.

[MandoMan]

Heh. Charge what the market will bear, I guess.

But in my not-so-humble opinion, vanity is the primary motivator here. Before we moved to TV my wife's hairdresser was located in Duluth, MN and we lived south of the Twin Cities (both of us lived for several years in Duluth, which is where we met). Every six weeks, like clockwork, we'd drive the 400 mile round trip to Duluth and back so my wife could get her hair done. It wasn't a chore: we'd make a day of it, doing some shopping, eating at favorite restaurants, etc., and it was a day we could spend together (work life made that iffy, sometimes). But the cost was $140 per session with the hairdresser. We thought for years that we were the only ones doing that. Not even close. One woman drove up to Duluth from Iowa for the privilege.

Me? $20 covers a cut AND tip by Tom at Cal's Barber Shop in LSL. Perfectly satisfactory. Then again, men aren't as vain as some (most?) women appear to be.

I had a girlfriend in New Jersey whose hairdresser, Ron, had a salon in New York City. He was also Marilyn Monroe’s hairdresser when he was very young. When he died a couple years ago, he got a full obituary in the.New York Times. My girlfriend would pay $500 including tip to have her hair colored and cut.

[Marmaduke]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.
Yep, I have many friends who do not look as if they paid more than $35-$40. every 4-6 weeks, either.

It's all relative to disposable income, vanity and intellect, in my opinion. I love Free Enterprise, but have always looked for salons that aren't out to gouge their 'clients on hair and nails.

They are friendly, knowledgable and talented. Locally, you may consider traveling to several great salons in Ocala. Stylists there all know about Salon J_____ in TV.

[dsnrbec]

Hey. Cal's Barbershop does "The Villages Cut" for women for under $20! Looks good on SOME folks.

Never heard of “The Villages Cut.” What is it?

[Miss B GA]

Search for 'hairdressers' on the various Villages Facebook pages, Nextdoor, etc. You will see lots of comments on this issue. If you go outside The Villages, you will find they are much less expensive.

[oneclickplus]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.

Identify as a guy. It's working for a lot of people these days (/sarc).

[Sandancer]

Salon J is related to the developers...I go to Mon Ami-just outside of the villages- 3 excellent hair dressers-I go monthly- under $100 for color, cut & styling {WITH TIP}

[kendi]

Husband pays $8 for cut in Wildwood. I pay $120 for color and cut in Colman. Very happy with the results, get lots of compliments

[NotGolfer]

They upsell here....at many places the "stylists" are compensated for selling products. You know when they talk about "levels"....it's when they sell the most (or less) products along with the service. Salon J_____ does that and I'd bet others do too.

[JerseyGurl]

My daughter is a hairdresser in Pennington NJ (near Princeton). Haircut and blowout $75. Cut and color upwards of $200. Here I go to Fantastic Sams. Cut $20; wash cut and blowout $35. I don’t color waste of money.

[Heytubes]

The Village Cut makes pretty women look like pretty men. Just my opinion.

[rothbear]

Wow! So glad that my hair hasn't turned gray....I'm not joking! I have dark auburn hair and so far I only have a few white ones interspersed that unless I point them out no one sees. I wait to get it trimmed until it is really bugging me. $19 with tip at Great Clips.

P.S. In case you are wondering, I just turned 72.

[airstreamingypsy]

Shave it all and wear a wig. You get to pick and change styles, cuts, colors, lengths, textures. Get a few of them and switch them out with your moods. Two wigs at under $200 for the pair at Ace Wigs (dot) com are good for 2 years if I take good care of them. Shampoo, conditioner, a wig stand, under $50 total and will last you longer than the wigs do.

I've actually thought of doing that. I was inspired by Schitt's Creek, and that woman who wore all the wigs. As I get older my hair is getting thinner. My hair is long right now, so I can wear it up for the summer, off my neck, but wigs would be fun.

[airstreamingypsy]

The Village Cut makes pretty women look like pretty men. Just my opinion.

When I get my hair cut, I say, "Don't give me a menopause haircut." My hair is pure white, and I'm afraid they will think I want that cut.

[Armytwin]

Go see Kim at Fringe Salon. She doesn’t charge outrageous prices and she’s really good. Both her and my sister go to her.

[FloridaLady]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.

I have gone to a few places and yes I pay alot more than I did in NH. I have curly hair so I can’t just go into any place because curly hair takes more time and experience. I also color and every other time I include high lites with tip close to 250. I work so going to the school wouldn’t work for me.

[ColtsFan]

Never heard of “The Villages Cut.” What is it?
It is the short hair cut look that many women now have in The Villages. I had it for awhile and got a little bored with it, so now have a short bob.

[Marmaduke]

It is the short hair cut look that many women now have in The Villages. I had it for awhile and got a little bored with it, so now have a short bob.
Triple Digit Heat Index. It's a style that always looks nice, rather than long and straggly. Bobs are nice too!
We all look Maaaarvelous, dispite a previous post about the short cut being "menopausal", which begins at 50....so let's get real, right?

[Joe C.]

Bald is beautiful.....:beer3::beer3:

[merrymini]

Went gray and never looked back. Love it.

[dewilson58]

Bald is beautiful.....:beer3::beer3:

Ur wife??? :shrug:

[afecher]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.

I learned to cut and color my own hair at a cost of $10 per month and continually get compliments about my hair. Found a lot of tips on you-tube that were helpful.

[Velvet]

In the olden days women set their own hair. My grandmother had beautiful, almost waist length, white hair which she arranged in various styles. These days a short cut is preferred by many seniors. For that you need another person, preferably someone skilled, to shape your hair. If you wear your hair in a length you can upkeep yourself and you just tweak your natural hair color a bit, you never need to see a salon. It is sort of like nails. I like to let my nails breathe. Very rarely do I put something on them. They are manicured and nurtured with warm oil … but no salon. Invariably, at the salon they either filed down my nails too much, or gave me nail fungus, or promised a shellac that would last two weeks which peeled in 3 days. I find very long nails, like talons, intimidating, but some people seem to like them. If I want to be pampered I go to a spa and have various massages. I find the Princess Fairmont in Scottsdale very refreshing.

[fdpaq0580]

Ur wife??? :shrug:

HAHAHAHA!!! UR bad!

[NEGirl]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.

iF YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE BUBBLE YOU WILL GET A BETTER RATE. ALSO NOT A VERY GOOD CUT EITHER.
There is a school in the Villages, watch the paper for their specials. You will probably have a better cut too.

[Suzay]

I get mine trimmed once a month,stopped coloring my hair years ago.

Happy with my natural color ������ you'd be surprised what grows in .

[Marmaduke]

I learned to cut and color my own hair at a cost of $10 per month and continually get compliments about my hair. Found a lot of tips on you-tube that were helpful.
I did too!!! I learned how to do both and all of my friends are doing it too!!!
160-350 is outrageous.
To clarify, a $40. cut looks just as good as a 160. Cut from the developers daughter.

[cmeinel@verizon.net]

Yup especially since it the same cut for both lol

[elle123]

Friend informed me, hair cut and color at local shop, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS, yipsters....and you get to do this AGAIN in another month, holy cow!! My husband $20 includes tip!! Me, ponytail, periodically whack it 3 inches, cost, lol.
In Ocala you can find a better deal--the shops in TV are more expensive.

[RCMill531@comcast.net]

Different styles and processes require different costs. A haircut is expensive but my 2 processes (low lights and highlights) are not cheap. We each have different priorities.

[SusanStCatherine]

I asked a woman I worked with where she got her hair cut since I liked it a lot. Floored me when she says she used a Flowbee at home. There are others as well like AirCut. Kudos to the the many unpretentious people here who prioritize having fun over a fancy haircut.

[Whitley]

Husband pays $8 for cut in Wildwood. I pay $120 for color and cut in Colman. Very happy with the results, get lots of compliments

I'm sure that makes him happy. How about you; do you get compliments as well?

[Whitley]

My daughter is a hairdresser in Pennington NJ (near Princeton). Haircut and blowout $75. Cut and color upwards of $200. Here I go to Fantastic Sams. Cut $20; wash cut and blowout $35. I don’t color waste of money.

Waste of money? Are you sure you are a Jersey Girl? No price is too high for a Jersey Girls hair. Next you will say you do not get the smokey eye.

[Whitley]

I asked a woman I worked with where she got her hair cut since I liked it a lot. Floored me when she says she used a Flowbee at home. There are others as well like AirCut. Kudos to the the many unpretentious people here who prioritize having fun over a fancy haircut.

If a fancy hair cut makes a lady feel good, why insult her? I thank the ladies who spend time and effort on their appearance.

[Sandancer]

All 3 are excellent- They are right off of Griffin Road- I use Barbara

[markusmom]

Sofia's Salon next to MMD Computer on 441 only charges $100 for cut and color. Excellent job and youthful cuts. Not your average old lady salon

[fdpaq0580]

Waste of money? Are you sure you are a Jersey Girl? No price is too high for a Jersey Girls hair. Next you will say you do not get the smokey eye.

Had the smokey eye. Cataract surgery took care of it.

[Boomer]

To those who are in the planning stages of buying a house in TV and are coloring in a salon now, I hope you tip your current colorists well. Before you move, you need to get your formula and also the brand of the color used. (Some salons have a rule about giving the client the formula.)

I had to find a salon in TV that used Wella because that was the only brand my hair would grab. Even Goldwell would not work. If your gray/white is resistant, brand can matter.

I used to be in that chair every 4-5 weeks for retouch, highlights (followed by clear for shine) and cut. It was a couple hundred bucks plus tip.

I always said I would not go gently into letting my hair go natural.

Then came Covid and I was not going anywhere, so I grew out my real color. And I love it.

Had I known it was this color all the while that I was spending all that money and time covering it up, maybe I would have let it grow out sooner. . .But I seriously doubt it because it is not easy to put up with those roots if you have a social life. (I had thought about it before, but could never do it.)

Ironically, there was a young woman who saw me in the salon for a cut recently and then told my hairstylist she wanted the same color I have. My hair has different shades of silver and gray and white all through it. Can’t be bought.

I think that Covid cloud had a silver lining for some of us boomers. We are saving a lot of money and rocking our natural hair color.

Vanity, thy name is Boomer

[Laker14]

Out of touch with reality?

You live in The Bubble and you have to ask that question?

[Packer Fan]

If you're not looking for a muti-color effect, you can simply do this at home.
You get your husband to learn the process, it takes about 10 minutes.
It just learning how to section the scalp area, once it's applied it takes about 20 minutes of wait time.
To add a bit of flair once the waiting time is over you jump into the shower to wash it off with your husband. If you take my recommendation, he'll most likely want color your hair at least twice a week.

Amen. I tell my wife it looks BETTER when she does it from the box (her daughter helps her, or I have a few times). I don't get why she sometimes pays $180, but she is convinced it looks just a tiny bit better. Its all in her head. With the box, we can do it once a month instead of 6 weeks so the "blond" stays covered. If you do the box right like you discribe, no way to tell the difference.
Since she will never do the grey villages old lady bob cut(her husband will not allow it), she has to color forever.

[Boomer]

Since she will never do the grey villages old lady bob cut(her husband will not allow it), she has to color forever.


wow (cringe, shudder)

Boomer

[Whitley]

Amen. I tell my wife it looks BETTER when she does it from the box (her daughter helps her, or I have a few times). I don't get why she sometimes pays $180, but she is convinced it looks just a tiny bit better. Its all in her head. With the box, we can do it once a month instead of 6 weeks so the "blond" stays covered. If you do the box right like you discribe, no way to tell the difference.
Since she will never do the grey villages old lady bob cut(her husband will not allow it), she has to color forever.

Nothing wrong with telling each other what you like, and doing what makes the other happy. It has worked for me.

[airdote22]

Salon J is related to the developers...I go to Mon Ami-just outside of the villages- 3 excellent hair dressers-I go monthly- under $100 for color, cut & styling {WITH TIP}
As a man I prefer lady barbers as they seem to put more effort into it. The men too often give a $5 cut and $10 worth of Bull S***.