[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]

Originally Posted by Velvet

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]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

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]

Originally Posted by Velvet

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.

Originally Posted by BrianL99

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]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

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]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

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.