How much do you spend on your haircut and coloring?

[Lolly]

When I was coloring it, $120 every 5 weeks. I decided that was a waste, so I stopped. Now, $10 a month for 3 mths for a bang trim; and $30 every 4th month for a full service cut. I do look forward to that 4th month!

[Jann in TX]

In my 40's I used a box to cover the few silver highlights I had and a cut every 3 months or so for $40 including tip.

 

The past year (now I'm 50) I have way more silver highlights than I prefer-- plus my hair that still has color is coming in dull.  I now get highlights and lowlights every 10-12 weeks along with a cut.  I pay $130 with tip but she does a GREAT job -- DH loves the color job's texture.  I do allow a few silver highlights to remain visible...

 

I color because I have a 13 yr old dd... I was tired of looking like her grandmother and the boxes (solid color) no longer did the trick.

 

 

[Bluegoat]

I've decided recently that I need to get colour done at the salon rather than doing it myself - as I become more grey, boxed colour doesn't work well.  So I'm going more often and get a cut more often.  My stylist says that I can come every four months if I will touch up the roots once, or every three months otherwise.  The cut is about $60 but the colour is over $100 which is pretty pricey for me.  But I have to say I have generally found cost is a good indication of quality with hair stylists - the good ones who give a great cut every time don't seem to stay at the cheaper places for long.

[Hoggirl]

I get my hair cut every six weeks. $42 + $8 tip.

 

I haven't colored my hair in years. I am a brunette, which I think makes it tricky. My hair started taking on a Morticia Adams quaity - darker and darker. I tried going lighter, but it just didn't suit my skin tone (pasty white). So, I gave it up and EMBRACED THE ARCTIC BLONDES!!!!

 

Most of my Arctic blondes are concentrated in the front - kind of a Stacy London stripe, though not quite as prominent. I have actually had several people ask me if I PUT the Arctic blondes in!

[texasmama]

Depending on what I have done, I pay up to $150 (for cut, base color, highlights and tip).  My hair is mid-back length, thick, curly, and is over 50% gray.  I utterly failed at coloring it at home and damaged it quite a lot.  I get base color once every 2-3 months (mostly root touch up), a cut about twice a year, and highights about twice a year.  I use $6 root touchups at home between salon visits, about every 3 weeks.  Little dd helps me get to the back.

 

My hair is my best asset at this stage so I treat it as such.  I started going gray at 21.  I'm not ready to be gray yet.

[Greta]

I'm generally pretty frugal. I try to buy inexpensive skin care and cosmetics. I own a whole lot less shoes and clothing than most women (heck, I own 1/10 as many as my husband!). I don't get manicures or pedicures or massages or facials. But I do get my hair professionally done every six weeks. I have an amazing stylist, who is ridiculously cheap compared to others in my area: $75 for cut and color. Since she hasn't raised her prices in years, I tip generously.

[Artichoke]

i get a deva cut twice a year for $150 before tip.   Hubby trims it in between times.   He's read the first book which explains how to cut curly hair, and we bought really good scissors at the beauty supply shop.  

[Lady Florida.]

I pay $25  for a wash, cut, and style (blow dry). That's fairly standard for my area. I do this about every 6 weeks though sometimes I go longer. Color touch ups are $50, and are about 3x a year, usually during one of the times I'm getting it cut. Full color with highlights, twice a year is $125. All prices are pre-tip and I always tip 20 percent.

[sassenach]

$35 cut and $8 box dye, 3x a year-ish.

[Miss Mousie]

DH cuts my hair twice a year in the backyard, and I have never used dye.  So, $0. 

 

I don't think I could ever bring myself to pay $50+ every month or two!  

 

I suppose there will come a day when long hair (mid-back) just doesn't "fit" my age, although I hope to be able to get away with calling it "countercultural" instead of "cheap and lazy."  ;)

 

 

[Haiku]

My dh cuts my hair. I buy a $7 box of dye about every three months.

[mohsmom23]

I used to spend $30-35 including tip on a hair cut about 3 times a year.  Just last week, I tried a new stylist at the recommendation of some friends on Facebook.  This lady just started up her own salon in her house and only charged me $10 for a great cut!  I was shocked she was so cheap and did such a good job.  Now, I can afford to get my hair cut more often!  I would love to get my hair colored and highlighted, but I personally can't justify the expense right now. 

[HeWillSoar]

$30 for the cut and that includes tip, every seven weeks or so.  I color at home and try to stretch that as long as possible. 

[Anne in CA]

I recently went to the best salon in town for a root touch up and highlights. It was 115 before the tip. OMG, it looks beyond amazing, but I can't justify doing it again. Usually I spend 70 for root touch up and a trim.

[happypamama]

Uh, none?

 

Then again, I don't have very fancy hair, and I've had pretty much the same style for twenty years, so I might not be the one to ask. It's long and straight. DH likes it, and that's all I really care about. I trim it myself from time to time and have DH verify that it's pretty even. I also (sorry, don't hate me) have no grey yet, so I haven't even thought about the best way to color, if I ever will.

[Audrey]

With tip, $120 every 8 weeks.

[madteaparty]

Is henna easy to use? I'd like to color at home to cut costs. My hair is Asian black. What color henna do you use? Can you rec a brand?

No, henna is not easy, it takes forever and it's a mess. I did it for years and eventually starting using hair color, the "natural" stuff first, and just the regular chemical one now.

[Tsuga]

Including the 20% tip, about $55. I go twice a year. I don't color. I pluck the grays. I don't know what I'll do with more grays.

[G5052]

I pay $25 including tip for a haircut every 4 weeks. My college son and I go together, so that includes the discount for the two of us.

 

I color my own hair using products from Sally Beauty Supply that my stylist helped me figure out. It's about $8 every 4 weeks. My gray is wiry and all over the place, plus I have enough of it to know what it is like when I don't color. I plan to keep coloring!

[Lizzie in Ma]

$0

I don't color and I just trim my bangs and ponytail.

[bettyandbob]

Sometimes I go more than a year without a cut. I've gone two or three years. Sometimes I go two times in a year. For many years I went to a barbar shop around the corner. I would get a cut during one of my ds's cuts. I've branched out now have gone to hair cuttery. I don't know what they charge for long hair, cut only ( no blow dry and style). I coloredy hair twice from a box over twenty years ago. It was obviously a different color--dh did not notice. Other people did, but not dh.

 

I'm a few months shy of 50. I have no visible gray. Dd finds a strand every couple of months. I've been trying to decide what I want to do when I get more gray.

[ScoutTN]

When I still highlighting my hair, about $120, 5x a year. Fabulous job on both the color and cut. Gave that up so we could pay for summer camp!

 

Now, $8-12 at Great Clips every couple months for a so-so cut.