Prices will vary from shop to shop and area to area. I get my hair cut, colored, styled, dried, eyebrows waxed for around $65. (I live rural..the prices are great!) Sometimes she highlights my hair...
I believe that you should visit a stylist 2-3 times to give THEM the opportunity to know your hair and how to cut it. I was loyal to one stylist for 15 years and hated to leave him. (I moved 2 hours away.) I have used the same gal now for about 7 years in my new home. I just sit in the chair and let her go! She is free to change my haircut (it stays about the same anyway..short) and color away! I really don't care and I have always been happy with the cut and color. It is my only pampering I do every 4 weeks. I get pedicures every 8 weeks during sandal season but I rarely get a manicure....I am too rough on my nails and within a few days, teh polish is chipped thanks to my doings...
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