Summerchild, the prices you quoted in your first post seem about right to me. I was paying those prices in high school (5 years ago). I was going to my hair lady in Chicago Heights, but last summer she just "disappeared" on me and I haven't been able to find her She would charge me about $35 for a wash and blowdry or to sit under the dryer. I don't like sitting under the dryer for a wrap b/c it takes entirely too long for me, my hair is too thick and it usually takes well over an hour for it to dry. I do agree with you though that the prices are high nowadays.

I recently started going to my grandmother's hairdresser over on 71st or 73rd, I can never remember the exact addess, and she did my hair very well. However, she had the nerve to charge me $65 for my perm!! saying my hair was too "long". Then she charged me another $15 for my haircut which I thought would just be a trim. To make a long story short, I had to go to the nearest GAS STATION to pull out extra money to pay her. No tip I haven't gone back since and still do not have a hairdresser. If you find one please let a sista friend know. Also, has anyone ever been charged extra for the length of their hair?? I know mine is a little past my shoulders and as soon as it hits that length hair dressers always jack up the prices. I don't think it's long enough to up the prices though.