Hairdresser Woes (Time and Price) - Page 2

Rudey · #16 06-01-2005, 12:31 PM

-Rudey

vanda · #17 06-01-2005, 01:53 PM

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Originally posted by MsSweetness
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.

Ditto here Summer Child if you find a decent stylist. My cousin does it for free, but with the weather getting warmer, I know she will be hard to track down. I was going to a salon on 71st & Exchange but they moved and where they are now, someone keeps busting out the windows so I know I'm not heading that way. I had a girl who did real good hair but I would get there at ten she'd wet my hair to keep me there, and I wouldn't leave there until 6 in the evening. By then, I'm tired hungry, and pissed that my whole Saturday is gone. It's good to know I'm not alone in this.

TheEpitome1920 · #18 06-01-2005, 02:12 PM

For those of you in Chicago...DO NOT GO TO AJES SALON. The owner is the WORST, very unprofessional and he did a horrible job on my hair. Mind you I just cut off all my hair so why did it take him 3 HOURS to trim my hair? And he didn't trim it he actually chopped it all off. And had the nerve to charge $95. NEVER again.

SummerChild · #19 06-01-2005, 04:54 PM

Why do hairdressers think that they are going to wet your hair just to keep you there? I had to track down my hairdresser who was in the back having lunch while I was waiting on what was going on one hour. You know that it's pitiful when your hair has been wet for so long that the hairdresser has to re-wet it before putting you under the dryer. It seems to me like a total lack of respect for one's time!

SC

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Originally posted by vanda
Ditto here Summer Child if you find a decent stylist. My cousin does it for free, but with the weather getting warmer, I know she will be hard to track down. I was going to a salon on 71st & Exchange but they moved and where they are now, someone keeps busting out the windows so I know I'm not heading that way. I had a girl who did real good hair but I would get there at ten she'd wet my hair to keep me there, and I wouldn't leave there until 6 in the evening. By then, I'm tired hungry, and pissed that my whole Saturday is gone. It's good to know I'm not alone in this.

SummerChild · #20 06-01-2005, 04:55 PM

Ajes salon? That *sounds* expensive. Sorry about your hair. Not going there....
SC

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Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
For those of you in Chicago...DO NOT GO TO AJES SALON. The owner is the WORST, very unprofessional and he did a horrible job on my hair. Mind you I just cut off all my hair so why did it take him 3 HOURS to trim my hair? And he didn't trim it he actually chopped it all off. And had the nerve to charge $95. NEVER again.

TheEpitome1920 · #21 06-01-2005, 04:59 PM

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Originally posted by SummerChild
Ajes salon? That *sounds* expensive. Sorry about your hair. Not going there....
SC

It's a Black owned salon that is supposed to specialize in natural hair care. So I thought I was doing a good thing. And he's been in several Black Hair Care magazines so I thought I'd be cool. NO!

AKA_Monet · #22 06-01-2005, 06:25 PM

Out in the Pac Northwest it is rather difficult to find folks who can do our hair the way we want it and they do it well and have the time...

Ironically, I found a good stylist at JC Penney's who is on a strict time schedule and doesn't charge me a ton of money. It costs $25 for a wash and blow dry and ~$90 for a touch-up and trim. She's okey and works for the time being. But I wouldn't get any fancy-smancy kinna stuff with her.

My aunt is a hairstylist in Vega$, out in Summerlin. She does alot of weaves and bondings and colorings. Rarely does the touch-up unless it's for the weaves or bonds. But she is the only person I trust to do my color when I desire to have it... Usually when I am so pissed off with life I change my hair color--use to be related to breaking up with my men... But now, all that's changed. Anyhow, once the gray starts showing, I will probably ask for some kinna color and go up to Vega$ roughly every 2 months or so...

Mz Destiny · #23 06-02-2005, 08:04 PM

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Originally posted by AKA_Monet
Out in the Pac Northwest it is rather difficult to find folks who can do our hair the way we want it and they do it well and have the time...

Ironically, I found a good stylist at JC Penney's who is on a strict time schedule and doesn't charge me a ton of money. It costs $25 for a wash and blow dry and ~$90 for a touch-up and trim. She's okey and works for the time being. But I wouldn't get any fancy-smancy kinna stuff with her.

Where in the Pac Northwest are you? Seattle? If so, do you go to the Penney's at Southcenter or another one?

AKA2D '91 · #24 06-02-2005, 09:44 PM

I "walked in" this evening (my appt. was for tomorrow AM). She saw me 15 minutes after I walked in the shop. I was out 2 hours later. It takes 1hr and 15 minutes for my hair to dry.

I did better walking in than having an appointment.

vanda · #25 06-03-2005, 09:59 AM

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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
I "walked in" this evening (my appt. was for tomorrow AM). She saw me 15 minutes after I walked in the shop. I was out 2 hours later. It takes 1hr and 15 minutes for my hair to dry.

I did better walking in than having an appointment.

I am so hating on you right now!

Epitome, where is Ajes located? The name sounds familiar.

TheEpitome1920 · #26 06-03-2005, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by vanda

Epitome, where is Ajes located? The name sounds familiar.

Its on Randolph near Canal.

I swear I get angry just thinking about it.

Kimmie1913 · #27 06-03-2005, 05:29 PM

After some scarring hair nightmares (that I will not retell here, even though it has been 15 years the damage is still there) I found a salon that I love and trust with my hair. They are black owned, only a husband and wife in the shop. He specializes in chemicals (perms, color) and she in styles and they both work on you in a visit. I can be in and out in 35-45 on a non chemical visit but I blow dry instead of set because my hair takes so long to dry. I amost never wait and have never waited more than 5 minutes in 10 years. They are more expensive ($35-45 for a wash and blow dry depending on length, max of $135 if I get a touch up, rince and cut on the same day) but to me they have been worth it. I always get compliments about how good and how healthy my hiar looks. There is no better compliment than boy your hair is healthy.

SummerChild · #28 06-04-2005, 09:58 AM

On this topic, Black Enterprise has an article this month re saving money (or something like that) and one thing that the article mentions is cutting back on the hair and nail expenses. Apparently, people are saving 100 - 1200 per year cutting back on hair/nail expenses (going less or going to a less expensive place I suppose) and doing dry cleaning one's self. The hair/nail cutback saves 100 and the dry cleaning saves 1200 (I think that I got that right).

One lady uses her savings to re-invest in her business.

Munchkin03 · #29 06-04-2005, 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by SummerChild
Do Dominicans relax their hair? I've only known a Dominican man and he wore his hair super short so I couldn't tell what a woman's hair would look like. Just b/c, I have a close friend from Brooklyn and although she raves about the pricing, she also indicated that they don't relax their hair and she wouldn't let them do that for her hair. She also indicated that they blow dry instead of putting one under the dryer. Are these general practices or do your hairdressers place clients under the dryer? Asking b/c we have a chain of hair salons in Chicago owned and operated by Ethiopians and they blow dry but, usually with a little protest by them, place you under the hairdryer if you basically demand it.

What are the practices? I've also only known Dominicans to be in NY. Does anyone know of any of these shops in Chicago or Southern Cali?

SC

I've seen Dominicans have their hair relaxed there. I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't seen what a good job they did.

I've also always sat under the dryer.

SummerChild · #30 06-05-2005, 05:27 PM

Thanks for the info Munchkin03,
SC

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Originally posted by Munchkin03
I've seen Dominicans have their hair relaxed there. I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't seen what a good job they did.

I've also always sat under the dryer.