$300 For A Quick Weave. Have Hairstylist Lost Their Minds? #Chiomachats
- Posted on 28 July, 2022
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So, hey guys, i'm back with another video, so tonight's video is yet again another chama chance, video podcast edition so by the title, we're going to be discussing whether or not hairstylists have lost their damn minds. Now i wanted to do this video a while ago and i'm glad i waited because so many popular and personal examples keep occurring dealing with today's hairstylist and this video is specific to hair stylist. But i think we can generalize these service providers in the beauty industry, because a lot of it is synonymous with one another. So flash tags, nail text, makeup, artists, clothing, designers, pretty much everybody that's contributing to the in your face world of vanity that we live in. So i did this psa on my instagram story about a month ago, if you're not following me on instagram, you can with the link in my description box, but follow me at the queen chama on instagram. I definitely do a lot of good rants and y'all be loving it, so i'm gon na keep them up. I like to go on rants on instagram, sometimes and not bad ones, that are deep, fried negativity but just random rants of thoughts that i have. So it's easy for me to do these commentary videos about random topics, because my mind is always racing with different opinions and ideas. So i'm going to reference my instagram story. It started off with a viral tweet. That said, no really can we discuss what is happening to the black hair business. Can we talk about why stylists are getting lazier but more expensive? I just saw a 300 quick weave service, hair, not included, but you had to buy your hair from her and wash and blow dry with a braid down is extra, so i then followed up and said: don't let me start this rant because i will go on For hours and hours and hours and hours anyway, but about how much i think a lot of hairstylists have lost their minds in 2022, a quick weave should not cost over a hundred dollars. A closure. Quick weave is a maximum 120. In my opinion, it's glued hair to a cap and it lasts two weeks. I continued by saying that post struck a nerve. Please don't get me started. Social media has ruined hair styling and a lot of y'all don't even wash and blow dry hair before the service. If the client is doing half the work, you have no business asking for higher prices. Y'All gon na stop this. My price is going up bs because under what merit, though, because you said so - no included extra services, no upgraded equipment, no salon servicing no wash and blow dry, no additional hair treatments, no changes to your business at all. Just raising your prices, because social media told y'all to quote unquote, get a bag and quote unquote. Yesterday'S price is not today's price y'all have got to stop the madness. Okay, but let me shut up as y'all can tell. I don't like this social media era of business and brand owners, i'm not doing a rant today, but maybe on my youtube channel, because i've been peeping this for months. So here's that video - i didn't go on a full-blown rant on instagram, like some of my other stories that y'all may enjoy. If you follow me, but i definitely want to bring this to youtube, because this is a problem and i've already done a video about this before. But if the solution hasn't been solutioned, then we need to keep talking about it until one comes about. I have an idea as to why i think this is really happening and it's a pretty obvious reason that may be going over a lot of our heads because of the times that we're living in with that being said, i've broken this video down into one overall Main talking point so without further ado: let's get right into this video, so my overall main talking point is yes: hairstylists have lost their damn minds and no offense to any of the good quality and integrity based hair stylists that may be watching, but i'm pretty sure That even hair care professionals themselves can agree that a lot of these new age practices are simply absurd and i think we, as consumers, clients, customers and anybody interested in the world of beauty have the right to express our grievances. Because what has been happening is that the list of cons or the list of malpractice is growing longer and longer. So this may include the pricing for certain services, the quality of the service, the overall salon, experience and the method of booking the rules and regulations for booking the requirements for prep to get certain styles and many other categories. That i'm sure i can spend a whole video coming up with. I think everybody has had a bad experience at one point, but many of us have opted to do our own hair or have found a solid hair stylist, but still at the very least, know and understand that currently a lot of hair stylists have lost their mind. So with the initial twitter post about a quick weave being 300, which is completely absurd, i've also been noticing the skyrocketing prices on a lot of cosmetic services, and i don't think the issue is that clients don't want to pay or if they want to go to Cheaper people for lower quality work, i think that's a myth that a lot of stylists may say and tell themselves to differentiate the types of clients that they get. But the reality is the average woman who cares about what they look like or has an interest in vanity and prioritizes. Her looks will spend money on getting her hair done or whatever it is, whether it costs her 500 or even more. Women are willing to spend that money. The women that aren't don't come to the salon to get their hair done. Of course, occasionally you have those situations where people run off on a stylist or try to get over or feel as though they pay too much for terrible quality work. But women will spend that money on hair and the problem now is the pricing for a lot of these services, including the attitudes of the stylist and all of the rules and regulations, and all these different things have gotten to a point where people deserve to complain. So, within the twitter thread there were several people who were expressing their grievances with this new age of hairstyling. So, looking at some of the instagram comments, i wanted to read a few one user says: i'm all for charging your worth, but it's really getting out of hand. Some of these new quote: unquote: stylists, have no business etiquette, no customer service skills and don't provide the full hairdresser experience without inconveniencing their clients. The industry has took a turn for the worse another user says i'm not doing it. I refuse i would rather eat a jean jacket. The girls are not certified and customer service be subpar, i'll pay, the price. If the work and service match this other person wrote. My friend said they learned it from the white stylist, but people pay it. The market can shift those prices down if people stopped paying and then the next user, who was actually a hair stylist, said it's mainly these new stylists too many of them never been to school and just do hair, which is okay for some things. But i would never hashtag licensed cosmetologist, i still shampoo hair. They are going up on the prices and down on the quality. The braids that are being done for sew-ins are ridiculous. Lol give you dookie, braids and quickly sew the hair on top. Someone else said. This is why i stayed on youtube university and lastly, one user said - and this is why you should go to licensed beauticians. You get full service and not these outrageous prices and rules which personally, i truly agree with. So i want to know why this is happening. I want to know why we keep having these issues with hair stylists and the reality is once again for the umpteenth time. We are in the era of social media stylists, hair stylists are not just the beauticians that are locally known in their own personal beauty, parlor or inside a salon of a well-respected hairstylist in your city. Hairstylists are now social media influencers, like everyone else and by everyone else i mean youtubers are influencers, who are really regular people? There are certain dancers in all types of dance that are influencers. Now you have random people that just have a following. That is big enough to consider themselves an influencer. You have these rapper girlfriends, who are influencers. Everybody has some type of influencer quality to them today, and everyone is desiring to live up to an influencer. This influencer culture has really jaded, so many people by them straying away from actual work, ethic and business integrity. So the stylists are overcharging you because they have a range rover and have to make that car payment, or they went viral on tick, tock and now have hello followers and feel as though they need to keep up with the joneses and their prices are going to Reflect that what happens when you give people clout and money, they try to maintain their money by doing the least amount of work possible. It'S the old but very simple ideology of going or acting hollywood, and because the clicks and the likes, the favorites, the reposts and the shares the views are giving so many of these stylists this level of celebrity and exposure. Even if it's minuscule it's reflecting in their work and then in their pricing, i think social media is really the reason for the deterioration of the quality of life. Overall, although i think it's fine and it's modern, its side effects are showing that there is more negativity to it than we want to admit and in the world of beauty you always want more clients or new clients or a clientele in any business. You want a clientele, you want loyal customers as well as new customers who will spread the word about whatever you're selling or doing due to social media. There are select hairstylists, who have made a name for themselves and can be revered as social media icons. My younger sister and i used to watch the show la hair when we were in high school, and i think that was the beginning of the social media. Hairstylist, although kim kimball is very well respected in the hair game, and literally is one of the greatest at what she does. I think televising the hair world, and especially the black hair world, was really the beginning of hairstylists, trying to become synonymous to celebrities. Kim kimball gave us a glimpse of salon life, the drama that goes on the opportunities that her stylists were able to acquire. However, they had celebrity clientele that came in there were shows and other experiences that people got to see and all of those hairstylists kind of made a name for themselves even outside of the show and even became known figures in the hair world. That show ran for five seasons, and i thought it was a great show. I actually truly liked it. The characters were always funny or unique, but i loved watching it for the hair as well, so the show ended in 2017. However, that was the surge of an influencer becoming monetized and because youtube is a platform that has a beauty genre. That is heavily revered. I think that's when the intertwining started to take place. I think hair styling used to be a secretive thing in regards to like how to get your curls to look a certain way or how to lay down the wig or how to neatly part, your hair or whatever, but youtube allowed for regular individuals as well as Professional hair stylists to share their tips and become known for their work and then add in the compensated components like money brand trips and the ability to teach a class and gain thousands the ability to have a big social media page. We now see that hairstylists have shifted their focus and having a big clientele or a big social media presence versus doing what they're supposed to be doing, which is doing hair. Of course we're not talking about all hairstylists, but i do think that there are so many hair stylists that don't fall into these categories, but practice these principles they practice raising their prices for no reason they practice thinking that they need to be in these big name. Salons or just being in a major salon, they practice doing less work for the same or more profit like when did washing and blow drying hair become something that hairstylist did not do. I just don't know when this ship came in, like i don't ship it at all. I always remember when it came to my natural hair, it got washed, conditioned a treatment and a blow dry. My explanation is that, because of the need for money to keep up with the joneses and appear to be in the upper echelon of people, they don't have the time to wash and blow dry because they want to take as many clients as they can. In one day, however, when you do things like this, you have to ask yourself: are you willing to sacrifice your position as a well-known hair, stylist, a good quality hair stylist, a hair stylist that specializes in certain things, for temporary satisfaction of a chanel bag and the Right answer is no, but so many people are saying. Yes, i had a great salon experience the other day and i went to an actual salon and it was relaxing and reassuring to know that every little detail that my hair needed, my stylist was able to do, and this was for my natural hair. But i vetted her out to make sure that i was getting a wash and blow dry included with my service and that she was an ethical and business oriented stylist. So let's wake up this idea of ethics and just professionalism. I do believe that the money aspect of this conversation is where people are most outraged. However, i do think that, because we have created the serial entrepreneurship movement, everybody is hopping into starting a business or having a brand, especially beauty related, and it doesn't translate to good business practices and professional business adequate at all times. By that i mean some of y'all are rude as hell. Some of y'all don't know how to talk, don't know how to type and don't know how to deal with people and as a model director myself, i have learned that it is completely difficult. Probably one of the most hardest things that you have to do in life is deal with people, people can be late, people can be needy, people can have dumb excuses. People can ask dumb questions. People can disrespect you, people can diminish or belittle you. People can say things to hurt your reputation. It'S hard to deal with people trust me, i'm dealing with women ages, 18 to 29, all at the same time every week. It is hard. However, you have to learn how to play poker. I always tell my girls. I don't play chess, i don't play checkers, i play poker and by that i mean you keep a poker face and you just learn how to play your card without emotions, reactions or conflict, because the customer is not always right, but the customer is always right in Regards to whether you're going to make money that day or not so the best thing you can do in business is to take out your personal ways of being quick to snap at somebody or putting all your business on your business page or trying to out certain Clients, because they inconvenienced you, you don't know how many times i would like to cut up on some of the rappers photographers venue or studio owners that i have to deal with in being a model director, let alone the different models that i have come in. Contact with over the past year, one of them even tried to fight me last summer, so you're gon na deal with wild things when you're dealing with people. But you as a service provider, cannot in turn turn around and do something or say something. That'S gon na make you miss out on your money or ruin your reputation and it's like some of the stylists and nail techs and lash texts and brow waxers and everything in between. Don'T remember that they're trying to start a brand or have a business and that they can't act like their customers. So many times i've seen service providers going off on their instagram or facebook story to make general addresses to current and potential customers, because one person made them mad. That day, you look stupid as hell writing on your story to address how somebody showed up late and how you're now implementing a 30 late fee after 10 minutes, because your time is so precious. We know that and it sucks that you're dealing with people who don't have a sense of professionalism, but at the end of the day, you're the brand stop addressing people in your stories and your facebook posts. It will literally never make me come to you. If i see any hairstylist having to disrespectfully first and foremost put out public service announcements about certain clients or certain new policies or certain incidents, i'm just going to keep scrolling because all you have to do is update your policies and respectfully let people know that you Have new rules and regulations and that they should be privy to them or aware of them, or even encourage them to read the terms and conditions that you have set out for yourself. I don't understand why some people get smart or feel the need to argue with a customer when you can literally just get another customer. But if you make the customer unhappy because they did something or even you did something or they said something - and you responded in a certain way that customer has all the power to mess up your money and don't let a youtuber be the customer that you play With because we see these makeup, artists and hairstylists and so forth, go viral on social media because a customer outed them and it went viral and now they're being dragged for the filth and most times it does benefit the stylist or the service provider. Because now they have more exposure, but that is what you call cloud chasing inflation, where everybody runs to book a service to see what you're about, because you went viral for a bad reason, but it dies down after a month and you're back where you started with That bad reputation still on your name, it's never worth it, especially when you're supposed to be garnering money and helping clients feel beautiful and not break the bank. Speaking of breaking the bank, let's talk about prices. The pricing for certain services that used to cost a certain price back in a day has gone up higher than today's gas prices, and part of that is having to maintain this luxurious lifestyle that is so desired by so many people and the other half of it Is this ideology of people encouraging business owners to charge their worth, and the infamous quote today's price is not yesterday's price and i have to ask like i did in my monologue under wet marriage. Okay, i want to know what is possessing hairstylists to change their prices and increase their income, and it not being because of reasonable factors. For example, there was a girl who does hair in the city that i work in who posted on facebook at the beginning of january of this year, saying that she's raising her prices for the new year. Just because it's a new year that doesn't make a slick of sense. However, there's so many hair stylists that just because a blood cell moves in their body or a social media personality told them to or they get gassed up, because they did one semi-important person's head. They raised their prices, you can't just raise your prices just because it has to make sense. It has to make sense, it has to make sense. Okay, it has to make sense. It must make sense, though. Okay, it just makes sense something reasonable would be upgraded equipment, differences in your commute to a client if you truly did get better at your work and so forth, but the price for a quick weave that is glued onto a stocking cap that, if we're being real, Even with no background hair knowledge, you can slap on a quick weave yourself. Let'S not act like a quick weed possesses extreme difficulty, i'm not negating the technicalities and the placement and the proper molding process that it takes to do it. But i don't think it's fair to say that it's something that you can only get done in a salon. So prices have to be reflective of your quality. Your experience, your products as well as your time yet stylists have begun to have their prices reflect their lifestyle that they want to uphold, and i just don't agree with that. We are losing the art of beauty in regards to hair and black culture as a profession. I will never shy away from the fact that black people created enforced and made trends out of cornrows braids, natural styling, sew-ins and so forth. But i don't want going to the salon to be seen as a luxury or a thing of the past, because so many stylists are not humbling themselves and understand that they're still service providers outside of whatever influence that they may have or want. I also wanted to add that a lot of people think that this only occurs in stylists, who specialize or primarily do services with extensions, so wigs pieces tape, ins, ponytails and so forth. But i definitely think that the natural hair community is one of the biggest perpetrators of this, because natural hair is still on the transition back into how prominent we wear our natural hair as women. It'S really seen as a luxury to get your natural hair done, and we all know that natural black hair takes a lot more tlc, but i still don't agree that a wash press and curl should cost a third of your rent. I think most people are upset with the pricing because we do understand it's hard out here for everybody. It'S definitely hard out here for a pimp named slickback, but there has to be a reasonable indication of your prices that makes people want to patronize you because you're reasonably affordable or you're reasonably expensive. If you will, i also think it's a little bit dumb for people to change their prices, just because they did a celebrity's hair to a certain degree. I understand, but at the same time i don't understand, because that's all about your clientele and not how well you can do hair. There are a lot of girls on youtube that really know how to do hair and they're not licensed, but they can slap down a lace frontal just as good as arrogant, but you'll have some hair stylist that just because they work with beyonce's backup dancer, they decided That they're going to do a 200 increase on their pricing. That'S just ridiculous. To me, most of the stuff that is happening is because hairstylists are everyday people, just like you and i, and because the focus on vanity is so expedited. At the moment, we are all suckers getting licked to remain trendy and pretty in the eyes of society, especially when it comes to black culture to be considered a bad or an it girl. You have to have a 13 by 6 lace, frontal that is 40 inches long and 250 density that costed you almost 800, if not more and because of that stylists are finessing the hell out of a lot of people by realizing that so many people are willing To spend a lot on their looks that there is room for a big return and social benefit. I'M not really sure if i can call that finessing, because the market of any industry is going to make an impression on the price of things. But let's be real. A lot of these stylists are really taking advantage of the current state of girly girl society. I used to get braids as a kid. My mom did not play that weave. I didn't get my first real sewing until like the end of ninth grade and it could only be 14 inches. She was gon na make me get a 12 inch, but because i was tall she gave me an extra two inches. My sister wasn't allowed to get more than 12 inches and it had to be a full sew in no leave out no baby hairs. No none of that. Just a nice wiggy helmet story of my young african first daughter life. So with me, i just figured out how to make it work independently, because i didn't have the luxury of money to spend on hair back then and definitely really wasn't even allowed to go to the salon for real unless it was for braids. So i did a lot of independent work to find what works for me, but i do enjoy going to the salon and don't want to keep breaking the bank for really no reason at all other than aiding somebody to keep up with society's materialistic and flex culture. My solution would actually be to learn how to do a lot of things with your hair and only go to the salon for necessities, or for when you want to treat yourself, i obviously wouldn't recommend taking black hairstylists out of business. However, if consumers go on like a mini strike of just limiting the amount of times they visit, the salon, some stylists who are participating in malpractice would have no option but to retract from some of these outrageous new methods, because it doesn't make the beauty community look Good, i understand we're in a new era in which your looks really matter, but you're not going to get points for being unprofessional, charging outrageous prices and not even doing the work that is necessary to maintain somebody's look. I want this video to be a place where clients and customers and consumers can express their grievances, while also giving solution-based responses that can help a lot of these new service providers actually create a strong reputation and brand for themselves. More people are inclined to support you when they respect you, you're likable, you're, reasonably priced, and you provide a full service from head to toe. So yes, a lot of these stylists have lost their minds, but i do want to help them find their minds by saying, let's resort back to traditional hair styling and just do hair the charades with social media and their yearning to be the next arrogant. Tay isn't for everybody! You can't force that upon yourself, just because you have the talent to do hair. Let your work speak for itself, capitalize off of your talent, but don't in turn, ruin your reputation and put out bad quality services for clout or for a check run, a business that is ethical and reasonable and you'll see the benefits that come with being a good Service provider, so that is it for this video i hope you all enjoyed. Let me know your commentary on my commentary down below what do you think? What do you know? Let me know if you haven't already: please follow me on all of my social media networks, especially my instagram, because i'm about to keep doing some more rants on there. Okay, i know y'all gon na like it, and i will see you all in my next video bye guys. They know
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Pretty Brown: They definitely have lost their minds. Investing in myself and learning to do my own hair was the best decision I made. I remember when sew ins were only $75 in just 2015-2016. I can’t believe how much the hair prices has gone up when it comes to hairstyles in general. I feel like we’re just paying for their booth rent instead of the actual style
Brooklyn Girl in a Tampa World: I worked as a Manager in “white people salon” and in our hair community the customer service is still lacking or non existent. And a lot of stylist where I worked had dual licenses, and they never overbooked, took a lunch break and didn’t take phone calls while working. We had someone come in and clean once a week plus the daily cleaning we all did, we offered drinks and gifted goodie bags to loyal clients. The owner also would keep a customer appreciation party for clients, so she showed love to her clients. The prices weren’t cheap but customers didn’t mind paying because it was an experience and every stylist washed and dried and flat iron each client.
Tiffany Collier: I agree. I have had to clap back at stylists trying to charge 200-300 for $50 kitchen beautician jobs. If you aren’t licensed, educated, and in a comfortable space…absolutely not. I’m not paying top dollar to your living room and baby cry. Sorry not sorry.
Kiki Odubanjo: I saw a tweet that said “The white community has been charging $300+ for color and over $1k for extensions but when poc do it it’s a problem” and someone quoted that tweet saying “Black people need to free themselves from the ‘white people do it so why can’t we?’ mentality” That could not be more true✨
B W: $350 for a silk press???!?!?! My hairdresser is a licensed cosmetologist and beautician. She charges $85 for a silk press and works in a salon. I don’t get why people charge so much for hair. I love being able to support her because she’s reasonably priced and even when she raised prices they only went up by like max $20 a style. I couldn’t imagine paying so much on hair when people can go to YouTube university.
Melissa M. Vassell: These stylists have indefinitely allowed Miss Rona to come and have them lose their entire minds! Half of these ladies aren't even LICENSED to do hair and you want to be charging $200+ for a damn ponytail with no wash and blowout? And don't get me started on these stupid non-refundable deposits!! An absolute disgrace
swright4twenty: Well whoever is paying them for that mess has lost their minds. Yall must remember that these hair stylists have to be able to buy Gucci Chanel and Prada, get 30 inch nails 30 inch lashes and 60 inch weaves, drive a G wagon or a Range Rover, live in a luxury apartment where many of them do hair out of and the rent is literally 2500 a month, get BBLs and breast implants, get their teeth done, get their lips injected, bleach their skin, go on trips 4 x a year and post their lavish lifestyle on their tic tocs and Instagrams where they rudely talk about their refusal to book appointments with no deposit and yall continue to pay them. Me personally...I could afford a stylist but unless you are actually doing my real hair and helping it grow...I don't need you. I will learn how to do my own installs and I been stop wearing quick weaves so there is just no way I would even pay someone 40 dollars for that. Yall better start keeping your money in you account.
missydraws: I don’t know about anywhere else but in California, licensed hairstylists are required to wash hair before providing services for sanitary reasons. This whole “ come with your hair washed”, goes against the board.
B T: Also I forgot to mention when a lady charged $150 for my wash, blow dry and silk press she was 45 minutes late. But there was a $20 fee if I was late. Clown behavior.
Mia Lacheyy: I do my own hair I do my own nails I do my own makeup I refuse to spend my money for someone to disappoint me anymore! I learned how to do it all so I don’t have to spend it all
Still Prettyyy: And here I go feeling ashamed making my price list based off what the style is actually supposed to be 75$ for sew ins. $125 to make wigs the install is free and etc I be looking at other ppl pricelist and be thinking I’m shortening myself. But I’m glad this video was made my prices are definitely what they’re supposed to be I’m not gonna overcharge my girls
Simply Yana: Bro I have LOCS and these girls are tryna charge me $120 for a retwist with no style or wash. They can kiss my arse. I’m currently in my 3rd trimester and didn’t feel like doing my hair. I was looking for a stylist to do Cuban twists over my locs, mind you that’s easier since my hair is already parted in boxes. Two stylists had the audacity to say $200!! Guess who’s currently doing their own twists before they give birth ♀️
Britt: I had a nail tech who worked out of her kitchen. I had no problem driving an hr to her because her work was excellent. Unfortunately I had to stop going because I would show up on time and she would still have a client in her chair and sometimes I would even arrive and end up playing with her child while she got ready for my appointment. I always looked the other way. One day I was 5 minutes late and I messaged her before hand and she cancelled my appointment and kept my deposit. Mind you I tip high on top of prices that she would keep raising every month. Never again!
Jadaphernelia: i am a nail tech and i am so shocked that a lot of nail techs are now charging for top coat like thats a part of the service. even cleaning up the cuticles is part of the service and people are charging an extra $15 for it and that’s absurd
Tonya Win: They are definitely charging more for doing less. This is why I'm moving to do my own hair because NOPE. Had a "professional"/ social media popular stylist steal my hair & do low quality work & thought she was going to get away with it. Nah I'm done with them. I'm not paying outrageous prices for low quality work & thievery.
MEG WOOD: As a stylist who has her license….. I quit because the industry needs a recession. Wether it’s y’all hairlines or it’s our bookings dropping. Something needs to receed. And a lot of the girlies chafing extreme prices don’t have a license hilarious. Imagine charging crazy prices without any student loans yo your name from going to hair school.
Tulani Butler: I just had this conversation my mom who went to school for cosmetology and she told me customer service is taught. Unfortunately a lot of ladies are on a get rich quick scheme, they care nothing about the craft.
I Am Eloho: You ate and left no crumbs Edit: “just like a nice wiggy helmet”
Moraya Walls: They’ve lost theirs and I’ve found mine. Been doing my own hair for years now and to be honest I’ve done my hair better than anyone else who’s played in my hair.
🤧SayNo2DustyStruggleLove: I'm so glad that YouTubers are discussing this. They have gotten out of control! After going to my hair stylist after 2 and 1/2 years, I went on YouTube and learn how to do the same style myself because she has went up too much. She is now currently doing a couple of celebrities, sells courses online, and travels doing events. I'm not paying $300 for a style that used to be $60 to $100. I thought it was ridiculous to pay the $250 I was playing. But she is good and they are very professional. In Atlanta finding a professional stylist is like finding the gold at the end of the rainbow. Because of that, I dealt with the price because I can't deal with the ratchet hair stylist. Now I see that all stylists are charging that amount for what I get. I now do it myself and I get compliments everyday. I force myself to just take them 4 hours and do it. They are completely out of control, and inconsiderate. I will not be going back! If I don't have time to do it, I will throw on a wig for a couple of days until I can make the time. They can kick rocks!✌✌
Ricki S: I will not pay a car payment for a hairdo ! Unlicensed Plus these stylist be having bad attitudes like they are celebrities glad I’m natural ! I’ll flat iron and bun my hair before I deal with them
gloria agatha: When I got fired from my job, I couldn’t afford to do my own nails so I bought everything I needed from Amazon and taught myself. And now U can’t tell me ish, I rock claws when I need to change my nails every 2 weeks. And it’s not hard to learn.
Brittany Daniel: It's also illegal for a stylist to do your hair without washing or drying your hair. It's a part of the service because you need to clean the hair before using tools on multiple client's hair.
LaéDollChick: I haven’t had my hair washed and blow dried by a professional since 2010 and I used to love it because i felt my hair was getting the full treatment. But now it’s always “wash and blow dry your own hair, come late, an additional $20” but when my hair dresser was late, she didn’t give me a discount. Now I just slap on those headband wigs and go
crystal Castillo: This is exactly why I go to my old school African lady around the corner. These instagram stylists don't even have licenses. An Instagram stylist wanted to make me pay $400 for SHOULDER LENGTH knotless braids AND i had to wash and blow dry my own hair. Yeah, I had to take my ass to corner.
Breona: Silk presses should range from $75-$95 at MOST depending on if a trim was included or not. This is including the wash! I’m so grateful for my hairstylist. She is licensed, professional, consistent and fair.
Lala tee: I was just telling my home girl this… everyone wants to start a business but suck at customer service which is vital..
Marjorie Arnett: I’ve been a licensed esthetician for the past 7 years and I see this happening on the skin care side as well … now when I see these stylists and therapist making up crazy rules and short changing services I instantly report they ass to state board! A LOT of these new age beauty professionals ARE NOT LICENSED and they look at this industry as a quick easy bag and a fast way to entrepreneurship but have acquired none of the skills or education to be a successful business owner! So not only do we need to stop supporting them we need to report them because this mess is unsafe/ unsanitary and it’s ruining an industry for stylist (especially black ones) who have actually done the work to be successful in this business
Toni: We NEED to talk about how most of these new so called stylists CAN’T DO HAIR PERIOD…can’t cut, style, color etc.. it’s horrible… once had a sew-in and 5min after I left the shop something felt loose chile the braids were coming undone under the tracks….and another time I tried a new stylist showed her a style I wanted she told me she didn’t know how to do that…I could’t believe it mind you my old stylists (an older woman) can do that style in her sleep smh…and both of them had a license
Briana Forrester: I remember when a wash and set was $25. Now its $75+ ( I've seen up to $125) TO WASH MY HAIR! That is absolutely ridiculous. I glad I decided to learn how to do certain things with my hair.
A C: But when licensed cosmetologists tried to check this we were told to shut up and let them get their hustle on lol ♀️ The scary part is I watch so many kitchen beauticians completely disregard the health and integrity of hair, quickest way to lose it. Results may not be immediately noticeable but the state of these scalps in a decade will be an interesting studying. And you wash clothes, you shampoo hair.
Honey L A V E N D E R: I’m a stylist and I’ll admit it. Some of these prices are ridiculous !
bee🦋: I think it is mostly is the new stylists. I go to an old school stylist and she is knowledgable about hair, her prices are affordable, and she has great customer service. These new girls need to understand having good customer service is what builds a loyal customer base.
A.D. BaeBee: Boycott the kitchen beautician. It’s always the girls without formal hair education that want to change beyond their worth and they’re the main ones that care ZERO about the health of the hair. Hair will be slayed, but breaking off when the style is over. My niece went to get some faux locs. She told me the woman was washing her hair and their hair came with the price (it was a very reasonable $180). I said “She HAS to be a licensed beautician” and she definitely was. She came back and was like “She told me not to style it for 7 days.” I responded “When you manipulate the hair soon after it can cause severe breakage.” She said “THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.” I see the unlicensed ones style braids immediately to get a pic. They’re slowly but surly stopping their own bag with these poor practices, but the people who’ve actually formally studied hair shouldn’t be punished for these people’s doings.
Leelee: I was on the sew in wave before the Rona. We had a weave bar and they charged 50 dollars for basic sew in with leave out and 2 packs of your own hair. You did have to come washed and you had a fee of 20 dollars if you wanted 3 bundles sewed in. I usually walked out paying about 85-90 dollars including tip depending on if they did what I asked or just what they felt like doing. I was the girl with 400 dollar hair so I was not trying to spend no whole bunch of money for the install! And my installs lasted 2-3 months and I could reuse my bundles several times. This new stuff is crazy. I saw a post where even the braiders are charging a “clean part” fee just to give good box braidsI now go to the Dominicans every month for a blow out for 65 dollars. And they wash, blow dry and deep condition my hair. It’s very healthy and longer than it’s ever been
Sky.Onjahnae: Listen I’m a licensed hairstylist and I completely agree, that’s why my goal is to teach how to do your own hair on my channel. It’s so sad what’s happening in the industry, I love this industry so much and growing up with a hairstylist mom I’m used to full service salons and that’s exactly how I run my business. They are truly just trying to keep up with a lifestyle. A lot of them aren’t even licensed and the ones who are are just trying to keep up with the times and not don’t actually care about their client.
Esha: I love this conversation on hair, it definitely needs to change. I seen a post where a girl was charging $1700 for some small knot less braids. The mid back length was $900. Smh,I learned to do my hair more than 10 years ago because of a bad experience. I’m going to go back to school for cosmetology, I want to bring back focusing on the HEALTH of the hair and charge prices people can afford. To me it’s bigger than just clout and money, a lot of these stylist don’t even do little girls hair and I want them to love and appreciate their hair weave free.
Layiah Lovely: I didn’t even finish the video yet and YES, they lost their minds. That’s why everyone run to YouTube to learn how to do their own hair . Now I only go to stylists for something I absolutely can’t do myself, like a sew in. Which I get like once a year. I save so much money now. And I agree that most of them are charging high prices just to support their bad spending habits, oops I mean their luxury lifestyle. I’m sorry but everyone won’t be a celebrity hairstylist. They need to learn how to be reasonable with the demographic they service.
__wigsbyamber: I'm glad you made this video! I get slept on ALLLLLL the time. My highest service is $200 but EVERY and I mean every style comes with a shampoo. I get told that my pricing is "steep" but they would instead go to a more"popping" stylist who charges $400 which that service DOES NOT include a shampoo. I'm just as confused
Brea Linn: I remember going to a Natural Hairdresser back in 2017 where I live and I suffer from slight alopecia, in which she also specialized in, so that’s another reason I went to her. Now, I understand her consult charge ($15) because dealing with alopecia is difficult, although mine wasn’t nearly as bad as most I’ve seen. BUT, what I wanted her to do was wash, deep condition, trim my ends, and braid my hair straight back because I was going to wear a wig for vacation. She was going to charge me $200 just for that!! I gave her a look like, what??? Then she said that she has YT clients that come in and get the SAME service, including her greasing their scalp with her home made hair grease (that they pay extra for). I politely declined and did my own hair for my trip. I’ve decided to keep doing my hair at home since then, except for a few times where I had braids.
HELLUR: Moral of the story: either do your own hair or go to *LICENSED hairstylists and cosmetologists* who work in *hair salons ONLY!!!* Not some IG “baddies” who don’t even do the hair right. Most of the time, you’ll leave with injuries or contamination on their scalp all while dealing with fees, tardiness and nasty attitudes. The customer IS the market, *VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS!!!*
LaTonya Booker: I was gonna book with this girl, mind you she’s not even in a shop but her work is amazing! Long story short on her site she said that to book it requires a deposit that does NOT go towards the style! That alone pissed me off
smileyface985: I will patronize an old school beautician any day than these new IG stylists. Help me help my hair grow and not just style my hair.
Coco Bovain: I’m here to speak for the stylist like my self that have ALWAYS worked sooo hard and has ALWAYS offered full service!!! I’m also a cosmetology instructor that works very hard to build more quality stylist. Unfortunately, our industry has been filled with some ppl who lack structure and education. I just hate that the love and need for us has turned into hate because of social media etc
Thelma Thomas: Here in Houston they are charging $200 for a silk press and $600-$1000 for braids. We have to stop paying and show them we the customers have the last say
California Doll: Hairstylists/nail techs/lash techs- all of a sudden decided that they wanted to get rich fast with their mediocre work and ridiculous prices. They all claim that because they charge more that they're BETTER but people aren't dumb, they know that more expensive doesn't equal better results!
Temèla White: I have locs and I go to my loctian once a month. She washes, deep conditions, gives me a hot oil treatment and retwist/latches my hair. All of this for only $100. Before my locs, I braided and crocheted my own hair. I would go to African hair braiding shops where I would have to wash my hair before going, but I would leave in less than 5 hours with box braids or faux locs for $160. I would NEVER pay more than $175 before a tip. ♀️
Dira Boddie: I couldn’t agree more. I’ve always gone to my aunt or my cousins to get my hair done; specifically braids or weaves. But a couple of years ago I wanted to learn to do my own hair just because and I’m glad I decided to do that because these “stylist” are trippin’ out here♀️
Mal: yes girl and the stylists DO NOT want to do your natural hair anymore either. Get a weave they don't even properly braid your hair underneath. No grease on the scalp, no wash, no nothing. I've noticed stylists are focused on doing the ig models hair for promo but the work they put up on social media doesn't even match what your getting in person as a regular client. SMH this is why I do my own hair now
GymBarberella *: I agree. I finally got the nerve to cut my hair into a very low taper… she charged me $15 ( I gave her a $20 tip) because she didn’t wash or style my hair. I came back the following 2 weeks to get cleaned up… Well, she said I forget how much I charged you but my prices have went up.. I said ok no problem… she told me this after she cut my hair… still no wash & style… I thought she went up $20 for what she done.. she charged me $35 ($20 tip ) in total $55 for WHAT?! When I saw that on my bank statement I was done… she didn’t give me a design or anything… so I started cutting my own hair….. I found a barber that charge $50 but he does designs of anything you want.. so I get it…but burn me once that’s the last time you get my money…
Mariama Koroma: Few years ago when I saw Alissa Ashley pay about $1,000 for knotless braids, I knew these stylist lost it and so are the folks paying such prices.
Jasmine Jazi JAZ: I'm a stylist and I do believe in definitely charging my worth , you can't get something for nothing ppl BUT work ethic, client consultation and infection control is PRIORITY. You have to consider demographics, product cost and labor for reasonable price increases. I will never ever require a client that pre-wash nonsense
Cece: It’s literally to the point where I’m just learning to do everything myself because I’m not taking 2-3 days worth of my pay to pay for 2-3 hours worth of work. To each their own
imani steel: Just a little side note I was taught in hair school back in the early two thousands: you have to wash the hair prior to servicing legally. It’s what determines what’s a salon. Braiding shops do not have to operate under certain guidelines or have a license simply because they do not shampoo hair/ slash use chemical. Another reason is clients aren’t always honest about what’s in their hair. To prevent a negative reaction you must peruse the hair first. For an example breakage from tension after a sew in on weak hair that needed protein treatments. Or applying a metallic dye on bleached hair ect. You’re suppose to study the integrity of the hair. Something you’ll observe after a good wash and blow dry. Hair care has gone out the window along with styling and treating natural hair. I believe you’re right on about stylists charging based upon the superstar life styles.
Dreka Fine: Solution: The same way these so-called "stylist" had to practice, practice, practice in order to "Perfect" their methods, you too can do the same. With all of these tutorials & videos online TEACHING YOU WHAT TO DO, you ca start to do your own shyt. Over half of these "started doing hair in the bathroom upgraded to the kitchen & ain't NEVER worked in a shop" ass "stylist" ain't even went to school for it. So therefore they ain't no better than anyone else. I have about 15 stylist in my whole family (including my mom who DOES have a license) so I've ALWAYS known how to do hair. As a matter of fact, the only time I would go to one of my family members shop, would be to get a hair cut or shaved off in the back or some. Other than that, I've MASTERED doing my own hair including coloring, weaves and even Jerry curls♀️. Point I'm making is just do your own shyt. Because can't nobody take better care of you and your hair than yourself anyway ♀️
Shae’s Divine: Overall.. this is why my momma always did my hair and why she taught me to do my hair. She always said no one knows your hair better than you and you can train your hair to work with you. I did my own perms @ 18 and now @ 24 I retwist my own hair. I will not pay $200 for someone to retwist my hair
victoria Louis: I need my license to give yall appropriate prices according to time and design. Class taught us to never mess up your business in cosmetology and these girls make it hard for me to join in where i fit. Parts and being detailed are apart of the creative process. They want you pay for all and come prepared just to be late and damn sure overcharge. Braids can be up to 10 a braid. Full head varies pending length. If the client does the wash and dry for you knock off 100. these girls bad enough stay doing the same styles on themselves but not 1k for what can be 500 with tip. Oh no maam
Runna back boy yuh: I think what these hair stylists seem to forget is that they're providing a service. Meaning, yes they do got to go above and beyond to accommodate their clients because that's what people are paying them for. How you going to charge somebody extra to braid down their hair even though that's what you're supposed to do?
LexC: I just saved myself $400 by doing my own sew in! I’m so proud of myself ! I only spent $2 for the needle and thread cuz I already have the hair I need. Just had to wash and condition it. Stylists in Atlanta are part of the group who lost their minds. They’ll wanna charge late fees but show up later themselves. Charge extra if they have to wash and condition for you. Then you may spend all day in the salon because clients overlap. Then I might get charged more because she’s installing hair that I didn’t buy from her. It’s just dumb! This first time doing my own sew in took me 6-8 hours total from start to finish - wash and condition my hair, wash and condition my weave, braid my hair, then sew in and style the weave. But it felt great to do it myself and take my time with myself. I just have to be intentional about setting time aside to do it myself, but 8 hours and $2 versus 6 hours and $400 is a damn good investment of my time!
Dominique Vo: Okay story time so I was getting ready for my first day back in high school and I wanted to get my hair done. So I went to this hairstylist’s website because I wanted to set an appointment for a hair style and YALL let me tell you when I went to set an appointment the description says that I , ME have to buy braiding hair and gel from the Beauty supply store. And they will also charge you for getting your hair done. I was so shocked like the price is like buying an iPhone 8 Plus I was so shocked that I canceled my appointment cause no one is gonna pay 650 dollars for tribal braids
Briana 💖: I recently got knotless braids. I went to an African thinking I was saving money. I paid $400 for braids that none are the same length. She rescheduled me multiple times. These young stylists are wild.
Dani 💛: its the deposits for me!! when I see that you require a deposit, its starting to be a NO for me. I paid a $45 deposit last week to get 20 straightback braids ($125 total) and ended up waiting 2 hours for her to still be doing other peoples hair. I had to go through my bank to get my money back bc of course the deposits are non refundable. No communication on her end that she was running behind, but if I was late I would have been charged $15??? these stylists are so unprofessional it makes no sense, I wasnt even greeted or showed which room to go to when I arrived at the shop. I am def doing the mini strike and going only when necessary and not to people who need a deposit
Theeann Brown: I went to a licensed hair stylist over charged me and my hair wasn't all of that , but went to a kitchen hair stylist and she SLAYED my hair for alot cheaper .
Andrea Marshall: Well this is why a lot of us black women are learning how to do their own hair....there's nothing wrong with charging for great services but in reality some of us just can't afford 2&3 hundred dollars in hair do"s....in all it's just sad
Realist Answers: Chile you said a WORD in this discussion. I’m in Philly and the prices are INSANE while the professionalism is in hell. I had to damn there do a full excel spreadsheet to narrow down and find a stylist that met my needs as far as salon energy, other staff (prefer none), craft/ability, and price. Anywho in addition to these stylists not providing the bare minimum as a part of service, the ones who are doing shampoo/dry. Are considering this to be some type of “deluxe experience” and citing that as an item within the service for the price. Like $150 - $300 silk presses with an electric flat iron is CRAZY. And buying shampoo while dazzling it up with descriptions like “signature steam, scalp detox, etc” is NOT it. So you’re charging me an extra $100 because you bought an Amazon hair steamer? Gn. Also a natural hair stylist charges $350 for new clients, (wash and trim) and $200 for returning. A ripoff. I’m not paying for the girls extravagant lifestyle sorry. And I do believe them taking notes from white stylists absolutely has played a part in this madness, it’s funny they opted to copy white ppl when it comes to this. Idc what white ppl are being bamboozled out of, why do it to your own people? And same with the nail industry, initially I loved to see the Black community entering into the nail service space. But now it’s ridiculous charging $150-200 for an acrylic set. This is the reason I’ve stayed with the Asian salons sadly for nails. Pricing is normal, my shop takes appts, quick, quiet and no 200 list page of rules and requirement for my card to be on file. The beauty industry is insane and when this turns back around on the girls I don’t wanna hear any crying.
More Maddie: Not to mention customer service is always ass … like being polite goes a long way I was blessed to have the same woman (family friend) do my braids and she was always reasonable price wise and kind
Star & Speculation: I tried to do my own braids to save money. I struggled for 6 hours and only made 8 braids. I quit and decided to just call the lady who does my mom's hair. Got 30 jumbo box braids for $65 (I gave her $80 because she had a hard time gripping the hair i bought, and I think she undercharges herself). She does hair at her house, and has the blue liquid to disinfect combs and stuff, so I feel kind of safe with that at least. I wash and condition my hair the night before the appointment, not because she asks, but i just want to save time so she doesn't have to be doing my hair for 12 hours, if i can help it.
Adelaida Garcia: Omg!!!! This video made my day!!!! I’ve been doing hair for 24yrs I absolutely love it, my clients are 85% natural , I color, relax , do precise hair cuts , slikouts , bayalage etc and wow I could right a book on how the industry is making us look so terrible but anyway I absolutely clapped at everything that was said great job I was praying for the day someone spoke out about this
Earth Queen 11:11: I remember when quick weaves were 50-75 dollars.. glad I completed cosmetology years ago and started doing my own hair
Ebonee Nicole: Girl! You hit the nail on the head. My price is my price is bullshit. Charging your worth means charging a price that is consistent with your quality and the value you provide. What kind of value are you providing that suffices a $300 quick weave?!? And wash and braid down nor hair is included? Folks don’t know there’s a method to creating your prices: you factor in the time you spend, the products you use, the level of expertise, and your market location. Putting on a stocking cap, gluing hair on a cap, and styling the hair takes about an hour and 15 minutes at the most. That service does not match a $300 value. If you live in a major city know that it’s 100’s of people who do the same thing you do! Let’s not get into these novel long rules. I get anxious trying to book an appointment. Also-these bogus ass deposits and poor customer service are ridiculous. You charge a client for being late or you charge and cancel their appointment after a certain amount of time but if you’re (the stylist) late you don’t adjust the service for wasting the client’s time?!?! It’s unethical.
Genillion. Tv: Finally I been building my beauty parlor around this topic to do everything we’re supposed to at a fair an reasonable price
Mel DIBSON: It just amazes me what hair styling has become. Back in the days, no one used gel and mousses for braids. They are doing it now and I believe it is to mask their poor braiding skills. Anyway !
Klassy Curves: I took my 4 year old daughter to the shop for a silk press The hairstylist charged $85 for my baby I use to get silk press for $65 The lady did not know what she was doing she literally washed my baby hair and flat ironed it didn’t trim the ends or style it My baby hair was messed up sweated out before we got home and I had to come home and do my baby hair myself
Gusteree DiDi: I have gone to the hair salon maybe once in the last 13 years of my life (not counting the times I had my hair done in Nigeria which is twice). I have never had a good experience when someone else does my hair. I'd be damned if I pay a ridiculous amount of money for someone to do what I can do comfortably and for free. No thank you. The best thing a black woman can do for their hair is to learn how to do it themselves because someone out there is waiting for the opportunity to benefit off of our ignorance
Cee Holland: I never understand why people say “stop messing with these rude, unlicensed stylists and go to the Africans” when the only real difference between them is speed, no rules - and sometimes, price. Because yes some WILL overcharge also, they don’t keep up on some of the latest trends people want like stitch braids and your edges will be taken with your payment . They don’t wash hair either and aren’t any more licensed than the kitchen chicks, can also be rude as fuck, rough with your hair, will also eat food over your head, talk/argue over your head, have their kids running around and work out of dirty-ass spots too (at least here in NYC.)
Misha Reneè: I had a hair stylist tell me she doesn’t answer her phone , will not answer any questions because “everything” is on her booking site which it isn’t , she comes late everyday because she’s not a morning person . Who tells their client this and thinks they are going to come back . And it’s not like she emphasized that she wants to work on these things and become better . She said it with a I don’t care it is what it is attitude. She even said my work is worth putting up with those things . I didn’t say anything . I just never went back . Her work was good btw minus the fact she also does not wash or blow dry and will charge extra if she feels like your hair isn’t “stretched” enough . She put her own foot in her mouth with those comments .
Sharice: I must say its really crazy out here in 2022.. Ive been seeing ig post of women paying upwards of $4000 for a lace front install... . People are definitely getting besides theirseleves. I just locked my hair and when i was searching for a loctician some of those were outrageously expensive.. Idc how much money i have ill always be practical with my money and il be damned if i pay hundres of dollars for a style and not even get a wash and blow dry.
Nina Williams: Everyone is not set up or supposed to be an entrepreneur, and that definitely and especially extends to the beauty space. I’d personally avoided going to an actual salon for years because of “common” professionalism issues (ie overbooking), decided to start my locs a couple years ago and then got caught up by one of these new age type stylists/locticians on exactly the kind of nonsense I’d been avoiding and that you discussed here. You definitely nailed it though - it’s a combo of vanity, social media influences, keeping up with the joneses, all that - along with a hefty dose of wannabe-ism imho the today’s price isn’t yesterday’s price argument is so hilarious to me when people are actively reviving 90s styles that are actually fairly simple to do and well documented on these innanets (quick weaves, swoop bangs, ponytails, crochet styles, sew in’s with track hair. Hell, even a relaxer has instrux) the pricing part at 15:00 just reminded me of how ridic that is. I’m no stylist but I would/could/have done any and all of those on myself for free 99, labor-wise. We gotta stop falling for the okie doke ♀️
JudeMathis09: I knew I wasn’t bugging I’ve been doing my own hair for almost 4 years now. I purchased 30 inch faux locs w spring hair ($100+) for my trip to DR and since I was leaving the country, I decided to get my hair done. I went a hair dresser and had to pay $200 for her to install my hair for me. But since they’re crochet locs, all she did was part and plait my hair, loop and wrap. I paid her to do something I already knew how to do but couldn’t because I can’t part my own hair
Emmanuella Onaku: They are all moving mad!!! To provide context, I moved to the USA a couple of years ago. And I must say that I was shocked at how expensive it is to get one’s hair done without even getting the full experience. Back home in Nigeria, going to the saloon was such a relaxing experience. I literally would go from work to the saloon without even knowing what my new hairstyle would be and of course with my hair in the old style but would come out of the saloon super satisfied and looking so good without even paying outrageous prices. I never had to pre-wash my hair, or do any other hair stuff before going to the saloon. It automatically would be taken care of without paying any price because it came as a complementary service. Anyways, I quickly had to learn how to make my hair myself after coming here, got a lot of wigs (from Nigeria of course cos wigs from here is another topic on its own, lol), and maintained a short hair cut.
PUMPKINVICI: This stylist I follow on Instagram had a problem with multiple ppl reporting her to the state bored and I commented that “this is why everyone should get their license so ppl can’t do this to u just because they don’t like u” and she snapped at me nd I meant no harm i don’t remember exactly what she said but it was like “oh y’all act like having a license really mean something “ ummmm it does
SNista: They have & we as the consumers enable this behavior. (Not all) Because honestly if no one was willing to pay these ridiculous prices, then I think they would be singing a different tune. Lazy a$$ stylists with subpar skills and attitude is beyond me.
Kalifa Chambers: Its actually so sad that going to get your hair done is now considered a luxury.
Riyah Ward: They’ve definitely lost they damn minds. I’ve luckily found a hair stylist who is also a good business woman! Prior to her my first stylist did hair really well but wouldn’t speak to me when I came in, and usually would only open her mouth to complain. I remember should would complain about me never “coming with my hair washed” Fast forward, I found a new stylist by the name of “SlayByCourtney” when I initially moved to Atlanta about 2 1/2 years ago. Was going to her for almost 2years and made a mistake in booking that I didn’t realize. I never missed an appointment before and instead of calling to check on me, this bitch takes it upon herself to charge my card without my permission for the full price of doing my hair. I should’ve just lost my deposit but she instead steals my money for an honest mistake and doing no work Considering I had never missed an appointment you would think someone would have some concern about a long term client and call to check in first at least. & please don’t get me started on how if YOURE late you getting charged fees but if they’re late your time isn’t considered just as valuable and they don’t give you a discount for THEIR tardiness I could go on but I digress lol
Pinterest queen: I’ve had the same hair stylists since she was in beauty school. She was the only black woman in the school and I stuck with her. A decade later she has her own salon. Just got Fulani braids for $165, i put a deposit of $50. She washed, conditioned, and blow dried my hair. She also provided the hair, all colors from blonde to 1b. I’m glad I have her.
Pink_est.1988: I had ✌ bad customer service experiences at two different salons & frm there I learned to do my own hair. Just cuz u have a talent doesn't mean u have to capitalize off of it. Cleotrapa said it best "you gotta have a certain heart to run a business...you have to for the ppl" and a lot of "stylists" are for themselves it's disgusting to see honestly
Diana Prince: They have lost their damn minds my darling Chioma. I don’t entertain lazy entitled stylists. It’s not about hair care and the care of the client anymore. Most don’t have a business degree and lack customer service skills. Pretty soon the law is going to have to regulate their service prices if the madness continues. A lot of them are trying to live like a celebrity on their clients dime. Most don’t have liability insurance or an attorney to draft terms of services agreement or defend against litigation. Thank you for this commentary much appreciated. P.S. We are in a recession that is going to be worst than the last so they need to humble themselves. Layoffs are happening and cost of food, housing and gas are high. Losing their clients could become a real possibility.
Naya: They be over charging for everything and can’t do hair right !! When going to Book an appointment the tone they is straight unprofessional under booking confirmation .. I’m not paying $250 for knotless braids that don’t last .
Johanna: I live in Chicago & the girl who always does my makeup here charges $80 for full glam & does an amazing job! Last year I spent my bday in ATL & ended up booking an appt with a MUA there. The full glam + travel fee + tip was $150. My makeup was not good, didn’t match my eye shape, and she showed up late
workinmommyof 4: Edited: this is my response to another post but everyone needs to read this, and yes I have my cosmetology license since 2008, there are more aspects especially with non licensed stylist charging licensed prices especially if the client is sitting in a living room smdh The white salon is not just "coloring hair and adding extensions" they are consulting with the client about their natural hair, giving tips for after service care, wash, dry, cut, special hair treatments if needed (dry or brittle hair) the basics of any beauty service is about caring for the clients natural hair/skin/lashes etc provide tips and give treatments accordingly, the "styling" is the easy part, to say your a stylist comes with responsibility not just being money hungry, also customer service plays a major part in ANY part of the service industry it's literally #1 idgaf how good something look/taste etc if the company customer service sucks I'm gone
Eliza B: I am definitely and old school stylist in a new era. I am licensed cosmetologist in my state an I have been told my prices are to low by other stylists. I went to their page and their prices was double the price. I was floored because she was not licensed.
Chrissy: Girl I thought I was the only person who get turned off when hair stylist write smart comments on their story! That’s a big hell naw. Very unprofessional and it’s too many of em if you are seeing them too!
Evilmindy12: We were just talking about this at work. Let's not forget the unprofessionalism, stylist are late but charge you $50 for being late, will not honor the appointment (doing certain clients over you), charging to part your hair, taking unreasonable breaks,etc. If everyone learns to do their own hair what happens ♀️, ppl need to start leaving honest reviews on a stylist. Also I agree on more negativity with social media
mscardioqueen: Those prices are outrageous! They want to ďo less for more. It's true It's all about what the market can handle. If consumers are willing to pay, they will charge. If consumer's are not willing to pay, hairstylists will be forced to bring down those prices to bring in customers.
Tre's W🌍RLD: Honestly, I agree with this. I do hair, and I would never charge this much for hair. Plus people already have too much to pay for in 2022.
Jessica Ray: these hairstylists strive me to do my own hair at this point , when i was a little girl i would get my hair done in a beauty salon and whatever i was getting shampoo and conditioning was part of the service, nowadays you have some hairstylists charging for a wash and conditioning, i couldn’t believe it, They clearly don’t know how to do business and they charging more for doing less, this is exactly why i do my own hair and keep it moving.
QueenOfSanity: The last time I was in a salon chair was in 2009 to get a big chop and I started my loc journey. I’ve ended my 4th journey and rock a TWA. When I tell you I’ll throw on a headwrap or a wig so quick…! I’ve saved TENS OF THOUSANDS for not EVER getting sucked up into the beauty industry (no weaves, fake nails, fake lashes, eyebrow threads, hell—I hardly use filters)! #ModernLaurynHill
simply sabrina: This is why I do my own hair. Since high school and now in college.
justin carter: As someone who used to have long hair, im so glad i got out that game, yall be going THROUGH IT out here