All I can say is, it's about time someone came out and said it!
13 Things Your Hairstylist Won't Tell You-and-
15 (more) Things Your Hairstylist Won't Tell YouMy favorite on the list is #7. Sometimes people are astounded that "trims" aren't cheaper than a "haircut." Newsflash: even when it's "just a trim," I still have to comb through and cut each and every hair; it doesn't matter if there's a half inch sticking out past my fingers, or three inches, or six. The procedure's the same, so the cost is the same.
My favorite on the second list: #4. I wish they'd gone into this along the lines of the "home visits" everyone likes to ask for. My profession is the only one I know of where everybody thinks your service should be cheaper if you come to their house to do it. Chances are, you don't have the right lighting in your kitchen, your dining room chair or step stool isn't adjustable so I'm killing my back to work on you, and there is just something inherently wrong with bending you over a kitchen sink to rinse you. You also take up *more* than the amount of time I'd book off for you at the salon, because you're getting distracted by your phone, your kids, your dog, your friend who wanted to come over and watch, the "quick" cigarette you want to smoke before I rinse you, whatever. Furthermore, this service is occurring during what would more than likely would be my personal time. Even if your stylist is an hourly or commission employee and won't have to share a cut of the money with the business, she deserves to be able to charge you at least what she charges at the salon for having to put up with these inconveniences. Unless I'm getting fed and/or f'd up on your dime in addition to my fee afterward, there's really nothing in it for me to come to your house vs. performing the service during business hours. We are the only professionals who don't get treated like professionals when we come to people's homes.
Sometimes I forget just how mystified some people are about what we do, and why we do it the way we do it sometimes.