Comments on: Ways I Save Money: Skip the Professional Haircuts http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/ Our Journey to a Debt-Free Life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:04:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: msblue http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/comment-page-1/#comment-189753 msblue Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:53:41 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/#comment-189753 I admire you and your hub for being able to do this! The cheapest place I found costs me $30: That's for a shampoo, cut, and a tip. I save $10 by leaving with a wet head instead of having them blow-dry it. My hair is extremely thin and fine and a chin-length bob; it grows quickly & looks straggly every 4 weeks. I try go 6-7 weeks between cuts. I use hair mascara to cover the gray; it costs $5 and lasts several months. Sometimes I don't use it at all and just let my gray freak flag fly. I buy shampoo only on sale at the drugstore, and stock up for large-ish bottles around $1 a pop. Ditto for styling products. Why am I telling you all of this? Well ... again, I admire anyone who has tackled the haircut problem and can do it themselves! I admire you and your hub for being able to do this!

The cheapest place I found costs me $30: That’s for a shampoo, cut, and a tip. I save $10 by leaving with a wet head instead of having them blow-dry it.

My hair is extremely thin and fine and a chin-length bob; it grows quickly & looks straggly every 4 weeks. I try go 6-7 weeks between cuts.

I use hair mascara to cover the gray; it costs $5 and lasts several months. Sometimes I don’t use it at all and just let my gray freak flag fly.

I buy shampoo only on sale at the drugstore, and stock up for large-ish bottles around $1 a pop. Ditto for styling products.

Why am I telling you all of this?

Well … again, I admire anyone who has tackled the haircut problem and can do it themselves!

]]> By: February 2007 - Here’s How Much We Made, and Here’s Where it Went : Blogging Away Debt http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/comment-page-1/#comment-27189 February 2007 - Here’s How Much We Made, and Here’s Where it Went : Blogging Away Debt Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:34:22 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/#comment-27189 [...] like crazy when the price is right. We still are using shampoo/conditioner from years ago. We also cut our own hair and I am low maintenance gal. Plus, many free samples (like razors and shampoo) are usually [...] [...] like crazy when the price is right. We still are using shampoo/conditioner from years ago. We also cut our own hair and I am low maintenance gal. Plus, many free samples (like razors and shampoo) are usually [...]

]]> By: Jim http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/comment-page-1/#comment-26965 Jim Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:07:52 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/#comment-26965 I'm enjoying reading your blog very much. My wife started cutting my hair in college. We invested $20 in a clippers and have saved a lot of money on haircuts. Every now and then we do break down and I have a 'professional' do it when we have pictures taken or something where I need a real clean cut. I’m enjoying reading your blog very much. My wife started cutting my hair in college. We invested $20 in a clippers and have saved a lot of money on haircuts. Every now and then we do break down and I have a ‘professional’ do it when we have pictures taken or something where I need a real clean cut.

]]> By: carembear http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/comment-page-1/#comment-26253 carembear Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:17:06 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/#comment-26253 depending on where you live, you can check out craig's list for free haircuts. a lot of student stylists need models for their training. i've done it before at a high-end salon in midtown New York, and it came out great. the master stylists always watch the students, and the masters do the final trim to make sure everything's the way it should be. it took two hours of my time (b/c it's a learning process for the students), and a $10 tip (figured i'd help the students out a little). a master haircut normally costs close to $200, so this was a great deal. depending on where you live, you can check out craig’s list for free haircuts. a lot of student stylists need models for their training. i’ve done it before at a high-end salon in midtown New York, and it came out great. the master stylists always watch the students, and the masters do the final trim to make sure everything’s the way it should be. it took two hours of my time (b/c it’s a learning process for the students), and a $10 tip (figured i’d help the students out a little). a master haircut normally costs close to $200, so this was a great deal.

]]> By: sidimustafa http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 sidimustafa Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:12:05 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/#comment-1440 Hello Tricia, first of all nice site, and i adore how your publish your finances publicly, i don't think i can do that.. Anyway, after reading your hair cut situation, and your emergency funds, i would love to ad a tip.. personally when ever i can get a McDonald i don't darly refuse it.. A co-worker (finance expert) told me since i must go to the McDonald, i must kinda see that as a mandory expense, and i must try not to go, and the money i would have spent at the Mc's just put it on a savings... Maybe if you see haircuts as a must, the money you would have spent there u should allocate some of it to the emergency funds, but just don't put it in piggy bank @home, dump it @ some bank, where u get some interest for it... I just find your website, has some good tips/tricks, i'm still reading up on your adventures in personal finance mines so bad, i'm working hard at getting it fix, but i'm happy to say, i thuaght mines were bad, until i came around these type of blogs. where i see other folks are worst of than me. Next tip, you can alway see your persanal savings as a BILL also, what i do sometimes, i skip a bill one month, and put that money on a savings, and the next month hope for a miricle to happen, to catch up, sometimes it works, sometimes it don't but at the end of the year, i still do have what on my savings (emergency fund) i beg to differ with your opinion of using the CC for emergency. but keep up the fight, we'll all make our goal one day.. Hello Tricia,

first of all nice site, and i adore how your publish your finances publicly, i don’t think i can do that..

Anyway, after reading your hair cut situation, and your emergency funds, i would love to ad a tip..

personally when ever i can get a McDonald i don’t darly refuse it..

A co-worker (finance expert) told me since i must go to the McDonald, i must kinda see that as a mandory expense, and i must try not to go, and the money i would have spent at the Mc’s just put it on a savings…

Maybe if you see haircuts as a must, the money you would have spent there u should allocate some of it to the emergency funds, but just don’t put it in piggy bank @home, dump it @ some bank, where u get some interest for it…

I just find your website, has some good tips/tricks, i’m still reading up on your adventures in personal finance mines so bad, i’m working hard at getting it fix, but i’m happy to say, i thuaght mines were bad, until i came around these type of blogs. where i see other folks are worst of than me.

Next tip, you can alway see your persanal savings as a BILL also, what i do sometimes, i skip a bill one month, and put that money on a savings, and the next month hope for a miricle to happen, to catch up, sometimes it works, sometimes it don’t but at the end of the year, i still do have what on my savings (emergency fund)
i beg to differ with your opinion of using the CC for emergency.

but keep up the fight, we’ll all make our goal one day..

]]> By: Frugal Momma http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 Frugal Momma Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:15:31 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/#comment-1152 Your brave cutting your own hair. My husband and 3 boys get homemade hair cuts but for my I would be too worried. I tend to go long times and go to the cheap place down the street-$12 and let it air dry. Your brave cutting your own hair. My husband and 3 boys get homemade hair cuts but for my I would be too worried. I tend to go long times and go to the cheap place down the street-$12 and let it air dry.

]]> By: Tricia http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 Tricia Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:33:20 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/#comment-1140 Man, you are always looking for photos, aren't you? LOL. Maybe some time in the future I'll give a teaser photo ;) Man, you are always looking for photos, aren’t you? LOL. Maybe some time in the future I’ll give a teaser photo ;)

]]> By: jim http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 jim Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:07:04 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/09/ways-i-save-money-skip-the-professional-haircuts/#comment-1126 How about some photos? :) How about some photos? :)

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