How much do you pay for a haircut?

Nothing. I shave my head.

A friend of mine cuts hair so $10- . Around here where hair salons are ridiculousy aplenty, women's cuts are btwn $30 & $40.

When just getting a quick trim, why are women's cuts so much more expensive then men's?

Just like Britney Spears, huh? Yeah, Simon, we all know you are a Britney groupie...

And I'm not in the least bit ashamed. I still thinks she's hot with the shaved head.


Because women will pay it.

I pay about $30. Worth it though; I enjoy the experience. I see the same gal each time, so I don't have to explain what I want. I hate this step, How do I know the answer to that crazy voodoo question? I tell her she is the professional, I trust her judgement. I feel no compulsion to tell her how to do her her job. I'm sure she's had good training. I will contentedly wear whatever she deems worthy to represent her craft till I can bear it no more, and give her another go. (Not quite monthly)
Besides, who doesn't like that head massage that goes with the shampoo. I can be a little chatty, but she knows all responses stop when the head is getting rubbed.

Well, it's hard not to pay it when you have pretty much no choice. Unless you hack it off yourself, but it might end up being a nightmare.



Yeah, I turn into jello when getting a massage.

I see you ladies, with your pretty hair. Trust me, My head has been turned by hair more than any other..feature. It's worth what they're charging. I think mens cuts are cheaper cause they are easier.

Depends. Yeah, there are some really nice cuts. Some that take time and precision. Some don't really at all. Some are just as easy as guys cuts. Snip, snip, snip and you're done.

I've seen women go into the salon and get cuts, and colour and all kinds of "beautifying" treatments and pay big bucks for all this. I'm talking big bucks. I could never justify that.

It's the principal of it I guess. If it's the same amount of effort, it should be the same price.

Now I'm going to shush about this. For some reason it bothers me!

Sorry Susie,
Never meant to hit a nerve. I have paid More for fancy stuff, (never over a C though). Not often though. With tip it comes closer to $40 if that makes things any more even.

Haha. That's alright. No worries! Just one of those little things, you know.

$30 Canadian for a womans hair cut? That would be insanely cheap here! I go to some place in my village as it's cheap at £7.50. Most I have ever spent was £30 at some salon in Brighton.

One of my flatmates at Uni used to get his hair cut/coloured every 3 weeks at £90 a pop! $CN205!

Used to do that every spring. The ladies always complained, now I'm used to letting it grow. Still miss the whole one less hassle in the summer thing.

i go for cheap 'cuz it doesn't take much skillz to cut my hair. i like it when the chains (e.g., great clips) have their $7 specials.

what about your most interesting (foreign) haircut experiences? i'd always be worried when going in not speaking the language what i was going to come out looking like.

I got one in Vietnam. I used a hand signal to show how much I wanted off. I thought she knew what I was getting at. She thought I meant I wanted it that short. She kept cutting. And cutting. Oh! I'm getting flashbacks!
Oh jeez. Bad haircut. I looked like a little boy for awhile!

Didn't get my hair cut once in my year away

That's a long time! Been to the deprivation thread lately? Not sure I could go a year, and I definitely go longer than I should.

That's what happened to me in Spain! I said "un poco" and showed about an inch with my fingers meaning I only wanted a little off, but she thought I wanted it that short. She proceeded to talk a million miles an hour in Spanish so I only caught a word here and there. Just nodded my head and smiled.

Getting a haircut in a foreign country is one of the interesting experiences of travel.

I actually got two in India, one in Hampi, tightening up my 6 inch mohawk, and then later in Manali got it cut down to about a cm., then shaved it back at my guesthouse to shiny bald. Felt funny, and haven't cut it since. Strange thing is it grew back much more wavy than it used to be, almost curly. . .

Usually it's either like this:

or like this:


. . hence, never having paid for a haircut in the last ten years or so.
Right now however, it's at least 4 inches long and growing.

Too bad the ladies don't really have the equivalent of a neighborhood barber shop to get a cheap haircut. I went to the barber a lot in india and SE asia--those guys know their stuff, give a really clean shave, and are cheap!

From Boston huh? Familiar with the Dropkick Murphys. I ask of course for No particular reason.

Yes, we know them. And Mike McHolgan too. Do or die was the best, I think.
Mike has better hair than Ken.

I have a couple of mohawk questions if that's okay Bloomer?

1. What product do you use to contruct it?
2. What happens if you're really tired and want to jump right in bed?
Do you, I dunno, have a way of 'taking it down'? or......

I've always secretly wanted one. I used to give myself mohawks in the tub when I was wee.

First off, weeing in the tub won't help, that's just gross. . . .

It's hard to find a good product that will keep it up, especially when I was on tour in the summer drumming in a punk band. Lots of sweat and it starts to look like it needs hair ######. .
In the old days we used to use egg whites or elmer's glue and lay it on the bed sideways using a hair dryer to dry it, or, in lieu of hairdryer, just wait for it to dry. Other things used in the old school were aquanet, and sometimes even rubber cement!
Nowadays there is one good product I have found, it's called "got2Bglued" and it's a two part process. The first one is a gel-like hair glue, then blow dry straight up. The second is called "freezing spray" or something like that, spray on again while blow drying. Stuff works wonders. A 45 minute set in a dive bar in delaware with no aircon, and spikes still hold. It even almost holds up to sleep. . .almost.
After it gets to be 5 inches or so, your mohawk will require more maintenance--I've shaved my head on tour b/c it was too much trouble to primp before a show.
Go ahead and do it! It's liberating! Bleach it well, and then try out the many colors of Manic Panic. Alpine green is one of my faves. . .
And post pics!

haha, that's a funny word to filter. . . ######. . . ?

You are right. Viagra was a weird word to filter but for a while, we were recieving alot of spam with that word. It seems to have stopped so I have lifted the filter. Viagra away!

The spam is awful, isn't it? I had to remove like 70 "members" from my forum that were put there as "moles," I guess. What a pain!
Oh, and not to be off topic, not one of them even had interesting hair!!

Hmmm, didn't that smell? Do some go to the salon for their bas ass look. That would be as funny as buying brand new pants already torn for you, you know the whole manufactured thing.
Sounds much cooler than the mullet, (I know you had one) but not exactly business in the front, party in the back. Speaking of this, how do people even still get outdated cuts. I can understand wanting one, change is hard, if it ain't broken don't fix it and all, but seriously, Where do they find these hair sylists unscrupulous enough to actually do it for them? Crazy town.

In the day, smell didn't matter, it wasn't a fashion show. Boston actually still has a really big punk/harcore/rock/indie scene, so the mohawk never really goes out of style.
Mullets on the other hand were out of style before they were in style. Some of the indie kids sport them for the irony factor like trucker hats, but. . ugh!
There are some "fashion punks" around these days, but I'm an old war horse. . .I change my look every 3 months or so, so it is inevitable that the same hair comes around again.
The idea of going to a salon for something we used to (and still do) with a cheap set of clippers and some glue is pretty funny to me, though those that do it can be picked out of the crowd at a Blood for Blood show a mile away.
The best is running into someone you haven't seen for a year or so, and watching that look of unrecognition come across their face. .incognito.

Do they not have a DIY punk/hardcore scene in Canada? Or are you folks too well adjusted?

The new mohawk is the 'combover' in which you shave the middle of your head, grow out one or both sides, and comb it over like an old man. .Just watch, the hipster kids will start wearing that next.. . .heehee. .

Wowsa. Sounds like a lot of work. I guess you get used to it and do it pretty quick. I am most amazed this stuff stands up to sleep-almost anyway. How impressive. It wouldn't e so great if you had a bedmate who turned over and accidently got a spike in her eye tho. Ouch.

I knew about the glue, but didn't think many people used it anymore now that there are a billion and one hair products on the market these days.

Remember those bangs that girls used to wear?

BTW, I said I was wee, not wee-ing in the tub. Hehe, oh, I never did that. I was concentrating too heavily on my mohawk.



Oh for sure. We are not that well adjusted! Punk shows at the Trashateria every Sunday night here in good 'ole Guelph, Ontario. Lots of shows in Toronto as well.

haha, I was just making a funny about the wee. .

Yes, god, the bangs! we call that the "wall o' bangs." It still exists in Revere beach, a strange place on the north shore (pronounced "nawth shaw") near boston. .
And a bedmate getting a spike in the eye should be aware of the occupational hazards of sleeping with a rock musician. Or maybe she has some spikes of her own. .

Check out the latest style:

http://www.comboverthemovie.com/

I know about the funny. It was funny. I'm afraid sometimes my jokes just don't shine through!

The hazards of sleeping with a rock musician (and his hair, which can be almost like a seperate entity)..... how many hazards? Let me count the ways.... joking, but not really. I'm sure you're a really stand-up guy, but there are some musicians out there who leave something to be desired. Like less of an ego. I dated one for years. I think those years took whole other years off my life!
And his hair! a whole other story! Let's just say I tried not to get too near it while sleeping.

Rose had a few thorns huh?

Oh, and how! I'm glad the stage in my life where I felt it necessary to date the 'bad boy' didn't last that long!

Don't get me wrong, nothing to do with musicians. I still and always will love 'em.

My friend says she won't date any more musicians, Except Bass players...
'cause they have to pay attention. Didn't say anything about hair, but I believe she has a soft spot for dreads.

Jer's a bass player. Well, he's an everything player, but loves the bass.

Yeah, the other dude, the other musician, he had dreads. I'm not sure what was growing in there, but it was gross. Took me awhile to notice, oh, I can't go on....

The world will never be ready for white people with dreadlocks.

No kidding...I tried telling him that, he just wouldn't listen

I like 'em. Just try to avoid do's that require head shaving to change,