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False Economy!

Well, here's the story.....I usually go to an Aveda salon that costs $25 for a haircut and I usually tip $5 for a total of $30.  I USED to get my hair colored there too and spend over $100 plus tip, but I started coloring my own hair now and so all I really need is a nice haircut now.

Anyway, I thought I would try the Aveda Institute in Ann Arbor which is about 40 minutes away from here.  They use the same Aveda products, but you can get the Aveda students to cut your hair for only $15.  The problem with that is that I spent about $7 in gas there and back, $1.60 in parking, and an hour and a half sitting in the chair getting my hair cut.  So, long story short, it was a false economy, because I only saved $6 and it cost me three hours in time just to get a haircut!

So, next time I will just go to the regular Aveda salon and get my hair cut every 6 weeks.  At least it is only 5 minutes down the road and doesn't take nearly as much time!

Lesson learned!

Andrea

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{ 03:11, 2006-Aug-27 } { Posted by Amy }

I'm impressed that you took the time to figure that out. Many people just spend without thinking of whether or not it is really the cheapest option. Kudos to you!

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{ 09:15, 2006-Aug-27 } { Posted by tervsforme }

Andrea, I sympathize with you. I also sent to the Aveda institue, but I went to get a perm. 4 hours and I have short hair. They still had to do a hair cut!!! It totally wasn't worth the money I saved, although, to give credit where credit is due, the perm was nice. I won't be going back there either!

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{ 10:48, 2006-Aug-27 } { Posted by emilyhope }

Well, as a fellow cosmetologist I will say, it is nice to have people come in to let you 'practice' on them...we have to get our hours somehow. I can see though that this was not practical for you. The beauty school I went to had regular patrons just like a shop...they could get a haircut for $2 I believe it was.