Nah, I want more cuz 400 is almost my rent! I expect a wash, deep condition, scalp treatment, blow dry, the salon provides the hair AND they feed me---before those 4 people give me braids down to my knees and a foot massage! If they're gonna charge astronomical prices, they better be giving luxury services!
@@Tashas_Travels Yeah I’ve had that too! 😯And sometimes you haven’t given enough, sometimes too much.. they expect you to concentrate as well! I wanna say “get it yourself then!”😂
That was my experience as well! I just braided my own hair for £11.99 haha. And I think it's also so horrible that is the price just for braiding excluding pre-care treatment. 🥴
She's glowing, your honor! You look gorgeous 👏Also $300-400 AND you have to be fully prepped upon arrival?? I've been learning how to do my own hair at home and ya'll, give it a shot if you haven't yet. I'm not that great at twisting but I was able to do my own jumbo twists for like 40 dollars in 3-4 hours (including dancing and snack breaks lol). The stylists near me were charging over 200+ dollars, no wash, blow dry, dancing, or snacks included!
I hate that they use the word thick when really you know that they definitely mean texture/curl pattern. They're trying to determine if your hair will be type 4 by asking about thickness. It is kind of hard to determine thickness. Like what scale are they going off of? My density is very thin but I'm sure these stylists would try to convince me that my hair is thick simply because of my hair type meanwhile a girl with straight hair could have extremely high-density hair and coarse hair strands and I doubt they would charge her extra.
this is exactly why i love my african aunty, she's never switched up on me and she'll never stoop to these IG hairstylists level. She charges me $100 for the same hairstyles these girls on IG are getting and she blow dries my hair
$400 is wild. Braids are one of the easiest styles to learn to do yourself. It's just time consuming so I can understand paying a stylist but not that damn much 😩
Girl the first time I did my hair it took me 8 hours, around 60 braids which were waist lenght (which is pretty good for the first time I'd say). I refuse to pay someone hundreds of euros for a hairstyle I can do by myself lmao 😭✋🏾
Love the video. I made the mistake of going to one of the stylist in Peckham. She couldn't confirm a price upfront, told me she could do trianglular partings, but that was a lie, a horrible experience. Having let my hair grow out for a year, the lack of care of hair set me back masively. That hairstylist inspired me start doing my hair myself and my hair is thriving. No one can care for my hair better than me!
girlllllllll don’t watch me shed a tear coz our stories b matchin like 😭😭 there’s deffo hairstylists that care for our hair equally as much as we can/ do, but they’re in the minority.
Love the effort you put into this video Michelle♥️.. I live in South Africa so we don't really have this dilemma, you can literally go to the hair shop and find braiders waiting outside for you to buy hair so they can negotiate a price to braid you. Braiders are often from neighbouring African countries like Zimbabwe or Zambia.
I’ve been going to the same person for braids for years, but lately she’s increased her prices, either due to costs of living or because she’s doing hair full-time now). I pay £150 for small knotless braids to my hip, but I did want to shop around to see if I could get any cheaper. I came across a page which was cheaper, but said in the T&Cs “if your hairstyle takes less than 4 hours, you won’t be allowed to use the toilet” I’ve never unfollowed so fast! Even though my hair would definitely take longer so wouldn’t apply to me, it’s the principle. How can you forbid people from using the toilet???
i remember back in the day, the most you'd get charged by auntys was £50-£60, i cant imagine by more than three digits, including me buying the hair and/or products and the travel there???!! please abeg, there's multiple tutorials on youtube i'm good
Yeah! I think these IG stylists are overcompensating for our aunties. When you think about it £50 for a full head of braids is ridiculous, hence why they try to do more than one head at once and the shops are always a mess. But £400 having to get the hair yourself, no hair care etc is just ridiculous.
I’ve been trying to get knotless braids for months now . But I’m not paying $300-$400 for me to come with my hair washed and blow dry , with $50 just to book the appointment, come with my own hair extensions (human hair ) and with an unnecessary attitude. They are soooo rude , have you waiting for an 1hr to start . No ! , just no !
This was so informative thank you for shedding light on the fact that it’s daylight robbery (especially when you have to do 90% of the job for the stylists). I used to do my own hair but for convenience got lazy! You’ve inspired me again, time to start braiding again (and your hair came out beautiful 🥰❤️)
I’m so shookethh at UK prices, not to even mention US prices. Here in the netherlands i will pay between 80-170 euros getting waistlength boxbraids . 5 years ago this used to be 60-70 ! I’m not talking bout salons tho
High way robbery!!!! £400 when I lived in england I paid 50, 70, and 100 pounds for my braids. Even that was too much. I am back home in Nigeria and I would even get charged the equivalent of £5 for braids but I like your tip of watching the braids first to get rid of the chemicals
I’m actually dying 😭😭😭 that’s why I always go to my aunty but I do pay her approximately 40-50 euros depends on the style. That’s why all of us have to learn how to braid because chille😮💨
gaaarrrrllllll...i didn't know you had to wash your hair first!!!!! Now I understand why my new braids are always itchy the first few days I'm so glad I found your channel❤
Remember when these hairstyles were a simple €20. Baby, thank God I know how to do my own hair. Just give me a couple of days, a good series and mental fortitude!
This is why I do my own hair! Once in a while I go to this very nice uni girl to do it for me when I don’t have time. She’s very affordable! Her prices don’t go past £80\100. I usually get my braids done for £40 or less cause I don’t like complicated styles and very long hair. And if we go way past the time she said it’d take, like this one time I missed my last bus home she paid for my taxi home. She’s the only person I let do my hair beside myself
Happy Saturday Michie, I've never had that issue with IG hair stylists because I didn't want to deal with the stress of everything. It is very outrageous how they charge for the hairstyle and all the extra stuff 😅 Loved today's video 😊😊 Sending lots of love ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Practice makes perfect. I’ve been doing my own hair and so far, so good thanks to RU-vid University. I can’t with the thousand dollar prices and unprofessionalism.
The industry in Europe is hella underpaid. I pay my Lady 75 euros and bring my own hair and prep my hair myself. However, she always shows p 1 hour late, takes breaks in between to cook for her kids/ pick them up somewhere. But I never saw a price above 150 euros to be honest. I'm not saying that's good, but it is custom. 300 euros sounds a lot, but if the context is professional, the hairdresser works quick and it looks good, it could make sense i guess. I would just never get braids done ever again.
I had an instagram hairstylist cancel on me the morning of, then reschedule me only to cancel me again! Asking for 330 for braids and wanting a $100 deposit up front. I was reimbursed my deposit but canceling two weeks in a row put me in a bind when I could have found someone else! This is out of control🤷🏾♀️
The fact that the most expensive braids here in Botswana are the Masai braids and they are at most BWP 1500 which is around $120 . At MOST. And that's not a normal hairstyle everyone does. It's mostly corporate baddies. And very few of them TBH The average hairstylist won't charge you more than BWP400 for braiding. That's about $35.
Imagine one woman tried over charging me by £20 just for having soft hair despite it being a short to medium length coily afro. I then refused and she accepted to do my hair without the extra £20, but then when I asked her not to cut elastic bands out of my hair with a single blade, she said I could trust her (lol) and argued harder back at me when I insisted her not to use the single blade.... imagine she used that fucking blade and I find short bits in my afro 5 weeks later when taking the braids out. I sent before and after pics before taking it out and just after taking it out so she could see I weren't playing & of course she denied it and said ai was trying to scam her... never again. My little sister is the only one who has permission to do my hair now & I'm very happy to pay her what these scammers are asking instead!
Had the worst experience at a local hairdresser who charged me so much, it was insane… So thank you so much for the inspiration, I will definitely try braiding my own hair next time❤
Easier to learn how to do your hair. I started doing my hair years ago. And have saved 1000s of dollars. No. No. No. stop paying people to do your hair for these prices
@@emilyjohnson4695 And there are also alot of black owned hair shops. What is the point you're trying to make here? That we should give our money to anti black communities who hate black ppl but are happy to take our money?
@@Lola.185 omg! Absolutely not. I also feel a certain way when I see black hair shops owned by Asians and it rubs me off the wrong way too. I'm all in support for black hair shops being BLACK owned
@@Renee-pv2iz exactly people acting like they being forced to go to them, do it your self or go to a shop stop hating because you chose to pay 400 dollars 😭 your the dummy in this situation
