Crazy pricing - what's worst you've seen?

[LocksOfLove]

I saw a salon advertising £10 to colour your hair if you bring in a box dye! - CRINGE!

 

[Treacle44]

Set of acrylic enhancements - £7

 

[hazeleyes]

Set of acrylic enhancements - £7

They are ALL £7per set where I live! Standard! £10 is considered expensive to be honest!!!!

 

[Pixie Hair]

I've seen 18" full head of bond hair extensions for £90!!

What the heck? The hair I supply costs £100-£120 alone! And that's without maintenance but because I live in a small area the clients go to the cheaper price. What they don't know is the hair will be terrible quality and they will have to be removed in a matter of weeks

I don't know how people do it! haha

 

[virtues2011]

I've seen 18" full head of bond hair extensions for £90!!

What the heck? The hair I supply costs £100-£120 alone! And that's without maintenance but because I live in a small area the clients go to the cheaper price. What they don't know is the hair will be terrible quality and they will have to be removed in a matter of weeks

I don't know how people do it! haha

Racoon always used to be a popular and respected quality brand of hair extension.... the problem is these days trying to get the customer to pay a few hundred pound for application as well as the hair! Very difficult. I do brand my own clip in hair extensions which are proving to be very popular...170g for 18 inch, 100% Remy and double weft for £90.

 

[Leely]

I had a client in for eyebrow threading and she told me she had trained in "gel Polish" and that her prices were a lot better than mine... She uses blue sky and charges her clients £5 a set as it's not her career choice to paint nails like mine. Rather miffed she thinks all I do is paint nails when she came in to have her eyebrows threaded.


Leely x

 

[Jessica15]

"CND Shellac" for $10 AUS which equates to about 5.80 pounds :|

 

[Jessica15]

Forgot to mention the 'easy at home shellac removal' consists of buying 100% pure acetone from the hardware store, soak em for a bit, then scrape it all off with a cuticle stick and buff. Lovely!! :Scared:

 

[virtues2011]

Forgot to mention the 'easy at home shellac removal' consists of buying 100% pure acetone from the hardware store, soak em for a bit, then scrape it all off with a cuticle stick and buff. Lovely!! :Scared:

Ha ha that's not too far away from how it's done anyway is it? .plus CND have a home removal kit...what do you expect. It wont be too long before Shellac is sold to the public...it always happens!

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[holistikat]

I just seen an ad for full spray tan, shellac nails & make -up for £30??????

ahhh thats a bit mental isnt it? wheres the profit in that?

whats the craziest pricing you've seen?

Why would anyone want a spray tan AND makeup anyway? Or am I missing something?

 

[linzi]

It's to proper removal as apples are to bananas! Jeez.

HARDWARE acetone? :/ Soaking? :/ Scraping? :/

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[yummy mummy]

I've just had a leaflet through for my local salon offering Shellac. But then in brackets and very small writing lists an unheard of brand!! Shellac is a brand!! They have Shellac signs up in the window so non professionals would presume that's what they are getting!! Grr

 

[Jessica15]

Ha ha that's not too far away from how it's done anyway is it? .plus CND have a home removal kit...what do you expect. It wont be too long before Shellac is sold to the public...it always happens!

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Not quite the right way to do it!

 

[babychops]

The salon I used to work in is doing extensions for £175, might not sound like a ridiculous price but the hair must be crap and iv never heard of a salon to do them so cheap! X

 

[virtues2011]

Not quite the right way to do it!

Really...i'm shocked...

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[RB1]

£10 shellac mani! £15 for fingers and toes!!!! Whyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! And she's using proper CND shellac too!!!

 

[virtues2011]

£10 shellac mani! £15 for fingers and toes!!!! Whyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! And she's using proper CND shellac too!!!

......because she can!....could be a hobby, could be uninsured (as most geeks will say)....could be crap at what she does.....then you go into the realms of "how can you charge this as a business, cheap prices attract cheap customers.....etc etc"......I put my money on "hobby" probably with insurance...!!

 

[Jessica15]

Hmm I think we should remember what this thread is about and keep it on the subject, don't you think?

 

[virtues2011]

Hmm I think we should remember what this thread is about and keep it on the subject, don't you think?

Have you read the last 64 pages?

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[Jessica15]

Have you read the last 64 pages?

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Why yes I have! I believe we're talking about crazy prices, the worst we've seen! And not whether they are doing it as a hobby, or uninsured. It's actually all about silly prices