Hair Cuttery Hair Color Prices

Published prices from official sources

14 documented amounts, split into services, add-ons, plans and policy charges. Each keeps the precise label it was published under so you can match it against the menu you are shown at booking.

A price documented for one location does not establish a national rate. Check with the location you intend to book.

What the same service costs across the U.S. market

Use this as a sanity check. If your quote lands outside this range, ask what is included before you assume it is a bad deal — scope differences explain most outliers.

These bands describe the national market, not this page's subject. Use them to judge whether a quote is sensible, not as a price you can book.

Regional price bands for this service

Before deciding a quote is high, check it against your own market rather than the national number. A $158 quote is costly in a tier-4 market and unremarkable in tier 1.

Bands scale the $105 national median by published metro cost multipliers. Planning ranges, not quotes.

What actually changes your price

Ask about these when you book, not at checkout. Every one of them is easier to decline before you arrive than once you are in the chair.

• Shampoo service+$5–$15

  Frequently optional and charged on top of the cut.

• Add-on conditioning+$10–$30

  Offered at the bowl and easy to accept without hearing the price.

• Location cost band+10–40%

  Identical franchise menus differ between metros.

• Stylist seniority+$8–$25

  Designer or senior tiers sit above the base rate.

• Cut versus cut-and-style+$12–$35

  A finished blow-dry is a separate line on most chain menus.

Related cost breakdowns: Creative Hair Color Cost, Ombre Hair Color Cost and Permanent Hair Color Cost.

What to tip, in actual dollars

Tip on the pre-tax service amount. If a reduction or promotion applied, the convention is to tip on the original value of the work, not the discounted price.

• Holiday tipping is a separate norm from per-visit tipping and is usually a one-off larger amount.
• Missed-appointment charges are penalties rather than services. It is not tipped.
• If more than one person worked on you, check how gratuity is divided before assuming the lead provider receives all of it.
• Salons that add an automatic service charge should say so when you book. If you see one at checkout, ask whether it reaches the provider before adding more.

What people get wrong here

Every one of these is routine, avoidable and costed. None of them require haggling — just one question asked at the right time.

1. 1Not checking the location menucosts $8–$25

   Franchise prices vary between neighbouring stores.

2. 2Accepting the conditioning upsell blindcosts $10–$30

   Offered at the bowl, priced afterwards.

3. 3Assuming the advertised price includes shampoo and stylecosts $12–$35

   Most value menus price the cut alone.

4. 4Ignoring the brand appcosts $5–$15

   Chain apps run standing offers the walk-in counter does not mention.

If you want the policy detail behind these: Hair Color Aftercare and Prepare For Hair Color.

What to say on the phone

Ask these at booking rather than on arrival. Once you are gowned and in the chair, declining an add-on becomes socially much harder — which is the reason they come up at that moment.

1. "Do you take a deposit, and does it come off the final balance?"
2. "If this runs longer than booked, does the price change?"
3. "Are taxes added at checkout, and do you have a card-payment surcharge?"
4. "Which provider tier is that quote for, and what does the next tier up cost?"
5. "Is removal of my existing product included, or is it a separate charge?"
6. "Is a shampoo, blow-dry or finish included in that price, or billed on a separate line?"
7. "What add-ons do you normally recommend for this service, and what does each cost?"

Then do one thing at checkout: ask for an itemised receipt. If a line appears that you were not told about, that is the moment to raise it — not after you have left.

From menu price to what you actually hand over

This is the gap that surprises people. Starting from a $71 base, here is where the money goes by the time the card is out.

An illustration built from the ranges on this page. Your tax rate and add-on choices will differ.

The rule of thumb: add approximately 53% to any menu price for all-over single-process colour to get your realistic out-the-door number.

Swap in your own base price and do this with your own quote.

What all-over single-process colour costs you over a year

Most budgets break at the cadence, not the price. All-over single-process colour maintained every 6-7 weeks works out to around $1,008 annually once gratuity is included.

Assumes 8 visits annually. Adjust the visit count and every figure here moves with it.

Dropping one visit per year saves roughly $126. Dropping the cadence by a quarter saves about $252. Compare that against what you would save by moving to a cheaper provider before you switch.

Worth comparing before you commit

The helpful comparison is like-for-like: same service scope, same provider tier, same market. These pages set the comparisons up that way.

What people want to know before booking

Sources and how we checked them

Every published figure above traces to one of these. Where a source describes a single location or a time-limited offer, that scope stays attached to the number rather than being generalised.

1. Official servicesServices · updated 2026
2. Official pricing locatorLocation-specific pricing · updated 2026
3. Official U.S. brand websiteBrand identity, service scope, location/booking model and official-source gate · updated 2026
4. Hair dye and relaxer safety guidancePatch tests, scalp condition and timing after chemical services · updated 2026
5. Hair dyes official safety guidancePatch tests, allergy risk and eye-area restrictions · updated 2026
6. Hair smoothing and formaldehydeFormaldehyde exposure and smoothing-service safety · updated 2026

Prices move. Quoted a different figure, send it over and we will re-verify.