Detangling fees at the barber shop

I don't know, I guess the silk prevents the hair from tangling somehow, but you are right, she also needs to brush it to prevent the tangles as well. I had a friend who had a daughter with super thick curly hair and she would have it cut short and it looked good, but unfortunately sometimes she looked like a boy when it was cut too short..Maybe you can threaten her with that, "either brush your hair three times a day or we cut it so short you will be mistaken as a boy" lol Naw, just kidding....

Okay, by no means am I an expert, I mean I have to review how to cut my son's hair each and every time. I have seen your daughter and I wonder if perhaps by giving her many layers to thin it out will help. Plus another thing I forgot to mention is, I ended up investing in a silk pillowcase, silk helps prevent tangles too.

She has a few layers, but really I just wish she was a boy so I could give her a big old buzz cut, number 2 on the clippers type thing. I've never known that hair can be this thick, really. I was told that i had very thick hair but her's is even more thick than mine. I'm wondering how silk helps to prevent tangles? I do know that she needs to start brushing her hair, though!

Before you could get such a wide variety of hair care items like conditioners, we had what they called "creme rinse" which detangled hair. You can take a small amount of conditioner and put it in water in a spray bottle and it will help detangle her hair. Once it is combed out, braid it.

They spent a lot of time on my daughter as well, her hair is extremely thick and hard for me to cut. I wish it didn't cost extra in my case, so I guess I'm back to standing over her twice a day and brushing out her hair, it gets annoying and she squirms and yells that I'm pulling her hair, and I'm telling her if she wants to have long hair she'll have to brush it out herself. Maybe next time I'll make her pay for her hair cut.

I have tried the whole "You are paying for it next time if you don't look after yourself" thing but it never seems to work and the constant nagging only seems to bring negative energy into the household.

Ya I know but they did it anyway, I was pretty upset but there's nothing I could really say or do because my daughter\s hair was extremely tangly and extremely thick, it always take them a long time for them to cut her hair anyway. I'll have to watch out for more hidden charges, but at least they should have the courtesy of displaying it on the wall with the other charge lists.

First Choice Haircutter's Salon is the cheaper barber shop there is around here, and it's $10.49 for a child's haircut plus the standard 15% gov't sales tax/provincial tax, then it was five bucks for the detangling fee afterwards. We use a natural shampoo but no conditioner, but I do have a detangling spray that makes it easier for me to comb out my daughter's hair, but still she's almost 9 and she should be taking responsibility for her own hair and hygiene. She didn't initially want to get her hair cut but after this it's been easier to get her to comb her hair - well a bit LOL

I do not know all the right hair cut terms, but looking at her picture and knowing how thick we are talking about now, I would get the back cut really short a "neckline cut" so to speak. I would think the top could keep a little length and would look really cute over her short neckline hair.

I think you're talking about a sort of stacked bob and that would be really cute. It's a good cut/style for hair that thick, especially if it is unruly and gets out of control. The only thing you'd have to do would probably be blow dry it with a round brush so it would turn the right way - under. I think it would be wise to get conditioner and ALWAYS use it. Not using conditioner will make ANYBODY'S hair tangly and hard to comb. My daughter probably has HALF the amount of hair in thickness that yours does but her hair is long (down to her butt) and has curl and kink in it and if I don't put a handful of conditioner in it, it hurts like heck to brush it. I only brush it when it's wet or while blowdrying it.

Is it really a detangling charge then or a wash and style? If the former I would say they need to use a better shampooing product. Like I had already said, we have long hair and have never been charged extra.

Oh it is a "Salon" so to speak, First Choice Haircutters Salon it's called, I just call them barber shops, their old name back in the 1950's LOL There's many of those salons and beauty parlours and hair cutting specialists all kinds of names ha ha. But ya, First Choice Haircutters do charge five bucks for detangling hair, I suppose. In Canada if you want a dry cut you'll only have to pay for a dry hair cut. Shampooing (They call it wash and style) will cost extra.

I'm actually on my 2nd bottle of the stuff because her hair is so thick and if she ever gets her hands on it she just practically dumps the stuff on her head. I guess I got so sick and tired of doing things for her and I want her to learn responsiblity for her own self. My son was take care of himself and his hygiene since he was five years old and he's ten now plus he's neat and clean...

This does sound kind of "brutal" that is some massive tangling going on for her. Sorry to hear that I hope she does not have a tender head like one of my nieces. She dislikes getting her hair brushed at all and when she has tangles it is almost impossible.

Actually I have to get after her to comb her hair every day. Like 7 days a week type thing. This is what her hair looked like just before the barber cut her hair, she was sitting in the barber's chair. Her hair is extrmely thick, and it was very very tangly especially at the very back part. Otherwise if she did have longer hair enough to braid, I'd probably do a braid on each side, or at the back (single braid)

I wonder if things are just that much different in places other than the US. I wouldn't assume so in Canada but who knows, I haven't been to Canada since I was 12. The reason this sounds so odd to me is that the place I go - and even when I used to go to cheaper 'franchise' hair salons, it really didn't matter if I got out of bed and drove down there with my hair a mess from sleeping, no shower, no comb, no blowdry lol. My stylist has never minded if I arrived for a hair appt and I just came from the gym, or just showed up after I'd been swimming with the kids, or - like I said before, maybe I overslept and I had 30 minutes to get there lol. I have never and I mean NEVER been charged extra due to the condition of my hair. Now I COULD get an extra leave in or hot oil conditioning treatment which I would then pay for, but my stylist only recommends that if I get highlights and my hair is fragile and breaking or something. Like I mentioned in my other posting, she charges me only $8 for my daughter's haircuts and that includes a wash and condition, cut, blowdry, and style. I love my stylist, I hope she never stops doing hair and we never move away, because if either happened, I would be back to square one and unable to take my daughter anywhere to get her hair cut lol.

I keep a big spray container of detangler at home so I'll make sure I'll have it completely combed out before her next hair appointment. If I have to comb it I will but still I want ther to learn her responsibility to take care of herself. Maybe next time I'll make her pay for her own haircut because she does get money from her grandmother and sometimes we give her money as well.

I see that you live in Canada, so perhaps it is different where you live. In the US, I have never gone anyplace where the shampoo, conditioning, and styling afterwards were not part of the service, and there was no extra fee for these things. In fact, most places will not cut dry hair, because cutting dry hair is not as good and the cut might not look right afterward unless the type of cut is specifically tailored for a dry cut to get the desired look. I also think that they took advantage of your hearing impairment, although they probably did not realize they were doing it. If you explained that you did not hear and understand due to your hearing impairment, then it might have made a difference, although it might not have depending upon how desperate they were to get money from you.

It's the cheapest joint I can find, and it was a dry cut,shampooing and style will cost extra, so the dry cut is cheaper. I think it's a new fee, or a fee that's not listed. I consented to pay for it because I'm hearing impaired and didnt hear her say the fee, I just heard her say the hair is very tangly, and that was it but she said to me remember I told you about the fee ahead of time and you agreed? then I realised she was talking about the tangly fee. Oh brother.

Ya maybe I should've but I really wanted her to take care of her own hygiene. I mean she's going to be 9 this Sunday coming up, and my son has been taking care of himself with little reminding since he was five years old, so I don't understand why we actually have to fight with her to take a bath or shower! Anyway, she's getting a bit better, she didn't want to get her hair cut so it's a bit easier now to get her to comb her hair but we still have to remind her several times a day, though.

First Choice Haircutters is the cheapest chain, and most men's barber shops won't cut a girl's hair, There's other chains here in Halifax but are much more expensive, they charge something like $25-$40 for just a dry cut, that's not a wash, cut, and style - all that is extra. Oh well I've learned my lesson and will be asking about fees from now on, making sure I heard right.