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For those of you looking to pay less for your next haircut, here are seven ways to save.

1. Cut Your Own Hair

If you’re a girl with long hair, you may be able to cut your hair yourself. Otherwise, don’t even bother. Walking around with a bad haircut is not cool.

2. Have a Friend or Family Member Cut Your Hair

If you know someone who knows what they’re doing, you can let them cut your hair for little or no money. However, unless that person is your parent or your spouse, you can’t keep doing this all the time. Eventually, you will need to go somewhere else and pay for your haircut like everyone else.

3. Discount Chain

There are chains like Supercuts, which generally charge less than full-service hair salons. Of course, for many of us, a discount chain like Supercuts is where we go to get our “regular” haircuts. Paying $15 to $25 for a hair cut may still be too much.

4. Coupons

Sometimes you can find coupons for a local hair salon in a mailer sent to your home. Unfortunately, most of us are too embarrassed to use them. It’s not really the same as using a coupon at your local electronics store. There’s much more personal interaction involved. Also, you can’t find these coupons all the time. And even if you did, do you really want the hair dressers to remember you as the person who always uses coupons?

5. Beauty school

If you want a really nice haircut (incl. color, highlights, perm, etc.) but you can’t afford to pay more than $20, you should consider having your hair done at a beauty school like Paul Mitchell. Such schools can be found in every major city. The students are usually supervised, so you don’t really have to be concerned.

6. Hair Salon in Asian Neighborhood (Chinatown, Little Saigon, K-Town, etc.)

If you’re looking for a $10 haircut, check out your local Chinatown or other Asian neighborhood. The person cutting your hair may or may not speak English very well, but you will get a decent haircut for very little money.

7. Hair Salon Near Military Base

Hair salons catering to military personnel can be found near most bases and are another cheap alternative. Since the hair salon is located off-base, you don’t have to be military yourself to get your haircut. However, since their customers are usually men, it may not be the best place for women to get their hair cut. The hair dressers may simply not have enough experience cutting women’s hair.

Photo Credit: Malias

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