Brisbane School Of Hairdressing

Super cheap. It’s about ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ if they cut my hair too short but for $ 12, who can complain? They do take a while so don’t go in expecting a quick trim, you have to wait for the teachers to come over and approve. Usually need a booking middle of weekdays, I see people get turned away every visit.

You get what you pay for and results, in my experience, from the Brisbane School of Hairdressing have been varied. However, it is a guaranteed winner for an affordable blow dry (approx $ 30) before a big event to tame this Unilocaler’s unruly mane.

I usually cut my own hair. The front ends up ok, but the back– it’s always a total mess. This is the only reason why I occasionally go to get professional haircuts. Admittedly, the students at the Brisbane School of Hairdressing have a very easy time with me. It’s always a simple request of «just cut the bad parts off and make it look neat». They save my hair from the razor treatment every time, I swear.
Even though I haven’t gone here to get anything wild or adventurous done, I would trust them with the task. These students actually care about doing a good job, and they are closely supervised by their teachers the entire time. Consider your hair and scalp a school project and everyone is out to get an A. If you’re feeling sassy, try out going in there and giving one of the students the chance to do «whatever you think would be best». Give them the opportunity to be creative.
Everything they do here is at least a quarter of the price you’d get it done elsewhere. Even if the students haven’t been cutting hair for twenty years, and maybe don’t have the trendiest locks themselves, they are professional and they’ll take care to do their job well, if for no other reason than that they’re getting assessed on it.

Deciding it was time to put a plug in the constant stream of my bank account, I booked myself into the Brisbane School of Hairdressing.
Putting the words ‘school’ and ‘hairdressing’ together conjured up vivid flashbacks of my seven year old self, scissors in one hand, the majority of my hair in the other. However, putting this initial fear behind me, I was pleasantly surprised with the end result.
The prices vary depending on what you opt to have done. For a simple cut (no wash), it costs a mere $ 12. But if time is money for you, then it’ll cost a fair bit more. It did take about an hour and a half to have a trim, but my hairdresser was very meticulous and was clearly a little terrified of making mistakes. She did a good job though, and with their teachers constantly observing what they’re doing, you can be rest assured for no primary school repeats.
If you head to their website there’s often special deals, such as $ 14 for a shampoo, condition, style cut and blow-​dry.

I know some people who are happy to fork out a couple of hundreds dollar for each visit to the hairdresser. I am not one of those people. In my opinion haircuts have become way too expensive, usually costing upwards of $ 50 because not only am I female, but I also have what they deem to be ‘extra long’ hair which apparently entitles them to tack an extra $ 20 on to the regular price.
When someone first suggested trying a hairdressing school I was a bit sceptical. Even though I’m fairly relaxed when it comes to my hair, I still wasn’t sure I trusted some nineteen year old with a pair of scissors to attack my locks. When I discovered it cost only $ 12 I managed to reason away all my worries and made an appointment.
I had a great experience here. I wouldn’t say it was the best haircut of my life, but I was pleased and at that price I’m happy to settle a little. Once the guy assigned to me and I had established what I wanted done, his supervisor joined us to go over each step. Even though the students are the ones brandishing the potentially tear inducing scissors, they are watched closely by their expert teachers, which is very reassuring. I felt that I was in very good hands.
I know places like this aren’t for everybody, but if you’re willing I say give it a go; you’ll most likely be pleasantly surprised and save a lot on your yearly hairdressing bill.
Hours of operation listed are for the Upper Ground Salon. There is also an Advanced Salon with different operating hours and prices.

My favourite place for hair experimentation.
Sometimes I step into a hair salon, and tell them what I want. More than most the time, they have recommended to me after hearing what I want, something totally different. I’m some of time too scared to actually tell them they got it wrong… but i’m learning very fast these days.
No problems here. Blue tips on my black head of hair, red tips, polka dots, they are happy to experiment with you and they are happy to listen to you without being judgemental.
Mmmm nah, how about this… will not be heard here!
You might look better… I don’t think so.
And a cut is only $ 12. Colour and other things are cheaper than your other average store. sure it’s an apprentice cutting, but i’ve had professionals do worse to my hair than cut it a little crooked.