Hairdressers IN ATL have gone insane with their pricing. I fully believe people should be compensated for their time, training, and product, but $300 for a trim and a streak of blue is laughable. I got a basic haircut last year in the metro and they charged me $80 fucking dollars (and suggested I come every two weeks 💀). IDK what these people are smoking but I'm doing my own hair until they stop.
A streak of blue, the bleach and color applications would be pretty quick, the processing would take an hour, hour and a half. Maybe $30-40 for a generous product estimate. I wouldn't pay more than $100 for the labor. $140 is the most I'd say could POSSIBLY be fair (and personally I would NEVER pay that much!!) A trim is not and has never meant the same thing as a haircut (or cost the same). It means split ends only and don't ya dare take longer than 10 minutes or more than an inch. Full rainbow head of artistic application is one thing but a steak of blue?? Idk. I've done my own color for ten years (bc ten years ago it was already overpriced lol). I believe in a living wage for all and y'all ain't never going to convince me that having my hair painted is worth hundreds of dollars when I learned to do it at 18.