When I decided to grow my hair out, I had to break up with my barber and switch to a stylist. After years of $40 crops, I didn’t realize it meant my haircut could climb into the triple digits. Finding a salon that charged more than a car payment wasn’t difficult; getting over the sticker shock was.
Men are not taught to invest in their appearance. When Bill Clinton got a $200 haircut aboard Air Force One or French president François Hollande spent $10,000 a month on his grooming, the outcry was intense. Could these men be that vain? But the price of a trim actually has little to do with the haircut itself. So how much should you be spending?
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