The Truth About “Industry Pricing”

Destroy The Hairdresser · Sep 27, 2025 · 26m

In this solo episode, Cyd takes a flamethrower to pricing confusion and breaks down the three models most stylists use—à la carte, session pricing, and hourly—without the fluff or guilt. She lays out clear pros and cons for each, then makes the simple, disruptive case: everything you sell is already time-based. If a cut takes 45 minutes and a blonding takes three hours, the price is always tied to time—whether you package it, rename it, or hide it under “starting at.”

Cyd tackles the real barrier to hourly (it’s not the math—it’s saying your rate out loud), and gives exact scripts for…