It probably includes all of that. They need to wash and condition your hair before they try to flat iron it. Generally. I think I'm one of the few clients who usually goes in with my hair already washed and blow dried, because it would take too long otherwise. Sometimes she will wash and condition again even if I've already washed it if I ran out of time and couldn't detangle fully. In which case it often means she doesn't have time to flat iron. I go in for a hair session, not exactly a specific service.
I don't know what it will be now with the price increase, but I pay like $70 or $80 when I go, which may or may not include a wash and condition, but which always includes blow drying, flat ironing (unless it was too tangled when I arrived), and trimming. I honestly considered it a steal.
Reniece is my stylist, and I feel pretty confident in saying she is at the top of her field. When I go, she usually spends around 2 hours working with my hair. It's not the kind of place, either, where she's doing a bunch of heads at a time. Pretty much that whole 2 hours she's working with my hair alone, unless I'm under the dryer for a dc. What's that, like $40/hour? Add to that the fact rent has to be taken out of that for her place of business, and she's self-employed so health insurance and retirement must come out of that, I figure that like $30/hour before taxes. I figured she must actually be giving me a deal because how could she not earn more than that for her skills?
My hair is not easy. I don't know how long she or the other stylists spend with their clients in general, but I can say Reniece takes her time with my hair. She is the only, I repeat,
only stylist I have ever been to that really does so. I've been brutalized by stylists so much I am scared to go to anyone other than her. I've never been to another stylist like her, who keeps notes on the condition of my hair over time, and actually talks about how she was looking at her notes from earlier. Like, who does that? As far as I'm concerned, she's a master craftsman and her work should be priced accordingly. Now, I might not always be able to afford it, but I think $100 2 hours of her time is worth it, maybe a bit less for her junior stylists I guess (though they may be the bomb too). I don't go more than like 3 times a year, though. I go more for the complete detangling and proper trim, and the flat iron is a nice bonus.
The big jump is a lot, but she hasn't raised my rate at least for like 2 or 3 years. I understand being upset by a 50% increase, though. I'ma still pay it though.
I only meant that she was one of the first to openly incorporate the techniques that forums, blogs, and social media made popular which caused her to become well known in the hair world. That's what I meant when I said she claimed the spot first 
I would love to get my hair done by someone else, who doesn't piss me and my hair all the way off. Take my money, girl, take it! You want some more? Here! 
lol. I've never been to a meetup 
well, I haven't been to one yet 
