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Wonderful World of Waddo

Helen Astle and Jo Bostock
Helen and Jo - the budget babes

Budget Babes

As part of Tony Wadsworth's Discount Living series he sent BBC Radio Leicester reporters, Jo Bostock and Helen Astle, to a model night at a local hairdressers to see how much money they could save on glamorous new hairdos!

Would you risk your luscious locks to save a bit of cash?

Well that's exactly what brave BBC Radio Leicester reporters Helen Astle and Jo Bostock did when they went to a model night at Indy hairdressers in Leicester.

Listen to their report...

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Jo says that a cut and full-head colour usually costs her about £70, and that certainly adds up if you need to have it done every six weeks!

So that's where model night comes in - a salon quality haircut for less than half usual the price.

What's the catch?

The catch is that your hair is being cut by a student, not a fully-qualified hairdresser.

However Jo says that at Indy the students taking part in model night weren't fresh out of college - they'd been in training for four and a half years and were constantly being supervised by a top stylist.

The verdict

Jo and Helen both seemed to think it was worth taking the risk for the financial saving.

A full-head colour for Jo cost just £15 and Helen's cut cost £10 - a huge discount on the price of a normal haircut.

And other people seem to agree with them! Charlotte, a student hairdresser at Indy, says that model nights are very popular, and they even have a waiting list.

For more tips on discounted living, keep listening to Tony Wadsworth's mid-morning show from 09:00-12:00 every weekday on BBC Radio Leicester 104.9FM, DAB Digital and www.bbc.co.uk/leicester

last updated: 02/05/07
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