HOW TO HIRE · BEAUTY & GROOMING · CHECKED OCTOBER 2026
How to hire a blow dry stylist in Ireland
The checks, the questions and the paperwork.
A blow dry or styling in Ireland costs €25–€70 per visit, typically around €40. Here is how to check that in a minute, what to ask before you book, and what you must be handed when the job is done.
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THE 60-SECOND VERSION
Hiring a blow dry stylist in five steps
- Are you a trader, and can I see that in writing?No register covers blow dry stylist work, so trader status is what your consumer rights hang on — products and finish — heat protectant, volumiser and a finishing spray for hold and shine.
- How does hair length and thickness change the price?Long, thick hair takes longer — ask before the quote rather than after.
- How does the finish: a smooth blow dry costs least, an up-do most change the price?It is one of the things that moves the figure — ask before the quote rather than after.
- How does salon or mobile change the price?A stylist who comes to you usually charges more — ask before the quote rather than after.
- What is not included?Colouring, chemical treatments and extensions are separate services with their own prices — see the related guides below — get the exclusions named in the quote, because a blow dry stylist job is priced on what was agreed and not on what was assumed.
BEFORE YOU BOOK
Check before you book
No register applies
NO REGISTER APPLIES TO HAIRDRESSERS, BARBERS, BEAUTICIANS OR NAIL TECHNICIANS. Anyone may trade. The line that does exist is medicines: anything involving a PRESCRIPTION-ONLY MEDICINE — botulinum toxin above all — may only be prescribed by a registered prescriber, and that is a medical matter rather than a beauty one. A clinic offering injectables with no named prescriber is the single clearest warning sign in this family.
Look for the trader badge and the ID-checked badge on the Locufy profile — both are checked by us, not claimed by the provider.
What to check instead
For injectables, WHO PRESCRIBES — a named, registered prescriber who has seen you, not a prescription arranged remotely for someone they have never met; For any treatment that breaks the skin, what is single-use and what is sterilised; A patch test before colour or lash work, and enough time before an event; The training and the insurer for the specific treatment, not the salon generally; What the aftercare is and who you call out of hours if something goes wrong; Photographs of their own work on hair or skin like yours.
Ask for each of these before you agree a price, and get the answers in the same message as the quote.
Insurance
Expect treatment-specific professional indemnity — a policy for facials may exclude needles entirely. From a company, ask for the insurer, the limit and the VAT number, and ask who actually attends: the team that turns up may be employed, subcontracted or both, and only one of those is supervised by the firm you are paying.
Ask to see the current certificate of insurance — the insurer's name, the limit and the date it runs to.
Trader or private seller
Under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 a trader must tell you they are a trader, and your consumer rights — work carried out with reasonable skill and care, and a cooling-off period on a contract agreed in your home or online — apply to traders and not to private sellers. On Locufy the trader status is shown on the profile.
Look for the trader badge on the Locufy profile, and ask anyone else for it in writing before you agree a price.
VAT
VAT at 9%, the second reduced rate Revenue publishes for this service. Ask whether the price you were given includes it. A trader under the €42,500 registration threshold does not charge it; one over it must, and must show it separately.
Ask whether the figure you were given includes it, and for the VAT number if they are registered — Revenue publishes the rate for this service. revenue.ie →
A good answer: No register covers blow dry stylist work, so trader status is what your consumer rights hang on — products and finish — heat protectant, volumiser and a finishing spray for hold and shine.
A good answer: Long, thick hair takes longer — ask before the quote rather than after.
A good answer: It is one of the things that moves the figure — ask before the quote rather than after.
A good answer: A stylist who comes to you usually charges more — ask before the quote rather than after.
A good answer: Colouring, chemical treatments and extensions are separate services with their own prices — see the related guides below — get the exclusions named in the quote, because a blow dry stylist job is priced on what was agreed and not on what was assumed.
A good answer: Expect treatment-specific professional indemnity — a policy for facials may exclude needles entirely — heat styling — curls, waves or straightening with a curling iron or straighteners, if that is the look you asked for.
A good answer: A written scope and a price before the blow dry stylist starts, and an itemised invoice after — the blow dry — dried with a round brush for volume and a smooth finish — the core of the visit.
Getting the quote right
- Hair length and thickness — long, thick hair takes longer
- The finish: a smooth blow dry costs least, an up-do most
- Salon or mobile — a stylist who comes to you usually charges more
- Occasion styling (weddings, debs) is priced higher than a weekday blow dry
- In writing before anyone starts — a message on Locufy counts
- What is NOT included, named
- Who actually attends, and whether they are employed or subcontracted
- The VAT number, and whether it checks out on the Revenue register
- Two or three quotes for the SAME written scope, so the differences between them are real differences
Walk away if
- They will not talk about it: hair length and thickness — long, thick hair takes longer
- They will not talk about it: the finish: a smooth blow dry costs least, an up-do most
- They will not talk about it: salon or mobile — a stylist who comes to you usually charges more
- A price for the blow dry stylist before anyone has asked the size, the access or the condition of what they are working on
- Cash only, or a large deposit before anything at all has started
- No written quote, or one that moves once the blow dry stylist has begun
What a blow dry stylist costs: €25–€70 per visit
The figures are for the job, per visit, and a quote for your own is the only number that binds anyone. Classic blow dry and Curly or wavy blow dry each carry their own band. Blow Dry & Styling price guide →
Guide prices compiled by the Locufy team from published Irish and UK provider price lists and 2026/27 cost guides. Updated 2026.
KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR? NOW FIND ONE
Blow dry stylists near you, with the badges that matter shown
ID checked, trader status and one score from every review — on the card, before you message anyone. Nearest first. No account needed to look.
Or post the job free and let them come to you.
- Look firstHair length and thickness — long, thick hair takes longer — that is what the blow dry stylist is judging on the first visit, and a price given without it is a guess.
- Agree what is being doneThe finish: a smooth blow dry costs least, an up-do most — put in writing before anyone starts, because it is the document you both read back at the end.
- The work itselfSalon or mobile — a stylist who comes to you usually charges more — and anything found on the day that was not in that is priced before it is started.
- Check it togetherOccasion styling (weddings, debs) is priced higher than a weekday blow dry — walked against the written scope rather than against the feeling of it, while the blow dry stylist is still there.
- What you are handedThe itemised invoice and any guarantee on the workmanship and the parts, dublin and the larger towns run above the rest of the country.
- Wash and condition
- A wash and conditioning treatment suited to your hair type before any drying starts.
- The blow dry
- Dried with a round brush for volume and a smooth finish — the core of the visit.
- Heat styling
- Curls, waves or straightening with a curling iron or straighteners, if that is the look you asked for.
- Products and finish
- Heat protectant, volumiser and a finishing spray for hold and shine.
- Classic blow dry
- Smooth, sleek hair with volume — the everyday visit.
- Curly or wavy blow dry
- Curls or waves set during the dry for bounce and definition.
AFTER
When the job is done
Hiring a blow dry stylist: questions people ask
€25–€70 per visit, typically around €40. A smooth blow dry sits at the lower end; curls, waves and up-dos cost more. Enter your town above for real prices from salons and stylists near you.
Usually 30 minutes to an hour. Long or thick hair, and up-dos, take longer.
Usually, yes — a stylist who comes to your home or venue charges for travel and time. For a wedding party or debs group it is often the better value once you count everyone.
Yes. Most salons bundle a blow dry with a cut or colour at a lower combined price than booking them separately — ask when you book.
Colouring, chemical treatments (keratin, perms) and extensions are separate services with their own prices.
They are Locufy guide prices for Ireland — a national range, not a quote. Your price depends on the salon, the finish and where you are; the search above shows the real prices near you.
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