What's the best maintenance schedule for my hair?

What's the best maintenance schedule for my hair?One question that I answer frequently at the salon is: what's the best maintenance schedule for my hair? Although it varies from person to person, the average maintenance schedule is between six and eight weeks. There are exceptions, such as someone that wishes to frequently cover their gray and may visit the salon every 2 to 3 weeks. For other clients who either have extremely busy travel schedules or a newborn baby at home, or something of that nature..... occasionally, we work together to choose a lower maintenance hair color that can be touched up every 3 to 5 months. The more that the hair grows in between appointments, the more difficult the work becomes to blend the haircolor.On occasion, I have a day at the salon where every single client comes in overdue for their maintenance and it makes for a day where I'm running behind the entire day, and I'm also less satisfied with the end result than I could be. There's a reason for maintenance, and it's not just so that you feel good it's actually so that the product turns out the best that it could possibly be. Although I can always make hair look more beautiful than when the client came in, for it to be properly blended and exactly the way I want it to be the maintenance schedule needs to be adhered to.When the client comes in and they have haircolor that should be touched up every 7 to 9 weeks and an additional 3 to 4 weeks has passed the level of difficulty is actually much greater than if they had stuck to the original maintenance schedule. Although I'm not always aware of how long it's been since I've colored someone's hair last, when I do realize that it's been a fair amount of time outside of our regular schedule, I usually book the appointment as a correction so that I will have the time to catch up on their hair, and I also charge accordingly for this appointment as it takes more time, product, and work for me to make the hair reach the desired result. I always try to educate people so that they aren't surprised that more time equals more expensive hair color. Most of us are paid for our time in the jobs that we do, and mine is no different, the more complex the work that I do, the more of my day it takes up.To book an appointment at the salon please call 617-236-8100.