Woman spends ₹29,000 each month on hair blow-dries after two promotions: ‘I’m buying my time back’
What if paying someone to do your hair could give you back hours every week? For Maddie Johnson, a 30-year-old attorney and business affairs executive in Los Angeles, that calculation became worthwhile after two quick promotions left her struggling to keep up with work and life. She now spends more than $300 a month on salon blowouts, treating the expense as a way to buy back her free time.Woman says regular blow-dry appointments help her “buy back” time. (Business Insider)According to Business Insider, Johnson began getting regular blowouts after visiting Drybar for her birthday last August. At the time, she was trying to balance longer working hours with fitness, wedding preparations, household chores, family and friendships. What started as a weekly appointment gradually became part of her regular routine.Why does she spend $300 on blowouts?Johnson now visits the salon roughly every five days. Each appointment takes between 45 minutes and an hour, while she estimates that washing, drying and styling her hair herself would take around two hours.That difference has become important as her schedule has become busier.“I’m really buying my time back,” Johnson said, explaining why she is willing to spend hundreds of dollars on the service.(Also Read:
