normally if there is a beauty college in your area you can get a cheap color and cut. I'm not sure if you would want to do that, but it's just an idea. Here in Ky. you can get color, cut, and hi-lites for 40.00 Of course there is a pro. there that watches everything they do. Also Cost Cutters which we have here in our Wal-mart's is pretty cheap also. ~Regina