The short answer
Full hair colour and a root touch-up both start at AED 450 at Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina, and at AED 540 at Palm Jumeirah. A toner starts at AED 450 at Dubai Marina and AED 540 at Palm Jumeirah, and Downtown Dubai confirms its toner price when you book. Every price in this guide is a starting price: the lowest that service costs at that salon.
Two things take a colour price above its starting point. One is the length of your hair, the other is the grade of the stylist who colours it. Length applies at all three salons, and grade at Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah.
How much does hair colour cost at each salon?
| Service | Downtown Dubai | Dubai Marina | Palm Jumeirah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full colour | from AED 450 | from AED 450 | from AED 540 |
| Root colour (root touch-up) | from AED 450 | from AED 450 | from AED 540 |
| High lift roots | from AED 590 | confirmed at the salon | from AED 710 |
| Toner | confirmed at the salon | from AED 450 | from AED 540 |
| Contouring | from AED 580 | from AED 580 | from AED 700 |
| Colour correction | from AED 2000 | from AED 2000 | from AED 3120 |
Full price lists: Downtown Dubai, Dubai Marina, Palm Jumeirah.
Where a cell reads confirmed at the salon, there is no published figure for that service at that branch. The salon confirms the exact price when you book.
Palm Jumeirah starts higher on every colour service it shares with the other two salons: AED 90 more for full colour, root colour and toner, and AED 120 more for high lift roots and contouring.
How does hair length change the price?
Full colour is the service where length matters. All three salons price it in four bands: short, medium, long and extra long. The starting prices above are the short band, and each longer band costs more.
At Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah, toner is priced on the same four length bands as full colour.
Root colour and high lift roots are single services with no length bands.
Contouring is priced by area instead of length: a fringe, a half head or a full head, with the fringe as the starting price.
Colour correction is priced by length too at Downtown Dubai: AED 2000 short, AED 2400 medium and AED 2890 long.
How does the stylist's grade change the price?
At Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah, every colour service has three prices, one for each grade of stylist. Dubai Marina calls the grades Stylist, Top Stylist and Art Director. Palm Jumeirah calls them Hair Stylist, Top Hair Stylist and Art Director.
The starting prices in this guide are the first grade. The same service with a Top Stylist costs more, and with an Art Director more again. For full colour, grade and length combine: each length band carries its own three prices. A haircut and a blow-dry are graded the same way at those two salons, and those prices are in haircut and blow-dry prices in Dubai.
At Downtown Dubai each length of full colour is itself a starting price, so there is something above it there too. The salon confirms the exact price when you book.
How much is a root touch-up in Dubai?
A root touch-up is booked as root colour, which colours the regrowth only and leaves the lengths alone. Root colour starts at AED 450 at Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina, and AED 540 at Palm Jumeirah. That is the same entry figure as full colour at each salon.
High lift roots is a separate service for lightening the regrowth to blonde, and it starts higher: AED 590 at Downtown Dubai and AED 710 at Palm Jumeirah. At Dubai Marina the salon confirms the price when you book.
How much does a hair toner cost in Dubai?
At Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah, toner shares its price with a one-tone full colour, length band for length band. It starts at AED 450 at Dubai Marina and AED 540 at Palm Jumeirah, and rises with length and stylist grade in the same way.
Downtown Dubai has no published toner price. The salon confirms it when you book.
What do contouring and colour correction cost?
Contouring starts at AED 580 at Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina, and AED 700 at Palm Jumeirah, for a fringe. A half head and a full head cost more.
Colour correction starts at AED 2000 at Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina, and at AED 3120 at Palm Jumeirah.
How do you work out your own colour price?
Your price comes down to four things, and you can know all of them before you contact the salon.
- The service. Full colour covers the whole head in one tone. Root colour covers the regrowth only. High lift roots is the blonde version of a root colour. Toner, contouring and colour correction are each priced on their own.
- The salon. Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina share their starting figures for full colour, root colour, contouring and colour correction. Palm Jumeirah starts higher on each of them.
- Your length, for full colour at all three salons and for toner at Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah. Contouring goes by area instead: fringe, half head or full head.
- The stylist's grade, at Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah. The first grade is the starting price, and the second and third cost more.
Root colour is the simplest case, because only the salon and the grade move it. An extra long full colour with an Art Director is the case where every factor applies. The salon confirms the exact price when you book.
What do highlights cost in Dubai?
Dubai Marina has no row called highlights. Its highlight techniques are contouring, balayage, shatush, ombré and AirTouch, and contouring is the one priced by area rather than length.
| Contouring | Dubai Marina | Palm Jumeirah |
|---|---|---|
| Contouring, fringe | AED 580 / 700 / 840 | AED 700 / 840 / 1010 |
| Contouring, half head | AED 700 / 840 / 1010 | AED 840 / 1010 / 1215 |
| Contouring, full head | AED 900 / 1100 / 1320 | AED 1100 / 1320 / 1585 |
The three figures are the Hair Stylist, Top Stylist and Art Director prices. Palm Jumeirah also prices highlights together with balayage, shatush and AirTouch under Advanced Color Techniques, from AED 2100. Contouring at all three salons, including Downtown Dubai, the money piece and booking times are in hair highlights and contouring in Dubai.
Where do balayage and AirTouch fit?
Balayage, shatush, ombré and AirTouch are priced separately from everything above, and they have their own guide: balayage in Dubai. The treatment menu has a guide of its own, hair treatments in Dubai, and the full list of services is on the hair services page.
Frequently asked questions
How much does hair colouring cost at Palm Jumeirah?
Full colour starts at AED 540, root colour at AED 540, high lift roots at AED 710 and contouring at AED 700. Each figure is for the first stylist grade, and full colour also rises with length.
How much does a root touch-up cost in Dubai?
A root touch-up is booked as root colour, from AED 450 at Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina and AED 540 at Palm Jumeirah. Root colour has no length bands, so the length of your hair does not change it.
How much does hair toning cost?
From AED 450 at Dubai Marina and AED 540 at Palm Jumeirah, rising with length and stylist grade. Downtown Dubai has no published toner price.
Does the stylist's grade change the price of hair colour?
Yes, at Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah. Each colour service has three prices, one per grade, and the first grade is the lowest.
Which salon is cheapest for hair colour?
Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina have the same starting price for full colour and root colour, AED 450. Palm Jumeirah starts at AED 540 for both.
How much does colour correction cost in Dubai?
From AED 2000 at Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina, and from AED 3120 at Palm Jumeirah.
In short
Full colour starts at AED 450 at Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina and AED 540 at Palm Jumeirah. Length raises the price of full colour at all three salons, and at Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah so does the grade of the stylist who colours it, on every service.
