Trying to compare a hair colour price in Singapore can feel like comparing apples and oranges — one salon quotes $80, another quotes $300, and you have no idea why. The honest answer is that colour is rarely one flat number. It depends on your length, your current colour, how much lightening is needed, and how the colour is applied.

This guide lays our real Orchard menu out in the open — One Tone Color from $120, full and partial highlights, root retouch, toning and bleaching — and explains what actually makes the bill go up or down. No mystery, no upsell games.

Prices correct at time of writing — message us to confirm before you book.

Our hair colour prices in Singapore, in plain numbers

Here is exactly what colour costs at His & Her Hairloft on Orchard Road. These are our public salon prices, not a teaser rate:

• One Tone Color — from $120 (a single, all-over shade)
• Full Highlights — $120–200 (foils through the whole head)
• Partial Highlights — $80–100 (top, crown and face-framing only)
• Root Retouch — $100–120 (just your regrowth)
• Toning — $120–180 (a gloss to adjust tone or kill brassiness)
• Bleaching — $120–180 (the lightening step before pastels or vivids)

Balayage and ombré aren’t a separate single line on the menu because they’re built from these blocks — usually lightening plus a toner, hand-painted rather than foiled. We quote those after a quick look at your hair, because hand-painting time and the lift needed vary a lot from person to person. If you want the full breakdown of every shade and finish, our hair colour services page has the complete list.

Prices correct at time of writing — message us to confirm.

What actually drives the cost of a hair colour

Two clients can sit in the same chair and pay very different amounts. Here’s why a hair colour price in Singapore moves up or down:

Length and thickness

More hair means more product and more time. Shoulder-length sits at the lower end of a range; long, thick or very dense hair pushes toward the top. A range like $120–200 on full highlights is mostly about how much hair we’re foiling.

Your current colour

Going darker is usually quick and lands at the lower end. Going lighter — especially from a previous box dye or an old dark colour — needs lifting, and sometimes more than one session.

How much lightening is needed

Bleaching ($120–180) is its own step. Soft caramel highlights need far less lift than an icy blonde or a pastel, so the lightening required is one of the biggest cost levers.

Application: foils vs hand-painting

Foiled highlights are precise and even. Balayage is hand-painted freehand for a soft grown-out look — it’s more of an art and takes longer, so it sits higher. If you’re weighing one against the other, our guide on balayage vs highlights walks through which suits your hair and budget.

Single colour, highlights or balayage — which costs what

Picking the technique is the single biggest decision for your bill. Here’s how they compare in real terms:

• One Tone Color (from $120) — the most predictable. One shade, edge to edge. Great for a clean, glossy refresh or covering grey evenly. Lowest fuss, lowest cost.
• Partial Highlights ($80–100) — brightness where it shows: the top, the parting and around the face. The most budget-friendly way to add dimension.
• Full Highlights ($120–200) — foils all over for all-round lightness and depth. Costs more because it’s more hair and more time.
• Balayage / ombré (quoted on consult) — hand-painted, soft regrowth, usually lightening plus a toner. Sits at the higher end, but stretches further between visits.

One practical point: balayage often wins on long-term value because it grows out softly, so you can go three to four months between appointments instead of touching up your roots every few weeks. If you’re picking a shade in the first place, our guide on choosing your colour helps you match it to your skin tone before you spend a cent.

The real cost is maintenance, not the first appointment

The number people forget is the upkeep. Colour is a subscription, not a one-off — and how you choose your first colour decides how often you’re back.

Roots

Regrowth shows after about four to six weeks, faster on a high-contrast colour. A Root Retouch ($100–120) keeps a single colour looking fresh. This is the recurring cost most people underestimate when they fall in love with a bright blonde.

Toner

Lightened hair fades and can turn brassy or yellow, especially in Singapore’s sun and humidity. A Toning service ($120–180) every few weeks resets the shade and keeps blondes cool and expensive-looking. Many clients pair a toner with their root retouch.

Grey coverage

If you’re colouring to cover grey, regrowth is more visible and the retouch cycle is tighter. It’s worth planning the schedule and the right base shade from the start — our guide on covering grey hair covers the options.

The takeaway: a lower-maintenance technique like balayage may cost more on day one but less over a year, because you’re not paying for roots and toner every month.

Why box dye ‘saves money’ but often costs more

A $15 box from the pharmacy looks like the obvious way to save. Sometimes it’s fine. Often, it quietly becomes the most expensive option you can choose.

Box dye is formulated to work on every head, so it’s usually a strong, dark, one-size formula. Three things tend to happen:

• It builds up. Repeated box colour stacks on the lengths, going darker and patchier over time.
• It blocks lightening. Once that pigment and metallic salts are in, going lighter later is hard — bleaching costs more and may need extra sessions.
• It goes uneven. Roots grab colour differently from old ends, so you get banding that needs correcting.

Colour correction is the priciest thing we do precisely because it’s undoing all of the above — often several hours of lightening, toning and rebalancing. A $15 box can turn into a multi-hundred-dollar fix. If you’ve tried box dye and it didn’t go to plan, don’t keep layering over it — bring it in and let us assess it first. Honest in-chair advice is free; a botched correction is not.

Get a real quote at our Orchard salon

The fairest way to know your exact hair colour price is a quick consult — we look at your hair, hear what you want, and give you a real number before anything starts. No surprises at the till.

We’re at 360 Orchard Rd, #01-15 International Building, Singapore 238869, a short walk from Orchard MRT and ION Orchard. Jamie and the team have 20+ years of colour experience and we’re rated 5.0 from 667 Google reviews.

Call or WhatsApp us at +65 8335 1511 to check current pricing or book a colour appointment. We’re open Mon–Fri 9:00am–7:30pm and Sat & Sun 10:30am–7:00pm. Prices correct at time of writing — message us to confirm.