The most common question we receive every week is "can cheap hairdressing scissors be used by professionals?". 

What is the real difference between the cheap hairdressing scissors and those premium expensive ones? Will the cutting experience be completely different?

Hairdressing scissors are cheaper due to the ingredients and the country it was made in. Cheap steel makes the hair scissors blunt faster and at risk of corrosion and simple wear and tear. Cheap shears can definitely be used by professionals, but it all depends on 'how cheap'.

Rather than breaking down why and how hairdressing scissors became so cheap, we asked our staff and some of our experienced customers what their "go-to" cheap hairdressing scissors were.

The Good, But Cheap Hair Scissor Brands

Some brands sell scissors for $1000 and some for $100-200, but not all good brands have to be top of the range with high prices.

Good cheap hairdressing scissor brands have become more and more popular in the recent years.

What we look for in a good cheap hairdressing scissor brand is:

• High quality lightweight steel
• Convex or bevel edge blade
• Simple offset or opposing handle design

There are many different brands that fit this criteria,  but the online market is flooded with cheap scissors made with bad steel.

Avoid bad steel from cheap brands found on Amazon, Ebay, Wish, and more. These will rust fast, spread trace metals and chemicals to the person's hair and can break easily.

So for our top three best cheap good hairdressing scissor brands:

1. Mina Scissors: they feature out top selling products like Umi Scissors. Simple reliable design and under $200.
2. Jaguar Scissors: the entry level Jay, Pre Style and White Line series is popular. Made in German with quality manufacturing. 
3. Ichiro Scissors: these have quality designs that are suitable for professionals. Sharp convex edge blades and high quality steel. 

So for good and cheap hairdressing scissor brands, look for Ichiro, Mina and Jaguar at Japan Scissors.

These cheap but reliable scissors are a good choice for $100-300 and will cut sharp for years to come.

Mina has great 5 star positive reviews from customers that make it a premium cheap brand. 

The Top 5 Best Cheap Hair Scissors

If you are looking for a list of the best cheap hair scissors that are value for money, then look no further!

1) Jaguar Jay 2

These Jay 2 Jaguar scissors are easily the best value for money. They are so popular that they are our top selling pair for 2 years in a row. 

Hairdressing use these for their professional work, apprentices use them for training and we have had no complaints. Easily the best value for money.

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