20-40-60 Etiquette-Changing hair stylists?

QUESTION: I have been with my current hair stylist for five years. She cuts and colors me every six weeks.  Between times I go to a blow dry bar to have my hair washed, dried and styled.  I always feel bad when I go elsewhere to have my hair fixed but the other place is closer to my house and I can get in and out faster.  I would prefer to go to other place all the time, but cannot “break up” with my current stylist.

How can I politely tell her it is time for us to part?

CALLIE’S ANSWWER: This is an awkward situation. Well, you probably need to try out the person for a cut and color before you decide whom you want to switch to! What if she does a horrible job? Maybe tell your current stylist that because of where she is located it is best for you to switch.

Be honest with her. Maybe a parting gift?

LILLIE-BETH’S ANSWER: This is awkward in any case. I don’t know what the best way is to “break up” with a hair stylist, especially when we like the person but want to make a change in hairstyle. When you go to the same person for so long, you become friends, which makes a move harder. First, make sure that your move is to a different salon entirely and not a switch to one of your current stylist’s colleagues. Then, you can either tell the person politely that you are going to make a switch to someone else for awhile or you can just start making appointments elsewhere without saying a word.