A smooth, polished finish by Laurel Rains, a stylist at Clark & Company Salon
A blowout is one of the simplest things you can book at a salon, and one of the easiest to feel let down by. You walk out with smooth, full hair, and by the next humid morning it has gone flat or frizzy. Some of that is the blowout. A lot of it is Dallas.
Below: what a blowout costs in Dallas right now, how a salon compares with a blow-dry bar, and the habits that actually help one last.
Clark & Company Salon publishes this guide. Several of our stylists offer blowouts, and our prices are listed below alongside everyone else's, taken from each business's own website in October 2026.
Quick answer: what does a blowout cost in Dallas, and how long does it last?
A standard blowout in Dallas starts at roughly $45 to $85, depending on where you go and who does it. Blow-dry bars publish base prices of $55 to $59, with extra charges for long or thick hair that takes more time. Salons price by stylist: at Clark & Company, seven stylists publish Blow Dry & Style starting prices ranging from $45+ to $65+.
How long it lasts has less to do with the stylist than with your scalp, the weather and how you sleep. In Dallas, the weather usually wins. Average dew points sit around 70°F from June through August, and that water in the air is what undoes a blowout.
What helps most: a little dry shampoo at the roots, a loose updo or braid at night, and keeping steam, sweat and rain away from it for as long as you can.
What a blowout is, and what it isn't
A blowout is a shampoo, a conditioner and a styled blow-dry, usually with a round brush, finished smooth, voluminous or with movement. At Clark & Company the service is called Blow Dry & Style and is described as "a relaxing shampoo and blow-dry finished with your preferred style. Whether you want smooth and polished, voluminous and bouncy, or soft and textured, your finish is tailored to you."
A blow-dry after a cut is part of the cut. At Clark & Company, women's and men's haircuts include a shampoo, haircut and blowdry. Color is different: stand-alone color services do not include a blow dry, so book one separately if you want to leave styled. Our balayage guide covers what else a color appointment does and does not include.
A Brazilian Blowout is not a blowout. It is a branded smoothing treatment, a chemical service designed to reduce frizz and make hair easier to style, and it is priced and booked as a separate treatment. If you search for blowouts in Dallas you will see both mixed together, so check which one a listing means.
A silk press is a technique for straightening natural or textured hair with heat, usually a blow-dry followed by a flat iron. It is its own service with its own specialists.
What a blowout costs in Dallas in 2026
These are the published prices we could verify on each business's own website or booking page in October 2026. Most are starting prices.
| Where | Type | Published blowout price |
|---|---|---|
| BAM Blowouts & Makeup, McKinney Avenue | Blow-dry bar | $59 and up |
| Beth Thomas Salon & Blowdry Bar, Routh Street | Salon with blow-dry bar | $55, $65 or $75, by hair length |
| Blo Blow Dry Bar, Preston Forest | Blow-dry bar | $59; $74 with extended time (60 to 75 minutes) |
| Clark & Company Salon, Dragon Street | Salon | Starting prices from $45+ to $65+, by stylist |
| Derek Sansone Hair, Fairmount Street | Salon | $75 and up |
| Rossi Park, Glass Street | Salon | $75 and up |
| Tangerine Salon | Salon | From $50 and up |
| The Hair Bar | Blow-dry bar | From $55; XL blowout $85 |
| Travis Salon, Mahon Street | Salon | $85 (shampoo and blow dry) |
The base price assumes average hair. The Hair Bar charges $85 for an XL blowout and says blowouts that run past 75 minutes incur an additional charge, which it notes can apply to extensions and to long, curly, thick or natural hair. Blo charges $74 for a blowout with extended time. Beth Thomas prices by length from the start. If your hair is long or dense, expect the figure above the base.
A dry style costs less than a full blowout. Blo lists a dry style, with no wash, at $40. If you washed at home and only need the styling, ask whether that option exists.
Salons price by stylist. At Clark & Company, the seven stylists who publish a Blow Dry & Style price have starting prices ranging from $45+ to $65+. The "+" on salon prices usually reflects length, density and time, so ask what your hair is likely to cost.
Salon stylist or blow-dry bar?
Both will dry and style your hair. What differs is everything around the appointment.
Blow-dry bars are built around speed and repeat visits. Most work from a menu of named styles and sell memberships or bundles: BAM lists them from $90 and up. If you want the same smooth finish every week and do not need a cut or color, a bar is usually the simpler choice.
A salon stylist is the better fit when the blowout is tied to the rest of your hair. A stylist who also cuts and colors your hair knows how it behaves, which matters for curly and textured hair, for hair that has been lightened, and for a cut you want styled the way it was designed to fall. It is also the easier route when you want a blowout after a cut or color in the same visit, as long as you book the styling time.
Either way, check the cancellation policy. At Clark & Company, cancellations are asked for at least 24 hours ahead; inside that, a fee of 50% of the service total may apply, and a no-show or same-day cancellation may be charged up to 100%. A valid card is required to hold the appointment.
Sectioned drying with a round brush at Clark & Company Salon
What happens in the chair
A blowout usually runs in four steps: a shampoo and conditioner, a styling product on damp hair, a rough-dry to take out most of the water, and then sectioned drying with a brush to set the shape. Hot tools, a curling iron or flat iron, may finish it, depending on the look and the salon.
Say how you will wear it as well as how it should look. "Smooth for a work dinner tomorrow" and "volume that survives a Mavericks game" call for different techniques and products. A stylist who knows you need it to last two days will set it differently from one styling for photographs tonight.
Allow enough time. Long, thick or curly hair takes longer to dry and section, which is why The Hair Bar and Blo both price extended time separately. If you are booking around an event, ask how long your hair usually takes rather than assuming the standard slot.
Why Dallas makes a blowout harder to keep
A blowout is held in place by a temporary change in your hair's structure. Hair gets its shape from two kinds of bonds in its keratin protein. The strong ones, disulfide bonds, only change with chemical treatments. The weak ones, hydrogen bonds, are what heat and water rearrange.
When your stylist blow-dries your hair straight or smooth, those hydrogen bonds re-form in the new shape. Water reverses that. As cosmetic chemist Perry Romanowski explained to the American Chemical Society's C&EN, blow-drying "rearranges the hydrogen bonds in hair," and those changes "are fleeting around water, as anyone who's had a silky blow-dry ruined by a drizzly day can attest." Writing in The Conversation, chemist Tara Carpenter puts it more simply: "Water is one of the best molecules at hydrogen bonding," and when humidity is high, more water enters the hair.
That is why the weather matters so much here. National Weather Service figures for Dallas/Fort Worth, averaged over the station's 40-year record, put the average dew point at 70.1°F in June, 70.9°F in July and 70.2°F in August, against 37.3°F in January. May (64.0°F) and September (65.4°F) are not far behind.
So from late spring to early fall, expect a shorter life, and count the time between leaving the salon and arriving at your event as part of the blowout.
How to make a blowout last
There is no fixed number of days a blowout lasts. Fine hair on an oily scalp in August will not hold as long as thick hair in January. Whatever your hair, these habits help.
Use dry shampoo the way dermatologists suggest. The American Academy of Dermatology notes that the most common reason people use dry shampoo is "to make hair dye, highlights, and salon styles like blowouts and up-dos last longer." Its advice is to "apply a small amount only where you need it," at the roots where hair feels greasy, and it is clear that "dry shampoo shouldn't replace regular shampooing." It is for stretching a blowout between washes.
Protect it while you sleep. For curly and textured hair, the AAD recommends a loose ponytail on top of the head, the "pineapple," or a loose braid before sleeping to reduce friction against your pillowcase, which can make hair frizzy. The same idea helps a blowout: less friction and less crushing means less to fix in the morning.
Keep water away from it. Shower caps, a dry gym session or none at all, and an umbrella on rainy days all buy you time. Steam counts as water, so a hot shower without a cap can undo the shape before you have left the house.
Touch up with low heat, and protect your hair when you do. The AAD's advice is to "use low or medium heat settings and a product to protect your hair from the heat," and notes that cutting the number of times a week you blow-dry helps limit damage. A quick pass on the front sections is gentler than redoing the whole head every morning. How you dry matters too: in a 2011 study in the Annals of Dermatology, drying hair at a distance of about 15 cm with continuous motion caused less damage than letting it dry naturally.
Do not wash it early to "freshen" it. Once water reaches the hair, the shape is gone. If the roots feel flat, reach for dry shampoo and a little heat at the crown instead; rinsing it means starting over.
Blowouts on curly and textured hair
A blowout on curly or coily hair is a bigger job than on straight hair. It takes longer to stretch the curl smooth, it usually costs more for that reason, and it is more sensitive to humidity, because the hair is shaped further from its natural pattern.
Heat is also the main thing to manage. The AAD's guidance for Black hair is to "use the lowest possible temperature setting that gives you the style you want," to use a heat-protecting product before styling, and to press or thermally straighten no more than once a week. If you wear your curls most of the time and want an occasional blowout, it is worth asking the stylist how they approach heat on your hair before you book.
If your curls are the priority, our guide to the best curly hair salons in Dallas covers who specializes in them. Extensions add their own considerations to a blowout, including extra time; our hair extensions guide covers maintenance in detail.
Timing a blowout around an event
For a wedding, a gala or a work event, when you book matters almost as much as who does it.
Book it the same day if you can, and as late as works. The fewer hours it spends meeting Dallas air, the better it will look when it counts. If the event is in the evening in summer, a mid-afternoon appointment is often safer than a morning one.
If it has to be the day before, sleep on it with a loose braid or a loose high ponytail, skip the shower steam, and bring dry shampoo for the roots.
Check the forecast. A rainy day or a muggy evening outdoors will shorten any blowout. If the event is outside in July, a smooth, sleek finish will fight the weather more than a style with some built-in movement.
Give yourself a buffer. Allow for the appointment running longer on long or thick hair, and for the drive.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a blowout cost in Dallas?
Published prices in October 2026 start at about $45 to $85. Blow-dry bars list base prices of $55 to $59: BAM at $59 and up, Blo at $59 and The Hair Bar from $55, with extra charges for long or thick hair. Salons price by stylist; at Clark & Company, seven stylists publish Blow Dry & Style starting prices ranging from $45+ to $65+, and Tangerine lists blowouts from $50 and up.
How long does a blowout last?
It depends on your hair, your scalp and the weather rather than a set number of days. Moisture is what undoes a blowout, so Dallas summers, when average dew points sit around 70°F, shorten it. Dry shampoo at the roots, a loose braid or high ponytail for sleeping and keeping it away from steam and rain all help it last longer.
Is a blowout the same as a Brazilian Blowout?
No. A blowout is a shampoo and styled blow-dry that lasts until your hair gets wet or humid. A Brazilian Blowout is a branded smoothing treatment, a chemical service designed to reduce frizz and make hair easier to style, and it is booked and priced separately.
Should I wash my hair before a blowout?
Not usually. A standard blowout includes a shampoo and conditioner. Some blow-dry bars offer a cheaper dry style if you arrive with clean, dry hair; Blo, for example, lists one at $40. Ask when you book.
Can you get a blowout on curly hair?
Yes, though it takes longer, often costs more, and is more sensitive to humidity than a blowout on straight hair. Keep heat as low as gives you the finish you want and use a heat protectant, as the American Academy of Dermatology recommends.
Booking a blowout at Clark & Company
At Clark & Company, blowouts are priced and booked by stylist. Our main blowout stylists are Pryor McNairy, Laura Pendergraft Granberry, Mercedes and Laurel Rains. Seven of our stylists publish Blow Dry & Style prices on their own pages: Tamie Kettle from $45 and up, Alissa Capretti, Amy Rinaudo, Jordin Fancher, Laura Pendergraft Granberry and Pryor McNairy from $60 and up, and Laurel Rains from $65 and up. If you are already booking a cut, the blowdry is included; if you are booking color and want to leave styled, add a blowout to the appointment.
We are at 1130 Dragon Street, Suite 170, in the Dallas Design District, open Tuesday to Friday 10am to 6pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm. If you are coming from nearby, our guide to the best hair salons in the Dallas Design District covers the other salons on our side of town. You can book online or call (214) 242-9250.