DRYING your hair shouldn't cost the earth - but with energy bills creeping, it's good to know how much your hairdryer costs to run.
And if you're looking for ways to get costs down on your energy bills, there are ways to save money on drying your hair.
Households are currently facing crippling rises to their energy bills.
And the average household will see their bills increase to 2,500 a year – up from £1,971.
Liz Truss froze energy bills for two years in a bumper cost of living support package first announced on September 8.
The new Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) will save the average household £1,000 over the next year.
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Here's how much putting your hairdryer costs.
How much does it cost to run a hairdryer now?
Drying your hair doesn't cost much that much, according to Uswitch.
Right now it cost roughly £14 a year to use it - but exact costs vary depending on how powerful your hair dryer is.
Drying your hair on the highest power setting will take eight minutes to dry your hair and use up 1.8 kilowatts (kW) of power.
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This will cost you nearly 6p - or £0.068 to be precise.
If you wash and dry your hair four times a week, this will rack up to £14.15 a year.
But a Uswitch.com spokesperson said: "Some hairdryers have an eco mode where they don’t heat the air, which uses significantly less power, but also takes much longer to dry your hair.
"Using this method could cost less than a pound over the course of a year."
According to the firm, it would only cost 83p to run a hair dryer on eco mode for the same amount of time each year.
How much will it cost to run from October 1?
If you use your hair dryer at full power from October it'll cost £16.97 - up by £2.82 compared with previous energy prices.
Instead of costing 6p for eight minutes use, it'll cost 8p.
And even if you were to use it on eco mode without the heating element, it would cost £0.99 a year to run - up from £0.83.
How can I get this cost down?
If you're looking for ways to drive costs down on your energy bills, simply switch the settings on your hair dryer.
Setting your hair dryer to eco mode will take you 12 minutes to dry and use 0.07kW of power.
It will cost £0.001 every time you dry your hair - which totals just 40p per year right now.
But you could cut this cost even more if you let your hair dry naturally - especially in the warmer months.
A spokesperson for Uswitch.com said: "The cheapest way to dry your hair is by towel-drying it and leaving it to dry naturally, but this would take much longer than with a hair dryer."
How else can I save money on my energy bills?
Wanting to make a big dent on your energy bills? It might be an idea to look at more energy-guzzling appliances to save on running costs.
One of the easiest ways to cut costs is to make sure your appliances are switched off properly.
Your TV could be costing you £24.61 while an internet router could be £18.89.
Insulating your home properly could also save you hundreds of pounds per year.
Hundreds of thousands of people overpay by £246 on heating bills due to poor insulation, but fixing that can reduce costs.
For example, buying a draught excluder for as little as £3 could save you £200 on bills in the long run.
If you're on a variable tariff, making the most of the night time rates could save you cash in the long-run.
The Sun spoke to savvy saver Scott Dixon, who only washes his clothes and showers at night to save him roughly £50 a year.
Here's six tips to save hundreds of pounds on your energy bill.
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