According to the Daily Mail, the average British woman spends an astonishing £36,903.75 on her hair in a lifetime.

She will spend the equivalent of just under two years of her life washing, styling, cutting, colouring, crimping and straightening her locks in salons or at home.

A whopping 650 days will be dedicated solely to creating a ’salon look’ in her own bathroom. The average woman splashes out a monthly average of £10.08 on shampoos and conditioners, £14.03 on home styling products and £301.14 a year on haircuts and colouring.

She spends the equivalent of 41 minutes at home every day washing, styling and restyling. A third of women say their hair is the most important part of their appearance, and they spend more time styling their hair than doing their make-up.

Over two thirds of women prefer straight hair to a head of curls and 48 per cent of those polled regularly try to achieve poker-straight hair.

Some desperate women even resort to ironing their hair in a bid to look like stars such as Davina McCall, Jennifer Aniston and Cat Deeley. Other wacky home hair remedies include washing hair in beer (14 per cent), smearing hair with raw egg (10 per cent), tying hair in rags (14 per cent) and washing hair in lemon juice (27 per cent).

Brunette is the hair colour most favoured by 43 per cent of women, 33 per cent would like to be blonde, whilst 12 per cent strive to be redheads.