Page 4 | How much do you tip at the hairdressers?

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 30/11/2024 21:53

Corinthiana · 30/11/2024 21:27

I don't get why someone would tip a hairdresser when they set the prices, which are quite high.

This too. ^ 2 of the 3 hairdressers in my local market town charge £55-£75 for a cut! Depending which 'stylist' you book. 🙄

No such thing as a 'dry cut' anymore (with these 2...) Only a 'cut, wash, and blow dry,' which is minimum £55. (This is with a newbie hairdresser. The more experienced ones charge £75.)

The 3rd of the hairdressers (a 50 y.o. woman and her 2 daughters run it,) charge £18 for a (dry) cut. You can probably guess which one of the 3 I go to.

arcticpandas · 30/11/2024 21:53

Corinthiana · 30/11/2024 21:43

I just wondered at the rounding up by that amount to £17, that's all. I wondered if you had a reason. I don't tip at all, so it's not a criticism.

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I don't know really:). Just wanted to leave something since she's really nice. I don't have a lot and I get my hair cut 3 times a year and do my own colour but the boys need to be taken more often so can't really give 5£ every time. 2£ seemed like a good compromise 🤷‍♀️

MagentaRocks · 30/11/2024 21:52

£5, but will do more for my Christmas hair. A full head of colour and a cut and blow dry, styled how I want is less than £80 for me. I love going to my hairdresser and my nail tech is there too and I love the atmosphere so happy to tip for that alone.

RedRiverShore5 · 30/11/2024 21:49

Nothing, I don't tip anyone else either.

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 30/11/2024 21:48

Mummabear04 · 30/11/2024 18:54

Just wondering what is the going rate to tip if it's just a ladies cut and blow dry?

£0

Absolutely no need to tip hairdressers. They earn decent money. Even the trainees are on national minimum wage, like millions of others in the UK.

Should I tip the woman serving me on the checkout in Morrisons, and the postie, and the refuse collectors, and the GP Receptionist, and my dental nurse etc etc etc...? How ridiculous would that be? To me, in 2024, tipping hairdressers is batshit.

lto2019 · 30/11/2024 21:46

I don't tip my hairdresser - but I tip the hair washer - they earn very little when training. I tip them a fiver

SofandaCox · 30/11/2024 21:44

Nothing.

Corinthiana · 30/11/2024 21:43

arcticpandas · 30/11/2024 21:39

Why not?

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I just wondered at the rounding up by that amount to £17, that's all. I wondered if you had a reason. I don't tip at all, so it's not a criticism.

exitstrategyideas · 30/11/2024 21:41

Absolutely nothing. I don’t tip anywhere!

Rainyblue · 30/11/2024 21:41

I used to tip but my hairdresser’s prices have gone up and now I’m paying nearly £200 for a cut, colour and blow dry so I can’t really afford to tip as well. But I presume they set their prices to cover costs and wages. But have to say that I feel awkward tipping but also feel awkward not tipping….

As to what DH thinks of it? Why would that be an issue? It’s my choice. He knows it’s expensive but has never asked how much it costs. He has the standard haircut for slightly balding men (no2 buzz cut) so his haircut costs nothing!

arcticpandas · 30/11/2024 21:39

Corinthiana · 30/11/2024 20:55

Why £2?.

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Why not?

Ilovelblue · 30/11/2024 21:35

It is my hairdresser's own business. I have been with her nearly 20 years and she sets her own prices. She could probably charge what she wanted (within reason) and I would just pay it so I don't tip.

AwakeNotThruChoice · 30/11/2024 21:30

Had a trim at Supercuts today (walk in app)

Wasn’t any option to tip cash or round up by card payment. So not the ‘done thing’ anymore. Btw was £17 cut and blow dry

Corinthiana · 30/11/2024 21:27

I don't get why someone would tip a hairdresser when they set the prices, which are quite high.

Katemax82 · 30/11/2024 21:26

Normally a fiver for my daughters haircut (about 20 quid haircut)

surreygirl1987 · 30/11/2024 21:26

Zero. No one tips me either in my career, and that's also fine. We do NOT want to increase tipping culture here in the UK, and I am not going to be contributing to that.

Grannyinnwaiting · 30/11/2024 21:26

I get my hair colored every 6 weeks and cut every three months probably averages at £120 per visit - I tip £10.

Corinthiana · 30/11/2024 21:25

StarCurator · 30/11/2024 21:18

I always tip around 15%(rounded up/down so that I can give them a note) in cash unless the stylist/colorist is happy for it to be added to the bill using a card. My current hairdresser, who is an employee, prefers cash. I also tip manicurists. Hairdressers or manicurists who are employees rather than business owners don't get paid well, and if they give a good service, as mine do, I think that it's good practice to tip them. I lived for a long time in the US, where hairdressers and manicurists are reliant on tips to make a living (as are servers in restaurants), and tips are expected. A tip of 20-25% is considered the minimum there; 15% seems a bargain!

As a practise, tipping keeps the wages low, because the argument is that they can increase income with tips. A fair wage for everyone with no tipping would be progression.

loropianalover · 30/11/2024 21:22

€5 for a curly blowdry, and €20 for a colour/cut or up-do.

bananaboats · 30/11/2024 21:21

I don't tip anything but I don't really tip anyone!

StarCurator · 30/11/2024 21:18

I always tip around 15%(rounded up/down so that I can give them a note) in cash unless the stylist/colorist is happy for it to be added to the bill using a card. My current hairdresser, who is an employee, prefers cash. I also tip manicurists. Hairdressers or manicurists who are employees rather than business owners don't get paid well, and if they give a good service, as mine do, I think that it's good practice to tip them. I lived for a long time in the US, where hairdressers and manicurists are reliant on tips to make a living (as are servers in restaurants), and tips are expected. A tip of 20-25% is considered the minimum there; 15% seems a bargain!

Moonchildalltheway · 30/11/2024 21:08

A visit to my hairdressers is £90, I go every 6 - 8 weeks so no tip from me.

itwilltakeaslongasittakes · 30/11/2024 21:04

Zero. I pay 2x a man’s cut despite having a v short pixie cut! (Often mistaken for a man so it’s not like they’re doing a fancy “women’s” cut that justifies the higher prices!)

TwinklesToes · 30/11/2024 21:04

I’ve always tipped my hairdresser, but now she has her own salon I assume she charges what she believes is a fair amount I no longer leave a tip.

FLOWER1982 · 30/11/2024 21:03

Nothing. I pay enough as it is. My hairdresser is always going away on nice holidays, she definitely doesn’t go without.