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How much do you tip at the hairdressers?

191 replies

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?

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NicoleSkidman · 30/11/2024 20:01

MsRosewater · 30/11/2024 19:19

I tip £10 for a £65 cut every 4-6
weeks

I feel as nearly as awkward doing it as not...

I thought it was normal and not tipping was cheap...?

That’s a 15% tip! Crazy

Westofeasttoday · 30/11/2024 20:01

About 10-15%. The service may be expensive but the actual hairdresser doesn’t get near that amount of money potentially not far off minimum wage. Should be the same as toppling a waitress or waiter.

Notthisapple · 30/11/2024 20:01

I pay £37 every 8 weeks, I think going regularly every 8 weeks is 'better' for them than tipping.

So I don't tip.

xyz111 · 30/11/2024 20:01

I don't. A hairdresser will work out costs and then an hourly rate. So it's not like they're getting paid.
Do you tip the postman? The parcel delivery driver? Your child's teacher?

levantine · 30/11/2024 20:00

My haircut costs £55 and I tip a fiver. It does feel a bit awkward but would be wierd to stop now

PlantDoctor · 30/11/2024 19:58

I only get a cheap dry cut once or twice a year (£16) so I do tend to round up to £20. Not sure why really, just what my mum used to do

Paulie1981 · 30/11/2024 19:57

£0

PurpleFlower1983 · 30/11/2024 19:57

£5

AuntieJoyce · 30/11/2024 19:56

£10 and £50 at Christmas. But I am paying reasonable amounts not some of the costs on here

Eminybob · 30/11/2024 19:56

My fantastic hairdresser only charges £35.50 for a cut and blow so I always round up to £40

Plastictrees · 30/11/2024 19:56

Getting my hair done is extortionate, it has never occurred to me to tip. Although I did the last time I went, only because I’m relocating so wanted to give a little thank you. I don’t think it is standard to tip in salons, not the more expensive ones anyway.

Claireabella111 · 30/11/2024 19:55

wow can’t believe the amount of people on here who don’t tip this is so surprising to me.

most employed stylists are not paid well so i always tip. same as low paid waiting staff. Wouldn’t occur to me not to tip

Growlybear83 · 30/11/2024 19:55

I very rarely go to a hairdresser - the last time was about ten years ago. But I used to have spiral perms every couple of years when I was in my late 20s / early 30s and I always tipped the stylist 10% and gave the junior who washed my hair £1 or £2. This woukd have been in the 1980s so it would have been worth having. I had a Saturday job in a hairdresser when I was 15, in 1973, and everyone always tipped the stylist and most gave me 50p or £1. I've never known anyone in real life who doesn't tip a hairdresser, only people on Mumsnet.

wonderingconcerned · 30/11/2024 19:54

Its quite refreshing to read this thread to understand that I am not in the minority not tipping - as I always feel cheap and guilty.

mynumber · 30/11/2024 19:53

I tip £5 normally. I thought it was the done thing but maybe I'll stop after reading all the replies as I agree with everyone saying how expensive it is!
I also often change hairdressers so next time I do I think I'll stop!
I'd do think I will feel awkward not tipping though as normally they have a tip box or it's an option of the card reader.

ru53 · 30/11/2024 19:53

I don’t tip. I pay on card, there is no tipping option and no tip jar so I assume it’s not expected anyway. I hope they don’t take offence but it’s expensive enough as it is!

DottyBaguette · 30/11/2024 19:53

Nothing. I've paid over £100 for the services, there's no reason to tip.

wonderingconcerned · 30/11/2024 19:53

RedVelvetIcing · 30/11/2024 19:14

I stopped because every time I go (every 3-4 months) the price has increased so whatever cash I had towards a tip is swallowed up by her surprise price rise.

Exactly same happening to me. I get my roots done every 8 weeks - leave with it dripping wet as the 'rough dry' adds another £9 to the £100 - just for roots.

3 times a year a year I add in a hair cut - again leave dripping wet - and its £200....so more than £1000 goes their way each year (been going for 20 years)

So no tip from me .... they have my regular custom but the prices going up each time is stinging as is listening to her about latest holiday in The Carribean, new kitchen etc ... she works hard .... but I have nout left to tip.

MrsPeregrine · 30/11/2024 19:53

Nothing. I can’t remember the last time I got my haircut. I stopped going because it suddenly became extortionate and I resent paying a fortune to have someone cut a straight cut across the ends of my hair and I would pay a vast amount more compared to a man for the exact same cut.

BondStreet · 30/11/2024 19:50

I normally tip around £10

ConsuelaHammock · 30/11/2024 19:50

I don’t . Why do you tip?

StrawberryWater · 30/11/2024 19:50

Nothing.

LindorDoubleChoc · 30/11/2024 19:49

Yabu

Nottodaygoaway · 30/11/2024 19:49

Nothing. 🤷🏻‍♀️

TherealmrsT · 30/11/2024 19:49

I pay by card and there is a selection of prices given including various tip amounts. I feel a bit mean finding the zero option but I can live with that.