How much do you tip a hair stylist!

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As above. Posting here for traffic. Do you tip a hair stylist?

I have no about salon etiquette. Growing up I never went to the salon. My mother had her hair dresser friend come over to the house to do all our hair. I’ve only been to the salon a few times as I’m really nervous about. I have tipped before. For instance if a hair cut is £45. I’ll give them £50. £5 as a tip. Enough?

Limited budget here at the minute too.

I just have no idea 🤭

I don't tip. My hairdresser has nicer holidays and a better car than me so I don't see the need. She does a very good job and charges a bit above the local going rate which I'm happy to pay for her skill but see no need to tip as well. I do get her a nice gift and voucher at Christmas, am a loyal regular customer and recommend her to others.

I used to use a salon where my haircut cost around £100, no colour, I didn't tip them, they should pay all their staff a decent wage at that level. I now use a salon walking distance from my house and it's brilliant, £40 and the stylist has taught me how to properly naturally style my curly hair so I always give her £50. I'm saving loads and she really goes the extra mile, she does free hair cuts at a local homeless drop in centre and free up dos for the local SEN school prom.

£20
£50 and a bottle of fizz at Christmas
I always get an appointment no matter how late I call

As a stylist myself working in a very busy London salon, I can say that tips are always appreciated. As pp (stylist) has said they are not expected. I will always do my best to fit my clients in even if it means missing a break, staying late or opening early, even coming in on days off. If a client is late we always try our best to accommodate and juggle around other clients to ensure that your expectations are met. Especially through the Christmas season. When everyone seems extra emotional about having their hair done. But, the abuse that we get day to day and even hour to hour is unheard of in any other industry. If we are ill and unable to work you can guarantee that you will have several complaints waiting for you. Or if you do go in, clients will ask why you're not at home resting. But, funnily enough they never offer to reschedule. Along with so many other issues. So yes, the salon I work in will charge you around £90/hr for the pleasure of sitting in my chair but I wont see that. I'll see a percentage of that after I've hit my weekly target. And, we do have to fund all of our own equipment which wears out fairly frequently. Scissors need sharpening, plus all of the extra costs required to work. So, yes M'am/sir I'll gladly accept your £5 tip and see you in 4-6 weeks. Do you really know what your stylist does for you or to accommodate your individual needs?

P.s. I always tip anyone in the service industry accordingly

I go to one of these £4 a hair cut, walk in, sit down, wait your turn places and I bloody love how she cuts my hair, if she moved to a salon charging £100 a cut I'd follow her. I think she under charges as it is so I'll always pay a minimum.of £10, sometimes £15 and the odd time when I haven't had change £20, to me she's worth every penny :-)

I go every three weeks for my roots, sometimes I don't even have it blow dried £28, if blow dried then £42, I only tip £1 as I feel I go that often it is enough, I do feel guilty though when I see how much others tip

Used to tip but always felt awkward. I don't now as I pay so much for colour and cut anyways.

I don't tip anymore, I simply cannot afford to and the haircut had gone from£32 to £56 over the last few years, I can barely afford that.....I feel guilty though.....

I find tipping awkward .
I don’t tip my hairdresser, he owns the salon and earns more than I do.
If I’ve got a few quid on me I will tip the girl that washes my hair

This gives me such anxiety as I dont want to and cant afford to tip but feel I should. I think hair cutting price is really high now and have to have longer between appt now due to cost.

One place I went to you could pay online which saved the embarrassment.

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Some of the fuckery we encounter on the regular would have people boggling. Anyone interested should check out howtonotgetahairappt on insta for anonymised screenshots of examples of client behaviour (it’s mainly american tbf but a lot holds true over here).

Most stylists have many a tale. A colleague (very apologetically and politely and with about a week’s notice) tried to reschedule some clients because her dh was having major life hanging in the balance type surgery and she wanted to be there when he came out of the anaesthetic, one woman said ‘oh but i’ve booked half a day’s annual leave’. I have one woman who seems to obsessively search out every time we are recommended to ppl in local fb groups to come on moaning about how rude and horrible we are and how it’s LITERALLY impossible to get an appointment with us, all because i advised her that we could not book her in for a colour appointment without first doing an in person consultation, we have people no showing then kicking off about losing their deposit (er that’s literally what deposits are for), people who turn up late and blatantly hungover stinking of booze and my personal favourite, the people who ignore the answerphone request to leave a message when none of us can pick up the phone and just hang up and ring back over and over until one of us has to stop whatever service we’re in the middle of and answer it. Fortunately the nice people more than make up for it all!

I don’t . You don’t need to either .

I don’t think tipping is an American thing at all, I tip cab drivers, hairdressers, food delivery men and waitresses and that’s it.

This is normal imo and I got it from my mother.

I don’t tip. I don’t use cash anymore so it’s not convenient and it’s really awkward anyway, here take £2.50 for doing your job serving me the high and mighty customer. So insulting.

I never tip.

I give a £5 tip for a £70 haircut. My stylist (who washes and blow dries as well) is not the salon owner.

I don't. I can't afford to.

I used to tip £5 - initially I think haircut cost c. £60, and increased to around £90 (over 15 years).
Realised how expensive it was getting and moved to a salon that is a social enterprise - you choose what you want to pay, so adding a tip doesn't really work. I usually base my payment on the average hourly rate that they publish on the website. Brilliant place.

I just don't understand tipping full stop. I am paid a salary to do my job. I don't get paid anything extra for doing it well. I deal with individual end users, providing a service for which some of them are very grateful. When they are grateful, they say thankyou and express their appreciation. I regard services like hairdressing in the sane way.

I don’t tip either, mine is self employed and so the two hours it takes and what I pay is very much over min wage.