Tipping hairdresser after an expensive treatment.

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I’m getting hair extensions which will cost £550, Aibu to not tip or should I be tipping 10%, which seems to be standard? Or whats an acceptable amount in your opinion?

Maintenance is circa £200 every 2 months so tips will add up over the year (if I decide to keep them in that is).

I’m not sure what the protocol is these days with more expensive treatments so would appreciate some info on other people’s tipping etiquette/or not at the hairdressers, particularly for more expensive services.
Would be great if any hairdressers here could offer some guidance on what they’d expect.

Thank you.

I don’t tip, but then again I only go in once per 6 months for a very basic cut. Nothing fancy.

I wish I was being paid £550 for an hours work- feel like I want to change career after reading this thread!

As a salon owner, it is extremely difficult to just pay the bills atm, l have tried really hard to keep the prices as low as possible for my customers as its difficult for them with cost of living, so l appreciate any tip that the customer feels they can afford but it is never expected (and no l don't earn anything like the amounts being mentioned here)

I rarely tip anyone. Having said that, my hairdresser is lovely and I know what a hard time they have had with lockdown and then massive rebuilding works in the area. So, I bought £40 credit at the nextdoor sandwich shop so that they could choose how to use it.

My hair salon trips costs £90 every 3 months I don’t tip the hairdresser as she owns the salon but if I’ve got a few pound coins I tip the junior that has washed my hair usually about £3-£5

I always tip £5.

I always tip - £5 for my cut and blow dry, £10 for my colour

At that price they certainly would get a tip, your prices are flaming ridiculously high !!!

My mum always tipped hairdresser, so I do as well , usually £5

I tipped my hairdresser £5 in cash last visit. This was because she'd done a superb job and because I'd had to cancel our previous appointment which I wasn't charged for. I don't usually and she felt flattered that I had. It wasn't much over 10%. I don't think it would be expected unless you hit a snag and it took longer than expected or something like that.

I work as a community carer and no one ever tips me. I know for certain my hairdresser who owns the business earns a lot more than I do, so there's no way I'm tipping.

Mins costs like the premises, heat, lighting, business rates, pension etc,

Actually illegal how?

£400 a day she would have to make as profit - so tell us how much she brings in. Unless she has a Solon?

Thank god for Mumsnet. I thought it was expected to tip the hairdresser! I've been giving her min 10% !

This !!!

My hair treatment is already very expensive and it's the owner who does it for me so I never tip.

We don't earn £550 for extensions.
The hair, if good quality, is hundreds of pounds!

.... and takes many hours to do.

Depends on the set up, assuming you are describing a salon, it’s a junior washing my hair I always give money (cash, separately) for them as they are on a low wage.

What would be the profit on that then?

Genuinely interested now.

It varies to be honest, depending on the quality of the hair.
Some will say it's European when in fact it is Indian or Chinese (nothing wrong with Indian or Chinese hair, other than the fact that as it is so dark, it has to go through a rigorous process to lighten it right up, so it really shortens the lifespan). European hair lasts 12-18 months with correct aftercare and maintenance, and is expensive. But it's worth it because it lasts.
I only source European, and the hair alone can easily cost £350-£500+. There is a huge difference in prices depending on the quality, length, amount of hair needed, and the method chosen.
Depending on the method, it can take up to four hours to install.

I tend to factor in £35 per hour on top of the hair for my time, experience and knowledge, products used, and I have to also factor in things such as business insurances, utilities, admin, Tax & NI, and general business running costs.

My new hairdreseer is quite expensive to me, £50 for a cut and dry, which takes him 1.15 mins, if i earnt that much for every 75 minutes i worked id be very happy, so no i dont tip.

Hairdresser!

I have both a family member and a good friend who own their own hair salons. Both women are very comfortably off, live in nice big houses, drive new Audi 4x4s and have multiple foreign holidays a year.
I earn just above minimum wage and it's a struggle to even afford to get my hair done, every 3-4 months at the family member's salon. I have to put money aside each month for it, and that doesn't stretch to a tip as well. Nobody tips me for doing my job, and I haven't got enough spare income to be paying extra for things that are already expensive luxuries!
You engage someone to provide a service, be that a hairdresser, painter, plumber, taxi driver - they tell you their price, that should be what you pay.

I get my hair cut at the local college (£8 for wash, cut and blowdry). My hair long and I only ever have a trim. I also have a conditioning treatment for a couple of quid sometimes.

I usually tip the students £5 as they're so careful to do a good job.

However, last time, I had more experienced student who didn't want to listen to me (argued me when I said I don't want my hair straigtened after blow dry), so I didn't tip her.

My DDIL is a hairdresser and works for a company. She is paid a wage which is not minimum but is also not high end. Hairdressers actually need the tips to enhance their salary and its a bit like going to a nice meal, to say thank you for good service you tip, therefore you are saying thank you for good service too. Tips should be what you are comfortable leaving not a percentage of the cost.
My neighbour is also a hairdresser and as she is home based and as she is self employed she would not expect a tip.