Tipping Etiquette

[Tippingdilemma]

When I have a beauty treatment, haircut etc at a salon I always leave a tip as I assume that the cost of the treatment also pays for a lot of overheads and therefore the stylist/therapist only receives a fraction of the amount you pay. However, if you go to a beautician who works from home, or comes to your home, would you assume that the amount they charge is the amount they are happy to receive for their service, (having already factored in the cost of buying/supplying the products needed to carry out the treatment, and what it would cost them for petrol if mobile or electricity etc if working from home) and most likely also gives them a little profit per treatment, and therefore you don’t need to tip them?

YABU - always tip if you receive good service

YANBU - no need to tip if the majority of the price charged is going straight to beautician

Neither. I've stopped tipping full stop.

I'm one of those horrible people who never tips. I hate it as a practise, there's something lofty about tipping like a patronising head tap. If a tip is given it should be seen as a bonus for extraordinary work, above and beyond what was charged or perhaps a generousity at Xmas, not as a usual sum given on top of price charged. My "tip" is repeat business, I will always rebook with someone who is incredible at their craft and future bookings with a regular client is worth more than the odd £5 here and there. IMO, they price accordingly to their costs and profit margin. If that doesn't work then it isn't a viable business.

As hairdressers and beauticians have become so expensive, I tend not to tip anymore, unless a junior washes my hair. I was taught not to tip the owner and the hairdressers are all individual business owners. Would expect someone coming to my home to have factored in costs.

Beauticians and hairdressers (unless they own the salon) pay a set rent to the salon each week/month regardless of how many clients they see or whatever treatment they may have provided, as such everything over the rent and any products that they used that week/month is their profits.
I generally don't tip anyone anymore, atleast not since people started expecting tip just for doing the job that they've been paid for.

This is England. You pay what they charge.

No idea why we still tip waiters and waitresses actually, but I might put in 10% if they're making the effort.

I don’t tip anyone, except via service charge in restaurants mainly because it’s more hassle to ask them to remove it. I don’t see why beauticians and hairdressers would require tips: they’re skilled vocations which they’ve actively chosen to train and become qualified for presumably because they’re quite lucrative, not unstable jobs which rely on top ups.

i always tip if i receive good service, to be fair i probably tip even if the service was just ok.

i've worked in the catering industry and its bloody hard work!

my beautician is self employed.. again i always tip

I dont tip my nail tech or hairdresser. They're both self employed. I pay the rates they set for their services.

My hairdresser is mobile so has very few over heads. I wash my hair for her coming, she uses my electricity to dry & style my hair & I clear up after. There's no way I'm tipping on top of that

I pay on card for my hairdresser and they don't have a tip function when you do so. I never have cash so generally don't tip there. I'm already paying a fair amount as it is too.

Only time I tend to tip in the U.K. is in sit down restaurants and then it's roughly 10% unless it's already added to the bill. I noticed last time we went to London the suggested, it included, tipping % had increased.

I don't tip.