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Original poster

Tipping hairdressers!

31 replies

Sam9769 · 27/08/2025 07:47

Hi,

How much do you tip your hairdresser please especially if they own the salon?

Thank you.

OP posts:

Iocainepowder · 28/08/2025 20:29

Jennalong · 28/08/2025 13:19

My hairdresser " rents a chair " . I don't give her any tip as she drives a newer car than me , has her own home , is single and has loads of holidays in fab places multiple times a year .

Yes, my brother once lived with a hairdresser who rented a chair and he was absolutely minted.

SpottyAardvark · 28/08/2025 20:31

I don’t.

Tipping is outdated, divisive, feudal and, in the era of the £12+ph minimum wage, completely unnecessary.

Hairdressers are trained professionals who price their services appropriately. As a customer, I respect that, and pay accordingly. They are not forelock-tugging serfs and I am not Lady Bountiful.

fivefoottwowitheyesofblue · 28/08/2025 21:52

SpottyAardvark · 28/08/2025 20:31

I don’t.

Tipping is outdated, divisive, feudal and, in the era of the £12+ph minimum wage, completely unnecessary.

Hairdressers are trained professionals who price their services appropriately. As a customer, I respect that, and pay accordingly. They are not forelock-tugging serfs and I am not Lady Bountiful.

Could not agree more.

My only concession is that I buy mine a bottle of whispering angel at Christmas.

TheDayWeGotMinnie · 28/08/2025 21:57

I don't tip. I do give a card with a tenner and a bottle of fizz at Christmas though. And I bought some flowers when I was there and found out it was her birthday the day after.

Starlight1984 · 01/09/2025 12:43

Nothing but my hairdresser is in the city centre and charges an absolute fortune. Plus I always pay by card / Google Pay so no option to tip.

Mydadsbirthday · 01/09/2025 14:10

SpottyAardvark · 28/08/2025 20:31

I don’t.

Tipping is outdated, divisive, feudal and, in the era of the £12+ph minimum wage, completely unnecessary.

Hairdressers are trained professionals who price their services appropriately. As a customer, I respect that, and pay accordingly. They are not forelock-tugging serfs and I am not Lady Bountiful.

Totally agree with this.

Would love to hear a hairdresser's perspective on it though.

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