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how much tip for a hair cut...

43 replies

warmbreeze · 01/03/2019 11:37

So my next door salon charges £20 or 35 for a hair cut w/or wo blow-dry and £30 for tint re-growth

I am always confused about the right tip amount if I do

  • hair cut for £20
  • Hair cut for £35
or
  • both haircut and regrowth - £50-60
  • or if I am just doing a £7 for eye brows, should I pay £1. I find too embarrassing to give a coin, so sometimes I give no tip.

Internet search results say 10--25%

Last year I did Yoko straightening for £450 and I wasn't very excited about paying £50-120 on tips. I had saved up money to do straightening for a long time.

I just want to get a general sense of what is expected.

thank you!!

OP posts:
Missnearlyvintage · 01/03/2019 11:42

I have never tipped a hairdresser. I don't know if I know anyone who has. I have always just paid the list price.

ILoveWillSmith · 01/03/2019 12:33

I always tip my hairdresser £5, whether its a cut and blow dry - about £40, or a colour and cut - over £120. She always seems happy with that.
I wouldn't tip any more than that.

Newyearnewme2019 · 01/03/2019 13:14

Never tip, i thought it was more an old persons kind of thing to do.

The cost of having your hair done is calculated by their time, products used, utilities used - then a price is given. They are not going above and beyond what is expected of the job in hand, they have set the price, that is what you pay.

Freshstart40 · 01/03/2019 13:17

I don't tip either.

olderthanyouthink · 01/03/2019 14:08

They should price accordingly, I don't do tips. Plus my hairdresser is cash only and a pain to book, niche so they get away with it

Drum2018 · 01/03/2019 14:11

I always tipped around £5 but last time the price had gone up by £7 so I won't be tipping anymore.

NoWayNoHow · 01/03/2019 14:26

I've also never tipped with the exception of a salon that was cash only and I let them keep the change

iMum · 01/03/2019 14:51

I'm a barber and live on my tips-at £10.50 a cut tho it's not an expensive outlay.
I always tip-taxis, salons, restaurants.

jinglewithbellson · 01/03/2019 14:55

Hair stylist here.
I never expect tips however I have very generous clients who choose to. We don't have tip jars in show as we think that looks v grabby.

As someone working in the tipping industry and who receives tips I myself always tip taxis,take away drivers,restaurant staff etc. I tipped the beautician who did some treatments for me when on a recent spa break and she said they weren't allowed to accept them directly from the client Hmm
So on the day we checked out I left a card for her to say thank you and put the tip inside for her.

elfofftheshelf · 01/03/2019 15:36

I always tip and use the benchmark of 10 - 20%. Nails are £25, I pay £30 with tip. Hair is generally £60 - £80 - I generally tip £10 - £20. I can afford it, it's a nice thing to do and it means I can generally get an appointment when I want one! (popular, busy salons).

Confusedbeetle · 01/03/2019 15:38

No longer tip hairdressers. Should not be necessary

JinglingHellsBells · 01/03/2019 16:12

I think this is a hard one.

Tips are imo patronising as they suggest the employee is not being paid their worth and therefore a 'skivvy' of the big boss.

I buy mine a small Xmas gift and a card, and maybe at other times take chocs etc as I've been going for years and I like her.

I find it tricky because my cut and colour comes to over £120 and I begrudge pressing a note into her hand as their salon fees are high.

SpeckledyHen · 01/03/2019 16:49

I Always tip about 10 % unless it’s the salon owner .
I though that everyone did !

Fstar · 01/03/2019 17:55

I dont tip, they get paid more for being senior stylist and i pay by card so havent thought to tell them to add tip

JoyceDivision · 01/03/2019 18:34

At £45 for no more than one-hour which contact ncludes a wash and drying as well as cut then no tip.

I'm hardly flush,my 3 monthly hair app is my treat at a push.

Do bring Christmas presents though

XingMing · 01/03/2019 20:50

I always tip, unless it's the salon owner. In most hairdressers, the stylists rent a chair to save overheads and so what you pay them has to be shared with the salon. If you liked what they did, then add 10% to the charge. If everything but the first wash was the salon owner, then I leave £2 for the hairwasher.

Mrs9C · 01/03/2019 20:59

My hairdresser is self employed, I've never tipped her as she is expensive, but I see the ones before me tip Confused. Never been quite sure what to do! But £60 for roots and no cut, I think it's dear enough!

Newyearnewme2019 · 03/03/2019 22:37

I run my own business. I provide a service to my customers. I've set the price for what we do based on a number of factors. I would not expect a tip to bump up my profits.

Ellapaella · 04/03/2019 13:30

I have always tipped hairdressers. When I have a cut, colour and blow dry etc it comes to around £69 so I leave a £10 tip.

EffYouSeeKaye · 04/03/2019 13:35

I used to tip but now it’s around £100 every time I go I’ve stopped. I don’t think you need a tip if you’re charging £50ph.

E20mom · 04/03/2019 13:46

I don't tip. My haircut's nearly £100 each time so I think he's getting plenty.

winsinbin · 04/03/2019 16:11

I don’t tip managers or owners, otherwise I tip about 10%. If the total bill is over £100 I would not give 10% but would max out at £10 even if the tip is being shared by stylist and colourist. But even then if I had an apprentice or Saturday girl wash my hair I would give them a couple of quid separately.

Snog · 04/03/2019 16:38

Usually £5 to the junior and £10 to the stylist

KaliforniaDreamz · 04/03/2019 16:44

£2 to nail lady
£5/10 to hairdresser who has highlighted / cut etc

shocked at those not tipping at all.

Phantology · 04/03/2019 16:45

Tips are imo patronising as they suggest the employee is not being paid their worth and therefore a 'skivvy' of the big boss

Well in hairdressing this is often true. I don't tip my stylist as she owns the salon and is most probably earning more than me but I always tip whoever washes my hair. Low earners don't mind being 'patronised' with a tip.