Do you tip your hairdresser?

I haven’t been to the hairdresser since lock down. Then I was paying £50 for a cut and blow dry so instead of regular tips like you I gave a bonus or present at Christmas. No doubt it would be more than £50 now but he did cut hair well. I’ve saved £400 a year on that reckoning.

I tip my hairdresser 10%. I only have a cut and blow dry every six weeks as my hair no longer needs colouring so it’s only an extra four pounds.

No never tip mine as he owns the salon.

Tip stylist and shampooist, total of 10% of the bill.

No. It's not cheap already - not OTT either, but fair pay for her skills. - and been with her for years. She does washing of hair and the lot and they are all "Self employed".

I think it dates from the days of very low wages for women hairdresser? Perhaps I would if this were the situation? I'd tip waiters/waitresses still.

Just have dry cuts don't tip, is that mean? Everyone gets a minimum wage, I tip taxi drivers, good service in a restaurant and thats about it. If I had shopping delivered and the driver pleasant I would tip them.

I have the owner of the salon and she washes, cuts and colours my hair. I tend to add an extra £5 and then give her more at Xmas. She has only just bought it from the previous owner and she was one of the stylists before and I tipped her then so it would seem strange to stop now especially as she has spent quite a bit of money refurbishing the place and making it a pleasenter experience.

I’ve been going to the same place for years. It’s a L’Oréal salon and I’ve had the same stylist for 20 years - she’s part time now, coming up to retirement age, but intends to work on. She sees me through my whole appointment, from putting on the robe to shampooing, cutting, blow drying and takes me to the reception desk afterwards while I pay. I tip her 10% but I only go 3 or 4 times a year.

I tip everyone who serves me be it food service taxi hairdresser post or delivery drivers especially at Christmas etc I appreciate what they do.

Yes I always tip. My hairdresser is self employed, she comes to my house, is always pleasant, she cuts snd colours my hair, I like to blow dry it myself. She charges less than a salon.

No, but this is Australia and not many of us do ! Especially now it is all on cards. Before that I would round up the cost which involved small tips. Sometimes at restaurants we do but only if it is extra special service.

Here in BC Canada tipping is the norm.
I tip my hairstylist 15%.

I’m in Canada, and my daughter is a hairstylist. Tips make a HUGE difference to her, as at her salon, they make about a dollar more than minimum wage. It’s why she’s attending school pt to change careers.

I roundup tip my hairdresser. He's recently retired and comes every 3 weeks to the flats complex where I live.

When a dry cut was £15, I gave him £15.
When he did the best cut and colour I've ever had for £40, I was so delighted I gave him £50.
Now my cut involves him wetting it and scrunch drying it ( I have very fine and sparse hair) it is £18, and I give him £20.

My hairdresser owns her business so usually don’t tip, but recently I’ve had a couple of cuts where my hair has been really long and thick - once because I couldn’t get to her, and once because she had surgery and wasn’t working so I waited until she was. On both occasions the cutting took longer than usual so I rounded up 10%. She works hard and is the best cutter I’ve ever had.

My hairdresser is a friend and owns the salon so I don't tip. I do, however, tip the girl who shampoos.

I used to. But the prices have gone up so much since my new hairdresser took over the salon that I’m now paying twice what I did 3 years ago for my usual cut and blow dry. He’s good, but I now go for the principle of not tipping the salon owner!

No, as ever when this subject comes up, I only tip someone if they have gone over and above what is expected of them.

I don't get all this tipping. I don't say that in a nasty tone. Everyone gets a wage, no one tipped me when I worked, I wouldn't want to be tipped, sometimes when I am due change from my bill at the hairdressers I will say to keep it but its only occasionally. I sometimes give my hairdresser items I have sewn ( I love crafts ) etc but no, I don't tip. 😃

Untill quite recently, last decade or so, workers in professions where tipping was normal were often paid less on the basis that tips brought their wages up to an acceptable level.

That is no longer legal, but I am sure there is an implicit assumption behind how relatively poorly paid hairdressers and those waiting on table are that any income above the living wage comes from tips.

kittylester

My hairdresser is a friend and owns the salon so I don't tip. I do, however, tip the girl who shampoos.

Same here, though my mother always said she would never tip the owner of a business.
I tip in a restaurant ( depending on the service), taxis and shopping deliveries, again, depending on service. Last week the young fellow delivering my shopping stood with arms folded watching me struggle to unpack at the door. No tip for him!

I’ve just remembered I also tip the ‘Special Assistance’ people at the airport, whom I have always found to be most helpful.

Sorry, I’ve digressed from the hairdresser question!

I was brought up in NZ where nobody tips. It was considered patronising.

My American cousin, is incredibly generous and tips everyone 20%. Taxi drivers love her.

My hairdresser owns his salon and doesn't employ anyone. He charges plenty! I pay by card and it's all very impersonal.
10% is the usual tip in restaurants added to the bill or left on the table

Why these personal questions?
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I believe Mumsnet is being used to build up a profile of women's problems with the menopause so that advertising of useless products can be targeted at them.