Tip the hairdresser? Should I?

I always tip mine.

The only time I have not tipped a hairdresser was when they marmelised my hair. That was a long time ago.

The smarter the hairdresser, the more likely to expect a tip. I tip roughly 10%

I always tip around 10%.

Ours have tins on the reception desk marked with their names so they obviously hope for something. I also give 10% but as my pensiners' cut costs just over £10 I need to leave just over £1.No great deal!

I always tip usually about 10%

I have tried to tip mine for years. Mostly she refuses. Sometimes I put a tip in an envelope and leave it there.
She is a lovely person and a great hairdresser.

Depending on what I have done I tip £5 for anything costing up to £50 and £10 up to £100. So if it cost say £30 Id still tip £5 and if it cost £70 I’d tip £10. It feels penny pinching giving coins ? Probably just me being weird ?

I always tip my hairdresser, she comes to my home and is not expensive so I tip well over the 10%. Last hairdo before Christmas I always give a tip of £25.

Quite honestly I have never understood the whole concept of tipping. I worked for 40-odd years, and never received a tip. You don't tip the dentist, the doctor, the bus driver, shop assistant etc etc.

No.
I expect my hairdresser to have her pricing correct, so that she earns enough to live on.

Thanks all. I was hoping you would say 'no' because it seems patronising to tip, or that's how it makes me feel anyway.

It's not remotely patronising to tip your hairdresser

MamaCaz, many of the hairdressers are just paid employees. And often not particularly well paid either

They have no input as to how much is charged

I always tip the hairdresser 10% and sometimes at a restaurant but not chains. I don't tip taxi drivers unless they have gone over and above. We used to give the bin men and the milkman a Christmas tip but that seems to have gone, no milkman and never see the bin men.

I’ve always tipped my hairdresser never ever thought of not doing it, it’s just something I do.

I've always tipped my hairdresser too - various ones over the years.
My current hairdresser charges £27 for a wet cut and blowdry - I give her £30.

My six weekly hairdo is around £50 and I tip my hairdresser £3.

No

No, they are not paid less than minimum wage and I doubt you tip supermarket workers who will be on about the same wage.

It seems to be just the older generation that tip, my daughter and her friends would not think of tipping, they see it as patronising.

I always tip my hairdresser, I like her and she does a good job.

No , I don’t tip.

My first job was working in a hairdressers. I was just a humble shampoo girl and was poorly paid. If I got no tips, I got no lunch!

I always tip my hairdresser. She rents a chair at a salon where the owner is most unpleasant and regularly gives her "staff" a hard time. My hairdresser is on the look out for another salon in the locality but until then she's staying where she is. I normally put £2 in her jar and on the counter.

My hairdresser "rents a chair" in a quite smart beauty salon so she is self-employed. Rather than leave £2 or so each visit I give her a gift card for Boots at Christmas time which she really appreciates. I have noticed not many leave tips these days.

Yes, I always give 10%.