Should you tip hairdressers?

jenniewb

I get my hair done as a model. I always tip as the rest of the cut/colour is normally free but there are some occasions when I don't such as at acedemys where you pay your £5/£15 and join the queue- you leave and have already paid or when I really don't appreciate something they have done. (One girl did an elasticity test on my hair after stripping the colour. About 20 times in the space of 5 minutes. The hair was still on my head.)

keys_2

Ive visited the local college quite alot to get a cheaper hair cut off the students { the ydo get overlooked by the fully trained teacher } and everyone has to learn.
When I first visited the girl was extremely plesant , chatty and nice to both my friend and I . The first time she had ever done a colour was on my hair - And I had 3 totally different colours put on it at the time .
I think she did a wonderful job and everyone comented on it , so basically I tipped her a tenner because I still saved a small fortune by visiting the college and not a high st hairdresser . She was extremely pleased with it and wouldnt take it at first , but I also know how much hard work she put it to it and also think that would give her more confidence and experience for the next one , plus also keeping her keen to do someones elses

debidoodle

I used to pay £17.00 for a wash, head massage, cut & blow dry at a small local salon, it had a lovely atmosphere, great staff and they used Tigi products. I always left a tip of £2.00 and would buy them biscuits, chocolates & wine at xmas.

She has now gone mobile due to a wrangle over the lease/rent of the shop, the charge is now £14.00 the only difference is I wash & condition before she comes to my house.

Sara784

As a hairdresser myself i thought i'd put my opinion out there.... sometimes i get tipped, sometimes i dont, when i do it's lovely, but i don't mind if people dont, i would never hover around waiting for tips! At christmas i tend to get prezzies off my clients (wine, chocs, gift vouchers, etc), which won't cost as much as tips combined for a year (if you know what i mean?) but i appreciate it because its a nice prezzie

mum2one

I always tip the hairdressers, locally we use an out of town hairdressers and its her and 1 other lady, there mum, me and dd, tend to go the same time, we usually tip her £5 from the 3 of us, usually just dry cuts, but at xmas we get her and the other lady a xmas prezzie. we pay £30 for 3 of us.

Yet when we go to Rhyl, we can get the 3 of us done for £12...... still tip £5.

If its just me tip £2 for a cut, if its highlights its £5.00

I know theres always people who say we never tip, they get paid for the service, but then their is the debate of postman, milkman, bin men etc. xx

Apricot

I usually tip my hairdresser but it often feels awkward as I usually pay for the cut by card and then have to tip in cash.

ali-t

When I was a student I didn't tip but took in a present at xmas (e.g. bottle of vodka or champagne) but now I leave about £5. My cut costs £45 so I make it up to £50 but even if I get a more expensive thing done like colour or permanent blowdry I still leave £5.

positivelymummy

i usually always tip the hairdressers if i am happy, just a couple of quid, and even if i pay by switch i tell them to round it up to a couple of quid higher and they take the difference from the till (they are allowed to do this at my hairdressers).. my hairdressers dont charge a fortune, if they did i probably wouldn't bother with a tip,

i always think back to when i was a barmaid, the people who would buy their drinks and say "take one for yourself" were the customers i remembered and served first the next time (not cos i wanted another tip, but cos they'd already bought me a drink/tip):beer:

lolly5648

I give the person who washes my hair £1 or £2 if I have had a colour. Is this enough - I am in London?

thevicster

I usually tip my hairdresser as he really takes his time to do a thorough job (about an hour for a wash, cut and blowdry) and gives me lots of tips on how to style my hair. Plus he knocks off £3 as I work in a shop in the same street as them (some sort of association thing) so I usually give £5 as a tip (Costs me £20 for the haircut which would cost £23 so I would have rounded it up to £25 anyway iyswim)