UK tipping, hairdresser, beauticians etc

[Hopefulholiday]

I think I worry more about tipping in the UK than in the US now because I feel that if I’m not sure about US I come on here and can find out easily

Do you tip your hairdresser and if yes how much, also same for beautician?
I have always given my hairdresser a couple of £s but now my cut and blow dry is over £40 that seems a bit stingy so I’ve given £3 but when I looked on the internet it seems people give up to 20%
Also my nails are done every 3 weeks, I’ve never tipped at the beauticians but have the same lovely girl do my nails so I gave her £10 at Christmas and £20 for her birthday but nothing the rest of the time.
I’m wondering if I’m getting it totally wrong, would be grateful to find out.
After seeing a thread on here about memory problems I’m also worried I’ve asked this before but forgotten...I’m also a lady of a certain age

[Guest]

I used to tip hairdressers and beauticians but I have stopped now. I stopped when I lived overseas as it was not the done thing there and I just never started again when I came back to UK. My hair appointments cost about £150 for colour, cut and blow dry that takes about 90 minutes.

I thought the latest school of thought was that these are professions and tipping the hairdresser would now be as odd as tipping your solicitor or accountant, but I am also a little unsure.

[Smilesonfaces]

I don’t tip my hairdresser. She put her prices up a lot a few years ago so I stopped the tip.

I went to a new nail salon in the week. Her prices were low because she was new. Nails were £15 so I gave her £5 extra because she did a good job.
I don’t really think it is expected now and your gifts sound ok to me. I wouldn’t worry about it.

[sammykitten]

I don't always tip at the hairdressers or when getting my nails done. It depends on how I feel the experience has been, if I think they've done a great job I'll tip, if its just okay I won't.

[Hopefulholiday]

Thanks both. Yes I’m not sure why we do tip tbh !

[Scaramouche]

I only use the hairdressers and tbh I rarely tip. My hairs £100 a time

[Tinkerbell]

Don’t tip here in Spain and I no longer tip If im using a hairdresser in the U.K.

[EssexSue]

I tip hair dresser a tenner. My bill is always around £100.
Beautician round it up.
Didn't tip at Spa as we paid well over the odds anyway

[Billy Beatnik]

Many hairdressers employed by salons in the UK are hourly paid, which is quite often not much more than minimum wage.

[Ellelledee]

Tbh my hairdresser is very cheap compared to a lot. She is literally yards away from a Hairdresser who thinks he is the bees knees and would consider his shop a top salon but I have had and known people have some awful disasters at that salon and I honestly would turn down a free “do” there. He probably charges way over double what she charges - I have blonde streaks/darker blonde roots and cut and blow and I think the most I EVER pay is £50 and I tend to tip her about £2 or £3 which seems really stingy now. She does go on at times about how cheap she is compared to other salons etc but her keeping her prices low I think guarantees she is always busy.
My nails and stuff I get done at my nieces salon. Dd and I go and she pays for nails cos her gym membership comes out of my bank and I pay for our brows - it comes to £18 and I always say “take £20” so now she just does.