Ann Dalton, 65, faced down the balaclava-wearing thug who brandished a 10in hunting knife and ordered her to hand over her hard-earned takings and jewellery.
Mother-of-three Mrs Dalton said: 'He pulled out a knife with a serrated blade and moved towards me. I said, 'You must be joking.' I'm not being threatened in my own shop'.
The drama happened while she was colouring 26-year-old daughter Stephanie's hair and her eldest daughter Nicola Maddock, 35, was cutting a customer's hair. Nicola's three?year-old girl Alexia was with another hairdresser in a back room of the salon in Rothwell, Leeds.
Mrs Dalton, who has worked at the salon for 44 years, said: 'I felt very protective of my shop. I've been here since I was 21.
'Stephanie jumped up, ran into another room, locked the door and called the police. She was screaming but I felt really calm. I ran for the door to get out into the street and shout for help. But he came towards me with the knife.
'I didn't think - I got behind the door and just yanked him out past me. There are steps up to our shop so I managed to grab his arm and throw him down the stairs.
'I was just furious. He stood on the pavement in complete shock, didn't know what to do, then ran away.'
She told her driver husband John, 69, only when he came home from work. She said: 'He was so proud of us.'
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