Tell me how much you tip your hair stylist

[Anonymous]

I am confused about how to tip mine..

Its a family owned salon. Husband, wife, SIL. Sometimes another person not related washes hair. I have always heard do not tip owners. But I always see them getting tipped (so I do too).

[Anonymous]

I tip 20% and give the shampoo assistant $5-10.

[Anonymous]

20% on total. My stylist washes my hair herself.

[Anonymous]

How much do you tip the owner? Cut and color are $400, tip $80 in addition to that?

[Anonymous]

I always tip 20% of total including highlights cost. Yes it can be a very large tip but thought that was expected. I’m curious if more people say they don’t tip including the color/highlights.

[Anonymous]

20% of total price, more if it's between Thanksgiving/New Years, because, holidays

[Anonymous]

I used to tip my colorist, who is the owner of salon, 10%. Then she raised her price so now I tip at all.

[Anonymous]

*don’t tip at all
(Correction)

[Anonymous]

Oh no, I got my hair cut today for the first time in a long time, and tipped only $10 on a $90 cut. I feel terrible. Wish I had seen this thread earlier.

[Anonymous]

I use to tip 20% on everything.

I now go to a no tip salon.

[Anonymous]

I tip $25 and 5 to hair cut person when I get my roots done.

[Anonymous]

20% of total. Coloring is work, just like cutting. If they're coloring my hair, they can't be cutting someone else's so it makes zero sense to skip tipping on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use to tip 20% on everything.

I now go to a no tip salon.

How do you find out if a salon is no tip?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:she earns more than YOU?! I take it you don't work? I tip 20% unless it's the owner of the salon. Prices are higher for them, naturally.

She has a chain of salons in three posh towns and there is a huge margin of profit in hair business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How much do you tip the owner? Cut and color are $400, tip $80 in addition to that?

That's what I was doing until I paid attention to the math.