What do you tip your hair stylist?

[Anonymous]

20% and $5 to the washer/assistant

[Anonymous]

Cut & color $100 every 6 weeks
Tip $20

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I paid $150 for cut and fun color for my kid yesterday. Tipped $20.

So you spoiled your kid and undertipped the stylist. Nice.

I mean, it was hair cuttery, and her birthday present. They trimmed the ends and dyed a sliver blue. Took an hour, seemed reasonable.

Now I'm second guessing it though--should I go back and tip more? Is that weird?

I don’t think Hair Cuttery means you’re free to tip less. If anything, they could use the money more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I paid $150 for cut and fun color for my kid yesterday. Tipped $20.

So you spoiled your kid and undertipped the stylist. Nice.

I mean, it was hair cuttery, and her birthday present. They trimmed the ends and dyed a sliver blue. Took an hour, seemed reasonable.

Now I'm second guessing it though--should I go back and tip more? Is that weird?

I don’t think Hair Cuttery means you’re free to tip less. If anything, they could use the money more.

Okay, lesson learned. I wish places would either a) share what a reasonable tip expectation is (we'd never done this before!) or b) charge a fair price so their stylists can make a fare wage. Seems so opaque and open to misunderstandings.

[Anonymous]

I'm torn on this because my stylist is the owner. Of course I tip because he's good but idk.

The whole idea started that the owner set the service prices and so you were tipping stylists who didn't set their own prices and also sometimes paying to rent a booth. It is a little annoying that salon owners saw their employees getting tipped and were like "Well, the old rule about not tipping the owner is outdated...."

But again, he does a good job. 20% for a guy who sets his own prices seems excessive though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I paid $150 for cut and fun color for my kid yesterday. Tipped $20.

So you spoiled your kid and undertipped the stylist. Nice.

I mean, it was hair cuttery, and her birthday present. They trimmed the ends and dyed a sliver blue. Took an hour, seemed reasonable.

Now I'm second guessing it though--should I go back and tip more? Is that weird?

I don’t think Hair Cuttery means you’re free to tip less. If anything, they could use the money more.

Okay, lesson learned. I wish places would either a) share what a reasonable tip expectation is (we'd never done this before!) or b) charge a fair price so their stylists can make a fare wage. Seems so opaque and open to misunderstandings.

You don't know that 20% is standard tip for literally everything in the United States? This is living 101.

Also, agree that in a cheap place (Hair Cuttery, IHOP, whatever), if you're inclined to vary from the standard 20%, that's where you should be going higher than 20%, certainly not lower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I paid $150 for cut and fun color for my kid yesterday. Tipped $20.

So you spoiled your kid and undertipped the stylist. Nice.

I mean, it was hair cuttery, and her birthday present. They trimmed the ends and dyed a sliver blue. Took an hour, seemed reasonable.

Now I'm second guessing it though--should I go back and tip more? Is that weird?

Yes it's weird to go back and tip more. Just forget it.

[Anonymous]

I tip with a thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tip with a thank you.

Here's a tip: your hairdresser is not going to have any slots open for you going forward.

[Anonymous]

What about when your stylist is independent, doesn't work at a full salon, but rents a small space. So theoretically keeps 100% of the cost of the service, though obviously pays for rent, products and equipment. Still tip 20%?

[Anonymous]

20%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about when your stylist is independent, doesn't work at a full salon, but rents a small space. So theoretically keeps 100% of the cost of the service, though obviously pays for rent, products and equipment. Still tip 20%?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

I tip 20%.

Getting my color right isn’t the easiest and I appreciate how talented she is and the effort she puts in.

I give the assistant who does my toner a $5, which is an old habit so probably isn’t enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I paid $150 for cut and fun color for my kid yesterday. Tipped $20.

So you spoiled your kid and undertipped the stylist. Nice.

I mean, it was hair cuttery, and her birthday present. They trimmed the ends and dyed a sliver blue. Took an hour, seemed reasonable.

Now I'm second guessing it though--should I go back and tip more? Is that weird?

You don’t need to go back. It’s fine.

But I would do 20% in the future.

[Anonymous]

Cut is $90, so I tip the stylist $20 and the shampoo person $7-10 depending on what my cash on hand looks like.