You made me want to move to LA! 🤪 |
They often make less than 50%. And most are self employed, so slice a big chunk off for taxes, health and liability insurance, local and state licensing, professional organizations, continuing education, many of the needed supplies, laundry for service related linens, possibly credit card payment accounts, chair rental or commission (commission leans strongly in favor of salon), and if they need to top out support staff. Also keep in mind to it’s not like a 40 hour week desk job. High salon fees are not necessarily going into your stylist’s pocket. |
That is all tied into the cost of doing business which sets the prices. And it’s not the client’s job to make sure you earn a full time salary for a part time job. |
+1. Also, I mean if someone is paying $400 for a service that lasts even a few hours, even if the salon takes half they're still coming out at a pretty high cost per hour. |
Tip or don’t tip. It’s a personal decision. |
Look you can tip like shit if you want to. But if your stylist is good, don’t be surprised when you try to book again and they are “booked up already”. That’s because you’ve been black balled for being shitty.
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That's fine with me as I've never found a good stylist in the DC area and I've been to several. All the good ones, understandably, leave and go to more creative places with a more vibrant creative community and opportunities for exposure, aka New York or LA or Miami or pretty much anywhere else where the standard hair isn't "mom bob with brown highlights." Dying hair is actually incredibly simple and not a complicated process at all, and yet most hairstylists arent exactly rocket scientists and still find a way to mess it up. And yet they will be haughty and act like theyre doing life saving work. I have tipped good hairstylists huge amounts and am happy to do so. Most of the incompetent clowns here in the DC area who give you attitude AS they mess up your hair and give you date highlights don't deserve a tip at all. |
Some of you anti-tippers are way too invested. I hope your boss asks for lots of extras and doesn’t give you any perks. |
This child uses Madison Reed. Quit drunk posting Stacy. |
Maybe this insult goes over really harsh on the playground, but for anyone who's not a middle aged mom, it doesn't really even make sense. |
Actually I think that person had a multi hour service. and during Covid they likely were the only customer. keep selling that to yourself but if you’re not tipping you are being cheap. That’s totally fine it’s on you but it’s cheapness. |
But you did feel the need to respond, immediately. |
And so did you, in about 20 seconds... what's your point? |
I can literally hear you getting black balled as I was reading this. |
From subpar DC salons? LOL. Who cares? I've been to several in DC and they've all emailed/texted/ mailed me after thanking me for my visit and ostensibly inviting me back. But I'm not interested because most are so poor. I'm gonna try a few more here in DC until I find one that's actually good, or just start travelling to New York to get my hair done. Most of the hairstylists here are shockingly incompetent and also very out of date and unstylish |