Tipping for expensive salon visits

[Anonymous]

I'm curious what you tip for expensive color, cuts or keratin. I just went in for a $425 hair appointment that lasted two hours - am I supposed to tip 15% on that??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious what you tip for expensive color, cuts or keratin. I just went in for a $425 hair appointment that lasted two hours - am I supposed to tip 15% on that??

It's 20%. But yes.

[Anonymous]

20%

[Anonymous]

Yes, just like you'd pay 10% food tax on a $400 food bill. It's not based on your sticker shock.

[Anonymous]

No. You are already paying for their skill, time, and product. I would not tip an extra $60 plus for 2 hrs of service. I would leave a $20-30 tip. Servers are making $3/hr, food service in a restaurant is not comparable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. You are already paying for their skill, time, and product. I would not tip an extra $60 plus for 2 hrs of service. I would leave a $20-30 tip. Servers are making $3/hr, food service in a restaurant is not comparable

Wrong! They could have had 4 customers in those 2 hours and would have made way more than $20-$30 in tips! I would not keep you as a client if you used my time and tipped that way.

[Anonymous]

I always tip at least 20% and tip the shampoo attendant, no matter the price point. If it's too much for you to tip 20% on that amount, you should find a salon that charges less.

[Anonymous]

What the hell, what were you doing in a salon like that?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. You are already paying for their skill, time, and product. I would not tip an extra $60 plus for 2 hrs of service. I would leave a $20-30 tip. Servers are making $3/hr, food service in a restaurant is not comparable

Wrong! They could have had 4 customers in those 2 hours and would have made way more than $20-$30 in tips! I would not keep you as a client if you used my time and tipped that way.

This is an honest question... why don’t you just charge what you think your time is worth? Your clients may tip 0-20%. Some tip extra at Christmas. Some don’t. Just charge $450 for a haircut and accept a tip as an extra is you get one?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. You are already paying for their skill, time, and product. I would not tip an extra $60 plus for 2 hrs of service. I would leave a $20-30 tip. Servers are making $3/hr, food service in a restaurant is not comparable

Wrong! They could have had 4 customers in those 2 hours and would have made way more than $20-$30 in tips! I would not keep you as a client if you used my time and tipped that way.

This is an honest question... why don’t you just charge what you think your time is worth? Your clients may tip 0-20%. Some tip extra at Christmas. Some don’t. Just charge $450 for a haircut and accept a tip as an extra is you get one?

NP - because most salons set the prices, not by individual stylist.

[Anonymous]

I do not get high end haircuts because the few times I did, the tipping was stressful. I saw people tip the "greeter". I saw people tip the shampoo ladies and of course the stylist themselves. Can't be 20% to each? Went back to a small shop where one person does the whole thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. You are already paying for their skill, time, and product. I would not tip an extra $60 plus for 2 hrs of service. I would leave a $20-30 tip. Servers are making $3/hr, food service in a restaurant is not comparable

Wrong! They could have had 4 customers in those 2 hours and would have made way more than $20-$30 in tips! I would not keep you as a client if you used my time and tipped that way.

My stylist frequently works on other clients while my hair is "processing". He also makes a shit load of money as a high-end stylist. I tip 15%. The only person I tip 20%+ are wait staff or someone who is older and might be depending on the money to feed their family. As it is, many of the restaurant/shop owners that I know are pretty loaded so they shouldn't expect me to subsidize their employees income while they take impressive vacations. All of you who routinely tip 20%+ are either super wealthy or just showing off....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. You are already paying for their skill, time, and product. I would not tip an extra $60 plus for 2 hrs of service. I would leave a $20-30 tip. Servers are making $3/hr, food service in a restaurant is not comparable

Wrong! They could have had 4 customers in those 2 hours and would have made way more than $20-$30 in tips! I would not keep you as a client if you used my time and tipped that way.

My stylist frequently works on other clients while my hair is "processing". He also makes a shit load of money as a high-end stylist. I tip 15%. The only person I tip 20%+ are wait staff or someone who is older and might be depending on the money to feed their family. As it is, many of the restaurant/shop owners that I know are pretty loaded so they shouldn't expect me to subsidize their employees income while they take impressive vacations. All of you who routinely tip 20%+ are either super wealthy or just showing off....

Is that still true? My salon says they can only have one client per stylist in the salon at a time. So if I have downtime while processing, she has downtime. I know capacity rules are relaxing now so maybe that's changing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not get high end haircuts because the few times I did, the tipping was stressful. I saw people tip the "greeter". I saw people tip the shampoo ladies and of course the stylist themselves. Can't be 20% to each? Went back to a small shop where one person does the whole thing.

Who tips the greeter? I've had them connect tips in envelopes for the stylists.

20%+ for the stylist. $5 to $10 for the shampooer depending on the place.

[Anonymous]

I tip 20% but honestly I've never been that happy with it. My stylist is a really highly trained professional--I think she's paid pretty well paid to start with so giving her an additional $60 for 90 minutes work (when she's seeing other customers while I process) seems like a lot. Based on her clothes, her vacations and the house she bought, I don't think she's particularly hurting for money. OTOH, I get that she doesn't genearally get paid during closures (like the pandemic) and also probably doesn't get a pension or even 401k.

I'm never really sure what the tip the shampoo person. What do people think about that?