Anonymous
06/17/2025 10:04
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:With the amount salon services cost now, are stylists raking in money? Genuinely curious.
Hardly. You think groceries, housing, insurance, continuing education classes, utilities, healthcare are cheap right now?
These things were way more expensive in another country I lived in (Switzerland) and stylists never charged $650 for highlights. I think this is greed at this point.
Anonymous
06/17/2025 07:52
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
Anonymous wrote:With the amount salon services cost now, are stylists raking in money? Genuinely curious.
Hardly. You think groceries, housing, insurance, continuing education classes, utilities, healthcare are cheap right now?
Anonymous
06/17/2025 07:51
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
Always tip if you want to go bad and get the same quality of service.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 23:07
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
With the amount salon services cost now, are stylists raking in money? Genuinely curious.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 22:24
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
Whoa! I’ve gotten highlights regularly for the last 20+ years. It’s never cost me more than. $350 with a cut. At $650 every six weeks, I think I’d go darker.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 22:14
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
Anonymous wrote:I just went to a new salon for a curly cut and highlights. I didn’t really focus on prices as they added toner and other stuff. The final price was over $650, which surprised me. I’ve always gotten highlights and cuts for around $300. My fault for not asking more about the prices!
Should I tip 20% of the total or is the expectation less when the service is so expensive? Adding another $130 seems a bit crazy, but it’s absolutely not their fault that I didn’t ask more questions about the costs and I want to be fair. They did a good job as far as I can tell.
The stylist gets 50% and $325 should be very good. I would not tip because when a process is that expensive then you should have been told.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 22:07
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
This price is bananas but I would tip 15% (I always tip 20%) and then find another place.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 22:04
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
That happened to me. I hadn't been for awhile due to covid. It was $550, with a discount, I tried hard not to hide my surprise.
I didn't tip, but my service was with the owner, so even when his services weren't astronomical, I didn't tip him.
I didn't tip, but my service was with the owner, so even when his services weren't astronomical, I didn't tip him.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 18:34
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
Anonymous wrote:I just went to a new salon for a curly cut and highlights. I didn’t really focus on prices as they added toner and other stuff. The final price was over $650, which surprised me. I’ve always gotten highlights and cuts for around $300. My fault for not asking more about the prices!
Should I tip 20% of the total or is the expectation less when the service is so expensive? Adding another $130 seems a bit crazy, but it’s absolutely not their fault that I didn’t ask more questions about the costs and I want to be fair. They did a good job as far as I can tell.
Gosh no. You don't tip for things like that.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 18:02
Subject: Re:Tipping for expensive highlights
yeah, no. That's insane.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 17:56
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
Jesus
Anonymous
06/16/2025 17:43
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
Do you ever want to go back. Tip at least $120.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 17:33
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
That’s a lot. Was it done by the salon owner? If so, don’t tip. Otherwise I’d tip 10-15%
Anonymous
06/16/2025 17:27
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
Prices are insane. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't do 20%. I find most places tell customers the price before doing anything if it's going to be gargantuan. Shame on them.
That said, I tip 20% at my Salon for the services I get which is about half of what you got charged.
That said, I tip 20% at my Salon for the services I get which is about half of what you got charged.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 17:24
Subject: Tipping for expensive highlights
I just went to a new salon for a curly cut and highlights. I didn’t really focus on prices as they added toner and other stuff. The final price was over $650, which surprised me. I’ve always gotten highlights and cuts for around $300. My fault for not asking more about the prices!
Should I tip 20% of the total or is the expectation less when the service is so expensive? Adding another $130 seems a bit crazy, but it’s absolutely not their fault that I didn’t ask more questions about the costs and I want to be fair. They did a good job as far as I can tell.
Should I tip 20% of the total or is the expectation less when the service is so expensive? Adding another $130 seems a bit crazy, but it’s absolutely not their fault that I didn’t ask more questions about the costs and I want to be fair. They did a good job as far as I can tell.