I don’t tip. I tip the woman who washes my hair. $10.

I think there are quite a few hair stylists among these posters. These tips are crazy high

Anonymous wrote:What do people pay for color, cut keratin? What do you tip?

$500ish for me. I add $80

Sucks but my hair looks great and the keratin (I do cezanne, actually), only has to happen 1x to 2x per year.

I do color and in the spring / summer add in half head of highlights.

Anonymous wrote:I tip $15/hour. I alternate root touches at hair cuttery (50) and a higher end salon (90). Same work deserves same tip.

Where are you getting roots done that cheaply -
Either place

I tip 20% of total cost ( cut, color, highlights, etc) and then $15 to shampoo person bc I get a glaze and it’s multiple steps. It is expensive but I’ve been going to same stylist for almost 20 years and I really appreciate her. It’s not a hardship for me but can appreciate the cost is significant.

My stylist owns her own business. I don't tip her, but I always bring a starbucks.

plus I separately tip the woman who shampoos my hair

20 to 25% of the total

Anonymous wrote:I tip 35%, but I really like my stylist!

But how much do they gouge you for service??

I tip 35%, but I really like my stylist!

I tip 20% plus $5 to the shampoo girl. I get root color every 5 weeks and a cut every 6-8 months so not tipping for color would be strange.

When I get full color (just regular color, no highlights), cut, and style, it’s $155 and I tip $35. The one time I got highlights and color it was over $200 and took for damn ever so I’m not doing that again!

20% plus $5 to the shampoo person. But if they don’t massage my scalp at all during the shampoo, then I feel pissed off.

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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.

NP. Yeah, my hairdresser is a millionaire many times over. Not everyone is a Hair Cuttery stylist.

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Anonymous wrote:

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

You don't tip? Wondefring because I was considering this, as the prices have doubled in five years, and mostly right after covid. I don't think supplies have increased, I think people are just taking advantage, and raising their prices (like home contractors).

I agree this has happened in many industries. Unfortunately, none of the rest of us got raises, so now we can't afford those services anymore.

But that is exactly the point - most of us did NOT get raises! It sucks.