Are you supposed to tip your hairstylist when you get your hair cut? Generally I do, but my sister said you are not supposed to...any thoughts?
Are you supposed to tip your hairstylist when you get your hair cut? Generally I do, but my sister said you are not supposed to...any thoughts?
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Of course you tip her.
Mine usually gets at least two bucks. If it's the holidays and he's been cutting my hair forever, he gets five.




The norm usually is 15-20%, sometimes I tip 20-30 bucks depends if she got me in early than normal.




It depends on how well of a job she does and how much time she spends on you. I have really long hair so I usually tip my hairdresser anywhere for 20-50 bucks.
But I usually get my hair colored at the same time as my cut which takes additional time.
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Always tip unless it was terrible service which did happened to me once..![]()
Last edited by Rhiannon; 02-02-2005 at 05:38 AM. Reason: Removed Off-Topic Content.. To reply to the long hair question, see his post here in the Lounge
Many high end salons expressly forbid tipping the staff.
I haven't been to a place that takes tips in ten years.
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It is customary 15% min..but these days they are preffering 18%-20%. But if you don't like what you got..then don't tip and don't go back to her.





I always tip my stylist. And have never heard of a place that didn't accept tips. That's crazy CO!Originally Posted by Casual Observer
( Although it would save me some serious $$$ every year.)
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I always tip even if she/he wasn't very good. I just don't go back to them. I have always worked off tips so I tip everyone good. I need to calm down on being so generous. When I was a waitress a fellow waitress/friend and I named this the tipping disease. BUt anyways yes most people tip hairdressers.
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You're not supposed to tip your stylist if she owns the salon; that's the only time I know of that a tip isn't appropriate.
I've been getting my hair cut at Garren in NYC for almost 3 years now, and I always tip 20%. Plus the shampoo girl who gives the killer scalp massages $10. At $150 a cut, I typically leave having spent $200 with tips included.Originally Posted by Casual Observer
BrunetteBombshell, your sister seriously needs a primer on social etiquette, otherwise she'll be doomed to a lifetime of bad haircuts, waiters spitting in her food and sloppy manicures.
No one here's mentioned that hairstylists actually work very similarly to strippers in that they also have to pay to work. On average, only about 40%-60% of what you pay for a cut will go to the stylist. A lot of the service profession is like that, to varying degrees.
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I always tip my hairdresser and she owns her own bussiness. She's been doing my hair sine I was about 20 and I've never left with a bad cut! She gets at least a $20 tip.
True. Some booth renters aren't allowed to take tips if they're taking the full cut of their services and commission on retail--just depend on who owns the salon and how they manage it...not unlike a strip club, actually. YMMV.No one here's mentioned that hairstylists actually work very similarly to strippers in that they also have to pay to work. On average, only about 40%-60% of what you pay for a cut will go to the stylist. A lot of the service profession is like that, to varying degrees.
CO, who knows way more about the cosmotology business than one would expect or otherwise think healthy, CO
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